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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Did you know?

I recently passed a sign reading "Welcome to Franklin, Tennessee, Established 1799" (Franklin is in Williamson County, just south of Nashville). I always think of Franklin as "historic", but I most often think of Kingsport as a 20th century city.

I did a little history refresher for myself that you might enjoy, too.

Kingsport's settlement pre-dates the State of Tennessee by 21 years!

1761 - British Fort Robinson (later taken over by United States and renamed Fort Patrick Henry) was nearing completion

1775 - Land grant awarded to first Kingsport settler

1775-1783 - American Revolutionary War

1779 - Jonesborough founded

1779 - Sullivan County, NC (later TN) formally established

1784-1789 The Lost State of Franklin

1796 - Tennessee statehood from North Carolina

1822 - "Old" Kingsport incorporated

1861-1865 - American Civil War

1856 - City of Bristol incorporated

1869 - City of Johnson City incorporated

1914-1918 World War I

1917 - "New" Kingsport incorporated
Posted by at 10:19 AM
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