In a message dated 10/14/00 10:44:20 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< Did anyone out there know this? I sure did not.
Lloyd L. Hite
Until
1796, the United States featured a state called Franklin. Today
it is known as Tennessee. For more, visit
http://www.absolutetrivia.com/History/ >>
This is correct. Gen. John Sevier (later 1st Gov. of TN) was the Gov. of
Franklin.
sbd
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