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137 1777

  An arrangement was brought about between the States of North Carolina, Virginia & the Indians; and a definitive boundary was settled for the Territory, now the State of Tennessee, which was understood, aside from the Indian title, to belong to those states.    This year Washington county was organized, courts established & a land office opened, in which great quantities of land were entered." -  Tenn:  Gaz:
  "The Cherokees inhabited the Western part of the state" [of south Carolina] which they sold in 1777, and retired over the mountains W. where they now reside."  [?Merk?] Report to Secy War. p 32. 1820