terms a sin-vey was ordered by tJu^ 

 commissioinM-s, the four hundred 

 acres were located and a portion of 

 it laid off into lots including the 

 court house square. I obtained a 

 few years ago the foregoing facts 

 from the late Rev. John McDowell 

 who was a member of Capt. Love\s 

 corps and a participant in the elec- 

 tion. I have been tbu? particular in 

 giving them in order t«> settle any 

 dispute thnt might hereafter arise as 

 to the location of the town of Frank- 

 lin. The work of survey as mapped \ 

 oat by the Commissioners hftving I 

 been finished, a general auction sale | 

 of the lands to the highest bidder i 

 took place at Wayiusville in Si'j>t. ; 



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The settlement of the (.own of ! 

 Franklin commenced at once. The ! 

 first house built in Franklin was ; 

 built by Joshua Roberts on the lot ' 

 now occupied by Mr. Jackson John- 

 ston. It was a small round log cabin. | 

 But the first house jjroper was one j 

 built of hewn logs, by Irad S. High- i 

 tower on the lot where Mr. N. G. | 

 Allman's hotel stands. It now con- | 

 stitutes a part of that building. That ! 

 first house passed into the hands of 

 the late Capt. N. S. Jarrett, thence 

 to Gideon F. Morris, and from him 

 to John R, Allraan and then to the ! 

 present owner, N . G. Allman. There 

 v» ere sevei al log cabins built about 

 that time, but the order in which it 

 was done and the claims to priority 

 I have been unable to ascertain. 

 Lindsey Fortune built a cabin on 



j the lot where the Franklin Hoase, or 



Jarrett Hotel now stands. Samitel 



j Robinson built on the lot now occu- 



j pied by Mrs. Robinson, Silas Mc- 



j Dowell first built on the lot where 



j stands the residence of T>. C. Cuu- 



I niiigham. Dillard Love built the 



i first bouse on Mr. Trotter's lot. N. 



j S. Jarrett built on the lot owned and 



I occupied by Sam L. Rogers. John 



! F. DoV)son first improved the corner 



lot now owned by C C Smith. 



James K. Gray built the second house 



made of hewn logs on the lot owned 



by Mr... Dr. A. W. Bell. Jesse R. 



Siler, one of tbe first sellers built the 



house at the foot of th<' town hill 



where Mr. Geo. A.Jones now resides. 



He also built the second house on 



the Gov. liobinson lot and the brick 



store and dwelling owned at present, 



by Capt. A. P. Munday. James W. 



Guinn or Mr. Whitaker built the 



house owned and occupied by M 



Jackson Johnston. 



I am indebted for much ^f this 

 information about the early settle- 

 ment of Franklin to the late James 

 K. Gray ai.d Silas McDowell. 

 There is one other fact worthy of 

 notice. John R. i '.^ an opened the 

 first hotel in Fran! . Shortly af- 

 ter tliis Jesse R. Siier opened his 

 hou.se at the "foot of the hill" and 

 these two houses furni.shed the hotel 

 acc.ommod!»tions here for many years. 

 These are the facts of history about 

 Franklin so far as they go. Though 

 meagre and unsatisfactory, they may 

 be interesting to future generations. 



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