Liz, Actually, you are correct also. The line DID move as different sets of surveyors came through the area. Only for those folks who lived w within a mile of the state line, though, did this happen. My own grandmother lived in the same house for the first 18 years of her life and lived first in FL then AL then FL then AL then FL and all of that since 1890. So, yes, that would occassionally happen, but not in all places. Sometimes there were immovable objects likes rivers or ridges to mark survey area. Then the line usually stayed put. The Early Co GA and Gadsden Co., FL line was one of the more stable lines as it was frequently surveyed from 1825 - 1845 before FL became a state. Before that it was never part of GA but was a territory of several nations. Look at your map carefully to see how close they were. Lots of them moved between two communities for the seasons.