In a message dated 10/21/03 12:47:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tjarv@hiwaay.net writes: My question is if this was Indian Land when it was formed, what counties in the "southern" part of the state were considered "Georgia" prior to that? As of 1810: Camden, Glynn, Wayne, McIntosh, Liberty, Tattnall, and Telfair surrounded the area to the north and east that would become, by 1820, Appling, Irwin, and Early. sjones

The state lines were defined by treaties with other states and countries, southern boundary with Florida defined by 1763 treaty with Spain. At first western boundary was the Mississippi River, but the state relinquished its claim 1802. The largest portion of Georgia at that time was Creek and Cherokee lands, and by treaty with them more counties were added to the named county areas. So prior to the treaty with the Creek tribe that allowed the creation of Appling, it was considered to be part of Georgia but Indian land. I have a maper that goes year by year with the formation of the counties, it also includes other information. as you can fix a location on it and see where the location was relative to the county line changes. Another thing the Florida Georgia was not settled between the two states until in the 1860's, location of the head waters of the St Marys River was questioned. about a ten mile strip at the eastern end of the line. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <TYBEETIDE@aol.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] History Question | In a message dated 10/21/03 12:47:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, | tjarv@hiwaay.net writes: | My question is if this was Indian Land when it was formed, what counties in | the | "southern" part of the state were considered "Georgia" prior to that? | As of 1810: Camden, Glynn, Wayne, McIntosh, Liberty, Tattnall, and Telfair | surrounded the area to the north and east that would become, by 1820, Appling, | Irwin, and Early. | sjones | | | ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== | NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political | announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, | etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. | Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | | --- | [This E-mail scanned for viruses by your Internet Service Provider] | | --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by your Internet Service Provider]