Maps - Southern Appalachia USA

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٠U.S. Surname Distribution Maps
Generates online maps of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States. The source of this data is the 1850 Census, 1880 Census, 1920 Census, and 1990s phone books. Note that the Census data is a sampling of 1 in 100 names, so the 1990 data is the most accurate

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Last Update: Saturday, January 30, 2010

Year	County/ST	Parent/Child County	Maps

1665-1775	Major Indian Paths, Roads and Settlements in North Carolina
1696	Bath NC	original county subdivided 1705	1700 NC Map
1712	Craven NC	renamed from Archdale Precinct of Bath NC	1709 NC Map
1729	New Hanover NC	Craven NC
1734	Bladen NC	New Hanover NC	1740 NC County Map
1750	Anson NC	Bladen NC
1751 Map of the Carolinas and Georgia 1762 Overhill Map of Cherokee Towns
1753	Rowan NC	Anson NC	1760 NC County Map
1768	Old Tryon NC [abolished in 1779]	Mecklenburg NC	Map 1768-1772 Map 1772-1779
Map #1 Showing the Watauga, Brown, and the Carter and Lucas Land Purchases in East TN, 1772-79 Map #2 showing Watauga Settlement, Western NC and VA 1773-1777 Map of Colonial GA Parishes 1775 County Map of NC 1769-1784 Districts of SC
1777	Burke NC	Rowan NC	1777 Map of Old Burke 1780 Map of NC 1895 Burke
1777	Washington TN	Washington Dist., NC	Map 1814 Map 1834 Washington
1777	Wilkes GA	Ceded Creek and Cherokee lands of 1773	1777 Wilkes Militia Dists
1779	Sullivan TN	Washington TN	1814 Map 1834 Sullivan
1779	Rutherford NC	Burke NC and Tryon NC	1780 Map of NC 1895 Rutherford
"A New and Accurate Map of North Carolina in North America", dated 1779 An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers, Showing in a distinct manner all the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbors'\, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coasts; with The Roads and Indian Paths; as well as The Boundary or Provincial Lines, The Several Townships and other divisions of the Land in Both the Provinces; the whole from Actual Surveys By Henry Mouzon and Others. 1780 Wyld's Map of Franklinia showing approximately the location of the State of Franklin Wilderness Road And Kentucky 1774-1785 1780 Kings Mountain in SC
1783	Greene TN	Washington TN	1814 Map 1836 Civil Dists 1839 Map
1784	State of Franklin	"The Lost State of Franklin" [Western area of NC, now TN]	More Info 1788 Map of Modern Cos.
1784	Franklin GA	Cherokee & Creek Lands Treaties of 1784 with included lands now in South Carolina	Original Boundaries 1796 Franklin Militia Dists
1785	Old 96th Dist SC	Spartanburg Co. and Indian Lands	1785 Map
1786	Greenville Co., SC	Indian Lands	1786 Map
1786	Hawkins TN	Sullivan TN	1814 Map 1834 Hawkins Districts Map
1789	Pendleton Co., SC	Indian Lands	1786 Map
East TN Boundary Changes 1790-1800 TN Surveyor's Districts 1790 SC Map
1790	Elbert GA	Wilkes GA	1777 Wilkes 1796 Wilkes 1796 Elbert Militia Dists
1791	Washington Dist SC	Greenville Co and Old Pendleton Dist.	1791-1799 Map
1791	Pickney Dist SC	York and Chester counties from Camden District and Spartanburg and Union counties from Ninety-Six District	1791-1799 Map
1791	Buncombe NC	Burke NC and Rutherford NC	Townships 1791 County Map of NC 1895 Buncombe
1792	Knox TN	Greene & Hawkins TN	1798 Map 1895 Knox
1792	Jefferson TN	Caswell and Greene TN	1836 Districts
1793	Oglethorpe GA	Wilkes GA	1777 Wilkes 1796 Wilkes 1822 Oglethorpe Militia Dists
1794	Sevier TN	Jefferson TN	1796 Map
1795	Blount TN	Knox TN	1798 Map 1834 Blount 1895 Blount
1796	Carter TN	Washington TN	1834 Carter
1796	Jackson GA	from Franklin GA	Original Franklin Co. 1796 Franklin 1822 Jackson Militia Dists
1796	Grainger TN	Hawkins and Knox TN	1795 Map 1895 Map
East TN Before 1796 when TN became a State Pre-1796 East TN County Map 1796 Map of Georgia 1796 Map of South Carolina
1797	Cocke TN	Jefferson TN	1895 Cocke
1799	Ashe NC	Wilkes NC	1920 NW NC
Map of NC Counties in 1800 1800 Southeastern US
1800	Pendleton Dist. SC Spartanburg Dist SC Greenville Dist SC	In 1800, most of the counties were formed into districts. Washington, Pinckney Ninety-Six, Camden, and the Cheraw's districts vanished, and the counties they had encompassed became districts	1800-1814 Map 1820 Spartanburg
1801	Clarke GA	from Jackson GA	1822 Clarke 1822 Jackson 1874 Clarke 1883 Clarke Militia Dists
1801	Anderson TN	Knox and Grainger TN	Land Parcel Transfer Acts
1801	Roane TN	Knox and Indian Lands	1809-1817 Roane 1814 Map 1817-1819 Roane 1819-1821 Roane
1807	Bledsoe TN	Roane TN and Indian Lands	1807 Map 1814 East TN 1834 Map 1836 Districts
1807	Rhea TN	Roane TN	1814 East TN Co Location Map 1834 Bledsoe & Rhea 1836 Districts
1808	Haywood NC	Buncombe NC	1895 Haywood
1803	Old Walton GA [abolished in 1811]	Lands along northern border of Old Pendleton Dist SC which after the Walton War became land in Haywood & Jackson NC	Map of GA 1796
1811	Madison GA	Clarke, Elbert, Jackson, Oglethorpe and Franklin GA	1822 Clarke 1823 Elbert 1822 Oglethorpe 1822 Madison 1883 Madison Militia Dists
1818	Hall GA	Ceded Cherokee Lands	1822 Hall 1830 Hall 1865 Hall Militia Dists
1818	Habersham GA	An original county, Cherokee cessions of July 8, 1817 and Feb. 27, 1819 and portion from Franklin GA	1823 Habersham 1822 Franklin Militia Dists 1895 Habersham
1819	Rabun GA	An original county, Cherokee cession of Feb. 27, 1819	1822 Map of GA 1823 Habersham 1823 Rabun 1895 Rabun Militia Dists
1819	Hamilton TN	Rhea TN and Indian Lands	1839 Hamilton
1819	McMinn TN	Indian Lands	1814 East TN 1834 McMinn & Monroe Map Monroe Dist Maps 1851 Hiawassee Dist 1895 McMinn 1895 Monroe
1819	Monroe TN	Indian Lands [District Map]
1820 Love Survey Map of Western NC Major Roads in 1820 - A modern map, showing the major roads and settlements in 1820, from Baltimore to Savannah, and west to Memphis 1821 Map of Tennessee
1826	Pickens Dist. SC Anderson Dist SC	Old Pendleton Dist. SC	1815-1868 SC Dists
1828	Macon NC	Haywood NC	Townships 1895 Macon
1828	Habersham GA	transfers land to Rabun GA Look closely to 1822 Map of GA.....huge areas were switched with each other !!! Thus, some 1832 Union Co. folks were once in Rabun Co.	1823 Rabun 1830 Rabun 1823 Habersham 1830 Habersham
1830	Cherokee GA	An original county; Cherokee cession of Dec. 29, 1835 – U.S. Treaty (Act pert. to actual removal)	Map of Cherokee Nation 1831 Map Militia Dists 1895 County Map
1831	Habersham GA	gave port to Cherokee GA	1830 Habersham 1834 Habersham
1832	Gilmer GA	Cherokee Co. - 1832 Land Lottery 1895 Map - Militia Dists	Map of Districts & Counties Map of North GA in 1834 1854 Union Plat Map
	Lumpkin GA	Cherokee Co. - 1832 Land Lottery 1895 Map - Militia Dists
	Murray GA	Cherokee Co. - 1832 Land Lottery 1895 Map - Militia Dists
	Union GA	Cherokee Co.- 1832 Land Lottery 1895 Map - Militia Dists
	Forsyth GA	Cherokee Co.- 1832 Land Lottery 1899 Map - Militia Dists
	Cass GA	Cherokee Co.- 1832 Land Lottery 1899 Map - Militia Dists
	Floyd GA	Cherokee Co.- 1832 Land Lottery 1899 Map - Militia Dists
1832	Habersham GA	gave portion of its lands to Lumpkin GA	1830 Habersham 1834 Habersham 1839 Lumpkin
1833	Yancey NC	Buncombe & Burke NC	County Map Townships 1880 Districts Map 1895 Map
1833	Murray GA	gave up land to form Walker GA	1834 Murray 1839 Walker 1846 Walker
1830 Dist. South of the French Broad & Holston [TN] 1831 Map of TN 1834 Map of Tennessee 1835 Map of Carolinas and Georgia
1836	Bradley TN	Indian Lands	1895 Bradley Co.
1836	Johnson TN	Carter TN	1834 Carter
1836	Meigs TN	Rhea TN	Districts Map
1837	Murray GA	gave up land to form Dade GA	1839 Murray 1846 Dade 1895 Dade
1838	Habersham GA Rabun GA	county line re-defined by State Legislature	1839 Rabun 1839 Habersham
1838	Henderson NC	Buncombe NC	1895 Henderson
1838 Cherokee Indian Removal History & Map Trail of Tears Map 1838 Map of NC 1839 Map of GA, NC and SC
1839	Cherokee NC	Macon NC	1895 Cherokee
1839	Polk TN	Bradley & McMinn TN	1895 Polk Co.
1840	Union GA	portion of northern Lumpkin GA changed to Union GA	1846 Map of Lumpkin/Union
1840 Map of NC Counties 1841 - The Great Irish Potato Famine - at OBCGS 1844 Map of TN Counties Yahzoo Land Grants 1846 Map of NC Counties in 1850
1841	Caldwell NC	Burke and Wilkes NC	1920 NW NC
1842	McDowell NC	Burke and Rutherford NC
1849	Watauga NC	Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell and Yancey NC	1920 NW NC
1850	Gordon GA	Cass/Bartow and Floyd GA	Cass 1855 Militia Dists 1895 Gordon
1851	Jackson NC	Haywood & Macon NC	Townships 1895 Jackson
1851	Madison NC	Buncombe & Yancey NC	Maps 1895 Madison
1851	Whitfield GA	Murray GA	1846 Murray 1855 Whitfield Militia Dists 1899 Whitfield
1853	Hart GA	Elbert and Franklin GA	1855 Elbert 1855 Franklin 1855 Hart Militia Dists
1853	Pickens GA	Lumpkin and Gilmer GA	1855 Map Militia Dists 1895 Pickens
1854	Fannin GA	Gilmer and Union GA	1846 Union & Gilmer 1855 Map Militia Dists 1895 Fannin
1855	Polk NC	Rutherford and Henderson NC
1856	Towns GA	Union and Rabun GA	1855 Union 1855 Rabun 1863 Towns Militia Dists 1895 Towns
1857	*Old Milton GA* [abolished in 1931]	Cherokee, Cobb and Forsyth GA in 1857 Dekalb and Gwinnett GA in 1859	1855 Forsyth 1855 Cherokee 1855 DeKalb 1855 Gwinnett 1863 Milton 1864 Cherokee 1864 DeKalb 1865 Milton 1899 Milton Militia Dists 1955 Fulton
1857	Dawson GA	Gilmer & Lumpkin GA	1855 Gilmer 1855 Lumpkin 1863 Dawson Militia Dists 1895 Dawson
1857	White GA	Habersham GA	1855 Habersham 1863 Habersham 1863 White Militia Dists 1899 White
1858	Banks GA	Franklin and Habersham GA	1863 Franklin 1863 Habersham 1863 Banks Militia Dists 1904 Banks
1859	Alleghany NC	Ashe NC	Township Map Map
1860	Gordon GA	Additional lands gained from Pickens GA	1863 Pickens 1863 Gordon
1861	Clay NC	Cherokee NC	Modern Map 1895 Clay
1861	Cass GA	changes its name to Bartow GA	1865 Bartow Militia Dists 1899 Bartow
1861	Mitchell NC	Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and McDowell NC	1895 Mitchell
1861	Transylvania NC	Henderson & Jackson NC Just where was Transylvania County ? An interesting account by Linda Hoxit Raxter	Townships 1895 Map
Map of Civil War Battles in NC Map of Civil War Battles in GA Map of Civil War Battles in TN Map of Civil War Battles in SC Map of our Tri-State Area in 1863 Map of GA in 1864 Northern GA and SC 1865 1867 Map of SC showing the Districts Map of NC Counties in 1870
1868	Oconee SC and All Districts became Counties	All SC Districts became counties and Oconee carved from Pickens.	1868-1870 Map Spartanburg Today
1870	Pickens GA	portion transferred to Cherokee GA	1874 Pickens 1874 Cherokee
1870	Blount TN	gave up lands to form Loudon TN	Map of Blount Co. 1895 Blount Co. 1895 Loudon Co
1870	Loudon TN	Blount, Monroe, Roane and McMinn TN	Pre-1870 Map 1895 Loudon
1870	Hamblen TN	Jefferson, Grainger and Hawkins TN
1871	James TN [abolished in 1919]	Bradley and Hamilton TN	1877 Map 1902 Map 1919 Civil District Map
1871	Swain NC	Jackson and Macon NC	1895 Swain
1872	Graham NC	Cherokee NC	Map 1895 Graham
1875	Unicoi TN	Carter and Washington TN	Map
1875	Oconee GA	Clarke GA	1874 Clarke 1883 Clarke 1883 Oconee Militia Dists
1895 NC Color Landform & County Map 1900 Map of NC Counties 1923 Map of East TN Counties
1905	Stephens GA	Franklin and Habersham GA	1905 Franklin 1904 Habersham 1910 Stephens Militia Dists
1911	Avery NC	Mitchell, Watauga and Caldwell NC	Pre-1911 Boundaries Current Map 1920 NW NC
1914	Barrow GA	Gwinnett, Walton and Jackson GA	1915 Jackson 1915 Gwinnett 1915 Barrow Militia Dists
Modern Map of TN Counties TN DOT County Maps Modern Map of NC Counties Modern Map of GA Counties with links to county historical maps - courtesy of Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia Post-1930 TVA Map & Photo Records

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