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31-1-1812 Petition of citizens of Giles? County to change locations of a proposed "trading town."
In 1811 an Act was passed granting the establishment of a town on the lands of William PRICE, near the confluence of Richland Creek and Elk River. Due to the sudden death of the father of the petitioner (William Price), who died intestate, the plan cannot be carried out; only two or three of the nine legal heirs live in Tennessee. In addition, the original site was marshy and sometimes under water; therefore, the petitioners ask that a town may be established on lands of Justin KEARNEY and John CHILDRESS on Elk River where the Main Post Road from Pulaski to Huntsville crosses Elk River at Manefees Ford, about four miles above Richland Creek; plats are included. Subscribers were: 16 Sep 1812 (12 pages) |
Guston Kearny | James Neill | John Daugherty | Richard Armstrong |
J. Childress | Robert HuneCutt | George Sanders | Jessee Craft |
William Pennell | John Perry | Howsen Kenner | Joseph Kelley |
David Sims | Capel Murray | Wm Vance | Thos Harwood |
John Temple | N. Fain Junr | Isaac Adams | John Q. Talbot |
William Menefee | Josiah Temple | Thomas Williams | Jno Hawkins |
James Stark | Alexander Hood | D.L. Blue | Bernard M. Patteson |
Jacob Almon | Samuel James | Williams R. Cox | Thos Bullmam |
Isaac Lamb | Abrham James | James Paine | Isaac Lamb |
Larkin Evert | Joshua Galyean | Wm Stanford | James Mcdanniel |
Hezikiah Robinson | Abnor Galyean | Danl Molloy | Moses Hambleton |
Daniel MCollum | Joshua Gallion | Alexander Perry | Thos Boid |
Duncan Brown | Wm William Watson | John Stanford | John Birdwell |
Early Benson | Michael Rork | Thomas Stanford | Jerimah Killingsworth |
Thmas Bulman | Philip Payne | James Maddray | John Lamb |
Valentime Huff | John Ar King | Thomas Stanford jr | William Lamb |
Benjamine Benson | William Paine | Thomas Stanford | John Manasco |
Prew Benson | Thos Payne | Gabel Long | Silas McGuier |
Harvey Benson | Joseph Payne | James Stanford | George H. Daugherty |
Jessee Lamb | Isham Atkins | George Earnest | James Long |
Samuel Fain | Isham Atkins [sic] | George Stanford | William Long |
Sam Mitchell | Isaac Atkins | Jonathan Ruck | John Williams |
George Flint | Wm Sawyers | Thomas D. Maxwell | George Williams |
David Martin | John Sanford | John Shoemaker | John Wadkins |
Chas Manson | Gorege Stanford | William Maddry | Elisha Farris |
H. Hagen | F. Harwell | John Birmingham | Hiram Farris |
William Phillips | G.H. Beards | C. Friley | Curneus Gatliff |
John Paine | Gabriel Bumpass | Thos Fox | John Dillion |
John Nance/Vance | Micajah Ezell | James Friley | Gabreil A. Daughe |
Georg William | Dudley Smith | John Birdwell | Jacob Winterbower |
Benjn Long | Abel Wilson | Wm Birdwell | Georg Winterbower |
Isaac James | William Webb | John Halbert | Alexr Laughlin |
John Brown | Nicholas Jackson | Joel Halbert | Wm Slone |
ABner James | Hinson McVay | Jessey Halbert | John Slone |
Reprinted from ANSEARCHIN (Vol 31 No 1) Tennessee Genealogy Magazine
with their permission.