In 1790 North Carolina ceded its western territory to the US government, thereby paving the way for the formation of the state of Tennessee.
To read the act of Congress accepting the cession, including the full text of the North Carolina legislature's act of cession: Click Here.
Of particular genealogical interest is the stipulation that land grants in the ceded territory made by North Carolina to its Revolutionary War veterans be honored.
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