United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181817-05-17Affidavit of Georg Uptain (also George Upton) and Richard Ellison of Jackson County, Georgia, dated May 17, 1817. Uptain and Ellison testify that John Camp, also of Jackson County, is living with his family over the boundary line on lands near the Alcovy River, designated as Indian hunting grounds. They provide information regarding Camp's improvements on the land and indicate that he has lived there twelve months. The statement was sworn to before James Strawn, Justice of the Peace.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc826engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 67, folder 01, document 01.Indians of North America--Land tenureBoundariesTrespass[Affidavit of] Georg Uptain [and] Richard Ellison, 1817 May 17, Jackson County, Georgia / [sworn to] before James StrawnText