State of Franklin
State of Franklin Chronology
1783 – 1789 : follow the chronology of the State of Franklin
Battle of the State of Franklin – February 27-29, 1788
By 1788 the State of Franklin had existed for over three years with no major conflicts with the North Carolina loyalists. Tensions, however, between the Franklinites and the North Carolina loyalists (or also called Tiptonites) developed into open conflict in February of that year.