Petition to the Tennessee General Assembly #2-25-1809
(transcribed and donated by Dr. George E. Fox)
Petition of citizens of Bledsoe County who settled in the Indian Boundary Line before it was run and who left their improvements asking that some provision be made to restore their property when the Indian title is extinguished.
For more information on these pre-Statehood settlements, see the TNGenWeb Intruders site.
| John Anderson | James Hoose? |
| Peter Looney | Eli Thurman |
| John Thomas | Thomas Allred |
| Benj Grayson | Jesse Roberts |
| Robert Long/Lang | T. Coulter |
| James Roberson | William Roberson |
| Stephen Bishop | Daniel Wood |
| Alexr Coulter | George C. Cozby |
| Archibald Beard | Timothy Hixson |
| J. Narramore | Joel Hillerd |
| Wren Grayson | Forgason Jackson |
| Steven Sutton Sr. | Adam Lamb |
| John Stanfill | Wm Holland |
| Joseph Grayson | Jonathan Basham |
| James Standefer | Saml Terry |
| Wm Lee | John Portman |
| John Walker | John Smith |
| Jame Gooden | Issac Stephens |
| Geo Skillern | John Rogers |
| Michael Rawlings | John Julien |
| John Hutson | John Dwiggins |
| Jos/Jas Hoge | Mills Robinson |
| Ephraim Hixson | Charles Copland |
| (name written in German) | Jesse (or Josep) Grayson |
| Stephen Chelton | John Scofy? |
| Richard Moon | Benj Grayson Snr |