PHYSICAL RESEARCH

1. Locate and catalogue different maps of the city from different time periods.

What changes have taken place in the physical characteristics?

2. Who were the city planners who designed the city?

The original seven commissioners selected to choose a site for the county seat were authorized to purchase land not exceeding 50 acres on the Clinch River, "between the Island Ford, and where Samuel WORTHINGTON now lives, and lay off a town with necessary streets and alleys, reserving two acres near the center for the courthouse, jail, and stocks."

Acts of 1807, chapter 65, page 111, recited in the preamble that it appeared that the surveyor who was appointed by the commissioners to lay out the city of Burrville had made a mistake in running and laying out the town as the same had appeared from an experiment, inasmuch as several buildings would be located on the streets if this course were to be run, this act provided that the streets, alleys, and lots would stand and remain as they were all originally plotted and described.

Were any Freemasons?

3. Are there any significant discernible designs or symbols imbedded in the original

plan or layout?

4. Is there any significance in the architecture, location or position of the central

buildings?

5. Has there been any historical significance in the particular plot of land upon which

these buildings are located? Who originally owned the land?

The Commissioners followed their legislative instructions and purchased 40 acres from John LEIB for the town site. LEIB was the son-in-law of John CLODFELTER, a German immigrant by way of Pennsylvania who, with his eight sons-in-law, settled Dutch Valley. The 40 acres sold by Leib had been included in a purchase of 640 acres from William BLACK and Charles McCLUNG. BLACK had received a grant for the same tract from the State of North Carolina September 20, 1787.

6. What is the background of the city's parks and plazas?

Who commissioned and funded them?

City funded.

What significance might there name have?

Lakefront Park, Jaycee Park and South Clinton Park. No significance implied.

7. What is the background and significance of statues and monuments in the city?

Do any glorify the creature rather than the creator?

8. What other artwork is featured in the city?

9. Are there any prominent archaeological sites in the city?

What is there meaning?

10. What is the location of highly visible centers of sin such as abortion clinincs,

pornographic bookstores or theatres, areas of prostitution, gambling, taverns,

homosexual activity, etc?

11. Where are the areas that concentrate greed, exploitation, poverty, discrimination,

violence, disease or frequent accidents?

12. Where are locations of past or present bloodshed through massacre, war or

murder?

13. Does the position of trees, hills or rivers form any significant pattern?

14. Do certain landmarks have names that would not glorify God?

15. What is the highest geographical point and what is built there?

16. Which zones or sectors or neighborhoods seem to have characteristics of there

own?

Sources:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4916/Hist.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4916/Admin.html