First, a little geography refresher for me and those with an interest. Buncombe County was formed from Rutherford and Burke in 1791 and included approximately all the lands of and west of current day Madison, Buncombe and Henderson counties. As of 1800, Buncombe Co. was the westernmost county in NC, bounded by Indian Lands/TN on the west , Burke on the N. E. and Rutherford on the N. W. (Lincoln Co. was east and N.E. of Rutherford). By 1840, just 49 years later, the following counties had been cut from Buncombe: 1808 Haywood which ran from the northern to southern borders of the state; 1828 Macon (from Haywood); 1838 Henderson from Buncombe; 1839 Cherokee from Macon. Many of us are familiar with Corbitt's book, "The Formation of The North Carolina Counties 1663-1943", and the maps it contains. But, have ya seen the Jackson County, NC webpage of maps from 1790 to 1880? Map of the western part of the state every 10 years during that period. This website of printable maps is a "must have" for every researcher of western NC Queens: http://www.main.nc.us/jcgs/maps/index.htm While visiting, see if you can back up to the "Neighbors" page for some excellent websites of neighboring counties. If not, here's the scoop: Jackson Co., NC Neighbors (Web Page Addresses): http://www.main.nc.us/jcgs/index2.htm Last, is anyone familiar with a Georgia website which features maps of the northern GA counties near the NC border? Also a TN website for eastern TN? Thanks, Gene