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ALGenWeb File Manager - Carolyn Golowka -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by Terry Jackson, January 2001 Etowah Co., AL Probate Records Book A, pg. 64-67 The State of Alabama Etowah County Probate Court for said County Special Term July 14th, A.D. 1886. Be it remembered that on this day the following proceedings were had in this court to wit: Comes Andrew J. Phillips and the twenty-three others hereinafter named as signers to the following petition and file in open court the said petition which is in words and figures to wit: The State of Alabama Etowah County To the Hon(C underscored) L.E. Hamlin Judge of Probate in and for said County: We the undersigned male inhabitants of the unincorporated Town of Walnut Grove in said County and residing within the limits hereinafter set forth, and being the owners of a majority in value of the real estate within the said limits, and, as such owners hereby consenting to an incorporation of said Town with said limits, respectfully show unto your Honor that said Town, within said proposed limits, consists of not less than one hundred nore more than three thousand inhabitants: The premises considered, your petitioners, therefore respectfully pray your Honor to order an election, as provided by law, for the purpose of incorptating said Town by the name of "Walnut Grove," with the following boundaries to wit: "Commencing at a Stone Corner on the Blountsville road North West of Walnut Grove near W.L. Cornelius' land, thence South West to the top of Red Mountain, thence in the same direction along the top of said mountain to the land line between W.L. Cornelius and J.M. King, thence South along said line to R.W. Holland's corner, thence South West to the South West corner of said Holland lot, thence south to the North West corner of W.Y. Adams lot on Murphree's Valley Road, thence sounth on the line between said Adams and said J.M. King to a branch, thence East down said branch to John Inman's spring, thence from said spring, east to Mrs. Cornelius' spring, thence North West to H.M. Cornelius' North West corner on Section line between Sections 14 and 23, thence West along said Section line to the top of Red Mountain, thence South West along the direct line to beginning point. and as in duty bound will ever pray, etc. Andrew J. Phillips B.W. Reavis John Inmon J. Wood W.L. Cornelius R.W. Holland J.M. Cornelius Sam'l Smith J.A. Freeman J.L. Freeman W.E. Reid W.H. Garlington J.E. Murphree J.B. Inmon W.Y. Adams G.W. Bynum W.A. Davis Jas. T. Moseley Jno. T. Moseley B.F. Guined(?) W.T. Murphree E.W. Murphree J.W. Dorsey Dayton Cornelius Whereupon it is ordered by the Court and the Judge thereof that said Petition be made a matter of record in the book kept by the Probate Court for the purpose which is accordingly done as above. And, it appearing to the satisfaction of the judge of this court that said above petition has been filed by at least twenty-three of the male inhabitants of such Town of "Walnut Grove" and further that the owners of a majority in value of the real estate within the said proposed limits have consented in writing, as above, to an incorporation of said Town with said limits: It is therefore further ordered and directed by the judge of this court that an election be held at the voting place of Walnut Grove Precinct of said County in said Town, on Monday the 2nd day of August A.D. 1886, under the direction of J.W. Dorsey, J.M. Cornelius, and J. Wood inspectors appointed by the judge of this court for the purpose of incorporating said Town with the said name and limits as provided by law. That at said election, all male inhabitants who shall have resided within the said proposed limits of such Town three months next preceding such election and are over twenty-one years if age and none others can vote: that the voters in such election must write upon their tickets "corporation" or "no corporation" and deposit the same in the ballot box punished by said inspectors as provided by law. And further that the polls at such election must not be opened before ten in the morning, and that the said inspectors, before receiving any ballots, must take an oath to conduct such election fairly. It is further ordered and directed by the Judge of this court that said J.W. Dorsey, J.M. Cornelius and J. Wood, be forthwith notified of their said appointment as inspectors and that they cause notice of said election to be given by written posters at at least three public places within the said above proposed limits for ten days prior to said election, and that the result of said elections be certified by said inspectors to the Judge of this court within five days after said election as provided by law. L.E. Hamlin, Judge of Probate The State of Alabama Etowah County Probate Court for said County Special Term August 5th 1886. Be it remembered that whereas on the 3rd day of August 1886, being within the time described by law, J.W. Dorsey, J.M. Cornelius and J. Wood, inspectors duly appointed by the former order of this court, and under whose direction an election was ordered to be held for the purpose of incorporating the Town of Walnut Grove, did certify to the Judge of this court that a majority of the voters at said election held at the place duly appointed therefore in said Town in Monday the 2nd day of August 1886, were in favor of a corporation thereof: It is therefore ordered and herein entered of record that the inhabitants of such Town of Walnut Grove are incorporated as provided by law by the name of "Walnut Grove" with the said boundaries as designated in the petition therefor to wit: Commencing at a Stone Corner on the Blountsville road north west of Walnut Grove on W.L. Cornelius' land, thence south west to the top of Red Mountain, thence in the same direction along the top of said mountain to the land line between W.L. Cornelius and J.M. King, thence south along said line to R.W. Holland's corner, thence South West to the South West corner of said Holland lot, thence south to the North West corner of W.Y. Adams' lot on Murphree's Valley road, thence South on the line between said Adams' and said J.M. King to a branch, thence East down said branch to John Inman's spring, thence from said spring East to Mrs. Cornelius' spring, thence North West to H.M. Cornelius' North West corner on Section line between Section 14 and 23, thence west long said section line to the top of Red Mountain, thence south west along the direct line to beginning point, and further that the inhabitants of such town so incorporated be and are hereby invested with the rights incident to corporations under the Code of Alabama of 1876. It is further ordered that notice be forthwith given the Sheriff of Etowah, of this the entry of record of such corporation as aforesaid, by service of a copy hereof upon said Sheriff, and that said Sheriff, within ten days after the service of said notice, appoint three inspectors, and a place of voting in such corporation and a day not more than fifteen days from the time of the said service of said notice on which an election is to be held for the purpose of electing an (?) and five counsillors as the corporate authorities of such town and that notice of the said day and place for said election be given by advertisement posted up at two public places in such town, at least five days before the said elections: and it is further ordered that the said corporation pay the costs of the proceeding. L.E. Hamlin Judge of Probate