United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Tennessee. Governor (1803-1809 : Sevier)1804-07-19This is a letter dated July 19, 1804 from John Sevier, Governor of the State of Franklin (1785-1788) and Governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-1809) to Colonel William Barnett and Brigadier General Buckner Harris of Jackson County, Georgia. Sevier writes in response to a letter from Buckner and Harris (see tcc917) stating that the Georgia commissioners were ready to proceed with laying out a road between Georgia and Tennessee through the Cherokee Nation. Sevier says that the Tennessee commissioners will be ready to meet with the Georgia commissioners on August 15 at Cherokee leader James Vann's house in the Cherokee Nation. He also promises to forward this information to Colonel Return J. Meigs and Major William Lovely.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/jpegtcc919engMode 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 81, folder 21, document 06.Cherokee Indians--Government relationsLand useRoads--Design and construction[Letter] 1804 July 19, Knoxville, Tennessee, [to] Colo[nel] William Barnett and Brigadier General B[uckner] Harris, Jackson County, Georgia / John Sevier, [Governor of Tennessee]Text