Vollifer1949
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Read up on East Tennessee history 1796-1860.
Then you will know that every county in East Tennessee, except Sullivan, voted against joining the Confederacy. So, Middle and East Tennessee may stake their claim to Dixie, but not East. And drawing a line on a map is weak as water, unlike the corn from a jar. And I assume you know of Parson Brownlow. He is buried in Knoxville where he spent some time in jail because he had no truck with dear old Dixie.I’ve studied it and I live it. Born and bred in East Tennessee. Live where Thomas Walker and Daniel Boone forged the trail westward and the where the Battle for Cudjo Cave, overlooking the Gap of the Cumberlands, changed hands several times. I live in a county where slave stone fences still exist, and where land was set aside for escaped slaves so that they would become free and become freeholders of land. But most of all, I know where the Mason-Dixon Line is located.