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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
Box-Folder
1 - 3 3 - 26
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