United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181817-05-17Affidavit of George Upton, Issac Awtrey, and Francis Ellison, dated May 17, 1817 in Jackson County, Georgia. The three men report that James Morris and his family are living across the boundary line near the Alcovy River on lands designated as Indian hunting grounds. They testify regarding his improvements on the land and state 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/jpegtcc827engMode 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 02.Indians of North America--Land tenureBoundariesMorris, James[Affidavit of] George Upton, Isaac Awtrey [and] Francis Ellison, 1817 May 17, Jackson County, Georgia / [sworn to before] James StrawnText