Liam Bridgeman
WYCS
May 1, 2025
"Residents in Hawkins County have been in an uproar over a 60-acre property on Stanley Valley Road.
According to the deed, the property was purchased by NewEarth Nation Coalition, a group hoping to establish what they call a sovereign micronation in Hawkins County.
Marsha Willardson is the trustee of the NewEarth project in Tennessee.
“We're setting up communities where people who are working and discovering their souls journey their soul path their sole purpose and looking to find divinity and bring it as an expression of a community,” Willardson said.
She says, the coalition hopes this project will be the first of many across the nation and they look to begin with 7 to 10 people and their families.
Hawkins County Commissioner Syble Vaughan Trent, who grew up near the property has concerns.
“The literature that I have says that they're going to bring in 200-300 people. Well, this property will not accommodate 200-300 people” Vaughan Trent said.
According to the group's website, they are led by the founder of NewEarth Sacha Stone and they're selling ‘golden tickets’ at 10,000 dollars apiece to be part of the nation.
Neighbors Wayne and Mary Ellen Field have reservations.
“You don't know who these people are or where they are coming from,” Mary Ellen said.
“We came down here from Maryland hoping to have a nice peaceful retirement until this company came and bought this property back here,” Wayne said.
Representatives with the group told News 5 the project is still very early in the planning stages but they do plan to meet on the property for a ceremony in June and it's open to the public.
“I say to the whole community, I'd love to see you there. When you really experience what we are bringing you will know for sure. Your first-hand knowledge is so valuable,” Willardson said."
https://wcyb.com/news/local/sovereign-micronation-causes-cult-concerns-in-hawkins-county
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