The Transylvania colony and the land it claimed were nullified by the Virginia House of delegates by the Resolution of November 4, 1778. The problem was that Henderson had no legal basis for the purchase. To the contrary, his actions were illegal and in violation of the Royal Decree of 1763 prohibiting precisely such actions.StarlingRamsey, page 71 Further, the Virginia Charter claimed all the lands within the boundaries to the Mississippi river. Richard Henderson's fictional Transylvania colony, the sovereign entity created to treat with the sovereign Cherokee nation, was thwarted by the powerful politicians of the Virginia Commonwealth.Henderson (1) page 202 Such notables as George Washington, Sam Adams and Thomas Jefferson weighed in on the matter Henderson (3) page 11
