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Governments, Indians, Natchez & boundary line history
 (Eighth in a series)
Good fences make good neighbors, so the adage goes, reflecting the importance of defined boundaries not only between individuals but also political entities.
As the Natchez District developed the basic characteristics of a political entity—namely a resident population and political institutions—it wouldn't be long before there would be a need for distinct, defined boundaries.
The 1770s were a time of change in American history. Settlers in the growing colonies on the Atlantic coast began spilling over the Appalachians into the valley of the Mississippi and its tributaries. The same Atlantic colonies would soon be in revolt against the mother country, Great Britain, and the revolt would give birth to a new country. By 1776 the settlement was fast becoming a distinct political entity, and political entities require boundaries.
While fighting was taking place in Concord and Lexington and meetings were being held in Philadelphia, the Natchez settlement was still living happily under the jurisdiction of the British province of West Florida. In fact the settlement had benefited from the revolution through serving as a refuge for loyalists refugees from the Atlantic Coast.
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