http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/4191/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/history_1st_declaration_independence_yep_there_are_2 <p>Did you know the original Declaration of Independence was signed four years before the one that is celebrated on July 4th. A group of Appalachia Hill folk declared themselves independent from the British years before the rest of the nation. We explore the history of the Watauga association and the battle of Kings mountain. See how a loose band of hillbillies were really the first free settlement in the colonies</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/history_1st_declaration_independence_yep_there_are_2#comments 4th of july Appalachia battle of kings mountain Declaration of Independence hill folk Hillbillies July 4th 1776 News Article overmountain men sycamore shoals