You will find land disputes in many southern and mid wastern states ,also. This is why when your relative said he was born in one state about 1700- early 1800's and you can't find them it is usually to check early maps of surrounding states. At one time parts of western Tenn. and all way over to Nashville were sometime called Misssissippi Terrority and couple of south centa Tenn. counties were part of Alabama Territory and parts of western Tenn. were said to belong to North Carolina. In some instances when say Tenn. became a state of it's own,wars almost started among surrounding states and even then some residents refused to agree with states choice.l _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963