Photo by Skye Marthaler Hillsboro Road (Highway 431) and Manley Lane Franklin, TN Circa 1802 with original log home/ remodeled 1850 2-story frame home The William Leaton House (Grassland) was built by North Carolinian's William Leaton III (1780-1839) and Susanna “Susan” Hunter Leaton (1775-1844)( m.1800). William’s father had first arrived to the area later called Grassland community, and later William won the land through court action in 1826 against other litigants Nathan H