Arkansas Territorial Papers
Petition by the Residents of Hempstead County to Block Land Applications 
in Favor of Major W. Hickman
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From the books "Territorial Papers - Arkansas Territory 1825-29" 
pages 172-173

                   PETITION BY RESIDENTS OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY 
            TO BLOCK LAND APPLICATIONS IN FAVOR OF MAJOR W. HICKMAN

                                 [enclosure:DS]
                         Recommendation of William Hickman
                                                          [January 20, 1830]
   Be it known to All Whom it may concern.  That we the undersigned 
Citizens of the County of Hempstead and Territory of Arkansas.  Do hereby 
Certify, that Major William Hickman of the County & Territory aforesaid.  
Bought the improved interest of a Certain Widow Fowler in and to a 
Saline or Salt Lick lying and being in Section Eleven, Township Ten and 
Range Twenty Nine West (Which he subsequently entered, together with 
Other parcels of land) in the Land Office at Little Rock and after 
Incredible expence and labor proceded to the Manufacture of Salt, for 
the use and Consumption of the People of this section of Country:
  We have Great Pleasure bearing Testimony to the laudable and Conspicuous 
merit of Major Hickman for Supplying us abundantly with an article of 
so Considerable domestic utility as Salt, at a price One Hundred Per Cent 
less than it could be Obtained for from Others, when by taking advantage 
of our Necessities and the inoperative Management of Other Salt Makers, 
he might have Established and exacted the most extravagant prices from 
us-Major Hickman has realized by his own honest and persevering industry, 
a little property which has drawn down upon him, that malignant envy from 
which deserving men, are hardly ever exempt:
  Applications have been made we understand for Leases of the Woodland
adjoining and indeed Surrounding his entries for the avowed purpose of 
CuttingOff his fuel Supplies
   We do however hope that the exaulted policy and Characteristic 
liberality of the General Government will treat those Applications 
with the Contempt which Such unworthy Motives usually inspire-

   Dated at Washington Hempstead County A. T. the 20th day of 
   January A D 1830.

James Alexander         James Anderson          John Baird
Heuitt Bart             John Brewer             G. H. Burton
Andrew Caldwell         Bolin Clark             Samuel B. Davis
North East              William East            John Fisher
Matthew Fountaine       Samuel Hopson           Thomas Hubbard*
James Huggins           Rowland Hughitt         Georg G. Janes
Charles Johnson         E. Johnson              Elijah King
Isham P. Latimer        William McDonald        James Nance
John Pettigrew          J. C. Ragsdale          Daniel Rawls
Richard Ray             Joseph Reed             William Shaw
Jesse Shelton           John Shook              James Smith
Benjamin Start          A. Stuart               Joseph Stuart
E. Stuart Jr.           Elijah Stuart Sr.       James Waklee
W. Yates                Bartlet Zachary

   I have examined the Signatures affixed to the within cirtificate and 
freely State that they are respectable Citizens in the neighborhood 
of the Salt works, occupied by Mjr Hickman, and would confide in their
representations  - William Trimble