This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ward, Washington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1UB.2ACE/8602.2 Message Board Post: The info you are seeking can be found on the Greene County Tenneessee Site on Rootsweb. There is a detailed map showing boundry changes and the years and Counties/States involved.The area known as Eastern Tennessee was once Washington District ( all lands south of the Ohio River) Then The State of Franklin and back to Washington County of N Carolina.The residents filed a petition to the State of N.C. to become a County to establish Law and Order.The address is http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngreen.html Ray Ward