History
The Lost State of Franklin (1784–1789)
How East Tennessee settlers tried to form their own state — and what Franklin left behind in Sevier County and beyond.
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Franklin, statehood, the Cherokee and Tanasi.
Four regional stories live here (they’re also under local/history). For county-by-county histories, start at the East TN history hub.
History
How East Tennessee settlers tried to form their own state — and what Franklin left behind in Sevier County and beyond.
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From North Carolina’s overmountain counties to the Southwest Territory and statehood on June 1, 1796.
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The Cherokee story of the Water-beetle who brought up the earth, as recorded from Cherokee storytellers in the late 1880s.
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Tanasi (also written Tenasi), Overhill Cherokee town on the Little Tennessee, now beneath TVA’s Tellico Lake.
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