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northwardly to a gum tree, standing in Walkers original
line. The surveyors continued the line and found no other
difficulty, till within about a mile of Cumberland river,
where it terminated; but they extended it accord
-ing to its course at its course at its termination
across to the Tennessee river. On running a line due
North from where they sturck to Tennessee, they
intersected a line said to have been run by Walker.
The citizens West of Cumberland river between
those two lines, have been considered as belonging
to Tennessee, and have always been subject to the
Jurisdiction of her laws. The Legislature of Kentucky
in acting upon the subject, admit the North line
between the rivers Cumberland and Tennessee,
as the permanent division line between the two states
at this point; and claim their right to the triangular
territory on the road leading from Nashville to Lex
-ington. As this arrangement is in perfect accord
-ance with what has been hethereto known and
acted upon as Walkers line by the border settlers
of each State, I recommend that the line as seen
by Munsell and Bright, and ratified by the
State of Kentucky, be recognized by you, as the
true and permanent line of boundary between
the two States. As there is no law autho-
-rising the payment of the Surveyor, chain carriers
and markers, an appropriation for that purpose
will be required at the presnet session.