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Purpose / Short Description: State objection to laying a new county from Davidson County

Text of Petition (drag lower right corner to enlarge box): We your Humble Petitioner do humbly assure your Worship that we woud wish to do any thing that would promote our country and the good of Individuals as far as we could consistent with reason and equality between our fellow country-men but where as there is a petition circulating with the intent of laying of a county we your Humble Petitioners after groaning some time hoping that our opponents would take ye second thought but findind that they are still desirous to carry their wishes into effect we are under the disagreeable necessity of laying before your Worships our objections and complaints and hope to be heard first we object to the desired County for the following reasons Viz. first it appears to us that a part of the County must consist of a bed of Nobs which of course promisses no great things to promte the publick nor many Individuals except it be for range and secondly we object because we think that the publick money laid out in building the necessary houses that would be required would promise [illegible] as advantage to the [p blurred] our third objection is we presume it would take much [blurred] to open and prepare roads through such a broken part of the Country and when they are open we presume they would prove very disagreeable roads both to man and horse except for range for our horses and fourthly we object because our opponents wish to take of part of Davidson County to make out the desired spott these are complaints we your Humble petitioners are about to lay before your Worships and first part of us who have been for some length of time in this Country have felt a willingness to cast in our mites in order that our Davidson County might make the appearance it is worthy of raising a brick building for our superiers to serve us in Comfortable as well as other building that our superiers thought convenient we are still willing to exert our selves and discharge the last farthing of that expense there is others of us that have more lately came to this Country having cast our eyes around counting upon conveniences and inconveniences have given high for lands for agreeableness & of conveniency sake and also feel the same willingness to promote the agreeable County that we now reside in - (Turn Over)

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Petitioner(s): Newton Edney Jno Davis Thomas Williamson Elisha Spence 5 [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] 10 [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] 15 [unreadable] [unreadable] John Martin James Martin [unreadable] 20 Thomas Allen Joseph Huey John Morgan Vinson Cartwright George Green 25 Starling Gunter John Jackson Seth Davis Joshua Ballancer Hugh Alison 30 Watloch Roach Sejnet Roach Wm Winstead Thomas Jackson Samma Winstead 35 Hardy Mitchel Fav Richardson Richard Hart David Shoen James Allison 40 Joseph Derry

Purpose / Short Description: State objection to laying a new county from Davidson County back of page

Text of Petition: Therefore we your Humble petitioners will _____hile we hope your worship will take our cause in hand consider our objections and complaints and that your worship may grant us your petitioners (if for the best ) our wishes that there may be no new county as propo___ by our opponents and that we may continue in our favorite county of Davidson

Newton Edney Jno Davis Thomas Williamson Elisha Spence 5 [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] 10 [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] 15 [unreadable] [unreadable] John Martin James Martin [unreadable] 20 Thomas Allen Joseph Huey John Morgan Vinson Cartwright George Green 25 Starling Gunter John Jackson Seth Davis Joshua Ballancer Hugh Alison 30 Watloch Roach Sejnet Roach Wm Winstead Thomas Jackson Samma Winstead 35 Hardy Mitchel Fav Richardson Richard Hart David Shoen James Allison 40 Joseph Derry

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Primary County: Davidson

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Petitioner(s): Zach__ah Allen Benjena Toncy Robert Candry Ro____ry junen Beavear Davy Tho Sappington John Wehy Robert Mcmillin Joseph Mcmillin Thomas Chambers Abraham Weeks Daniel Crage Samuel _oon [unreadable] Newton Edney

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Text of Petition: Zach__ah Allen 61-1-1803-2 Benjena Toncy Robert Candry Ro____ry junen Beavear Davy Tho Sappington John Wehy Robert Mcmillin Joseph Mcmillin Thomas Chambers Abraham Weeks Daniel Crage Samuel _oon [unreadable] Ne_ton E______

Newton Edney ______ and J____ Job 22 Charter Samuel 216 __ 24 Con Cbrap 2:3

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Primary County: Davidson

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Text of Petition: 1 Benjamin ? 2 William undre? 3 John Dunham 4 Benjamin Greer 5 Samuel Williams 6 Robt Liles 7 Richard Williams 8 McMillan [Millam] Liles 9 Daniel Quillen 10 Micajah West 11 Joseph Hopkins 12 Abram Canady 13 John Quillin 14 Bryan Roach 15 John Cartelew 16 John hanks

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Primary County: Davidson

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Purpose / Short Description: 61-1-803-3

Those annened Petitions are the originals of which this above Petition is a copy

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Text of Petition: 1 Alson Edney 2 ? Garrett 3 Andrew Bley 29 William Connely 61-1-1803-4a 30 James Campbell 31 Phillip May [Mary]

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Date Filed (format: YYYY/MM/DD): 1805-

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Text of Petition: 4 5 Allen Hill 6 George Hail 7 8 James Boren 9 Ben Calsihman 10 Thomas Hill 11 Charles Parker 11 Th? Lightfoot 13 James Wintour 14 Sylvanus Eastman 15 Hugh L?lis 16 Martin Greer 17 James Donaly 18 Richard Cramton 19 George Lee 20 Henry Lile 21 Philip ??? 22 Nathaniel ??? 23 John Witherspoon 24 25 Turner Sample 26 John Du?rt 27 Samm??l Bryan 28 ??? ??? 32 Asa Becton 33 Wm Billings 34 Robert ? James Dupree 35 Hartwell Mc?les 36 Isaac Davis 37 Andrew a?selm? 38 Robt Hewitt 39 John Dickson 40 M? Dunn 41 David Tremble 42 43 Tho James 44 Tho horn ? 61-1-1803-4c 45 Aler? Patton 46 John Trimble 47 Moses Th? 48 James Goodwin 49 Joshua Hays 50 Thomas ?hiles 51 Charles Stephens 52 Alexander Lezter 53 J. Kirkpatrick 54 David Hughes

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David	Hughes

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Text of Petition: The Original of which the above is copy

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Text of Petition: 61-1-1803-5a

55 ? ? 61-1-1803-5a4 79 Saml Blair ? ? Joslin

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Given Name(s)	Surname	Name Prefix	Name Suffix	Signed X (or other mark)	Transcriber's Comment
Thomas	Shute				56
Roger	?				57
Tad	Martin				58
William	?				59 - could be Thancy?
John	Conger				60
Joseph	[McLean?]				61
Wm	Fait?				62
Edley	[Ewing?]				63
Robert	Branch				64
John	Currin				65
William	Turner				66
Matthew	Talbot				67
Thomas	Cox				68
Henry	Berny				69
John	Shute				70
?	?				71
Frederick	Fisher				72
?	?				73
John	Stubblefield				76
Alan?	Boyd				77
James	Gadge ?				78
Thomas	Connelly				79
Thomas	Hanks				80
William	Gatlin				81
Nathan	Gatlin				82
[Jarvis?]	Jones [Senr?]				83
?	[McAfee?]				84
Hugh	McNulty				85
Andrew	Worke?				86
?	Robertson				no line number

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Text of Petition: the ? region Indian Creek

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Primary County: Davidson

Date Filed (format: YYYY/MM/DD): 1803

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Text of Petition: To the Honorable General

We your petitioners do Humbly show to in about to be promoted to your honourable [the?] praying for a new County to be lay and [Proving?] there a Southwest house to cause so that a North End house will in

We your petitioners are of opinion that if tended with public and [inde?] of Davidson County & throughout a [bon?] in said County - we beg leave to are yet hope we

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Text of Petition: Assembly of the State of Tennessee - ??? your honourable body that there is a petition ??? body with a number of Subscribers names annexed ???ed off ^& Established Begining at the mouth of little Harpeth ??? the Indian boundary line. there ^a westerly & north westandly ???sect the beginning of the mouth of little harpeth ??? the said County should be Established it will be at ???y, in as much as it will Cra??? the limmitt of ???l number of Respectable Citizens who wish to ???ve to your honourable body we have heretofore ??? to Contribute to the Support ad to the Resp???ublic as well as individual ^interest a number of ^us have ???e with Chearfullness paid our proportionable ???ic building such as a Court house prison & ???illing to sacrafice all that we haue done ??? to be Discommoded for perhaps Eight or ten ??? of [noks?] & [bonrants?], a number others of us ??? the Circumstance above mentioned have ^been ??du??d ??? within the limmits of the new intended County ???n and is yet our wish to be And Continues ???s that no new County will be Establi ???ll ?????. Davidson County, nor alter its boun???ted to the wisdom & Iustice of your

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Text of Petition: 62-1-1803-2

Given Name(s)	Surname	Signed Name	Transcriber's Comment
Newton	Edney		1
John	Davis		2
Thomas	Williamson		3
Elisha	?		4
William	Ivy		5
David	Janes		6
Henry	Taylor		7
Gran? B	Taylor		8
Mason	Achoson?		9
William	huey?		10
Robert	Cartright		11
Isaac	Burnham		12
Timothy	Jones		13
Levin	Edney		14
John	Burnham		15
John	Joy		16
John	Martin		17
James	Martin		18
Thomas	?		19
Joseph	Huey?		20
Joshua?	?		21
Sindon?	Catright		22
George	?		23
?	?		24
John	Jackson		25
Seth	Travis?		26
Joshua	Ball????		27
Hugh	Allison		28
William	Roach		29
Sarfnet?	Roach		30
William	Winsted		31
Thomas	Jackson		32
Sylvanis	Castlman		65
Hugh	Liles		66
Martin	Green		67
James	Danaly		68
Richard	Crumton		69
Gorge	Lile		70
Henry	Lile		71
Philip	Pitkin		72
Nathanil	Overall		73
John	Witherspoon		74
Turner	Temple		75
John	Dufel		76
Samuel	Bryant		77
Jno	Thodir		78
William	?		79
William	Connelley		80
James	Campbell		81
Phillip	May		82
Asa	Becton		83
William	Billings		84
Robert	Hodg		85
James	Dupree		86
Hartwell	Miles		87
Isaac	Davis		88
Andrew	Casselman		89
Robart	Hevitt		90

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Purpose / Short Description: Names

Text of Petition: 62-1-1803-3

Given Name(s)	Surname	Signed Name	Transcriber's Comment
Samuel	Winstead		33
Hardy	Mitchel		34
James	Richoson		35
Richard	Hard		36
David	Koen		37
James	Allison		38
Joseph	Dary		39
Zachariah	Allen		40
Benjamin	Foney?		41
Robert	Canady		42
Robert	Canady, Iunr		43
Isaiah	Dary		44
Thos	?appeuglo		45
John	Wall?		46
Robert	Mcmillin		47
Joseph	Mcmillin		48
Thomas	Chambers		49
Abraham	Weeks?		50
Daniel	?		51
Samuel	?		52
Daniel	Jones		53
?	Edney		54
Joseph	Garnott?		55
Andree?	Bly		56
Allen	Hill		57
Gorge	Hale		58
James	Brown		59
Benjamin	Cassilman		60
Thomas	Mills		61
Charls	Parker		62 - could be Barker
Thomas	Lightfoot		63
James	Wardlow		64
James	Dickson		91
Michel	Dunn		92
David	Tremble		93
Thomas	James		94
Thomas	Pompyoy		95
Alex	Batton		96
John	Tremble		97
Moses	Speer		98
James	Goodwinn		99
Joshua	Hays		100
Thomas	Miles		101
Chas.	Stephens		102
Alex	Lester		103
John	Kirkpatrick		104
David	Hughes		105
Thomas	Shute		106
Roger	Quarles		107
James	Martin		108
William	Thomas		109
John	Corser		110
Joseph	Mckean		111
William	Tate		112
Edley	Ewing		113
Robert	Branch		114
John	Currin		115
William	Turner		116

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Purpose / Short Description: referral document

Text of Petition: Senate Sept 27th 1803

Read and refered to the Committee of Proposition & Grievance & sent to the House of Representative I Trimble C ????

House Representatives Sept 28th 1803 Read and referred as above. Edwd Scott C. H. R.

Reported Reasonable 29th Sept 1803 ? ?. C. C

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Text of Petition: 62-1-1803-4

Given Name(s)	Surname	Signed Name	Transcriber's Comment
Matthew	Tolbot		117
Thomas	Cox		118
Henrey	Barnes		119
John	Shute		120
Patrick	Lyons		121
Fredrick	Fisher		122
William	Mullen		123
James	Hodge		124
Samuel	Blair		125
Benjamin	Josti		126
Thomas	Stublefield		127
Abraham	Boyd	Abrm Boyd	128
Thomas	Conneley		129
Thomas	Hanke		130
William	Gatlin		131
Nathan	Gatlin		132
Jarvis	Jones		133
Willaim	Andrews		134
Mills	Mcafee		135
Hugh	McNeilly		136
Andrew	Worke		137
James	Roberson		138
Benjaman	Casselman		139
Ihon	Durham		140
Benjamin	Greer		141
Samuel	Williams		142
Bobart	Liles		143
Richard	Williams		144
William	Liles		145
Daniel	Quillin		146
Micajah	West		147
Joseph	Hopkins		148
Abram	Canady		149
John	Quillin		150
Bryan	Roach		151
John	Castelew		152
John	Hanks		153
Isaac	Jones		154
Abraham	Taylor		155
Frances	Hodge	frances hodge	156
Gorge	Evins		157
Thomas	???????		158
Benjamin	?????????		159
Ephraim	??????		160
Thomas	Hickman	Thos Hickman	161
[James?]	[Reccus?]		162
Russel	[Garner?]		163
Aquilla	Sugy		164
Rus	Porter		165
John	Hill		166
Robert	Edmondson	Robt Edmondson	167
Robart	Thompson		168
John	Tallen		169

Primary County: Davidson

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Text of Petition: ???????????? County of Davidson.

Given Name(s)	Surname	Signed Name	Transcriber's Comment
Newton	Edney
Jno	Davis
Thomas	Williamson
Elisha	Spence
John	Martin
James	Martin
Thomas	Allen
Joseph	Alvey
John	Morgan
Winson	Cartwright
George	Greer
[Marling?]	[Guntin?]		25
John	???????
??????	?????
[Silk?]	Davis
Joshua	Ball?????
Hugh	??????
Neilloch	Roach		30
Suynet	Roach
Wm	Winstead
Thomas	Jackson
Samona	Winstead
Harday	Mitchel		35
James	Richardson
Richard	Hart
David	[Horn?]
???????	???????

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Purpose / Short Description: 2-4

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Joseph	M??????
Thomas	Chambers
Abraham	Weeks
Daniel	Crage
Samuel	????????

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Text of Petition: 2-B Those annexed Petitions are the Originals of which this above Petition is a Copy -

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Text of Petition: 2-B

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Joseph	M????????
Thomas	Chambers
Abraham	Woods
????????	???????
Benjamin	??????
William	Andrews	William andrews
John	Dunham
Benjamin	???????
Samuel	Williams
Robert	Liles	Robt Liles
Richard	Williams
William	Liles
David	Quillin
Micajah	West
Joseph	Hopkins
Abram	Canady
John	Quillin
Bryan	Roach
John	Casteleu
John	Hanks	John hanks

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Alson	Edney
???	??????
?????	????
William	Connery
James	Campbell
Phillip	Macy

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D	Sneed		55
Samuel	Blair	Saml Blair	79
??????	[Joslin?]

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Allen	Hill		5
George	Hail		6
James	Boren		8
Ben	Cassilman		9
Thomas	Hill		10
Charles	par??????		11
Thomas	Lightfoot	Thos Lightfoot	12
James	W???????		13
Sylvanus	Castlman		14
????	Liles		15
Martin	S????r		16
James	Donaly		17
Richard	?????ton		18
George	Lee		19
Henry	Lile		20
John	???????		21
Nathaniel	???????		22
John	??????		23
???????	??????		25
John	[Dupil?]		26
Samuel	[Sorgen?]
Asa	Beatore		32
Wm	Billings		33
Robert	[Morge?]		34
James	Dupree
Hartwell	??????		35
Isaac	Daues		36
Andrew	Casselman		37
Robert	Dewitt	Robt Dewitt	38
Jos	Dickson		39
M????	Dunn		40
David	Trimble		42
Jhon	Turner		43
Thomas	?????	Thos ?????	44
Alex	Patton		45
John	Trimble		46
Moses	Speer		47
James	??????		48
Joshua	Hays		49
Thomas	liles		50
Charles	Stephenson		51
Alexander	???		52
J. ????	patrick		53
David	??????		54

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Thomas	Shute		56
Roger	Quarles		57
Jas	Martin		58
William	Thomas		59
John	Conger		60
?ose	???hean		61
William	Taid	Wm Taid	62
Edley	Ewing		63
Robert	[Frank?]		64
John	Curwin		65
William	Turner		66
Matthew	Talbot		67
Thomas	Cox		68
Henry	Berny		69
John	Shute		70
???????	??????		71
Frederick	Fisher		72
William	???altson	Wm ???altson	73
[Johos?]	Stubblefield		76
William	Boyd	Wm Boyd	77
James	Hadge		78
Thomas	Connelly		79
Thomas	Hanks		80
William	Gatlin		81
Nathan	Gatlin		82
Jarvis	Jones		83
Milt??	McAfee		84
????????	?????		85
Andrew	Nash		86
Jos	Robertson

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Text of Petition: The original of which the above is a Copy -

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Text of Petition: B Mills

the ??????? Sution Creek

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Text of Petition: ?????????? ????? and the good of ????? ?????and Equality between ??????? but ???? there is a petition ??????? saying of a New County we Your Humble Petitioners of ????? Grooming sometime hoping ????????? second thought but finding that they are still ??????? to carry their Wishes into effect we are under the disagreeable Necessity of laying before Your worships our objections and Complaints and hope to be heard first we Object to the desired County for the following reasons Vizt first it appears to us that a great part of the County insist Consist of a bed of Nobs which of ????? promisses are great things to promote the publick nor many Individuals accept it before range and secondly we Object because we think that the pub=lick money laid out in building ^the ??????y houses that would be required would p??????? intimate advantage to the p?????? and third objection is we presume it would take ????? to open and prepare roads through such a broken part of the County and when they are open ????? would prove very disagreeable, ?????? both to man and horse except for range for our horses and fourthly we object because our Opponents wish to take of part of Davidson County to make out the desired ?????? these are Complaints we your Humble Petitioners are about to lay before your Worships and first part of us who have been for some length of time in this County have felt a willingness to cast in our miles in ????? that our Davidson County might make the appearance it is worthy of upraising a brick building for our superiors to serve us in Comfortable in as well as other building but out superiors thought Convenient we are still willing to ???st our selves and discharge the Last farthing of that where there is Others of us that have more lately came to this Country having Cast our eyes around counting upon co^nveniences and conveniences have given ???? for long for agreeableness ??? ????? the same willingness ??? ???????? (Turn Over)

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Primary County: Knox

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Text of Petition: 63-1-1803-1 State of Tennessee Knox County January Sessions 1801. State vs Luke Matheny Samuel Davidson charges the State for his attendance in this Suit as a witness five Days and hath proved the same at 50 cents per day $ 2.50 6 $2.56 This Certificate Attest Chas. M Clung. Clerk of said Court

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Text of Petition: House of Represen tatives Septem 28th 1803 Read & Refered to the Committee of Claims & sent to the Senate Ed Scott C H R

Senate Sept 29th 1803. Read from House of Re presentatives read & refer... to Committee of Claims I Trimble passed on

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Text of Petition: 63-1-1803-2 State of Tennessee Knox County January Sessions 1801 State vs Sulce Matheny William Davidson charges the State for his attendance in this Jail as a Witness Nine days, and hath proved the same: at 50 cents per day $4.50 6 $4.56 This certificate Attest Chas. M??clung Clerk of said Court.

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Text of Petition: House of Representatives Sep. 29th 1803 Read & refered to this Commitee of Claims and sent to the Senate Ed Scott C H R

Senate 29th Septr 1803 Received from the the House Reprs Read and Referred to the Committee of Claims I Trimble ???? pass on

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Primary County: Knox

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Petitioner(s): Joseph Love

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Text of Petition: 64-1-1803-1 To the Honorable the General Assembley of the State of TennesseeThe petition of Joseph Love Late Deputy Sheriff of Knox County Humbley Sheweth that Your Petitioner at the Time that Joseph Ravenhill was Killed by Stephen Duncan and others Had the Care of the Jail for Ham= =elton District, and the Insuffiency therof Put him Under the nessesity of Colling on the Militia or hireing a guard at his owen Expence; to keep Said Pris= =nors safe for Trial; He there fore Hired two men of Integrety for that Duty; at Twenty Dollars Per Month Each from the twenty seventh of July to the twentyfirst of October 60th Days, included Amounting to Dollars, Your Petitioner Prays Your Honourable Body to Take his Case into Consideration and Grant him Such Relief as You in Your Wisdom May think Best and Your Petitioner Will Ever Pray Jo Love

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Primary County: Knox

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Text of Petition: Joseph Love Sheriff of Knox County - reembursement Jail fees. 1803 Box 6

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Primary County: Davidson

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Purpose / Short Description: Creating a new county

Text of Petition: 65-1803-1 To the Honourable, the General Assembly of the state of Tennessee. The Petition of a number of Citizens of Davidson & Williamson Counties humbly sheweth that the vast extent of said Counties renders it inconvenient for your petitioners to attend Courts General Musters Elections &c ac. the towns of Nashville & Franklin, & there being a sufficiency of territory agreeably to the Constitution, to form a new County within the bounds hereafter to be described & leaving Con-stitutional quantities within the bounds of the Old Counties. All your Petitioners therefore pray that you will consider our situation & Grant us a new County with the following boundaries; viz: begining on the top of a ridge dividing the Water of Stones River & Mills Creek, in the Williamson County line, & run Southwardly with said ridge so as to leave all the water of Mills Creek & Harpeth in Williamson County, un-till the ridge intersects the now Eastern boundary line of said Williamson County;- thence continue South with said line of Williamson County to the South boundary of this State;- thence with the State line East to the Corner of Wilson County thence with the line of Wilson County North & Northwardly continuing with said County line to an El?? & ???? Ash, the corner of said County, which is north East from the Mouth of Hurricane Creek; thence Southward to the mouth of Hurricane Creek, which is four Miles & thirty six poles; thence from the Mouth of Hurricane Creek Southward to the top of the first mentioned ridge; thence with said ridge Southwardly to the begining. And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray. August 10th 1803. Consll Hardenson

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Text of Petition: Brought ????

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[Bolin?]	Reen
James	Hill
[Tanely?]	Key

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Purpose / Short Description: 65-1803-2

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Fred K	Barfield
Wm	Barfield
James	Barfield
John	Howell	Jno Howell
James	Whitsilt
Hugh	Sherwood
Jesse	Clark
Daneil	Sherwood
James	Wills
John	Anthony Junr
George	Buchanan
John	Smothes Junr
Samuel	McBride
Alexander	Martin
Benjamin	Gambill
Isaac	Hill
Frances	McBride
James	Donaldson
James	C??liphe???
James	Gillespie
Thomas	Nelson
William	Howell
James	Linsey
John	???ch
John	Smathas
James	Hary
William	Harper Sr
James	Favel
Amus	Davis
William	Tucker
Samuel	Pepper
Harson	Reed
Edward	Harper
William	Harper Junr
John	Harper
Hugh Rier	Oldham
John	Dire
Milton	Gammil
Arbl	Steel
Caw	Hayes
Joseph	Casselman
Frances	Gillispie
Arrah	Gammil
Peter	Young
John	Winsett
?????	Edward
James	Cothern
Robert	Elison
Thomas	Sowy
James	Flint
Daniel	Frazor
Robert	Baltwell
Isac	Nance
John	Smith
William	Smith
James	McClure
William	Gammill
Wm C G	Kimbro
William	Kimbro
Argariah	Kimbro
Mos	Robinson
James	Morton
James	Morton Ser
Joseph	Morton
James	Morton Jnr
Ba???	Newsom
William	Nance
Bradley	Gambil
Jordan	Gambil
John	Gambil
William	[Jolin?]
Daniel	James
Luke	Osburn
Barna	?????
Elijah	?????
?????	Gam???
Elisha	Farley

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Text of Petition: ?????? ?????? the Constitution, to form a ????? ????? described & ????? Constitutional ????? ? your Petition ??? therefore p????? ??? of the ridge ????ing the water ????? Davidson County line & run Southward ????? & Hearpeth in Willi??? boundary line of ?????? South ???? ^line of Williamson County ?? to the South boundary of the ? ???? of Wilson County; ????? ?????? & Northwardly continuing ???? ?????? the corner of said County ????? ???? break; thence ????? ?????is four Miles & thirty six poles. thence ????? break Southwest to the top of the ???? ???? said ridge Southwardly to the begining ???ly bound will ever pray &c.

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Robert	S?????
Samuel	Campbell
John	Al?????
Hyram	Jenkins
Ihon	Omnon
Iosh	McK???
Patrick	Lieldicon
David	Rodgers
Joseph	Nichols
James	Sutfin
Larry	H???????
Gorphy	Cathy
Joshua	Nichols
Isaac	Conger

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Isaac	Wright
Georg	Beardon
David	Andrews
John	Garden
James	Andrew
?????	Andrews
William	McKnight
Cornelius	B????don
Dylan	Kiple
?????	???????
?????	Jackson
Henry	Pavir
Wilm	Norris
Isaac	Aldright
Jos	McKnight
James	Bulla
John	Nugent

Primary County: Davidson

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Text of Petition: ??? Assembly ???? of a ????? Davidson & William ?????, that the ????? said County is ?????? ?????s to attend ?????? Musters, Elections ??? at the ?? & Franklin ? a sufficiency of ???? ????tation to for?????? within the bounds ?????? leaving a Const??????? within the bounds of ??? ????? Petitioners ???? that you will ???? our ??? ??? new County with the following boundaries viz: begining on ?????ing ridge of the ???? of Stone-Arch & Mill ??? County-line, run Southwardly with said ridge ???? ???? of Mill ???? in Williamson ??? ?????? with the ??????

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Text of Petition: ??? mouth of hurricane south - thence to the ??? ??? ridge Southwarly to the ??? Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c: -

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Wm	Nash		8
Markell	???		9
Samuel	???		10
James	C???		11
George	???		12
Rob???	???		13
Adam	???		14
Tho	M???ll		15
Silas	Tu???		16
Samuel	T???		17
Abraham	???mons		18
SAmuel	Long		19
???	Cullocke		20

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Text of Petition: 63-1803-13

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John	Norman	Jno Norman
Presley	Norman
Jos	Norman
John	Norman
Robert	Kelton	Robt Kelton
William	Kelton	Wm Kelton
Jas	Cumsi???
John	Laurance

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Text of Petition: 65-1803-24

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Primary County: Davidson

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Petitioner(s): Citizens of Davidson County

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Text of Petition: 65-1803-3 ??? the honourable, the General Assembly of the State ???? The Petition of a number of Citizens of Davidson & ??????? ^County humble sheweth, that the ????? intent of said County render it ???? for your petitioners, to attend Court, General Musters, Elias ????? of Masheille, & Franklin and there being a sufficiency ? ??????able to the Constitution, to form a New County, within ????? ?????after to be described, & leaving a Constitutional quanty, within ????? the Old County. We your Petitioners therefore pray ??? ????? situation into Consideration, & grant us a New County ???? following bounds Viz: begining at the top of the ridge ??? Waters of Slo??? river & Mill Creek, in the Williamson ???? & run Southwardly, with the sd ridge so as to leave all the ???ill ???? & Harpeth in Williamson County untill the ridge

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Text of Petition: 65-1803-4 the now Eastern boundery line of said Williamson County; Thence South with the said Williamson County ^line Thence Continuing south ??? line to the South boundery of this state; Thence with ???? line East to the Corner of Wil????; Thence with the line ???? County North & Northwardly Continuing with said ??? to an ??? & White Ash, The Corner of said County, North East from the mouth of Hurricane Creek; Thence ??? to the Mouth of Hurricane Creek, which is four M????? ?????: Thence from the Mouth of Hurricane Creek sou??? ???? the first mentioned ridge; Thence with the said ????? ????? the begining. And yet ??????

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William	Bean
Joseph	Ship
William	Carter
William	Keance
Thomas	Tiler
William	Smith
William	Middleton
George	Watson
Jacob	Wright
Presly	Edwards
David	Gordon
Dudly	Matteus
Robert	Matthews
John	Sullins
Benjamin	Edwards
Thomas	Edwards	Thos Edwards

Primary County: Trousdale

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Purpose / Short Description: Create a new county

Text of Petition: 65-1803-7 ??? Honourable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee the Petion of a number of citizens ??? Williamson counties humbly sheweth that the east extent of those counties renders it extremely inconvenient for ??? attend courts, General musters Elections &c at the towns of Nashville & Franklin there Being a sufficiency ??? to the constitution to put a new county within the Bounds hereafter to be described and leave - - ??? ??? to the old counties We your petitioners therefore pray that you ^will consider our situation And Grant us ??? the following Boundaries. Viz; Begining on the top of a Ridge Dividing the dotus of stones River .. in williamson county line, run southwardly with the said Ridge so as to leave all the dotus of mill creek ??? williamson county untill the Ridge intersects with the new Eastern boundary line of said ??? continue south with said line, to the Southern Bounder of this State, thence With the State line ??? wilson county thence the line of Wilson county & Northwardly continuing with Said county to ??? a corner of wilson county, which is Northeast from the Mouth of Hurricane Creek thence southwest to ??? Hurricane Creek which is four miles and thirty six poles, thence from the Mouth of Hurricane creek ??? of the first mentioned Ridge, thence with Said Ridge Southwardly to the Beginning, we further ???able General Assembly will Give the name of the New county Sum hansom name and we further pray that the ??? assembly, will pass such an Act that the Navigation of Stones River May be Kept open from John C??? ??? Mouth which is all and dependance to carry our produce to market, We further to Give Satisfaction ??? that if we Get a new County that you Appoint Capt Joseph Mallary James Sharp Robert Smyth - ???an, John Andrews- A Bedish, M, Bonge, Saml Campbell - as commissioners to State on the ???unty seat shall stand, you Binding them agreable to the constitution to control the County as mar ???od water, and convenience will admit, And we your Petitioners shall be bound ???

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Primary County: Davidson

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Petitioner(s): a number of Citizens of Davidson & Williamson Counties

Purpose / Short Description: Create a new county

Text of Petition: 65-1803-5 ??? Honourable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. ???f a number of Citizens of Davidson & Williamson Counties, humbly sheweth, ??? extent of those Counties renders it extremely inconvenient for your Petitioners ???ts, General Musters, Elections &c. at the towns of Nashville & Franklin, & then ???icioney of territory agreeably to the Constitution, to form a new County, ??? bound hereafter to be described & leave Constitutional bounds to the old ??? your petitioners therefore think you will consider our situation & grant us ??? with the following boundaries, viz: begining on the top of a ridge ???tuaton of Stones River & Mill-Creek in the Williamson County line. ???ardly with said ridge, so as to leave all the waters of Mill-Creek and ??? Williamson County untill the ridge intersects with the new Eastern ???s of said Williamson County;- thence continue South with said line ???om ^boundary of this State - thence with the State line East to the corner of ???th; thence with the line of Wilson County ???? & Northwardly ???in said County line to an [Elan?] & [Alhill?] As???ance of Wilson ???ish is North East from the mouth of Hurricane Creek; thence South ???he Mouth of Hurricane Creek which is four miles ??? six poles; thence ???outh of Hurricane Creek Southwest to the top of the first mentioned ??? with said ridge Southwardly to the begining, and your petitioners ???

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Text of Petition: To Mr Robert foster to present to the onorable the generll Assembly Mr foster will plese to be perticuler in getting the new pettion of the river kept open &c

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Text of Petition: 65-1803-6 August 10th 1803 tho: Bedford

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Date Filed (format: YYYY/MM/DD): 1803/08/26

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????ces	Nash
Ben	Concorde
Jeremiah	[Thacker?]
Simon	Miller
Cadet	Den???
Abner	D???ent
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Joseph	???
Ritchard	[Cogro?]
???	Newman
???
Robert	Smith
Cunningham	Smith
John	Statton
David	Ge???
Robert	Smith
William	Smith
John	Griffin
???	Miller
Elliot	Bean
???
Sam	Oneill
???	Ju???
???
Joseph	???
William	???
David	???
John	Fleming
Les	Garnert
???
John	???
???
???	Williams
Allen	Cambrell
John	????
????
Robert	????
???
William	???
John	???	Jno ???
John	Thompson
John	???
Amos	Morell
Thomas	Thompson
Nimrod	???fey
Samuel	Wilson
John	Thompson
???
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Joseph	Thompson
John	Miller
John	Steckerdge
???
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Purpose / Short Description: Names

Text of Petition: 63-1803-9

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J K	Bedford
Wm Wm	Scarey
???
Robert	Matthews
Thomas	???
John H	James
Joseph	James
William	Greenwood
Joseph	Danbey
C. ?.	???