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  Southwest Territory 1790-1796  Southwest Territory Boundaries        “ON the 25th of May, 1790, Congress passed a law for the government of the country south-west of the river Ohio. They declared that for the purposes of temporary government it should be one district, the inhabitants of which should enjoy all the privileges, benefits, and advantages set forth in the ordinance of the late Congress, made in July, 1787, for the government of the territory of the United States north-west of the…

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From The State Records of North Carolina, Vol. XXII, p. 714 HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON COUNTY State of Franklin, February 27, 1788 In a Council of the Officers to Secure the Rights of the Citizens in this State, and from Motives to Establish Peace and Good Order– It is our request to Colonel John Tipton, that he and the party now in his house surrender themselves to the discretion of the people of Franklin within thirty minutes from the arrival of the…

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From The State Records of North Carolina, Vol. XXII, p. 714 HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON COUNTY State of Franklin, February 27, 1788 In a Council of the Officers to Secure the Rights of the Citizens in this State, and from Motives to Establish Peace and Good Order– It is our request to Colonel John Tipton, that he and the party now in his house surrender themselves to the discretion of the people of Franklin within thirty minutes from the arrival of the…

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From The State Records of North Carolina, Vol. XXII, pp. 705-714 The Honourable, The General Assembly of North Carolina now sitting– The Inhabitants of the Western Country Humbly Sheweth: That it is with sincere concern we lament the unhappy disputes that have long subsisted between us and our Brethren on the Eastern side of the Mountains, respecting the Erecting a new Government. We beg leave to represent to your Honourable body, that from Acts passed in June 1784, ceding to…

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Chapter VI THE ACT OF CESSION OF TENNESSEE. As Congress was heavily in debt at the close of the Revolutionary War, North Carolina, in 1784, “voted to give Congress the twenty-nine million acres lying between the Allegheny mountains and the Mississippi river.”[1] This did not please the Watauga settlers, and a few months later the legislature of North Carolina withdrew its gift, and again took charge of its western land because it feared the land would not be used to…

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In 1772, the white settlements south of the Holston River, although acknowledged to be an unorganized part of North Carolina, were without any form of government. In 1772, they “exercised the divine right of governing themselves,” forming a “written association and articles for the management of general affairs. Five Commissioners were appointed, by the decision of a majority of whom all matters in controversy were settled…” The Articles of the Watauga Association are apparently not extant, but it is known…

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By John Preston Arthur Published 1914 by Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of Asheville, NC Copyright 1914 E. H. D. Morrison (Book now in public domain) The State of Franklin Chapter VI THE ACT OF CESSION OF TENNESSEE. As Congress was heavily in debt at the close of the Revolutionary War, North Carolina, in 1784, “voted to give Congress the twenty-nine million acres lying between the Allegheny mountains and the Mississippi river.”[1] This did not…

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Petition of the Inhabitants of Washington District 1776 INCLUDING THE RIVER WATAUGAH, NONACHUCKIE, &C., 1776 In 1772, the white settlements south of the Holston River, although acknowledged to be an unorganized part of North Carolina, were without any form of government. In 1772, they “exercised the divine right of governing themselves,” forming a “written association and articles for the management of general affairs. Five Commissioners were appointed, by the decision of a majority of whom all matters in controversy were…

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  Having, on the 12th of December last, been employed for a certain consideration to go to the Westward in order to discover a proper Place for a Settlement, I left my house on the Sixth day of March, at ten o’clock, 1749-50, (1) in the Company with Ambrose Powell, William Tomlinson, Colby Chew, Henry Lawless and John Hughs. Each man had a horse and we had two to carry the baggage. I lodged this night at Col. Joshua Fry’s…

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