All of Tennesee was Washington County orriginally. The county seat is Jonesboro. Most of the early records would be there. By 1790 there were at least 7 counties formed. You can find lots of information on that area in the http://www.usgenweb.com You can also go to a search engine like google.com and type in "state of franklin", and find interesting things about the history of that area. You should be able to get an address of the courthouse on the genweb site. You can also go the the LDS Family History Library and order microfilm of records from there. The library may even have them there at the time. (LDS Family Library is The Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints) (More non-members use the library than members) Kathy in Pleasant Hill, OR