Carolinas' border tweaked
COLUMBIA -- On May 24, 1772, William Moultrie took a break from surveying the South Carolina-North Carolina border to visit little Charlotte Town, which he described as having five or six houses, “very ordinary built of logs.”
Nearly 240 years later, Charlotte has a few more houses. But the passage of time and the developers who built those houses have cut down the trees that Moultrie and his crew blazed with axes to mark the border between the two Carolinas. So when homeowners along that border – and some tax collectors – asked state officials to point out where the boundary is, they couldn’t do it.
Later this year, however, officials finally will know again where the South Carolina-North Carolina border is as they finish 18 years of work, at a cost of $980,000, to re-establish the boundary.
Granite monuments were placed about one mile apart, primarily next to roads or railroads. The monuments are granite posts 4 inches by 6 inches by 36 inches, set 8 inches above ground level. "1905" is chiseled on the top, and "S.C." and "N.C." on opposing sides. A larger granite monument was set at the state corner. It is 12 inches by 6 inches and extends 44 inches above the ground.That work could give scores of homeowners in both states new addresses, driver’s licenses and school districts.
State borders can be tricky and expensive issues. South Carolina spent $10 million and 12 years fighting Georgia over 3,000 acres of mostly uninhabited islands and 10,000 acres of water along the Savannah River.
Trying to dodge a similar fight, South Carolina and North Carolina have been working quietly since 1994 on resurveying their border. To avoid having to get congressional approval of the border, which would cost more, the states had to retrace their original boundary from the 1700s. That sent researchers into South Carolina courthouses, looking for clues as to the original border – clues that led them to a 17-foot scroll stuffed in a drawer and an engraved stone in Greenville County that had not been seen in 150 years.
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By Adam Beam - abeam@thestate.com COLUMBIA -- On May 24, 1772, William Moultrie took a break from surveying the South Carolina-North Carolina border to visit little Charlotte Town, which he described as having five or six houses, “very ordinary built
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On May 24, 1772, William Moultrie took a break from surveying the South Carolina-North Carolina border to visit little Charlotte Town, which he described as having five or six houses, "very ordinary built of logs."
Nearly 240 years later, Charlotte has a few more houses. But the passage of time and the developers who built those houses have cut down the trees that Moultrie and his crew blazed with axes to mark the border between the two Carolinas. So when homeowners along that border - and some tax collectors - asked state officials to point out where the boundary is, they couldn't do it.
Later this year, however, officials finally will know again where the South Carolina-North Carolina border is as they finish 18 years of work, at a cost of $980,000, to re-establish the boundary.
That work could give scores of homeowners in both states new addresses, driver's licenses and school districts.
State borders can be tricky and expensive issues. South Carolina spent $10 million and 12 years fighting Georgia over 3,000 acres of mostly uninhabited islands and 10,000 acres of water along the Savannah River.
Trying to dodge a similar fight, South Carolina and North Carolina have been working quietly since 1994 on resurveying their border. To avoid having to get congressional approval of the border, which would cost more, the states had to retrace their original boundary from the 1700s. That sent researchers into South Carolina courthouses, looking for clues as to the original border - clues that led them to a 17-foot scroll stuffed in a drawer and an engraved stone in Greenville County that had not been seen in 150 years.
But as the field work ends, the political work is just beginning.
Last fall, officials sent letters to 93 property owners - a mix of homeowners and business owners, more than half now in North Carolina - notifying them that they could be affected by the new survey. Roughly 30 replied with letters of concern.