Some readers have inquired about the Tennessee counties which grew from the Watauga settlement. One was Greene County, first in North Carolina, then briefly in State of Franklin, and then finally Tennesee in 1786. There are wonderful historical maps on-line that help in visualizing how the Tennessee counties were formed-- and descriptions in books also help. I quote from one source: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. Greene County, Tennessee Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas 1783-1795, compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982. The introduction to this book states: "Greene County, Tennessee, was taken from Washington District of North Carolina as the settlers swarmed into its area seeking fertile soil and taking advantage of the land bought with military pay for service in the American Revolution. The date was 1783 near the Big Spring in the heart of what was to become Greeneville, the County Seat; men hereinafter recorded set about to form a government and tame a new land. It was roughly the territory west of Wilkes County, North Carolina, between Wilkes and the Virginia line, which had been allowed three representatives in the General Assembly of North Carolina in 1776. Sullivan (now Tennessee) was formed in 1779 from Washington County. Part of Washington (Tennessee) was annexed to Wilkes County, North Carolina, in 1792." Hope this is of help. Pansylea Howard Willburn