border disputes Archives - Appalachian History

The only Kentucky county to be abolished

On April 29, 1904, the Court of Appeals ruled that the new county failed to meet constitutional standards of size and population.

For many years Ira Butts and neighbor Clifton Pitts had been arguing over the boundary line of a small piece of property.

In 1818, James Camak was appointed by the state to help survey the boundary line between Georgia and Tennessee. He botched the job. Twice.

The most serious difficulty over the TN/VA stateline issue, one which threatened bloodshed, was what’s been termed the “The Water-Works War.”

Virginia governor Lord Dunmore concluded to settle the boundary line dispute with Pennsylvania by forcibly taking possession of Fort Pitt.