Petition for Admission of New State, KY ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Transcribed by: Maria Troutman, copy provided by Laura JONESDOGS@aol.com Date: 2 July 1999 *********************************************************************** The Petition and Prayer of the People _______ that part of contry now classified by the state of Virginia for the countrys of Kaintucky and Illinois humbly trusteth That we the _____ just the United States Labour under many grievances on account of not being formed into a ________at _____ or the mind and will of Congress more fully known us fr_____ us and we humbly give to present to the Honorable Continental Congress our Humble Petitioners setting forth the just and appressions we labour under and pray that Congress may consider such our grievances and ____ ___ress We your Petitioners being situate in wide continuous uncultivated contry and _____ every side to ?incurssions? of the savage Indians humbly conceive ourselves opressed by several as the general assembly of Virginia for granting large grants for ?waist? and is appropriateed lands ____ _____ ______ without reservation for cultivated and setting the same whereby settlling the Counties discouraged and the inhabitants originally _____ to the savages by whom our wives and ____ing by cruely murdered ?nativeth? _and___iz? our most humble Petitioners constitued _____________________________ taxed - Which in our present situation ______ and unjust ______ _______ with money and grain ?whitest? _________ ________ ______ in garrison with ____ _____ from Six Hundred to one Thousand miles from our present state of government Where ?animals? are suffered to ___ with impurity ?great? members who want rationally af__ deprived of an opportunity of their just rights and improvements and h____ are obliged Prosecute all appeals and whil__t we remain uncertain whether these in bounded claim__ _______ contry __ight of eight to belong to the United States or State of Virginia ____ _____ other late as it required of us to sware (swear) ____ginoc to the States of Virginia in a Pirt___ withstanding we have already taken the oath of allegiance to United States. These are G___ ___ Heavy to be born and we do humbly pray that the continental Congress will taketh method to form us into a seperate state of Government __________ ________ as they ?in? wisdom shall think most proper during the continous of the p______ and your petitioners shall every pray. July 19, 1792 ______ __________ James __________ ________ _elck ______ __________ J____ Hart John Gallaway William Gallaway Robert Gallaway James Brenton John Wess_______ Phil___ Waters William C_______ _______ ______ G______ ________ (2nd page) Jacob Laffoon ________ ________ Thomas Collings Christr. Hauffoman George Grundy Jr. Thomas Pitman ________ _________ _____ Phillips George _______ James Laughlin ____ Howe Francis Roach Samuel Lee ?John? ______ David ?Bink___? James Daugherty William ______ William Williams Patrick Heam___? Cornelius Boyard James Gilmore _____ ___ibal Jefferson _____ ?Jacob? Gilmore _____ Coonts Edward Skidmore James Logan Peter Ba__mass? _____ _______ John Logan James Fogl(e) Francis _______ John McGee ____ Overall James _______ Mattias Logan Peter Lovel John _____ Samuel ______ _____ Donn___? _____ ______ Samuel Gordon ?John? Williams John _____ John Wilkeson ______ Collings _____ ______ _____ Davis George Crist (Might be Paul ?) Thomas Payne William Collings Jacob Sp____ (3rd page) ________ Grundy Jefferson _____ Abraham ______ Benjamin Cleg___? James _____ John Morris William ____kan James Campbell Daniel Sp___ _______ Hawkins Henery Campbell Benjamin ___lia? William ?Chaven? Samuel Dunn Michel Thomas Zachariah Dozier Robert Bruster Michl. Little _____ Hamilton George Campbell Rudolph Hufmon/Hussman? John Ghirten Robert ___kham John Grundy Samuel ___kham James Thompson William Lawrence Thos. Whitledge George Clark ______ ______ Michel ?Wilkeson? David Hackins Jun. George ?Tetor? William Overall John Hart Harrison Overall John Miller William ______ Michael Woods ______ Collings Andrew Dodds William Collings R____ Canaday