Citizens of Jackson County state that the present limits of the county do not include as much acreage as the constitution requires, falling short by 125 square miles. They suggest the Cumberland River as a divider for the counties; it would extend to the Indian Boundary line. The names listed below seem to be written by one person. Signers were:

Smith Hutching	Mathew Mayes	Daniel Draper	Joseph Taylor
L W Davis	Ezekiel Williams	Joseph Bell	Robert Alen
William Mosby	Suet Hutchings	John Sanders	J. Campbell Alen
B Blackbourne Sr	John Hutchings	William Lambert	Thomas Maughon
Isaac Hutchings	Richard Davis	William Pryer	Henery Green
Nathaniel Turney	Jacob Anderson	William McDowell	William Woods
Georg Criner	Peter Turney	James Taylor

Edward Scott, Clk of House

J Trimble, Senate

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