Record #:

10601

Author(s):

Wright, Harry R.

Abstract:

*note: cont'd from Vol. 37, No. 22, April 15, 1970 \r\nIn 1807, a joint North Carolina-Georgia commission was established to determine the exact location of the 35th parallel, the charter assigned state boundary line. Gov. D. B. Mitchell of Georgia offered the job to renowned surveyor Major Andrew Ellicott who accepted the position, sailing from his home in Philadelphia on July 6, 1811. Ellicott completed his work on December 26, 1811, marking the intersection of the 35th parallel and the Chattooga River with an existing boulder on which he inscribed an 'N' and a 'G'. A different boulder only a few feet from the original was misidentified and mislabeled \"Elicot's Rock\" by a second survey crew in 1813, which lead, in turn, to another surveying error in 1819. The original Ellicott's Rock was later determined to be approximately 300 feet north of the actual line when measured with modern equipment.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 1, June 1970, p16-18, 22, il, por, map

Subject(s):

Record #:

10743

Author(s):

Wright, Harry R.

Abstract:

North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia claimed a twelve-mile tract of land in the western part of the state, often called the \"Orphan Strip,\" in the early 1800s. Unable to settle the riotous border dispute, the Georgia-North Carolina commissioners engaged Major Andrew Ellicott, a noted surveyor, to locate the 35th parallel and set the boundary between North Carolina and Georgia.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 22, Apr 1970, p9-10, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Boundaries--Georgia; North Carolina--Boundaries--South Carolina