Historically, the final line delineating NC-SC boundaries north of the Old North Corner was not settled until 1813. That line was the eastern boundary of the Catawba Indian Land and, without going into massive detail, will say that generally from 1763 until 1813, the line was the Camden to Salisbury Road. But, the road kept shifting with a major shift coming in 1780 when Lord Cornwallis' troops tore it up. Some people living in the area shifted their allegiance from North to South Carolina, and vice versa, depending upon when the tax agent of one state or the other appeared. Court records were confused. One year a person might appear before the NC magistrate and the next year before the SC magistrate--if there was a magistrate at all--and north of 12 Mile Creek there was no court and no militia--no government at all until 1819 which was six years after the 1813 survey which drew a straight line on the map rather than trying to follow a shifting road. Louise Pettus On Feb 1, 2005, at 1:20 PM, Doris wrote: Mine did, too....and it was much in dispute for a lot of years. My Belks lived in NC, my Bibbys in SC, but they were neighbors----and relatives ----- when we were there, it was easy to see why they couldn't get it settled easily......you really can't see where the states change if you miss the small sign. ----- Original Message ----- From: abaker@comporium.net To: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:27 AM Subject: [SCLANCAS] Re: Lancaster?? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACI/1551.2 Message Board Post: Maybe he was born up near North Corner, the boundry line between NC and SC; it's only about seven miles above Lancaster and is just a jog in the state line. Some of my people had land that was in both states so their birthplaces might be confusing just like the one you have. ==== SCLANCAS Mailing List ==== Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/lancaster.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== SCLANCAS Mailing List ==== Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/lancaster.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

That's pretty much what most of them along that line did----way back when I was first starting in this gen. search, I wondered why they moved so much....lol.... I've since found out they stayed & conditions changed. ----- Original Message ----- From: Louise Pettus To: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [SCLANCAS] Re: Lancaster?? Historically, the final line delineating NC-SC boundaries north of the Old North Corner was not settled until 1813. That line was the eastern boundary of the Catawba Indian Land and, without going into massive detail, will say that generally from 1763 until 1813, the line was the Camden to Salisbury Road. But, the road kept shifting with a major shift coming in 1780 when Lord Cornwallis' troops tore it up. Some people living in the area shifted their allegiance from North to South Carolina, and vice versa, depending upon when the tax agent of one state or the other appeared. Court records were confused. One year a person might appear before the NC magistrate and the next year before the SC magistrate--if there was a magistrate at all--and north of 12 Mile Creek there was no court and no militia--no government at all until 1819 which was six years after the 1813 survey which drew a straight line on the map rather than trying to follow a shifting road. Louise Pettus On Feb 1, 2005, at 1:20 PM, Doris wrote: Mine did, too....and it was much in dispute for a lot of years. My Belks lived in NC, my Bibbys in SC, but they were neighbors----and relatives ----- when we were there, it was easy to see why they couldn't get it settled easily......you really can't see where the states change if you miss the small sign. ----- Original Message ----- From: abaker@comporium.net To: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:27 AM Subject: [SCLANCAS] Re: Lancaster?? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACI/1551.2 Message Board Post: Maybe he was born up near North Corner, the boundry line between NC and SC; it's only about seven miles above Lancaster and is just a jog in the state line. Some of my people had land that was in both states so their birthplaces might be confusing just like the one you have. ==== SCLANCAS Mailing List ==== Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/lancaster.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== SCLANCAS Mailing List ==== Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/lancaster.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== SCLANCAS Mailing List ==== Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/lancaster.html ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx