[69] The assembly of North Carolina proceeded in 1789 to mature a plan for the severance of Tennessee, and passed an act for the purpose of ceding to the United States of America certain western lands therein described. In conformity with one of the provisions of the act, Samuel Johnson and Benjamin Hawkins, Senators in Congress from North Carolina, executed a deed to the United States on the 25th of February, 1790. Congress accepted the cession by act of April 2, 1790, and Tennessee ceased to be a part of North Carolina.
[70] These instructions were issued in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, under date of August 11, 1790. See American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 135.
[71] This act of the Georgia legislature bore date of December 21, 1789. A prior act, bearing date February 7, 1785, had been passed, entitled "An act for laying out a district of land situated on the river Mississippi, within the limits of this State, into a county, to be called Bourbon." See American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 114.
[72] January 22, 1791. See American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 112.
[73] Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee, pp. 549—556.
[74] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 39.
[75] July 15, 1791. See American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 628.
[76] American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 123.
[77] Ib., p. 135.
[78] Ib., p. 629.