Wayne County, NC - Court Records File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Grace Williamson Turner Edited by Guy Potts Source: General Assembly Session Records; November 1858-February 1859; Box 11. Copied as closely as possible from original. To the Honorable the General Assembly of North Carolina We the undersigned Citizens of the Town of Goldsboro in Wayne County, feeling the necessity of extending the corporate limits of our town, respectfully represent to your Honorable body that there are persons residing immediately without the limits of said town who are, & have been enjoying the immunities & priviledges of our Municipal regulations & who from their localites must necessarily be benefited by having the streets wonder(?) up to their doors, without being subject to a town tax, would earnestly solicit & request the General Assembly now in session to grant us the liberty & privilege of Extending the line of said town three hundred feet on each side & end without a back street, so as to include those persons residing in the suburbs as above represented, thereby subjecting them to the support of the town in consideration of the privileges they enjoy. Due notice of which intention on the part of the citizens of Goldsboro according to the constitutional requirement, having been given All of which is respectfully submited &c D.C. Carrington D. Ballard S.R. Nixon W.W. Crawford S.S. F___ R. Edmundson Jas. H. Privett Kenan Raiford E.F. Murfee Arthur Stansell L.F. Whitaker James N. Wood S.D. Phillips John W. Davis William J. Hall W.H. Wilson John S. Moore John F. Divine J.B. Whitaker Isham R. Dyer T.M. Rodgers W.G. Summerlin Wm Price(?) Frederick Fitz Gerald J.W. Lancaster B.F. Arrington John R. Powell John Taylor W.S.G. Andrews E. Joyner, Jr. George J. Moore C.J. Nelsen W.B. Stansell R.J. Gregory H.J. Carraway J.Z.(?) Albritton William R. Bridgers J.L. Lucas John B. Griswold J.C. Borden N.S. Royall W.T. Faircloth W.H. Finlayson A. Day B.H. Smith J.H. Crawford Nathan Adams Annie Evans B.F. Stanton C.E. Nelson Diana Green John G. Parker A.J. Riggs Mary E. Dorch C.A.W. Barham George V. Strong C.F. Dewey M.D. Craton Jas. K. Green Jas. T. Hamilton Jno. J. Bradberry J.A. ___ Louis Hummel(?) Danl Cogdell Jno. Scarborough Lemon Lynch Samuel Holt Charles Carroll J. Clarisa Allford John W. Ezzell R. Casey Wm H. Moore J.F. Woodard Griffith Brackett J. Fields W.(?) Roberts John Grove(?) Chas Parmelee Blount King J.A. Williams William Bogart ___ Wood Geo. C. Jones A.F. Moses Edward Pittman A.H. Keaton R.W. Henry T.T. Hollowell J. Kemp John Robinson Chas Goddard William Sampson William Rouse K. Smith W.(?) Keaton Joseph Woltering Samuel A. McDowell W.A. Thompson Ex. B.C. Wood E.A. Churchill To the Honorable the General Assembly of North Carolina. Whereas the Citizens of Goldsboro in Wayne County have petitioned the General Assembly to extend the corporate limits of the town of Goldsboro on each side & end three hundred feet without streets, we whose names are hereunto subscribed do respectfully represent to your Honorable body that there is no necessity of extending the limits of said town, there being at present about four hundred unoccupied lots within the corporate limits & further that we are already large tax payers, and the taxes being amply sufficient for all Municipal purposes, do most solemnly protest against extending the limits of the town any farther, and more particularly against three hundred feet, as we would thereby be subjected to still heavier taxes without any benefit accruing to us from back or cross streets. All of which is respectfully submitted &c G.C. Moses Jno Wright William Crumpler John Everitt Jesse J. Baker Wm B. Edmundson E.B. Borden James Knight Kezziah Wellons G.W. Collier Willis Pipkin Warburton Hill John T. Baker James H. Griffin __________________________________________________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. __________________________________________________________________________