1800 · [Philadelphia
by [Patterson, Matthew]
[Philadelphia, 1800. 6pp, disbound. Very Good.
The petition involved a strip of land along the French Broad River, originally owned by the Cherokees and upon which Matthew Patterson and several dozen other families had settled. By Treaty of 1798, the Cherokees ceded this land to the United States. The settlers, now squatters on public lands of the U.S., sought to bring themselves under the jurisdiction of South Carolina. Their request appears reasonable to the Committee, which recommends that the strip be ceded to that State.
Despite this recommendation, South Carolina wanted no part of the cession; the area was well-known for lawlessness and ungovernability. After a brief skirmish between North Carolina and Georgia, both of which had claimed it for their own, the land ended up as part of North Carolina.
Evans 38865. Not in De Renne, Turnbull, Thornton. (Inventory #: 23522)
The petition involved a strip of land along the French Broad River, originally owned by the Cherokees and upon which Matthew Patterson and several dozen other families had settled. By Treaty of 1798, the Cherokees ceded this land to the United States. The settlers, now squatters on public lands of the U.S., sought to bring themselves under the jurisdiction of South Carolina. Their request appears reasonable to the Committee, which recommends that the strip be ceded to that State.
Despite this recommendation, South Carolina wanted no part of the cession; the area was well-known for lawlessness and ungovernability. After a brief skirmish between North Carolina and Georgia, both of which had claimed it for their own, the land ended up as part of North Carolina.
Evans 38865. Not in De Renne, Turnbull, Thornton. (Inventory #: 23522)