Walton War (original) (raw)

dbo:abstract

The Walton War was an 1804 boundary dispute between the U.S. states of North Carolina and Georgia over the twelve-mile-wide strip of land called the Orphan Strip. The Orphan Strip was given to Georgia in 1802. Georgia and North Carolina thus had a shared border. Problems arose when Georgia established Walton County in the small piece of land, because the state boundaries had never been clarified, and it was unclear as to whether the Orphan Strip was part of North Carolina or Georgia. The Walton War remained a dispute primarily between the settlers and the Walton County government until John Havner, a North Carolinian constable, was killed and North Carolina's Buncombe County called in the militia. By calling in the militia, North Carolina effectively asserted authority over the territory, causing the Walton County government to fail. In 1807, after two years of dispute, a joint commission confirmed that the Orphan Strip belonged to North Carolina, at which point North Carolina extended full amnesty to previous supporters of Walton County. The Walton War officially ended in 1811 when Georgia's own survey reiterated the 1807 commission's findings, and North Carolina took full responsibility for governing the Orphan Strip. (en)

dbo:causalties

None

dbo:combatant

Georgia

dbo:commander

dbo:place

dbr:Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina

dbo:result

North Carolinian victory

dbo:strength

*North Carolina Army National Guard
*South Carolina Army National Guard
Georgia National Guard
South Carolina National Guard
*Georgia Army National Guard
North Carolina National Guard

dbo:territory

dbr:North_Carolina

dbo:thumbnail

wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia_(non-official).svg?width=300

dbo:wikiPageExternalLink

dbo:wikiPageID

4946986 (xsd:integer)

dbo:wikiPageLength

13967 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)

dbo:wikiPageRevisionID

1099349129 (xsd:integer)

dbo:wikiPageWikiLink

dbp:casualties

1 (xsd:integer)
None (en)

dbp:combatant

Georgia (en)

dbp:commander

William Miller (en)
Benjamin Smith (en)
William Hawkins (en)
James Turner (en)
David Stone (en)
Henry Middleton (en)
Benjamin Williams (en)
Paul Hamilton (en)
Andrew Pickens (en)
Charles Pinckney (en)
David Brydie Mitchell (en)
Peter Early (en)
David Rogerson Williams (en)
John Branch (en)
John Drayton (en)
Jared Irwin (en)
John Milledge (en)
Joseph Alston (en)
Nathaniel Alexander (en)
William Rabun (en)

dbp:conflict

Walton War (en)

dbp:date

1804 (xsd:integer)

dbp:place

dbr:Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina

dbp:result

North Carolinian victory (en)

dbp:strength

dbp:territory

Orphan Strip becomes part of North Carolina (en)

dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate

dcterms:subject

rdf:type

rdfs:comment

The Walton War was an 1804 boundary dispute between the U.S. states of North Carolina and Georgia over the twelve-mile-wide strip of land called the Orphan Strip. The Orphan Strip was given to Georgia in 1802. Georgia and North Carolina thus had a shared border. Problems arose when Georgia established Walton County in the small piece of land, because the state boundaries had never been clarified, and it was unclear as to whether the Orphan Strip was part of North Carolina or Georgia. (en)

rdfs:label

Walton War (en)

owl:sameAs

prov:wasDerivedFrom

wikipedia-en:Walton_War?oldid=1099349129&ns=0

foaf:depiction

wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia_(non-official).svg

foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf

wikipedia-en:Walton_War

foaf:name

Walton War (en)

is dbo:wikiPageDisambiguates of

dbr:Walton

is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of

is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of

is foaf:primaryTopic of

wikipedia-en:Walton_War