1799 Petition Objecting to Erecting a New County
Petition 21-1-1799 to the Tennessee General Assembly
Dated 26 Sep 1799
Some citizens of Grainger County object to attaching the part of Grainger County lying south of Clinch Mountain to part of Jefferson County. They state the citizens petitioning to do so follow a “party design” and are not petitioning for the public good; therefore, they want an investigation.
Signers were:
| George Bean Soloman Blair James Bowen Josiah Smith Henry Bowen John McElkeny Huse ? Robson Edward Tharker ? / Edward T Parker ? Thomas McBroom Charles Bunch Volintin Morgon John Smith Sml Yancey |
Isaiah Midkiff Wm Henderson Thos Henderson David Haley John Bowen Aron Gast / Gist Michel Careny James Blair Sr James Blair Jr Martin Ashburn John Danel William Arnold |
Source: Tennessee Genealogical Society, “Ansearchin'” News, Fall, 1991, page 116.
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