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To his Excellency Samuel Houston Governor of Tennessee

The undersigned beg leave to call your
Attention to the subject of settling the state boundary
line in that part that seperates Stuart & Trigg Counties
as the Legislature of Kentucky hath passed a resolution
on that subject, And as you will be called on by the
Executive of that state to cooperate with him in
that business, we with due deference would sugest
the folowing remarks, That owing to a line found
having the appearance of Walker's marks extending
from two miles East of Cumberland to the Tennessee
River about two miles North and unconnected with
the line run by Walker as directed by the Government
of virginia from the Southeast Corner of the State
of Kentucky. Which reputed line hath been a source
of much perplex^ity growin out of the excercisive power
by the Officers of both states over a few inhabitants
over which each claim jurisdiction that the
teritory is small say 18 or 20 square miles
Which we presume of too little magnitude to be
regareded as an object with either state or
Counties adjoining and we supposed the Legislature
in Kentucky noticd the subject with a special
view, to the relief of us that is agrieved And as
we are unable to perceive how surveyors
that may be appointed by the Chief magistrates
of the two states with the article of stipulation
of the 11th of February 1820 entered into by the