Then take in to effect the WALKER LINE established by Congress abt 1838, which finally set the boundaries of KY and TN. Which also effects research on about 20 to 25 miles North or South of the Current State lines on all Counties in KY and TN. Also to take note of is when a family lived on a River that Connected to the Miss. it was claimed by the Territory of Ohio and before that the lands were bought from the French: France claimed these waterways along the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers. Best way to find your ancestor is study the Creek or River they lived on to find out in what time era families that lived on these Rivers and Creeks or Mountains posted deeds and into what County or State as this will give you an idea of where to look. 1774: RICHARD HENDERSON AND THE TRANSYLVANIA COMPANY, Meeting in Hillsborough on August 27, 1774, these men organized the new company under the name of the Louisa Company. original out of Granville Co NC bought these lands from several Cherokee chieftains On January 6, 1775, the company was again enlarged, and given the name of the Transylvania Company-the three new partners being David Hart, brother to Thomas and Nathaniel, Leonard Henley Bullock, a prominent citizen of Granville, and James Hogg, of Hillsborough, a native Scotchman Tony CLUSTY OR GOOGLE The Walker Line and Louisiana Purchase. ----- Original Message ----- From: TENNEVA@aol.com<mailto:TENNEVA@aol.com> To: tnhawkin@rootsweb.com<mailto:tnhawkin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:11 PM Subject: [TNHAWKIN] Virginia - Tennessee State Line Evolution The evolution of the present Virginia-Tennessee boundary is very complex issue. The following is a very rough explanation of changes of the boundary between the North Carolina up to about June 1790 then the Southwest Territory or perhaps more correct “Territory of the United States South of the Ohio” up to 1796 then Tennessee starting June 1, 1796 and Virginia. The District of Washington, North Carolina was established about 1776 from lands claimed by North Carolina and encompassed the part of present day Tennessee south of 36 Degrees 30 Minutes North Latitude This was about seven statute miles south of the present day boundary between the two states. In 1777, Washington County, North Carolina was established and probably covered about a third of the Washington District. Washington County, Virginia was also established in 1777 and had a common boundary with Washington County, North Carolina to the Cumberland Gap area. In 1779 Sullivan County, North Carolina was formed from Washington County, North Carolina. The original boundary is not clear to me but appears to have included all land west and north of Washington, County and south of Washington County and Kentucky County, Virginia but not including included the part of Washington County, North Carolina that later became Greene County, North Carolina. At this point, Sullivan County, North, Carolina had a common border with Washington County, Virginia and Kentucky County, Virginia. In 1799 teams from North Carolina headed by land speculator Richard Henderson and Virginia led by land speculator Dr. Thomas Walker, set out to determine the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia to the Mississippi River. The teams began the survey at the point a previous survey was thought to have ended. This line is known as the Walker Line and extended to the Mississippi River at which point the line was about 17 miles too far north. The surveyors were running due west line and knew nothing of magnetic deviation. Anyway Henderson thought the Walker Line was too far south and surveyed a line to the Cumberland Gap area known as the Henderson Line. North Carolina and Virginia did agree at the time of the survey the Walker Line was the boundary between the states. Greene County, North Carolina in was established in 1783. This has nothing to do with the Virginia – North Carolina Boundary. Complicating the issue was the State of Franklin from 1784 to 1788 which apparently never had the blessing of North Carolina but had no effect in determining the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia. Hawkins County was established January 1, 1787 from Sullivan County, North Carolina. I don’t believe the eastern boundary of Hawkins County has changed very much if at all since that time. It appears that Hawkins County extended west of the Cumberland Gap area and a call for at least one of the points on the Hawkins boundary appears to have been in the Chattanooga area! Grainger County, Southwest Territory was established in 1796 before Tennessee became a state and had as a northern boundary the Walker Line. The state of Tennessee was formed June 1, 1776 and began insisting the Henderson Line was the Boundary between Virginia and Tennessee. As a result, neither state could effectively govern the two mile wide band between the two lines and by about 1802 they compromised on an average the Henderson and Walker lines and effectively that is the present Virginia - Tennessee line although it was not “Set in Stone until about 1902. Virginia granted land to the Walker line down to the up to the time of the compromise. You might want to Google the “Squabble State” for more The offset in the line near North Carolina probably was an error not caught before it was accepted by both states! Courts also appear have also been a big player in the boundary disputes and made the final ruling! 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