For those interested in deed and court records of the State of Franklin area, the Watauga Association of Genealogy Bulletin has many of them published in the first twenty or so volumes. Your local FHC might have them. They exist on Fiche starting with number 6100603. This Bulletin covers the NE area of Tn, including Hawkins, Sullivan, Greene, and Washington Counties. I found several of my surnames of people who were in the NE Tn area, and then moved to Sumner/Robertson County.