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In Washington District in 1776, the first governmental division ever named in honor of George Washington was created. Washington County followed in 1777. Jonesborough was established by a North Carolina act of 1779 and laid out in 1780. It served as the capital of the State of Franklin in 1784-1785 and as the judicial capital of Washington District and the Territory South of the River Ohio from 1790-1796.
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Jonesborough, Tennessee · United States
