Mecklenburg County NcArchives Court.....Pardon - Petition, Regulators 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 August 12, 2009, 1:43 pm

Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: No date

Petition from inhabitants of Mecklenburg County concerning the pardon of 
Regulators
Shelby, Moses; Et Al.
Volume 09, Pages 98-99

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

To his Excellency Josiah Martin Esqre Captn General Governor and Commander in 
Chief in and over his Majesties Province of North Carolina—

The Petition of a Number of the Distressed Inhabitants of Rockey River & 
Coddle Creek Settlement in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina Humbly Sheweth

That whereas a Certain No of young men, Ignorant of their Duty to our 
Sovereign Lord the King, riotously Assembled in a wicked manner, Combined 
against Government, without the least Knowledge, Advice, or Consent, of any 
Parent, friend, & some of them even Demented by Spiritous Liquors, did, about 
the first of May last, rashly & inconsiderately Destroy the ammunition of 
General Waddle & Sundrys, the Property of Colo. Moses Alexander; for which 
wicked deed, Their Parents and Friends are Drowned in Sorrows & the Unhappy 
Perpetrators truely & Deeply Afflicted. Permit us, yr Excellencys most humble 
petitioners, to assure your Excellency, that these Miserable persons were, 
prior to this Fact, esteemed faithfull & loyal Subjects. We Cannot but most 
tenderly Compasionate the Desolate & Distressed, & Even take part in their 
affliction and Having learned your exceeding Humanity and that benign Temper 
of mind with which you are so Eminently Possesed of; We therefore big with 
expectation, Cannot but Sollicit & most earnestly & importunately pray, that 
your Excellency would be Graciously pleased to extend to these unhappy, though 
unworthy Subjects, his Majesties most free & gracious Pardon. That your 
Excellency may see Loyalty to the best of Sovereigns, & Fidelity to our noble 
Constitution, flourishing among us; & the Reigns of Government easy and 
Delightfull to yourself, Shall be the Sincere Prayer of your Excellencys most 
humble & Dutifull Petitioners.

Moses Shelby 
Samuel Loftain 
Mathew Stewart 
John Morison 
David Slough 
Saml Harris 
James Morison 
Robert McMurrey 
William White 
John Davis
John Russel 
Rob Russel 
James Russel 
Wm Scott 
Robert Campbell 
William Blair 
Thomas Hall 
Thomas Smith 
William Addem 
George Davys 
Robert McCallan 
James Callwall 
James Harriss 
William Sper 
John Callwall 
Oliver Wiley 
James Harris 
David Caldwell 

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mecklenburg/court/pardonpe1069wl.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/

File size: 3.0 Kb