Treaty of Lochaber

Front inscription

In October 1770, the Congress of Lochaber assembled near here at the plantation of Alexander Cameron, who was deputy superintendant of Indian affairs for the southern colonies. Over one thousand members of the Cherokee nation gathered for the treaty negotiations. The resulting agreement revised the boundary line between the Cherokee and the colony of Virginia further to the north.

Reverse inscription

The new boundary, which became known as the Lochaber Line, extended colonial land claims west of the Appalachian Mountains. These claims had generated tension between colonists and the crown since the Proclamation of 1763, which limited western settlement and angered land speculators. The Treaty of Lochaber was part of the long negotiation to extend the southern segment of the boundary further to the west.