Petition for Division of Perry County


The following petitions can be found on microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. The original petitions are also available. These are part of Record Group 260, Acts of the 26th Tennessee General Assembly.

The page numbering is added by the archivists and included to aid you in location on the original documents.


127-1845-1 is a different document.


127-1845-2

The Honorable Pres. general assembly of the State of Tennessee.

The undersigned citizens of the County of Perry and state of Tennessee would respectfully represent to your honorable body that a very large portion of the citizens in consequence of the Tennessee River running through the county are placed in a situation well calculated to enlist the sympathies of all who are acquainted with their condition and the undersigned entertain the belief that it needs only to have their cause fairly represented to your Honbl body assembled for the general welfare of the peoople to secure their cooperation with their representatives to effect a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line. The undersigned are fully persuaded that they ask nothing more than that relief which can be honorably and constitutionally extended to them thereby conferring a kindness and blessing upon them and afflicting an injury upon none.

And further the undersigned would state that the citizens residing on the east side of Ten River are compelled to submit to a constant _______ and unjust tax for ferriages in attending courts said which is oppressive in the extreme besides the risk of their personal safety. The undersigned would further represent that the ( 127-1845-3) west side of the river cordially sympathises with their fellow citizens of the east of Tennessee River in said county and cordially unite with them in praying your Honorable body to extend to them that relief which common justice demands.

The undersigned further take pleasure in stating that this is a question relieved of everything of a political character and that the people of the county of all parties sexes and conditions will f[or]ever cherish towards those who minister to their necessities a greatful rememberence.

John McKnight 1 Ab T Cole 19
Henry Wright 2 J J Douglas 20
____ Yarbro 3 George Baucum 21
L / S A Yarbro 4 D B Funderburk 22
George R Howard 5 J W Lewis 23
Cullen Suward 6 John W Fisher 24
M H Russell 7 Danl Bowman 25
E J Iglehart 8 Ths M May 26
Samuel Conder 9 Abram Mays 27
Thomas Jn Scott 10 Samuel Brashers 28
David C Neely 11 A L Moore 29
E -t-ny 12 John A Rains 30
Alexander Neely 13 T J Esary 31
John F Scott 14 Hiram F Boren 32
W W Haywood 15 Robert Box 33
N G Porter 16 Hira Jennings 34
E Burton 17 Abram Rusham 35
Robert Young 18 Benj Luton 36
no name John J Steagald 37

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William Jakson 38 Morris Veale 67
Bu Jackson 39 Ezikiel Stark 68
Samuel Young 40 A Coleman 69
Hugh W Long 40 (number repeated) Moses Cotham 70
Ja-ce F Fis– 41 Isaac W Stanly 71
Noah Williams 42 Lewis R Philup 72
Thos Fisher 43 P B Baker 73
John Forguson 44 A Moore 74
Preston Fergarson 45 I I Dunkins 75
M Fisher 46 Samuel(?) Tate 76
C Fisher 47 J L Houstons 77
C M Cotham 48 S / L H Prince 78
Martin F Spade 49 Harvey Ivy/Nip 79
William Linch 50 William Ogley 80
Jesee Sparks 51 C J Brodie 81
James Clifft 52 C D Westerman 82
William O Britt 53 G C Anderson 83
H Mann 54 M Wyatt 84
John Bird 55 Colun Westerman 85
W C Griffin 56 Joel L Ashcraft 86
David McClanahan 57 Thomas Finch 87
Coleman Haley 58 William Britt 88
James Newton 59 Henry Yarbro 89
D M Rushing 60 G N Shelton 90
Paul H Fisher 61 G W Wilkins 91
D A Bunch 62 Charles W Fisher 92
R A Pool 63 John Crews 93
James E Arnold 64 Wyley Graves 94
H H Graham 65 Thomas Simmons 95
Andrew Wilson 66 no name
John R Smith 96 no name

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Joab Wilson 97 John Sullivan 126
– F Young 98 M P Fisher 127
Kinchen Pate 99 William B Jones 128
Burrel Rushing 100 H Lacy 129
Laky Smith 101 Henry Yarbrough 130
Nicholas N Dodd 102 Wm J Fisher 131
George Harvey 103 Lawrence Lamberson 132
Balam Graves 104 William B Kindel 133
Daniel Newton 105 S C Davi_(s/e) 134
Jonathan Luton 106 John Wallase 135
C Ashcraft 107 Samuel J Farmer 136
James Smith 108 Thomas J Russel 137
Fender Halbrook 109 Robert Finch 138
Daniel White 110 Daniel Finch 139
Michelle Steele 111 J H Scott 140
Thomas D Pendleton 112 Wm S Rain s/y 141
Andw Smith 113 T K Haley 142
Jacob Smith 114 Burrell Ivy 143
Richd Gilbert 115 Garrett Moore 144
Marshall Ivy 116 William Thompson 146
Nathaniel Moore 117 Wiley Thompson 146
Thomas Miller 118 Daniel Story 147
Thomas T Wilukins 119 George W Still 148
James Johnson 120 John Richardson 149
A Loftin 121 William Zacheri 150
T J Halbrooks 122 William Neely 151
Moses Randel 123 Calvin Wyatt 152
H H Mitchall 124 William Yarbrough 153
Joseph Harris 125 B Ma-l-m 154
no name Thos S Fraser 155
no name W (?)esttey Smith 156
no name Solomon Wyatt 157

127-1845-6

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

Cloud F Long 157 (misnumbered) A L Pavutt no number
James G Foster 158 D D Murphy no number
Wm H Johnson 159 William Watson no number
T W Petty 160 Theoph Lowe no number
Wm L Lewis 161 Isaac West Jr no number
George Graves 162 James Wells no number
John Young 163 John Parrish no number
Jesse Taylor 164 H H Brown no number
G W Conder 165 Allen Daniel no number
Joel Dabbs 166 Samuel K Shannon no number
Clement C Murphy 167 W L Menzies no number
M R Fisher 168 Robert Campbell no number
E B Kindel 169
J B Williams 171
James H Reiney 172
W B Cragg 173
H West 174
Lehu Miller 175
Robert L Hudspeth 178 (numbered incorrectly)

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Thomas Young 179
G W Stanly 180
George R West 181
Levi Davidson 182
Thos Odle 183
John Strain 184
J S Braly 185
John Stephens 186
Wm Henry 187
Nathan Low 188
L L Myracle 189
N R Lane 190
John Hunt no number

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Beardstown Sept 8, 1845

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

E P Sargeant 1 A G Tucker 53
T A Peo/Pro —-k 2 John Ivy 54
H Barham 3 A P Moore 55
Hiram Campbell 4 John Stoks 56
Thos Lomax 5 G W Gray 57
Robert Crud— 6 D A Whitwell 58
Jas Wilson 7 T Bats 59
H B Murray 8 Hopston Tolly 60
L N Horner 9 Mical French 61
Jesse Taylor 10 Albert H Shephard 62
John Wilburn 11 Robt N B Es– 63
Wesley Cotham 12 Chas Wilyer 64
Winston Crowder 13 Lemuel Tate 65
Thomas Murray 14 A Tolly 66
Jonathan R Drumman 16 Thomas Vickery 67
Elias Boles 17 Peter Robert 68
Elios Murray 18 —-sy Halbrook 69
Allien H Barber 19 John Cade 70
Wm Bates 20 Robert Hudspeth 71
George N Patton 21 E H Shepherd 72
William Barg 22 Wm P Gavin 73
Barrister Tolley 23
M G Pool 24
David McCal 25
A D Sc-i– / Smith 26
Carrol O’Guinn 27

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P Lewis Dennis 28 David Stokes 74
John Campbell 29 William French 75
Jeremiah S -ebey 30 James Skaggs 76
Henderson More 31 Nathel Robertson 77
David Cagle 32 Mathey Toley 78
John H Simons 33 William Lewis 79
Bengamine -eete 34 and 35 A Wilson 80
John Hufteder 36 Robert Shepart/d 81
Isral Rogers 37 G-n Mcellet 82
Stiles Bu- 38 Thos Peirce 83
Wm -ilpurson 39 D M Danel 84
Jr Stanley 40 J T Edward 85
no name 41 J R Obarr 87
E Hooper 42 Samul Denton 88
E Terry 43 Elish F Denton 89
John Stoutey 44 Ezkel Inman 90
Samuel Cole 45 Samul Inman 91
John Ellison 46 William Spence 92
R W McKennie 47 Isaac Steele 93
J H Hayg-any 48 Nathan Ware/More 94
Saml R Shepard 49 Foyd Furgason 95
Mosses —– 50 Isa— Simmons 96
J N Key 51
Wm T Doherty 52

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We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

Wille Jennings 1 James Hall 32
William Kee 2 John N Bell 33
John Montgomery 3 Joseph Marrs 34
James McCage 4 James Marrs 35
Wm D McCage 5 Gilbert Griffin 36
Joel Hudspeth 6 Robert Dickerson 37
Wm H McCage 7 James Clark 38
James Godeson 8 John Bone 39
Wm K Dickson 9 William Bishop 40
D B Thomas 10 Frederick Tousdel 41
Benjamon Potter 11 Jackson Blackwell 42
N Dickeson 12 John Dala 43
Wm Daily 13 R S Maberry 44
Hugh Marrs 14 F Maberry 45
Wilson Daniel 15 Nathan Birds 46
John R Ward 16 William Cox 47
Thomas S Smith 17 James Blackwill 48
James Ward 18 Richard Blackwill 49 and 50
no name 19 (last name written below)
William Raiall 20 F Maberry 51
Jacob McCage 21 Petor Daily 52
Benjamin Thomas 22 Wright Perce 53
Malachi B Thomas 23 A Baughmand 54
James Thomas 24 Joseph Dick— 55
John L McCage 25 Nathan Gibson 56
Nathan D McCage 26 John J Wilson no number
J B Nichols 27
David M Nichols 28
S Y/F Nichols 29
Nathan Nichols 30
Chesley Potter 31

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We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

Henry S Kennedy 1 R R White
James N Fisher 2 John W Poplin
John S Sullivan Henry J Boggam
Joseph Johnson William Warren
Robt G Bail/Beal Wm H Stone
E Blount A V Hutkins
G W Tucker G W Higginbotham
John Garrett John Choat
Joel Hensley Stephen Fore
H A Steagald Absalom Brashers
J S White William ( Pere ?)
A H Shannon Thomas McMacken
Jacob Tucker David Davis
J L Mahan Nicholas Cook
B F Tuten John C Fleming `
Samuel Pitman Curtis Cody
D L Lancaster Absolom Steagald
Joel Smith no name
I N Jackson no name
Nelson M Cook no name
Alin Jones no name
Elias Deaton no name
Jackson Deaton no name
C M Gathings no name

Only signature 1 and 2 numbered.


108-1845-1

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

Thos Ashcraft (name written to right side, not within drawn column lines)

There are no names in 2nd column.

James Shelton 1
Byrd Shelton 2
W B Shelton 3
David H Mikel 4
Isaac Dickson 5
Thomas F Lamberson 6
Erastus Starbuck 7
David Fortner 8
E Lit B/D–on 9
Richard Simmons 10
James Simmons 11
Jesse Simmons 12
John Simons 13
H H Middleton 14
John Bunch 15
James Dalil(es/y) 16
Wilye Simons 17
Robert Gage 18
Handy Hearington 19
Zebulon Garrison 20
Josiah Shelton 21
Fulton Bunch 22
John Davis 23
Joseph Warren 24
John Lamberson 25
Daniel Peveyhouse 26
Thomas Whitwell 27
D A Whitwell 28

108-1845-2

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

These names had no numbers.

Wm O Britt Kelly Holderfield
Wiley Daniel Isaac Law
Wm Daniel William Sexton
Wm Churchill Byram Gibson
Thomas Gibbons no name
Jesse Larson John Larson
Henry Coble John Hughlett
John Bone Cullen Piland
John Tounsand W R Perry
W Daniel A Dolton
Niel Lunn W Daniel
Thomas Hooten T Smith
Elbert J Lunn Thos Smith Jr
Josiah Hooten Wm Smith
A J Kimbrough Wiley Daniel Sr
Simion Winn Sublat McGruder
M A Ward (Word) John Doherty
Isaac Ward (Word) Saml B Lanier
Michel Ward (Word) John McIlwan
L / S Wilson Alenn McIllwain
W Daniel Richard J Hays
James Lawson
George Townsen
Thos White

108-1845-3

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

Only the first column was numbered.

J D Edwards 1 James M Clanahan
Manasa Wilson 2 no name
Benjamin Akin 3 H A Freeman
Thos McMurry 4 Ephim Redley
Robert McMurry 5 Wm F Settle
Eg Walker 6 A H Greer
William Doneson 7 James McMurry
Jackson Garrison 8 Robert Hilard
Benj H Graves 9 James H Doherty
no name 10 James Oliun
Russil Brock 11 Gian Bartholomu
Ephraim Goodman 12 J W Mers
Theofleas Thompson 13 N C Wilson
Culberson Murphy 14 J H Brown
George W Trott 15 W Fisher
William Harris 16 Wm Brodie
Aron Lowe 17 Wm A Wilkins
A Dodd 18 Wm H Storm
Alfred R Wilson 19 J J Brazeale
William Wilson 20 Doctor Jennings
Leander Fuliton 21 J J Conrad
Martin W Harber 22 Ephaim Goodman
Elias Stringer 23 Joseph A Hand——-
Caswell Cothum 24
Elijah R o/a f/p/ss urs 25
Johnson Horntun (?) 26
W W Dickison 27
Henry Harler 28
John Hinson 29

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We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

L D Bryant 1 Daniel Leves
James Dabs 2 J A Bell
M A Goodman 3 Wm G Cornwell
James Reeves 4 Richard Dabbs
Wm Ward 5 Stephen J Morgan
Absloam Denton 6 S D/J Hill
John Holder 7 John F F Doherty
Anderson Bunch 8 John Parsons
Thomas Bunch 9 Lunford Doneson
David S Bunch 10
Clavin Bunch 11
James Scott 12
John T Scott 13
John David Stoutt 14
L W Evans 15
William T Evans 16
A N Hays 17
Charles Tinnen 18
P T Drinkard 19
Plesant Childress 20
Rufus Shipman 21
Henry Grooms 22
J W/H -unts 23
Joseph Lomax 24
E T Denton 25
Thos Harris 26
Robert Fullerton no number
Moses -a–ingon 27
Eaton Haynes 28

108-1845-5

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

No numbers

Samuel Denton W O Griffin
John Jorden Reuben Copeland
Samuel Coven J E Halbrook
Jese Horn Robert B Evans
Moses Shipman John C Haynes
Amos Randel J Copeland
Isaac Hornes John L Webb
Wm Kelly M Bagwell
A Simmon Dempsey Hooper
Wyatt Harris James J Ledbetter
J R Randel Zacariah Gofourth
Silas Copeland Richard Winns
Eli D Griffin A Winns
J R Sutton John Brooks
Josisah Hill S T Dicksen
T A A White Tery Brook
Nathaniel Dabbs Jamy T Winn
Jesse Garret Isick Yorke(?)
James Bruce Thomas Smith
William Jordin Wm Smith
D R Harris John Smith
S Bishop Darias Choat
W M C Tucker Eliott Dickson
A Davidson Reubin Whetwill
Levi Bishop M R Sullivan
T A Kelly
Amlus K/Hullen
Tubel K/Hullen

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This page has dark ink blots which make it difficult to read.

No numbers.

John Kirkpatrick D C Harris
Alexander R/K/Binle P M Randal
C W Harris James Harris
Benj Pearson A Guthrie
Cheatham King Sebourn Puckett
Maryda McNeal Reubin Hicks
R M Thomas F H Kimbl
Stephen Markham John McLean
John Persen Samuel Dodson
Howard King David Wade
John Guthries S Brents
James P Guthrie Joshua W Brents
A H McDonald Hugh Kirkpatrick Sr
James Kelly Peter P Puckett
Thomas E M Harris
Robt Donuld
Robert Lain
William Mopin
? Kelly
J F Roden
_ird Curry
H A Kirkpatrick
____ A M___
John C Brooks
John Inmans
William D In___s
Alford Blunt
Alen H Reid
Edward Finny
AA Calvon

108-1845-7

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

Jesse Horner 1 Willis Campbell 36
Russel Hawkings 2 Wilson McClaren 37
John Horner 3
P W Horner 4
J V Horner 5
John Luis 6
Joseph Tucker 7
Joseph Trull 8
G_ M Young 9
Edwine Limy /Levey 10
Robt Limy/Levey 11
John W Limmons 12
Thompson ____tt 13
Moses Shipman 14
Edmond Sheomake 15 this last name is spelled Sheomake on petition
Caswell Swindle 16
Joseph Holder 17
Holden Hutchison 18
Nom/orn Buch 19
John Moore 20
Garret Moore 21
Robt Wyly 22
Andrew Lomax 23
James Swindle 24
Danl Shipman 25
New Ward/Wood 26
Elijah Denton 27
Allen Denton 28
Thos Shoemake 29
Rusell Moore 30
A Puley 31
Thompson Gruerry 32
Hiram Smith 33
Elihu Peevyhouse 34
Saml Denton 35

108-1845-8

We the undersigned hereby express our approbation and desire for a division of Perry County making Tennessee River the line.

There are no numbers.

John Robertson Wm Bishop
William Gunn H Canady/Conally
C_gid Cumb Harrison Morgan
Francis Cary Joseph Welch
Jeremiah Miller Thomas Story
Emanuel Sikes Isaah Cotes
W K/Hool/bigt A B Tomlin
Joseph H Thomas Wm C Russel
Samull Allen David Tomlin
Ezekiel Chester Josiah Bommin
Joseph Bunch Wm Elison
Robert Whitwell Joseph Dowdy
Andrew Craig Thomas Dowdy
James Estes Jordan Dowdy
John Cotes Gos Dowdy
_ O Brinkley Nicholos Hoile
Mathew Tolly H Saggs
L Evans A Griffin
G W Rite James Coplin
Thomas H Stuart Joab Copeland
Lemuel Stuart George McDaniel
Isaac Rusel
James Morgan
C Clement Wilkins

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