Hi all - I've been following with interest, all the speculation about who was where and when. I have a copy of the NGS map (Territorial Growth of US) which was drawn in 1784 after the Treaty of Paris. It shows the US as it was then and it's really interesting. Virginia, NC, SC, GA, and Florida all extended their western boundaries to the Mississippi River. Does anyone know if there is a map that parallels the census? Did the US do a map every 10 years? I would think that knowing the progressive changes of states and counties would be important. I'm sure that info must be available somewhere, but does someone know when those states took on their present size and shape? One of my GGGrandfathers was born in NC, either Rutherford, Rowan or ???. Where were those counties in 1819? In the census, he said he was born in NC. But was it the same state we know today as NC? FJD said he was born on Haw River in 1760, but that river isn't listed on this map. I'm open to suggestions. Diane