ARCHIVES, MANUSCRIPTS, AND RECORDS SERVICES SECTION

ARCHIVES, MANUSCRIPTS, AND RECORDS SERVICES SECTION TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

BOUNDARIES, TENNESSEE

RECORD GROUP 20

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Processed by MHE Completed 7/14/71

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Record Group 20 contains papers dealing with Tennessee's

boundaries. Of primary importance are field notes, maps, and

reports which outline early surveys of the boundary lines.

Legislative and judicial actions are also documented.

The record group is divided into series on the five bound­

aries and Indian land lines. There is also a collection of

twentieth century correspondence and data involving the records.

Correspondence is generally routine; most letters are copies.

Of particular interest are letters by several Indian leaders

regarding treaties.

Except for the related information of twentieth century

vintage, the material falls between 1779 and the mid 1800's.

An index to correspondents follows the series lists.

Record Group Number 20: Boundaries, Tennessee

INDEX

Series Number Series Title

Subseries Number Subseries Title

Box Number

l Georgia-Tennessee Line l 2 3 4 5

Correspondence Field Notes & Report Financial Records Legislative Matters Maps

2 Indian Land Lines l 2 3

Correspondence Reports Treaties

3 Kentucky-Tennessee Line l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Affidavits Agreements Applications Correspondence Field Notes Legislative Matters Maps Reports

4 Mississippi-Tennessee Line

l 2 3 4

Correspondence Financial Records Legislative Matters Reports

5 North Carolina-Tennessee Line

l 2 3 4 5 6 7

Correspondence Decree, Supreme Court Field Books Financial Records Legislative Matters Maps Reports

6 Virginia-Tennessee Line l 2 3 4

Answer Appointments Correspondence Financial Records

l l l l l l

l l l l

1-2 l l l l l 1-2 2 2

2

2 2 2 2

3

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3 3

INDEX (continued)

6 Virginia-Tennessee Line (continued)

5 6 7

Legislative Matters Reports Statements

7 Related Information 1 2 3 4 5

Addresses Affidavits Articles Correspondence Newspaper Clippings

3

3 3 3

3 3 3 3 3 3

l

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

l]

l

Series Title: Georgia-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Correspondence

Box Number l

Folder Number

l 1817-1818

(Index on page 39)

2

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

1 Series Title: Georgia-Tennessee Line

2 Subseries Title: Field Notes & Reports

Box Number 1

Folder Number

2 1819

3

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

1 Series Title: Georgia-Tennessee Line

3 Subseries Title: Financial Repords

Box Number 1

Folder Number

3 Expenditures, 1815

4

Record Group Number: 20 Boillldaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

1 Series Title: Georgia-Tennessee Line

4 Subseries Title: Legislative Matters

Box Number 1

Folder Number

4 Resolution, 1817

5

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number

Subseries Number:

1

5

Series Title: Georgia-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Maps

Box Number 1

Folder Number

5 1818

6

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

2 Series Title: Indian Land Lines

l Subseries Title: Correspondence

Box Number l

Folder Number

6

7

1797 - 1801

1815 - 1816

(Index on page 39)

7

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

2 Series Title: Indian Land Lines

2 Subseries Title: Reports

Box·Number 1

Folder Number

8 9

10

11 12 13

Cherokee Treaty Line, Blue Ridge, 1819 Cherokee Treaty Line, Hiwassee-Tennessee

River, 1819 Clinch River to Ford of Cumberland,

Hawkins Commissioners Indian Lands - U. S. Government Lands Washington District - Mero District Road

8

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

2 Series Title: Indian Land Lines

3 Subseries Title: Treaties

Box Number 1

Folder Number

14 Undated 15 1815 16 1818 17 1819

...

9

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Su.bseries Number:

3

1

Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

Su.bseries Title: Affidavits

Box Number 1

Folder Number

18 Conrad Piles, 1819

10

Record Group Numb er: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Numb er:

3 Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

2 Subseries Title: Agreements

Box Number 1

Folder Number

19 1820

11

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

3

3

Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Applications

Box Number 1

Folder Number

20 Dr. Augustus H. White, 1858

12

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

3

4

Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Correspondence

Box .:Number 1

Folder Number

21 1801-1847

(Index on page 39)

13

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

3

5

Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Field Notes

Box Nw;nber 1

Folder Number

22 Munsell and Brighton, 1830

14

Record Group Nurob£r: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Numb.er:

3

6

Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Legislative Matters

Box Number 1

Folder Number

23

Kentucky

Act

Tennessee

24 25 26 27 28 29

Act, 1801 Act, 1816 Act, 1819 Act, 1821 Act, 1829 Amendment

Box Number 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14

Bill Committe~eports, 1819 ( ;,Jo C0>--dfirls) Committee Reports, 1820 Committee Reports, 1829 Committee Reports, 1830 Message, Willie Blount, 1813 Petition, Border Settlers, 1831 Petition, Jackson County Petition, Simpson County Petition, Smith County Petition, Stewart County Petition, Sumner County Resolution Roll, Transcript

15

Record Group Number: 20. Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

3

7

Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Maps

Box Number 2

Folder Number

15 1830

16

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

3

8

Series Title: Kentucky-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Reports

Box Number 2

Folder Number

\

Commission

Oversized Material 16 17 18

1859 c cof-/lEE'/3Lll"5 svt./Je-Yj 1821 1826 1846

General

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

1819, Walker Line 1808, Walter Evans 1820, Grundy and Brown 1 , 'J-f IC?) 1821, Steele and Looney(t~pe,1 cop~ .if t~I 1832, Joint Committee 1854, Cochran and Caldwell 1859, Isham G. Harris

17

Record Group Numb.er: 20 Boundaries, Tenne~see

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

4

1

Series Title: Mississippi-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Correspondence

Box Number 2

Folder Number

26 1836 - 1837

(Index on page 391

18

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tenness;ee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

4 Series Title: Mississippi-Tennessee Line

2 Subseries Title: Financial Records

Box Number 2

Folder Number

27 Expenditures, 1837

19

Record Group Numb er: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

4 Series Title: Mississippi-Tennessee Line

3 Subseries Title: Legislative Matters

Box Number 2

Folder Number

Mississippi

28 Resolution

Tennessee

29 30 31 32 33

Committee Report, 1836 Message, Newton Cannon, 1837 Miscellaneous Material, 1831 Resolution, 1829 Resolution, 1831

20

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Numb er:

Subseries Numb er:

4 Series Title: Mississippi-Tennessee Line

4 Subseries Title: Reports

Box Number 2

Folder Number

34 Commission, 1837

21

Record Group Numb er: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Numb er:

Subseries Numb er:

5 Series Title: North Carolina-Tennessee Line

1 Subseries Title: Correspondence

Box Number 3

Folder Number

1 1820 - 1821

(Index on page 39)

22

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

5 Series Title: North Carolina-Tennessee Line

2 Subseries Title: Decree

· Box · Number 3

Folder Number

2 U. S. Supreme Court, 1915

23

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

5 Series Title: North Carolina-Tennessee Line

3 Subseries Title: Field Book

Box Number 3

Folder Number

3 Davenport, 1821

24

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

5 Series Title: North Carolina-Tennessee Line

4 Subseries Title: Financial Records, 1821

Box Number 3

Folder Number

4

5

Expenditures

Receipts

25

Record G~oup Nwnber: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Nwnber:

Subseries Nwnber:

5 Series Title: North Carolina-Tennessee Line

5 Subseries Title: Legislative Matters

Box Nwnber 3

Folder Nwnber

North Carolina

6 Act, 1820

Tennessee

7 8 9

10

Act, 1820 Act, 1821 Message, James K. Polk, 1821 Resolution, 1832

26

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

5 Series Title: North Carolina-Tennessee Line

6 Subseries Title: Maps

Oversized Material

1812

26

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

5 Series Title: North Carolina-Tennessee Line

7 Subseries Title: Reports

Box Number 3

Folder Number

11 Commission, 1821

27

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

6 Series Title: Virginia-Tennessee Line

1 Subseries Title: Answer

Box Number 3

Folder Number

12 U. s. Supreme Court

28

Record Group Numb er: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Numb er:

Subseries Numb er:

6 Series Title: Virginia-Tennessee Line

2 Subseries Title: Appointments

Box Number 3

Folder Number

13 Surveyor, 1802

29

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

6

3

Series Title: Virginia-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Correspondence

· Box · Number 3

Folder Number

14 1802, 1858

(Index on page 39)

30

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries., Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

6 Series Title: Virginia-Tennessee Line

4 Subseries Title: Financial Records

Box Number 3

Folder Number

15 Expenditures

31

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

6

5

Series Title: Virginia-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Legislative Matters

Box Number 3

Folder Number

Tennessee

16 17

Appointments Bill

Virginia

18 19

Act, 1803 Committee Report, 1803

32

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

6 Series Title: Virginia-Tennessee Line

6 Subseries Title: Reports

Box Number 3

Folder Number

20 Commission, 1860

33

Record Group Numb er: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Numb er:

Subseries Numb er:

6

7

Series Title: Virginia-Tennessee Line

Subseries Title: Statements

Box Number 3

Folder Number

21 1802

34

Record Group Number: 20

Series Number: 7

Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Title: Related Information

Subseries Number: 1 Subseries Title: Addresses

Box Number 3

Folder Number

22 Battle, Charlton E.

23 Foster, A. P.

35

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

7 Series Title: Related Information

2 Subseries Title: Affidavit

Box Number 3

Folder Number

24 State Archivist, 1906

36

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

7 Series Title: Related Information

3] Subseries Title: Article

Box Number 3

Folder Number

25 "The Extension of the Northern Line of Tennessee to the West of Cumberland Gap-­ Matthews Line."

37

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

7

4

Series Title: Related Information

Subseries Title: Correspondence

· Box · Number 3

Folder Number

26 A - Z, 1910-1929

(Index on page 39)

38

Record Group Number: 20 Boundaries, Tennessee

Series Number:

Subseries Number:

7

5

Series Title: Related Information

Subseries Title: Newspaper Clipping

Box Number 3

Folder Number

27 Mississippi River course, 1763

39

Index to Correspondents

Anderson, Joseph Anderson, W. D.

Mississippi Supreme Court Ballew, David W. Barthell, Edward E. Barton, Charles Baugh, Leonidas Branch, M.

Governor of North Carolina Brown, Aaron Venable Brown, Will L. Buren, Absalom L. Butler, E.W. Campbell, G. W. Cannon, Newton Claiborne, William C. C. Cocke, William Craig, W.W. Crawford, William A. Crittendon, John J. Dewitt, William Fink, Paul M. Fisk, Moses Garrard, James Glover, Major Grace, John Grundy, Felix Harris, Isham G. Humphrey, P • W. Jackson, Andrew Johnston, Peter Lowrey, John Lynch, Charles Martin, Joseph McMinn, Joseph Miller, Jake

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3 - 14 3 - 26 3 - 26 3 - 14 3 - 1

1 - 18 1 - 18 3 - 14 1 - 3 1 - 4 2 - 26 1 - 3 1 - 3 3 - 26 1 - 4 1 - 18 3 - 1 3 - 26 3 - 14 1 - 18 1 - 3 3 - 14 1 - 18 3 - 14 1 - 18 1 - 4 3 - 14 3 - 14 2 - 26 3 - 14 1 - 1,4,18 3 - 14

Murray, G. B. 3 - 26 Nelson, M. W. 3 - 14 Rabun, William 1 - 1 Reed, W. D. 1 - 18 Roane, Archibald 1 - 18; 3 - 14 Routhac, F. 1 - 18 Rowan, John 1 - 18 Rutledge, George 3 - 14 Sevier, John 3 - 14 Shelby, Isaac 1 ,e .. ili8 Smith, L. D. 3 - 26 Sorrel, George R. 3 - 14 Taylor, Creed 3 - 14 Thing 1 - 3 Williram~, John 1 - 4 Winchester, J. 1 - 3 Wise, Henry A. 3 - 14

Wolf;;, Friend 1 - 3