From the pastrues of Hampshire, England and castles of Bayern, Germany
to the hills of North Carolina, the Franks and Hill families sought out
new beginnings as they came to the Americas in the 1700s. They fought in
every battle in their new home; the Revolutionary War, the Civil War,
the Korean War and WWI andWW2. Amongst them was John Sevier, originally
Xavier from France, his father and uncle stowed away on board a ship and
came to the Americas before the Revolution. John Sevier became a leading
member of the new westward movement and in 1784 petitioned Congress to
create the State of Franklin out of property in western North Carolina
and eastern Tennessee.