Miller County, Arkansas, Petition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Jerry Morrison Email: lwm@genesisnetwork.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Files may be printed or copied for Personal use only. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the books "Territorial Papers - Arkansas Territory 1825-29" pages 136-142. [NA:OIA, Lets. Recd. (Ark.):DS] PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT BY CITIZENS OF MILLER COUNTY [No date, 1825] Petition of sundry inhabitants of Miller County in Arkansas Territory, praying that measures may be adopted to relieve them of the difficulties under which they are placed by the late treaties with the Choctaws, giving them lands in Arkansas already occupied by White settlers. Note: The Text of the petition is 3+ pages long and since the focus is on the names of the people who signed the petition in 1825, I'm omiting the text unless enough people indicate that they have an interest in reading it. There are many names which appear to be misspelled and I didn't take the liberty of correcting them. There are also several that look like duplications but I left them in. I have no idea what the (-& -10) indicates but it was on several names and I entered it just as it was. PETITIONERS Adams, John Adkison, Joseph Amburn, James Anderson, Wiat Andeson, James Ash, A. H. Ball, John Ballard, T. B. Barrow, Thomas Bartlet, William Bauren, Absalam Black, Jacob Blair, E. G. Blair, Silas C. Blankinship, Asa Boatright, Lewis Boatright, Richard Boatright, Ritchard Boatright, Thomas Boren, George T. Bowers, Johnston Bowman, John Bradford, William Bradshaw, Sherod Bradshaw, Y. E. Bradshaw, Young Brice, James Brice, Samuel Brice Jr., William Brice Jr., William Brice Sr., William Brown, Henry K. Brown, James R. Brown, Jane Brown, Samuel Brown-, James Burkhm, James Burnam, Samuel Calloway, Joshua Carlton, George Carnall, A. Carnall, J. H. Carnall, Partrick Carnall, Partrick T. Carter, Allen Carter, Elijah Charles, Isaac N. Cheek, Jesse Cheser, Thomas Chosser, Edward Chumney, John Clap, David Clark, D. Clark, James Clark, Joseph Clark, Samuel Cocke, Otho B. Coe.-, Aaron Coil, Thomas Collins, William Conner, Daniel Crownover, Benjamin Crownover, Mitchel Curtiss, Charles Cutbuth, Eligah Dayton, Lewis B. Deck-, John Deck-, Joseph Denton, Elizabeth Dixon, Nathaniel Dollarhide, Andrew Dollarhide, John Dunlop, John Edmondson, John Edwars, Evritt Emmerson, John English, Bailey English, Joseph Ewing, Joshua Fagan, William Farly, John Fench, Samuel S. Ferguson, W. P. Forsyth, William Fowler, John H. Frame, David Franklin, Jonathan Fraser, David French, Joseph French, Samuel French, Thomas P. French-10, Levi C. Furguson-, James Garner, Thomas J. Gatathite, Thomas Geames, Bengeman Gillelad, James Gilleland, Daniel Gooch, B. L. Green, Joseph Green-, John Greenwood, Franklin Greenwood, Henry B. Greenwood, Joel Greenwood, John Guthry, Samuel Guthry, Thomas Guthry, William Gutman, David Halbrook, George Hall, James Hampton, Adam Hanks, Wyat Hanks-, James S. Hanscom, A: Harrell, Isaac N. Harrell, James Harrell, Joel Harrell, Joshua Harrell, Timothy Harse, William Hartfield, Asa Hartung, Ad. Chr. Harvey, Richard Hensley, William Henson, Phillip Hilburn, Ambrose Hinds-10, John Hogon, Walter Hopkins, Edward Hopkins, Francis Hopkins, J. E. Hudson, John Humphry, William James, Joseph Jenkins, Joseph Kavanaugh, B. L. Keliher, Jessey Kerley, John King, William Kitchen, Pharoah Kitchen, Preston Lackey, John Landers, Abraham Landers, Isaac Laurance, Adam Lawrence, David Lawrence, Gorge Lawrence, James Lawrence, Jams Lawrence, John Lawrence Jr., Adam Lawton, George F. Leebe-, Arther Lewis, Mark Linch, Alexander Linch, Thomas Long, William Mare Jr., Nathaniel Martin, Cornelius Martin, G. N. Martin, Matthew McConn, Willis McElvey, Ezra McElvey, Hugh McElvey, James McKinny, G. G. McMurry, John McVay, John Miller, Allon Miller, Peter Modglan, William Moffitt, Solomon Montgomery, Andrew Montgomery, William Moore, Charles More, Thomas More-10, Nathaniel Moren, Jessey Moren, Samuel Mors, John J. Morton, John Murphy, Isaack Newman, John Nidever, George Nidever, Henry Nidever, Jacob Nidever, Mark Noll, Holawar Noll, John Noll, Larken Noll, Martin G. Noll, William Ogdon, Abram Oniell, John Owen, Thomas Pate, Jason Paterson, Thomas Pendergast, Maurice Pendergast, Maurice Pennington, I. G. Perkins, Jesse Pierson, J. G. W. Polk, Benjamin Polk, James Polk, Ruland Polk, Taylor Poole, Jonathan Poole, Walter Porter, Joseph Porter, Nicholas Porter-, William Potter, Lewis Potter, Thomas Raburn, Hodg P. Ragsdall, J. C. Rains, Allon Rains, Benjamin Rains, James Reder, Micajah Reeder, Joseph Reeder, Noah Reid-, Elijah Rice, L. M. Ring, John Robberts, Luke Robberts, Wreding Robbins, Joshua Robbins, Nathaniel Roberson, Mongomer Roberts, Butler Roberts, John Robins, John Robinson, Clark Robinson, Jesse Rogers, Silus Rulong, M. Sain, Alfred Scarbrough-10, Paul Shaw, Hugh B. Shelton, Jesse Shelton, Ralph Shelton, William Shurley, Jacob Simpson, Leonard M. Slaven, Roabit Slingland, William Smith Jr., James Smith Sr., James Sparks, Absolam Sparks, Elsberry Sparks, Wilobe Sparks-, Mathew Sparks Jr., Absolom Spurlock, John Stiles, John Stiles, Richard Stiles, William Strickland, Amos Strickland, Amos Strickland, David G. Strickland, James Strickland, Samuel Swagerty, John Swagerty, Thomas Tanner, Rucker Taylor, Edward Taylor, James Thomes, N. Thompson, William Thompson, Zachariah Tidell, Abraham Tidwell, Hiram Tidwell, Hiram Tollett, Elijah Tollett, Henry Tollett, Margaret Tollett, Wesley Tramel, Thomas Tramell, David Tramell, Dennis Tramell, Philip Trent, John Trent, Josiah Tucker, John Tyler, Isaack Umphry, David Wafer, Mabry Wafer Jr., Thomas Wafer Sr., Thomas Ward Jr., James J. Ward Sr., James J. Watt, James Watt Jr., Henry Wetmore, Alexander O. Wetmore, G. C. Wiley, Cornelius Wiley, Thomas Wiley Jr., Stephen Will, John Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Daniel Wilson, George Wilson, Richard Wingate, Stephen Wolsey, John Wood, John Woods, Will Woods-10, William Woolsey, John Wright, Clayborn Wright, Travis G. Wyatt Sr., Henry Wyley, Samuel