The
City of Franklin
was founded October
26, 1799 and was named
after Benjamin Franklin,
a close friend of Dr.
Hugh Williamson, a member
of the Continental Congress
for whom Williamson
County was named. For
most of its first 180
years, Franklin was
a tranquil, small county
seat. In the years prior
to the Civil War, Williamson
County was one of the
wealthiest counties
in Tennessee and Franklin
the center of plantation
economy.
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