Title 50, Chapter 2, Section 1
( 50-2-1)
The boundaries of Georgia, as deduced from the Constitution of
Georgia, the Convention of Beaufort, the Articles of Cession and
Agreement with the United States of America entered into on April
24, 1802, the Resolution of the General Assembly dated December 8,
1826, and the adjudications and compromises affecting Alabama,
Florida, and South Carolina are as follows: From the sea, at the point where the northern edge of the
navigable channel of the River Savannah intersects a point three
geographical miles east of the ordinary low water mark, generally
along the northern edge of the navigable channel up the River
Savannah, along the northern edge of the sediment basin to the
Tidegate, thence along the stream thereof to the fork or
confluence made by the Rivers Keowee and Tugalo, and thence along
said River Tugalo until the fork or confluence made by said Tugalo
and the River Chattooga, and up and along the same to the point
where it touches the northern boundary line of South Carolina, and
the southern boundary line of North Carolina, which is at a point
on the thirty-fifth parallel of north latitude, reserving all the
islands in said Rivers Savannah, Tugalo, and Chattooga, except for
the Barnwell Islands and Oyster Bed Island in the Savannah, to
Georgia; thence on said line west, to a point where it merges into
and becomes the northern boundary line of Alabama -- it being the
point fixed by the survey of the State of Georgia, and known as
Nickajack; thence in a direct line to the great bend of the
Chattahoochee River, called Miller's Bend -- it being the line run
and marked by said survey; and thence along and down the western
bank of said Chattahoochee River, along the line or limit of
high-water mark, to its junction with the Flint River; thence
along a certain line of survey made by Gustavus J. Orr, a surveyor
on the part of Georgia, and W. Whitner, a surveyor on the part of
Florida, beginning at a fore-and-aft tree about four chains below
the junction; thence along this line east, to a point designated
37 links north of Ellicott's Mound on the St. Marys River; thence
along the middle of said river to the Atlantic Ocean, and
extending therein three geographical miles from ordinary low water
along those portions of the coast and coastal islands in direct
contact with the open sea or three geographical miles from the
line marking the seaward limit of inland waters; thence running in
a northerly direction and following the direction of the Atlantic
Coast to the point where the northern edge of the navigable
channel of the River Savannah intersects a point three
geographical miles east of the ordinary low water mark, the place
of beginning; including all the lands, waters, islands, and
jurisdictional rights within said limits; and also all the islands
within three geographical miles of the seacoast. |