Randal; I am poorly equipped to answer your quest regarding the morphology of the touching borders of these three states. However, its a great question which has troubled myself and others. Here are my thoughts. I have been a frequent poster of NC Stewart questions as Rosannah Stewart, b c 1769, claimed to have been born in North Carolina but in an area which is now Tennessee. Other border realignments took place in the North-East corner of Georgia about the time gold was discovered there. Perhaps some others can point us to a proven answer to our questions. I am surprized with your comment that your Stewart ancestors went (from Canada?) to NC or GA about 1810 as that was the time slavery was causing others, including my gg grandfather Samuel Stewart to migrate to NW Ohio with many others , many Quakers. Dick Stewart Carefree, AZ

Oh, btw, the main settlement in Tennessee is the Watauga Settlements. They weren't heavily settled until 1772 but that 1769 date may be close enough. As I told you the state wasn't formed until later. Many of these records are located in both Greene and Washington counties. Although there are many not online. There is a tax list online for these earliest settlers. That intersection between these 3 states is in southwest Polk County and the Copper Basin area. This area remained in the hands of the Cherokee until 1838. The line between GA and TN didn't change. It was highly affected by the Copper Mining that entered the area in 1850's. It saw a huge influx of people looking for work. Then 1850 and earlier Polk census records will say Benton or 'Hiwassee Mines" BUT it is the Basin area....one just has to know more about the family. to determine where they lived. McCaysville, GA is the same town but in GA. Joyce Gaston Reece -----Original Message----- From: Dick Stewart Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 2:54 PM To: stewart@rootsweb.com Subject: [STEWART] North Carolina Tennessee Georgia geography. Randal; I am poorly equipped to answer your quest regarding the morphology of the touching borders of these three states. However, its a great question which has troubled myself and others. Here are my thoughts. I have been a frequent poster of NC Stewart questions as Rosannah Stewart, b c 1769, claimed to have been born in North Carolina but in an area which is now Tennessee. Other border realignments took place in the North-East corner of Georgia about the time gold was discovered there. Perhaps some others can point us to a proven answer to our questions. I am surprized with your comment that your Stewart ancestors went (from Canada?) to NC or GA about 1810 as that was the time slavery was causing others, including my gg grandfather Samuel Stewart to migrate to NW Ohio with many others , many Quakers. Dick Stewart Carefree, AZ ********************************* PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION to the address fields when you are sending or replying to list mail. ---------------------------------- Please visit Clan Stewart in America's web site: http://www.clansstewart.org ------------------------------------ Looking for Scottish games in your area? Visit http://www.scottishinfo.org _______________________________________________ STEWART mailing list STEWART@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STEWART-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message