Franklin, probably, became emotionally involved with the Cherokees and their future in a strange land that they had been forced to travel to under severe hardship. At the present, information about Franklin Faulkner and his family has been very elusive, he has been a very mysterious individual. Two of his children made a written statement that he was from Virginia and one of his children stated that he was from Tennessee and some family tradition believes that Franklin came from Georgia. His Life in Georgia, Tennessee or Virginia is unknown at this time. Nothing has surfaced from researching those states that gives any information concerning Franklin Faulkner or his family.
More research is needed.
Some future Faulkner genealogy researcher will, no doubt, find a documented answer. The answer might be found in the following circumstantial evidence. The Cherokee National Council issued a resolution in 1825 establishing a town site of 100 lots of one acre each and a public square for a new Capital City. It was named New Echota. One of the many buildings constructed was a building for a Cherokee newspaper.