Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-07-17
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same time, over one and the same peo
pie. County Courts were held in the
same counties, under both Govern.
ments; the militia were called out by
officers appointed by both; laws were
passed by both Assemblies, and taxes
were laid by the authority of both
Sattes. The differencein opinion in the
State of Frankland between those who
adhered to the Government of North
Carolina, and those who were the
friends )f the Government, became
every day more acrimonious. Every
fresh provocation on the one side, was
surpassed In the way of retaliation by
a still greater provocation on the other.
The Judges commissioned by the State
of FARMLAND, held Supreme Courts
twice year, in Jonesboro. Col. Tiptcn
openly refused obedience to the new
Government. There arose a deadly
hatred between him and Gov. Sewer,
and each endeavored by all the means
in his power to strengthen his party
against the other. Upton held courts
under the authority of North Carolina,
at Buffalo, ten miles above Jonesboro,
which were conducted by her officers,
and agreeably to her laws. Courts
were also held at Jonesboro in the sa ne
county, under the authority of the
State of Frankland. AS the process of
these courts required the Sheriff to
pass within the jurisdiction of each
other to execute it, a rencounter was
sure to take place. Hence it became
necessary to appoint the stoutest men
in the country to the Office of Sheriff.
This state of things produced the ap-
pointment of A. Caldwell of Jonesboro,
and Mr.. Pew, the Sheriff in Upton g
court. Whilst a County Court was
sitting at Jonesboro, this year, for the
County of Washington, Col. John Tip
ton, with party of men, entered the
court house, took the papers from the
Clerk and turned the Justices out of
doors. Not long after, Sewers party
came to the house where County Court
was sitting for the Couny of Washing.
ton, under the authority of North Caro-
lima, and took away the Clerk 8 papers,
and turned the Court out of doors.
Thomas Gorly was the Clerk of this
Court. The like acts were several
times repeated during the existence of
the Frankland Government. At one
time James Sewer, then having the
records of the old Court under North
Carolina, Upton, In behalf of the Court
of North Carolina, went to his house
and took them away by force, and de-
livered them to Gorly. Shortly after
wards the records were retaken by
Sevier's,party and James Sewer, Clerk,
hid them in cave. In these removals
many valuable papers were lost, and
at late periods, for want of them, some
estates of great value have been lost.
In the County of Greene, in 1856, Tip
ton broke up Court sitting in Greene.
vile, under the Frankland authority.
The two Clerks in all the three old
counties, issued marriage license. and
many persons were married by virtue of
their authority. In the Courts held
under the authority of the State of
Frankland, many letters of administra.
tion, of intestate estates were issued
and probates of wills were taken. The
memb bers of the two factions became
excessively incensed against each other
and public meetings made frequent ex-
hibitions of their strength and Prov
ess, in boxing matches. As an eluci-
dation of the temper of the times an
incident may here be mentioned which
otherwise would be too trivial for the
page of history. Shortly after the elec.
tion of Sewer as Governor of the State
of Frankland, under the permanent con.
etitution, he and Upton met in Jones.
boro, where as usual, violent verbal
alteration was maintained between
them for some time, when Sewer, no
longer able to bear the provocations
which were given to him, struck Tip
ton with cane; instantly the latter
began to annoy him with his hands
clinched: each exchanged blows for
some time, in the same way with great
violence, and in convulsions of rage.
Those who happened to be present in
terposed and parted them before vic.
tory had declared for either. But
some of those who saw the conflict, be.
lieved that the Governor was not as
well pleased with his prospects of vic.
tory as he had been with the event of
the battle of King 3 Mountain. in which
his regiment and himself had so emil
nently distinguished themselves. This
example was followed in the time Of
those convulsions, by the members of
their respective families, who frequent.
ly, and with various success, took les
sons of pugilism from each other at
public meetings. The rabble also, who
in all countries ape their superiors,
made numerous displays of theii skill,
in gymnastic exercises, and like the
Spaltans of old, often lost an eye. or
part of an ear or nose, in the agonistic
field, without the least complaint for
the trifling mutilation. To such ex-
cess, was driven by civil discord, a
people, who in time of tranquility, is
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