Re: Philomen Higgins - Ties to Smelser Family
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Re: Philomen Higgins - Ties to Smelser Family
John Smeltzer 4/23/11
There is a considerable amount of emerging and documented evidence that a group of well associated families, including the Higgins and Smelser and Pruitt clans noted herein, along with others were in fact involved in very early "Pre-Tennessee" wanderings including the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780 (as mentioned elsewhere in these Higgins files) as well as in the 1787 era effort to found the 14th State ... the "Lost" State of Franklin.I would love to hear from anyone working any of the lines involved is this gathering of families.Maybe we can really figure this story line out once again.