Since 1732, when Georgia was created out of South Carolina
territory, the boundary between the two states has been disputed.
This controversy reignited in the 1970s, culminating in a suit
filed by Georgia in the U. S. Supreme Court to ascertain the
location of the true boundary line between the states.
De Vorsey's book grows out of this controversy and is a detailed
examination of the historical geography of that boundary. After
reviewing the events that led to the 1977 litigation, De Vorsey
provides a detailed analysis of Georgia's original charter and the
1787 Treaty of Beaufort--two documents crucial to an understanding
of the dispute. Using documentary and cartographic resources, he
reconstructs the geographical conditions that existed at the time
the documents were drafted and investigates how eighteenth-century
Georgians and South Carolinians perceived these conditions.
In the course of his inquiry he discusses the tremendous natural
forces that have sculpted and re-sculpted the unstable shorelines
and islands formed by geologically youthful delta sediments. He
considers, too, the impact of man on the environment as he
attempted to control nature and improve navigability on the
Savannah River.
The study concludes with a discussion of the particular areas of
the Savannah River's shores and islands involved in the Supreme
Court litigation.
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