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submitted by:\u00a0Edgar D. Byler, III<\/a>; input by\u00a0Jerry W. Murphy<\/a><\/p>\n

The following petition was submitted to the Tennessee State Legislature in 1819 by the people living in the area currently comprising Wayne and Hardin Counties. The original petition is on file at the Tennessee State Library and Archives and is available on microfilm roll number 6, Legislature Petitions. The petition is copied here in its entirety. There are 228 signatures appended to the petition. I have attempted to decipher them as best I could; some are completely unreadable and some have ink blots covering part of the signature. The copy of this petition has been placed in the Wayne County Room at the Wayne County Public Library for further research.<\/p>\n

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To the Honourable General Assembly of the State of Tennessee Gentlemen (Greetings) the undersigners, Inhabitants residing in part of the lands purchased of the Chickasaw Indians & within the bounds of your State beg leave to report to your honourable body that as citizens of [crossed out] we feel ourselves bound to Obey conform to & abide by the laws of our country & for the want of such, we labour under a considerable inconvenience. Therefore we pray the interference of your body to [this word may be realize or could also be release] the many greviences that may arise for the want of laws both civil and military by making a new county within the following bounds (viz) Beginning at the south west corner of Lawrence County, & to run with the west boundary of said County North Eighteen miles, then a due west course to Tennessee River, then up the meador of said river to the South boundary of the State of Tennessee, then with said boundary East to the beginning we beg leave to represent to your body that the above bounds contain land enough to make a consititional County, we will ever pray &c 1819.<\/p>\n

[In the microfilm copy, this page is repeated. Written on the back of the page are comments relating to the work of the Assembly. Only part of these annotations can be read. It appears the petition was received 23 Sept 1819. The remainder is unreadable. The remaining eight pages of the petition are the appended signatures. It is interesting to note that many of the signatures are for people who were in the area which later became Hardin County.]<\/p>\n

Petition Signatures<\/h4>\n

1. Isham CHERRY
\n2. John WHITE
\n3. Jas. STEEL
\n4. Noah LILLY
\n5. C. McFARLING
\n6. Jefferson FARRER
\n7. William BREWTON
\n8. Benj. C. COCKS
\n9. Thos. ENGLISH
\n10. Elijah POLLY
\n11. Sam’l BREWTON
\n12. James ENGLISH
\n13. Henry? MAHAN
\n14. Jas. PARMERLY
\n15. Jonathan R. PICKENS
\n16. Jas. ENGLISH, Sen’r
\n17. Turner CLIFTON
\n18. John YOUNT
\n19. Wm. PIBURN
\n21. Jacob PIBURN
\n22. Christopher PIBURN
\n23. John HOUSE
\n24. William MILLIGAN
\n25. Swain WARD
\n26. N.V. HARRISS (?)
\n27. John PICKENS
\n28. Walter WOOD
\n29. Sam’l WHITE
\n30. Josiah BOLTON or BUTTON
\n31. John WELCH
\n32. Isaac (?) BROOKS
\n33. William STRICKLIN
\n34. Jno. H. HOWARD
\n35. Willie R. JOHNSON
\n36. Jonathan PICKENS
\n37. Jeremiah PICKENS
\n38. Caleb SULLVANT
\n39. Elkuriah (?) SULLIVANT
\n40. John MAXWELL
\n41. Richard FOID
\n42. Eli CHERRY
\n43. Noel CHERRY
\n45. Joseph THESON or HESON
\n46. John WAGINER
\n47. Robert THESON or HESON
\n48. Samuel WILLIAMS
\n49. Robert STOUT
\n50. Linder (?) WILLIAMS
\n51. Andrew STOUT
\n52. Isiah STOUT
\n53. I.G. RETHERFOOD
\n54. Harry CLIFTON
\n55. Thos. BROOKS
\n56. Baily BROOKS
\n57. Bennet BROOKS
\n58. Samuel HARBOUR
\n59. Sherwood J. GEORGE
\n60. Henry RONIELS (DANIELS? or RUNELS?)
\n61. David KINNAMON??
\n62. Daniel SMITH
\n63. Wiley J. DUCKWORTH
\n64. Aron BRIANT
\n65. Absalom SMITH
\n66. William SMITH
\n67. James (?) KINEANON?
\n68. James EMERSON
\n69. John S. INGRAM
\n70. Jas. BOYD
\n71. William BEATY
\n72. W. HUDGING
\n73. Thos. GILLESPIE
\n74. Francis RIDEMON ??
\n75. Finpoles ?? JOHNSON
\n76. John ROBERTSON
\n77. Peter RATGOTMON???
\n78. Wooble?? WHITE
\n79. Joseph ENGLISH
\n80. Gabril PICKENS
\n81. Aachdel? DABS
\n82. Wm. HUBERT
\n83. John SILLIVANT
\n84. John MORTIN
\n85. John WORLEY
\n86. Redden BLOUNT
\n87. Jonathan W. MARTIN?
\n88. James P.? DILL???
\n89. Andrew SMITH
\n90. Abraham WORLEY
\n91. George WORLEY
\n92. William MARTIN
\n93. J. HITCHCOK
\n94. Chisley PANE
\n95. Robert STOUT
\n96. John _______?
\n97. Thos. GRAY
\n98. Sam’l GRAY
\n99. James ANSBACH??
\n100. unreadable
\n101. no signature, no number
\n102. unreadable
\n103. unreadable
\n104. unreadable
\n105. James HILL
\n106. Jno. CURTIS Senr. ??
\n107. Stephen MILLER
\n108. Paul ________[undecipherable]
\n109. Garsham HILL
\n110. Jno. CURTIS
\n111. Jeremiah GRAY
\n112. unreadable on copy
\n113. Henry RAYBURN
\n114. Francis _______?
\n115. Baker SYPETS
\n116. Levi McGILL
\n117. (first name unreadable) OSTEEN
\n118. Jno. OSTEEN
\n119. William ________?
\n120. Jesse CYPERT
\n121. George SMITH
\n122. Looks like Christopher COOK
\n123. Martin COOK
\n124. Phillop ROOS
\n125. Hugh A. MARTIN or MARKEN
\n126. Reddick ROOS
\n127. John ROOS
\n128. Eli ROOS
\n129. James KELLEY
\n130. Jno. M. ROOS
\n131. Charley ROOS
\n132. William ROOS
\n133. Charles ROLONS
\n134. James STEEL or STELL
\n135. Joel THARSTON
\n136. Richard SMILEY
\n137. Isiah PICKENS
\n138. Andrew WHITE
\n139. John COL
\n140. Peter COL
\n141. Jeaimiah HERREFF
\n142. James COPELAND
\n143. James ARNETT
\n144. John COOK
\n145. John MORRIS Jr.
\n146. John MORRISS
\n147. Eleecha? METHAN???
\n148. Arthur MURRY
\n149. Zacheriah THOMPSON
\n150. Leonard MORROW
\n151. John RAYBURN
\n152. James GIBSON
\n153. Jon’ GAGE
\n154. James ANDERSON
\n155. John CURTUES
\n156. Phillip SHULL
\n157. James DAVIS
\n158. David SHULL
\n159. Wm. MORELAND
\n160. John WORTHER
\n161. Phillip KENNARD
\n162. John COOK
\n163. Fredric HUMACH
\n164. John MORROW
\n165. Russell R. COVEY
\n166. Wm. WISDOM
\n167. Wm. LASEWELL (TASEWELL)
\n168. Henry TILLY
\n169. ______? TILLY
\n170. ______? RAYBURN
\n171. ______? CYPERT
\n172. Wm. MORRIS
\n173. Hyram BOONE
\n174. Sanders POOL
\n175. John CYPERT
\n176. George DAVIDSON
\n178. John G. WILLIAMS
\n179. Robt. LASEWELL (TASEWELL)
\n180. Jesse LASEWELL (TASEWELL)
\n181. John COPELAND
\nnumbers repeat from 179
\n179. Craven BELSHA
\n180. Ewen BELSHA
\n181. Jessee BRUMLEY
\n182. Andrew _________??
\n183. Wm. BAREL???
\n184. Jesse HOGE
\n185. Giddeon HOGG
\n186. Jepson HOGG
\n187. Thrien YATS
\n188. skipped
\n189. William KURR??
\n190. David ________?
\n191. unreadable
\n192. James FARE??
\n193. Samuel COOPER
\n194. Stephen COOPER
\n195. Edmond GOAR
\n196. John HUTSON
\n197. Stokely CHOAT
\n198. Daniel CUTBRIAD
\n199. Lewis GARDNER??
\n200. Christophe CHOAT
\n201. William WEATHERFORD
\n202. John WATHERFORD
\n203. _______? DUREN??
\n204. Charles ROBANS
\n204. Green Debar? ROBANS
\n206. Thomas LOWRY
\n207. James HOLLIS
\n208. Thomas HOLLIS
\n209. Thomas CASEBUR
\n210. James HOLLIS Juner
\n211. Richard SMITH
\n212. Wm. ADDAMS
\n213. William HOLLIS
\n214. William SPARKS
\n215. John CASH
\n216. William BRAMLE???
\n217. S. JOHNSON
\n218. Tho’s LASSON
\n217. Alexander NORMAN
\n220. Gorshun HILL
\n221. Jno. THOMPSON
\n222. Jno. HILL or KILL
\n223. Jno. LAMB
\n224. Jno. THOMPSON
\n225. William BRUMLEY
\n226. Charles SMITH
\n227. William SMITH
\n228. Samuel MARTIN<\/p>\n

At the top of the last page of appended signatures is written the following “By Johnson & T. Erwen for Justice of the Peace by a Majoyaty of the People & Thomas GAY a pointed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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