Greene County, NC - Willie Jones Petition, 1842 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Governor’s Papers Oct 20, 1842 Gov. John M. Morehead GP.102 Correspondence, Petitions, etc. Oct 1, 1842-Oct 31, 1842 Original spelling retained. To his excellency John M. Morehead, Governor of the State of North Carolina. The Petition of the undersigned respectfully shew unto your Excellency that at the Fall Term of 1842 of the Superior Court of Law for the County of Green, an Indictment was tried against Willie Jones for an assault with a Knife upon the person of one Samuel Bell both white men and of said County, under the charge of the Court the said Willie Jones was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for two months. Your Petitioners most respectfully beg leave to represent to your Excellency the sircumstances under which the offence was committed and also the extent of that offence, the said Bell and Jones togather with some other persons had meet together at one Joseph Taylors Store, and the said Willie Jones having bought some article of the owner and paid for it, and while receiveing the change in Specie – the said Samul Bell snatched up some of the Money and pocketed it and when demanded by the said Willie the said Bell replied in abusive language – Swore that he would or could whip the said W. Jones and went at him at the same time in a fighting attitude but was arrested by a Brother of the said W. Jones upon whom the said Bell inflicted several blows with his fists, and while thus engaged the said Willie Jones became over excited at the wanton, sudden and unprovoked attact by a stranger as the said Bell was at that time, he drew his Knife – made a thrust at and inflicted a small wound upon the back of said Bell of not over half an inch in length and not very deep – here the fight ended, and the said Willie Jones after reason had resumed its sway in his mind became sorry for the act he had been forced to commit upon the person of the said Samuel Bell, and although there was no damage done to the said Bell of any conciquence yet the said Willie Jones did pay to the said Bell the sum of Twenty five Dollars and upon which they became perfectly friendly. Your Petitioners further represent that the said Willie Jones is by occupation a Farmer – of industrious habits, a peaceable Citizen and quiet in all his intercourse with others, and so far as is Known to your Petitioners has never been Indicted at any time before. They therefore respectfully Pray your Excellency to pardon the offence and remit the imprisonment of the said Willie Jones. October 20th 1842 Benjamin Rasbery John Turnage Dickerson Dail Benjamin C. D. Eason Jorden Whiteley Stephen Rasbery Aquila Suggs Jr Benajah Moore David McKinnee Hardy Ormond Thomas Murphy William Carraway William Woten Enoch Moore Thomas Wesson Josiah Suggs Isom McKinney James Harper Hardy Simmons Ezekle Murphy W. H. Edmundson Isaac Jorden A. C. Spieght Bent. W. Murphrey D. A. Sugg John Reynolds James G. J. Taylor Pinkny Clark Joel Taylor W M Tuton Irvin Jones Silas J. Lassiter Joseph H. Dixon Ruel Beeman Robert E. Williams Richard Barfield Richard Harrell Joshua Goodson Petitioners names Haywood Edmundson A. Spieght W. Dail James Baker John R. Dail B. Spieght ________________________ 1 Blaney Turnage 2 M. W. H. Sumrell 3 H. Payton 4 F. Ormond 5 Frs Harper 6 John Wilson 7 James Williams 8 Jas Garland 9 J. J. Edwards 10 Henry Best 11 Theophilus Eason 12 Joseph Brown 13 P. E. Hines 14 Edward Carmon 15 Thos Witherington 16 E. G. Speight 17 P. B. Cox 18 Willis C. Murphrey 19 Parrott M. Hardy 20 Theos Dail 21 Leml H. Aldredge 22 H. H. Moore 23 J. G. Williams 24 Edward Patrick 25 H. Hooker Petitioners names 26 Wm G. Jones 27 M. E. Spight 28 Thos Potter 29 Samuel R. Pope 30 Hillery Vance 31 John T. Pridgen 32 Joshua Ormond 33 [blank] 34 William Forrestt 35 Bengamon Dixon 36 Jesse R. Tuton 37 Bengamin Asvil 38 B. S. Sumrell 39 M. James Dail 40 Jesse Harte 41 Nathan Sauls 42 Allen Turnage 43 Wade Butts 44 William Dixon 45 J. W. S. Jenkins 46 Merrit Ormond 47 Joseph Taylor 48 W. H. Horne 49 S. C. Taylor(?) 50 Nathaniel Meeks 51 Jesse Frizzle 52 Joshua J. Fizzle 53 Saml Pridgen 54 Joseph Dail 55 Isom Jones 56 Elbert Dail 57 T. Garner 58 Asa Jones To Parden Willie Jones of Green Considered 24th Oct. 1842 & decision suspended - Disallowed ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Grace Williamson Turner ___________________________________________________________________