the supporters of the state of franklin elected john sevier as governor of the proposed state. tennessee residents who sought to remain with north carolina threw their support behind tipton, electing him to washington county's seat in the north carolina senate in 1786. the franklinites and loyalists (the latter sometimes called "tiptonites") set up parallel governments that gradually grew hostile to one another. they raided each other's courthouses and seized each other's court documents. at one point, tipton and sevier scuffled in the streets of jonesborough.