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From: "Montford Reed" <>
Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Questions independant cities 2
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:44:14 -0400
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Hi, Clive,
As far as I've ever been able to ascertain, the "Independent City" concept
came to the US from Mother England. In early Georgia, Virginia and South
Carolina, Savannah, Norfolk, and Charlestown were independently governed by
bodies or individuals under the Crown. Virginia continues the practice to
this day, I think. I've not researched this, but found many references in
my genealogy work to these bodies or persons. I suspect there are many more
early cities with the same status. This may have been simply was where the
legal representative (governour?) of the Crown chose to live and hold court.
Monty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive W Carpenter (NZPAFUG)" <>
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Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: [PAF-5] Questions independant cities 2


> Independent City, is a term I have not heard of before. In my researching
in
> New Zealand, AUstralia, England, Ireland and Scotland I have never come
> acroos an Independent City. Sometimes particularly on the Scotish Border a
> Village or Town can go back and forth between Soctland & England at
> different times in history.
>
> CLive

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