1813 Petition Regarding Militia Companies North of Clinch Mountain
Petition 10-2-1813 to the Tennessee General Assembly
Undated, but a notation dated 24 Sep 1813 states they were given “leave to withdraw their petition.”
Citizens of Hawkins County who wished to divide three companies of men on the North side of Clinch Mountain into four companies and elect Majors who live within the bounds of each company:
| John Ivey Joseph Clowe Jesse Martain [sic] John Hail Samuel Hurly [or] Hunly John Dennis Walter Allen Jacob Alfred Henry Crawley Thomas Martin John Slaten Will Mills Joab Brewer David Wilder Thomas Lawson George Hays Isom Mills Peter Elrod John Brag Nehemiah Hurley Ruben Losson William Sims Thomas Provence Moses Baker William Long John Green William Hayes Thos Hammon Thos Epperson Thos Hays |
Bailey Seal Jeremiah Green Amoss [or] Moses Hunley Micagah Hamman James Martin Berey Mitchell Hekiah [sic] Seals James Trent Elexandren [sic] Trent William Martin William Trent Thomas Berry Ephram [sic] Winsted Samuel Wilson Robert Trent Thomas Johnson Begamon [sic] Coffey Benent [sic] Coffey George Wolf John May Addam [sic] Wolf Joseph Coffey Luis Green Will Green Hiram Staten Capt William Nichols George Rogers Patrick Bery [?] |
Source: Abstract of the petition, published in the TN Genealogical Society‘s “Ansearchin'” News, Vol. 4, 1989, page 115.