Guilford County NcArchives Court.....River - Petition, Deep No date ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a September 20, 2009, 8:28 pm Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina Written: No date Petition from inhabitants of Guilford County concerning dams on Deep River Jackson, Absalom; Et Al. Volume 09, Pages 87-88 [From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.] To His Excellency Josiah Martin his Majestys Captain General, Governor and Commander in Chief in and Over the Province of North Carolina, and to the Honourable the Members of his Majestys Council, Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly The petition of us the Subscribers inhabitants of Guilford County Humbly Sheweth: that your petitionars is Deprived of that Natural & profitable priviledge of Catching fish in Deep River as formerly by its Chanel being stopt by several mill Dams being made quite across said River to the Great hurt of many poor familys who Depended on said fishing for great part of their living, it being well known that No River of its Size in this provence afforded a greater Quantity of Exelant Shad and other fish. We therefore Humbly pray that you through your great goodness would Condesend to pass a law in our favour so far as to oblige the owners of said dams to afix proper flood gates in their dams from the mouth of said River to Field & Dicks mill above the trading path and them to keep open at proper times from the tenth of fabruary to the tenth of april that the said inhabitents may in some maner be Restored to their former priveledge of Catching fish and your petetioners as in Deuty Bound shall ever pray Absalom Jackson Promintor morgan Henry Burron william ellet Jacub Jones Sener Jacub Jones Juner Phillup Selers Henry Moss James Raney Isam Let James Lowe Archibald Hamilton John Parr Richard Norton Joseph nill David Smith Juner John Smith Osburn Lemar John Clark Isaac Robings George Farlon Jonathan fincher William Bell Games Dougan David Luis Benjamin Bailey Henry Underwood William Ward Jonas Swift Ruddey Morgan Zebedee Wood Samuel Walker Sam Deveney John McKay William Erving James Walker Thos Hood Robert Field Samuel Jones Aquila Jones Juner George Thorpper John Phips Wlliam walker Philburd Wright Peter Julen John Beverley Eli Branson Christian Shultz Jessee adams sen Stephen Jones Isaac Starnes William Welborn Jun Robert Kirkpatrick John Rogers William Norton John Cabel Juner Edward Conder Elias Cain Ninian B. Hamilton John Walker bengeman briner File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/court/riverpet1192wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb