What change, if any, is necessary in the underlined portion in the following passage?
So opposed were the residents of Scott County to the idea of
seceding from the Union that when Tennessee formally
announced secession, the county voted to secede from the state
of Tennessee, naming the area the free and independent State
of Scott
A. State of Tennessee, naming the area the free and independent State of
Scott
B. State of Tennessee, naming the area the Free and Independent State of
Scott
C. state of Tennessee, naming the area the Free and Independent State of
Scott
D. correct as is