The History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina is an account byWilliam Byrd II of the surveying of the border between theColony of Virginia and theProvince of North Carolina in 1728. Byrd's account of the journey to survey the contentious border with his chief surveyor William Mayo included such nuggets as the derivation of the name of "Matrimony Creek," so named because of its 'brawling' waters.
Each of the two colonies provided surveyors and technicians to the team. William Byrd was the chief representative from Virginia, andEdward Moseley was the chief representative from North Carolina. Byrd also compiled what he called aSecret History of the project.
William Byrd II's text was the focus ofDavid Gatten's film project, also titledThe Secret History of the Dividing Line.
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