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10/10/2009
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What's In A Name
Tennessee is a Cherokee word, meaning "A Curved Spoon," or "A Bend in the
River." It was derived from Tanasse, the chief village of the Cherokee tribe,
which stood on the shore of the river. The name was applied upon motion of
Andrew Jackson, although it had previously been given to the country by popular
usage. The pet name of Tennessee is The Volunteer State, on account of the
military spirit of the people. The corn and pork product of Tennessee reached
such great proportions between 1800 and 1840, that the land received the
designation (now obsolete) of The Hog and Hominy State. Tennessee has been
called The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen, having given the Republic three
Presidents, Jackson, Polk, and Johnson, besides Thomas H. Benton, Hugh L. White,
John Bell, Felix Grundy, David Crockett, Admiral Farragut, Houston of Texas,
Gwin of California, Watterson of Kentucky, Sevier and Garland of Arkansas,
Claiborne of Louisiana, Regan of Texas, and Morgan of Alabama.
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Tennessee Became a State
in 1796
or Did It?
Although this is true,
Tennessee did become a State in 1796, However, that was not the first time it
had become a state.
Prior to 1796, Tennessee
was referred to as the territory west of North Carolina and south of the Ohio
River and was governed by the State of North Carolina. But for a brief period of
4 years, from 1784 - 1788, during which time it was the State of Franklin.
Several names were offered for the new
state. The name Frankland was proposed since it was translatable as "the Land of
the Free," however, Franklin was decided upon perhaps for gaining the favor of
Benjamin Franklin. John Sevier was elected Governor. The convention set the
salary of the governor at two hundred pounds per annum, the supreme judges at
one hundred and fifty pounds per annum. There were some interesting regulations
created in the new constitution. One set the prices for goods traded and another
to set the standard for office holders. Office holders could not be any person
"if he were immoral, a Sabbath breaker, a clergyman, a doctor or a lawyer."
Unfortunately Benjamin Franklin was not
terribly supportive of his namesake state. When solicited by John Sevier for
help Franklin wrote,
"I am sensible of the honor which
your Excellencey and your council do me. but being in Europe when your State
was formed I am too little acquainted with the circumstances to be able to
offer you anything just now that may be of importance, since everything
material that regards your welfare will doubtless have occurred to
yourselves. "
He concludes with a statesman like paragraph. I will endeavor to
inform myself more perfectly of your affairs by inquiry and searching the
records of Congress and if anything should occur to me that I think may be
useful to you, you shall hear from me thereupon."
(Franklin's letter to Governor John Sevier, 1787)
The State of Franklin was
set up in 1784 out of the westerly portion of the colonial state of North
Carolina. Shortly after the War of Independence the original colonies were asked
to pay for the war efforts and create a country with a sound financial policy.
Since the taxing the population was difficult and cash was in short supply North
Carolina ceded the western portion of the state to the federal coffers. Before
the Congress could accept the offer North Carolina withdrew the offer. The
citizens of the region decided that federal rule in the meantime was probably a
good idea since North Carolina as a state had given this remote region little
support in its fight with the Indians or protection from criminal refugees. They
saw other benefits as an independent state in terms of taxation, representation
and an understanding attitude toward local problems. Representatives of the
North Carolina counties of Sullivan, Washington, Greene, and Davidson accepted
the offer of cessation to federal territory. The state of Franklin existed for
only four years to finally merge with the new state of Tennessee.
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