Rowan County NcArchives Court.....Crouse - Petition, John No date
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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: No date

Petition from John Crouse concerning a disputed land title
Crouse, John
Volume 19, Pages 926-927

To his Excellency Thomas Burke, Esqr., Captain General, Governor, Commander?in-
Chief in and over the State of North Carolina, &c.

The Petition of John Crouse humbly sheweth that your Petitioner of the Society 
of Dunkards, Haven bought a piece of Land in Rowan County Lying on the Waters 
of Bear Creek, and by a man a Near Nabor, Thomas Maxwell, who has Entered the 
Sd. Land and has forewarned your humble Petitioner and forewarned him from 
tiling the land, and is Determined to Drive him from the Sd. Land. And your 
Humble Petitioner being a Poor, Harmless and inoffensive man, having bought 
sd. land at a very dear rate; whereas, aforetime said Thomas Maxwell pretended 
no right nor Claim to said land, your humble Petitioner being a poor Dunkard 
and past Common Slow, both in words and axtions, but more especially he was he 
acknowledges was too slow, for when the land office was first opened the 
aforesaid Thomas Maxwell being of a cruel and Coveting disposition goes 
amedately and enters aforesd. land, and your humble Petitioner what through 
Ignorance and what through being too slow he neglected either entering his 
land or entering a Cavit against the man that had entered it, till the first 
three months wer out that was alowd for every one to Cavit in, that had any 
Ocation; therefore your humble Petitioner does humbly beg that your Excellency 
might be pleased to point out some way wherein he might be redrest and come to 
the right of his land again and he will ever think himself in duty bound to be 
thankfull to your Excellency for the Same.

We the subscribers hereof, do know asshuredly the right of the said land 
belongs to the above named John Crouse and we have known sd. Crouse a long 
time and we are satisfied that he is but a simple and very honest man.

Joseph Renshaw,
Joseph Roland,
Michel Beam,
John James,
Isaac Renshaw,
Samuel Doriah,
Jacob Rethly,
Abraham Wellty,
Thos. Bentley,
Abraham Renshaw, Jun.,
Christian Gros.,
Isaac Anderson,
Abrm. Renshaw, Senr.,
Elijah Renshaw,
Jacob Cellare,
John Hendricks,
Daniel Lewis,
John Williakson,
Willis VanCleave,
Ralph VanCleave,
Aaron VanCleave,
Benjamin VanCleave,
Thomas Stapleton,
Gasper Roland,
James Hendricks,
William Willesson,
Samuel Williakson.

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