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 |
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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 |