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The '''Treaty of Lochaber''' was signed on October 18, 1770 by [[Great Britain|British]] representative [[John Stuart (loyalist)|John Stuart]] and the [[Cherokees]]. <ref>http://discoverkingsport.com/h-easttn-timeline.shtml</ref> Based on the terms of the accord, the Cherokee relinquished all claims to property from the [[North Carolina]] and [[Virginia]] border to a point near Long Island on the [[Holston River]] to the mouth of the [[Kanawha River]] at present-day [[Point Pleasant, West Virginia]] in [[Mason County, West Virginia|Mason County]]. In this treaty, the Cherokee surrendered their rights to the remaining land in present-day southern [[West Virginia]] not included in the [[Treaty of Hard Labour]] in [[1768]].