History of the Lost State of FranklinIn the decade following the American Revolution, a bitter political battle developed over the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Pressure from the federal government resulted in the 1784 cession of the western claims of North Carolina. Shortly afterward, the North Carolina legislature rescinded the cession, but the settlers had already taken action. A new and independent state was declared—the state of Franklin. A former justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, the author goes into extraordinary detail as he documents the history of the ill-fated state. For four years the Franklin government functioned under its own laws, courts, and elected officials. Simultaneously, North Carolina continued to claim sovereignty over the region, enforcing the claim with its own laws, courts, and officials. |
Contents
III | 5 |
WILLIAM MURPHEY | 30 |
JAMES REESE | 39 |
THE FRANKLIN MOVEMENT IN VIRGINIA | 45 |
13 | 60 |
MANIFESTO AND COUNTER MANIFESTO1785 | 71 |
FRANKLINS CAUSE BEFORE CONGRESS1785 | 87 |
THE SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION1785 | 94 |
THE SEVIERTIPTON SKIRMISH1788 | 199 |
OCCUrrences on the BORDER1788 | 213 |
GEORGE VINCENT | 216 |
THE SPANISH INTRIGUE1788 | 243 |
THE Second CESSION AND AFTERWARDS | 249 |
THE ANTIS | 253 |
MODES OF LIFE | 255 |
RELIGION IN FRANKLIN | 270 |
CLEAR SAILING1786 | 103 |
FRANKLIN SENDS A COMMISSION TO CAROLINA | 114 |
SPAIN And Closure of tHE MISSISSIPPI1786 | 123 |
TION1787 | 129 |
EFFORTS TO COMPROMISE FUTILE1787 | 145 |
XXI | 161 |
PETER TURNEY | 162 |
A CRY FOR HELP FROM THE CUMBERLAND1787 | 170 |
FRANKLIN AND GEORGIA1787 | 177 |
FRANKLIN AND THE WEST IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL | 183 |
CLOSE OF THE CRUCIAL YEAR1787 | 189 |
Survival of the CONCEPTION AND SPIRIT | 282 |
THE FRANKLINITES | 289 |
JUDGE DAVID CAMPBELL | 298 |
JOSEPH HARDIN | 304 |
HENRY CONWAY | 310 |
SAMUEL DOAK | 317 |
ROBERT LOVE | 336 |
APPENDIX | 348 |
APPENDIX C | 356 |
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