Guilford County NcArchives Court.....Fields - Pardon, Jeremiah 1771
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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: 1771

Petition from Jeremiah Fields concerning his pardon
Fields, Jeremiah
October 25, 1771 
Volume 09, Page 40

[From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

To his Excellency Josiah Martin Esquire his Majestys Captain General, 
Governor, Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina &c

The Humble petition of Jeremiah Fields one of the unfortunate persons who are 
out Lawed for being active in the late Riots and Insurrections Which happened 
in this province

Humbly Sheweth

That his Ignorance of the Nature of government the Springs Causing Regularity 
and good order among men and Being unacquainted with the Blessings I Enjoyed 
under a British Constitution was the Reason I Joined With other Misguided men 
in the late Insurrection or Riot, your petitioner being Now Sensible and with 
Sincerity truly penitent for my Errors Committed and the Sin I was guilty of 
in being Instrumental in putting a Stop to the peace Tranquility and good 
order of government thus humbly begs leave to offer to your Excellency some 
few Reasons flattering my hopes that they will Exsite your pitty and 
Compassion towards your Misguided and Deluded petitioner

Your petitioner acknowledges he was one of these men who Called them Selves 
Regulators that among them he assembled at Hillsborough when the Court of 
Justice was Interrupted and the officers belonging to it abused that I made 
use of aprobius Language Which occasioned your petitioners outlawry tho Not 
Instrumental in the acts of vilence offered to Either the persons or 
properties of Men but endeavored to persuade others from Committing such 
unwarrantable actions, and the better to ascertain the Same Begs your 
Excellencys pardon your petitioner Relying not on his own Merits But on your 
Excellencys Lenity Compassion and Mercy towards your unfortunate Supplicant 
Who is the husband of an unhappy Woman and father of five Small Children, Thus 
Humbly presumes to throw his Case at your feet imploring the Royal pardon for 
a Life that hearafter shall be employed in Loyalty to his Sovereigns 
Submission to Government Obedience to its Laws and officers promoting peace 
and at all times While Life lasts for your Excellencys Temporall and Etarnall 
Wealfare Actuated By principles of Gratitude with unfeigned Zeal Pray

October 25 1771 
JEREMIAH  his X mark FIELDS 

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