To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee

The petition of the Subscribers respectfully represent that some
time ago Stanley Johnson of Perry County as Overseer of a Road in
said County sued several persons for failing to work on the Road.
That in consequence of irregularity of the proceedings and
mistakes of the Magistrates some of the Defendants caused him to
pay the costs of suit after appeals to the County and Circuit
Court of said County carried(?) up by then that said Johnson is a
very poor man and the payment of the costs has been and will yet
be a serious injury to his family-----They therefore pray your
Honorable body to grant him relief by causing the State or County
to refund to him the costs which have been or may hereafter be
expected by him in those cases----Thus your petitioner will ever
pray.
                            Stanley Johnson
W. C. Bowman                V. D. Barry (same hand as petition)
A. Gilmor(?)                J. Williams
Dickson Hooper              James Smyth
Enoch Hooper                Isaac Shipman
_____Hooper                 John Newton
_____Hooper                 James Lewis
Jason Wood                  Thomas Timmons
Jas. Dickson                Robert Stafford
Willey Tanner               Aaron Seiver
William Johnson             Jenkins_______
William Welch               Joel Alsher
John Gray                   William Gray