Posts Tagged ‘Tennessee’

51 United States? The story of the lost (and long forgotten) State of Franklin

In All Posts on 14 October 2009 tagged American Revolution, animal skins, Benjamin Franklin, Continental Congress, North Carolina, Southwest Territory, State of Franklin, States admitted to the Union, Tennessee, timelines.com, US Constitution with 2 comments

Quick, name the “first state of the United States“.  You are right if you said Delaware.  Or are you? Well, according to the Journals of the Continental Congress, eight counties of western North Carolina voted to secede from that state, formed the State of Franklin and petitioned the Continental Congress to become an independent state [...]