Hi all, The 1828 boundary line for Haywood/Macon County is still the challenge...but too big to conquer in one fell swoop. Assumptions concerning the line from the TN/NC line to the Tuckaseegee are as follows: Line begins on the NC/TN state line at or near Luftee Gap between Deep Creek and the Oconalufty River. Then South along the Thomas Ridge with Deep Creek to the West in Macon County (as indicated by Deep Creek listing on 1850 census for that county). To the East of the line is Quallatown (renamed from Indiantown in 1839 in honor of an Indian woman named Qualla, or Polly) with the Indians listed on Haywood County census of 1840. This would require that the line meet the Tuckasegee somewhere between Bryson City and Ela, NC. Since Deep Creek was clearly mentioned in the reference by Corbitt, the following reference must apply to another creek (with a different name today) "the head waters of Newton's Mill Creek; thence down the said creek to Tuckaseega River". This essentially leaves two creeks as my prime candidates: Coopers Creek and Galbraith Creek. The head of Coopers Creek is near Newton Bald, thus must be a candidate due to the Newton name. However, since high elevations are prominent in the description of the line, it is questionable if the line came down off Thomas Ridge at this point. After re-thinking a number of times and with additional research, Galbraith Creek appears to me at this time to be the most likely candidate since the Thomas Ridge ends in this area and this creek flows into the Tuckasegee. In any event, the Tuckasegee in the general area of Ela clearly appears to me to be the point at which the line reached the river. I hope to research some land transactions in Haywood next week to help support or reject this opinion. I have been known to change my position in the face of new evidence or a re-thinking of old evidence : ) If anyone has any legal or historical document which pinpoints part or all of the line, it will certainly be welcomed. Corbitt's description is simply too vague to plot with any precision (especially with the loss of the identity of Newton's Mill Creek). Thanks, Gene