The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-15
WHERE IS CHATTANOOGA.
Revival of Discussion About the
Georgia boundary.
From the Chattanooga Times.


From the Chattanooga Times.
The revival of the discussion over the
boundary between Tennessee and Georgia
is evoking considerable interest. There
are but few Chattanoogaus who have any
apprehensions of being geographically
transferred into the limits Of Georgia, but
still there is enough merit in the con-
tention to elicit considerable public in
terest.
Col. Tomlinson Fort went into the rec
ords at the request of a Times reporter
and gives the result Of his researches in
the following statement. which will be
read with interest:
Charles II. on June 80 Of the seven
teenth year of his reign, granted the first
charter of what was then called Carolina.
The restoration took place in 1855, and this
charter was granted in 1913.
1T describes the land as follows: All
that province, territory or trace of ground
situate, lying and being in North America,
and described as follows Extending north
and eastward as far as the north end of
Carahtuke river or sullet, upon a straight
westWardly line of WyOnOahe creek, which
lies within or about the degrees of 30 and
81 minutes of north latitude, and so west
in a direct line as far as the south seas.
and south and westward as far as the de-
degrees of 20, inclusive, northern latitude,
and so west in a direct line as far as
the south seas. to be called Carolina.
Subsequently this territory was sub-di-
vided into North and South Carolina and
the line of 30 degrees of north latitude was
made the boundary line,
June g. 1892, George II granted a char
ter 10 the trustees for establishing q
colony in Georgia in America of all those
lands, countries and territories situated,
lying end being in that part of South
Carolina in America whieh les from a
northern stream Of Il river there commonly
called the Savannah, all along the sea
coast TO the southwark unto the most
southern branch Of a certain other great
water or river called the Alatamaha, and
westward from the heads of the said riv
ers, respectively, in direct lines 10 the
south sea, and all lands lying within said
boundary
can examination of any map of Geor-
ga and North Carolina will show that the
most northern stream Of a river there
commonly called the Savannah and the
heads of the said rivers, respectively, in
direct line TO the south seas, refers 10 the
Eowee river, which rises in a spring 10
Gated about twelve miles north Of the s.
degree line of north latitude, and that a
line due west from thai spring TO the
south seas which has been construed to
mean the Mississippi river would cause
TO be located in GeOrg a. and not in Ten
nessee, a strip Of Tennessee twelve miles
wide on is southern border, and a strip
of North Carolina of the same width.
when the line was originally surveyed,
1t is said that the surveyors by mistake
took the Tugalo river instead of the Eowee
river, both of which come together and
make the Savannah, as the headWaters of
the Savannah, and as the line between
South Carolina and NoAa Carolina had
been fixed upon 80 degrees north latitude
and the heedwaters of Inc Tugalo river
was near II, they adopted this line of So
degrees as the line between Georgia and
North Carolina, which has since become
the line between Georgia and Tennessee
in the Tennessee part of it and between
Georgia and North Carolina in the North
Carolina part of il.
HAS Georgia lost her title to ths twelve
mile STRIPE"