Petition to Form New State in North Carolina’s Western Country
The following names are taken from the back of the petition:
| Nicholas Hayes | Jno. Chester | Joseph Huson |
| Sam’l Hayes | Patrick Morrison | Mikill Borders |
| Jno. Mitchell | Stephen Easley | Alx. Pethrow |
| James Hammer | Jackal Light | Oystan Hewtower |
| Henry Hokimer | Robert Easley | Wm. Davies |
| Geo. Martin | Henry Sullivan | John Noris |
| David Moore | John Light | Robert Hayes |
| Henry Winterberger | Moses Robinson | John Hayes |
| Jos. Winterberger | William Light | William Sippard |
| Sam’l Winterberger | William Light, Sen. | Alexander Cavitt |
| Joseph Lusk | Thomas Easley | Moses Cavitt |
| Thos. Wood | William Goad | Jacob Jobe |
| Joseph Gest | Jesey Holland | Nathan Jobe |
| William Gest | James Walb”’ (?) | Joseph Birdwell |
| Joshua Kidwell | William Wilson | Geo. Birdwell |
| Thomas Davie | Moses Kennedy | James Smith |
| John Kidwell | Hermon King | Moses Russel |
| Charles Kidwell | Joseph Screat | Conrad Shepley |
| Whaley Newby | Lewis Tadlock | John Comin |
| Craven Dunear | Thomas Tadlock | Walker Barren |
| Alexr. Lowrey | Joshuaway Padfield | John Bell |
| James Stinson | Thomas Bennet (his x mark) | William Carson |
| Adam Guthrey | Moses Kelsay | Robert Christian |
| Wm. Craige | John Anderson | Abraham Tittsworth |
| Benjamin Henslee | James Richardson | Benjamin Walb”'(?) |
| Abel Morgan | David Taylor | Green Chote |
| Thomas Vincent | Benja. Gist | John Goad, Jun. |
| George Vincent | William Bucknell | John Pryor |
| Henry Heckey | Haley Bucknell | Moses Looney |
| Owen Atkin | Preley Bucknell | Macajah Adams |
| Nicholas Mercer | Shadrick Haile | James McLern |
| Richard Mercer, Sen. | Forrester Mercer | Alexander Caright |
| Arch’d McHaughan | Bryce Russell, Sen. | Benj. Burdwell |
| Edward Mercer | Bryce Russell, Jr. | John Dean |
| John Black | James Pickens | William Holland |
| John Hunt, Jr. | Phil. Grafford Pierce | William Morroson |
| Basset Hunt | William Gewil | John Morroson |
| Reuben Hunt | Charles Parker | James Morroson |
| Thomas Tipton | Anthony Agee | Samuel Bofman |
| Jonathan Hunt | John Sawyer | David Merryon |
| James Cooper | Joseph Moore | Richard Morell |
| Isaiah Waldrew | John Yancy | Dudley Rutherford |
| Lewis Hunt | Richard Shipley | John Bradford |
| James Smart | W. Cage | Peter Fin |
| James Smith | Timothy Huff | John Hunt |
| Joseph Smith | George Christian | William Bailey |
| John Duncan | Deness Murfee | George Smith |
| Wm. Berry | Isaac Thomas | Jacob Joab |
| Isaac White | William Massengill | William Cooper |
| Samuel Cox | John Tulley | Wm. Jackson |
| James Wheeler | Thos. Easterlin | Ephraim Joab |
| John Cottrell | William Copeland | William Mehallm |
| Hugh Gentry | Rich’d Gamon | Charles Bacon |
| Valentine Rose | John Spurgin | John French |
| Eli Shipley | Thos. King | John Bilensy |
| Thomas Shipley | Roger Gibson | William Combs |
| William Childress | James Adam | William Combs, Jr. |
| Joshway Hampton | Geo. Gabriel (black) | Henry Combs |
| Christurphur Cross | John Yokley | William Stacey |
| Benjamin Aze | John Woolsey | Adam Coumb |
| Reuben Hunt | James Arbutton (?) | Daniel Agee |
| Ellecander Moore | Martin Roller, Jr. | John Comay |
| Martin Roller | Joseph Blair | James Peterson |
| John A. Caft | David Arwin | Jeremiah Taylor |
| D. Wright | William”'(?) | Joseph Taylor |
| Adam Stake | Thos. Taylor | Stephen Taylor |
| William Shewmaker | Adam Stoaks | Isaac Taylor |
| Gabriel Goad | Joseph Waldrep | John Chisholm |
| Peter Easley | Mattw. Caruthers | Edward Tule |
| Jacob Cox | Gilbert Christian | Nathaniel Tule |
Endorsement:
Petition of the Inhabitants of the Western Country, December, 1787.
In Senate, December, 1787. Read and referred to Court on Public Bills. (N.C. St. Rec., XXII, 705-714.)
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