In 1826, the General Assembly of Alabama approved a joint resolution for the governor to appoint two people to cooperate with representatives from Georgia to determine the boundary line between the two states. Governor Murphy appointed Arthur P. Bagby and Major Charles Lewis to represent Alabama's interests, while Governor Troup of Georgia appointed Colonel Richard A. Blount, Major Joel Crawford, and Colonel Everard Hamilton. In the summer of 1826, the men met at Fort Mitchell to begin a reconnaissance of the area. The project ran into trouble when the representatives began to disagree about the point on the Chattahoochee River from which the surveyor's line to Nickajack was to begin. The disagreement eventually reached a stalemate and the Alabama representatives left the area and returned home. The Georgia representatives continued with the survey. Later Governor Murphy sent Major Lewis back to compose an accurate survey of the area so the controversy over the line could be understood better. Lewis' subsequent report and survey were submitted to the assembly. This is Lewis' map, showing the "survey of the late treaty west of the Chattahoochee River." Stating a scale of 1"=5 miles, it records the boundary lines from three different surveys and includes reference notes on the lines. Creek villages along the Chattahoochee River are marked, as is Fort Mitchell. Of the communities shown on the map, only the Coweta towns and the Cusseta towns are specifically mentioned. Some of the inscriptions on the map are illegible because of faded ink.
