This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5UB.2ACI/2759.1 Message Board Post: I'm delighted you asked the question. You are quite correct. "Tennessee Co., NC" once existed. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncburke/NC-TNlands.htm

Derick, I have a question about this "Tennessee co., NC." Have you found that it was a legally designated county of NC? I was under the impression that it was known as the "Washington District of NC" and later became a county in Tennessee. I also understand that the line between Tenn. and NC was first proposed to follow the mountains and ridges which separated the waters which flowed westward from those which flowed south. This would have placed parts of Burke, Yancey, Mitchell and some other counties in Tennessee. Could it be that this area may have been loosely called "Tenn. Co., NC"?? G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.