jerry owen wrote: > > "The setlement is bounded north by North Carolina,south by South > Carolina,west by the Cherokee Nation of Indians.Thus situated and > detached from& without the actual limits of any of the states in the > union,they are left unprotected and ungaurded by any legal cival > authority. That Community was the Orphan Strip Community Linda's Masters Thesis Topic: The Relationship between The Orphan Strip Community and the Cherokee Maybe along the way I can sort this mess out. -- Linda Hoxit Raxter http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator Related to at least half the county at least once ; )