The State of Franklin (Frankland)
Extra-Legal States and Territories Historic Regions of the United States
August 1784 – December 1788
The state of Franklin highlighted on a map of Tennessee
Capital	Provisional Jonesborough, August 1784 – December 1785 Permanent Greeneville, December 1785 – 1788
Area
• Coordinates	36°10′N 82°49′W / 36.167°N 82.817°W / 36.167; -82.817
History
Government
• Type	Republic / Organized, extralegal territory
"Governor" (President)
• December 1784 – December 1788	President/Governor Col. John Sevier
Speaker of the Senate
• December 1784 – December 1788	Landon Carter
• Speaker of the House August 1784 – June 1785	William Cage
• Speaker of the House June 1785 – December 1788	Col. Joseph Hardin
Legislature	Congress of Greeneville
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower House	House of Representatives
Historical era	post American Revolution
• North Carolina cedes the Washington District to federal government	April 1784
• Secedes from North Carolina and blocks federal government claims; Franklin proclaimed	August 23 1784
• Petition for Frankland statehood sent to Congress	May 16, 1785
• Provisional name changed to "Franklin"	December 24, 1785
• Disbanded; and re-acquired by North Carolina	March–September 1788 1788
• Area is designated part of the Southwest Territory	1790
Political subdivisions	Counties
Preceded by Succeeded by North Carolina North Carolina
Today part of	East Tennessee, United States

The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was a part of the United States of America that wanted to become a U.S. state. The proposed state was located in what is now the eastern part of Tennessee.^[1]

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