United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181817-05-20Affidavit of Archibald Nelson dated May 20, 1817 at Jackson County, Georgia and sworn to before Justice of the Peace James Strawn. Nelson reports that James Morress (Morris?), John Camp, James Besley, John Henyeard, William Hanner, and Thomas Trammell (also Trammill) are all living across the boundary lines on lands designated as Indian hunting grounds in the vicinity of the Alcovy River, Jacks Creek, and Turkey Creek. Nelson also states that he has recently noticed many houses and cleared fields on the south side of the Apalachee River which formed part of the Indian boundary line.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/jpegtcc830engMode 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 05.Indians of North America--Land tenureBoundariesTrespass[Affidavit of] Arch[ibal]d Nelson, 1817 May 20, Jackson County, Georgia / sworn to before James StrawnText