Petition, SC, York, Bethel Meeting, New Election Place, 1820 State of South Carolina York District To The Honorable the speaker and the member of the House of Representatives. The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of Bethel Congregation and its & vicinity in York District sheweth that the distance to any place of election from where your petitioners reside is so great and the water courses, especially in the winter season, are frequently so high that they are prevented from giving their suffrages. The privilege of election we esteem a most invaluable, one, but from the indifference of some and the inability of others to have, and for various other reasons, we are convinced that the sense of the great body of the people cannot be collected otherwise than by establishing places of election to be convenient to every citizen has almost to invite this suffrage. Your petitioners therefore pray that your honorable body would take their case into consideration and appoint a place of election in the this action of see District. And we would recommend the house of JOHN FARIES and JAMES FARIES as a proper place for that purpose. And your petitioners will pray & c. THOMAS CAMPBELL JAMES O. MOORE SOLOMON HILL JAMES BRIAN R. HILL ? JOSIAH PATRICK ROBERT JOHNSTON Sr. GEORGE SUGGS JAMES DULEN ? THOMAS WILSON A. [ALEXANDER] HILL JOHN MASON WILLIAM REEVES JOSEPH CLINTON MATTHEW STENSON ROBERT JACKSON EDWARD MOORE WILLIAM STEWART GEORGE RIDDLE AARON WOOD JOHN RIDDLE HENRY SMITH JOHN JACKSON JOSEPH WOOD JAMES GLENN JOHN CLARK ANTHONY KENDRICK JOHN SMITH JOSEPH MCKENZIE ESQ. WILLIS REEVES JOHN L. KENDRICK WILLIAM JONES JOHN HORSLEY WILLIAM CLOVER JOHN HENRY JOSEPH LAWRENCE ELWIN [LEROY] GINGLES ISAAC A. CAMPBELL EDWARD AVERY JOHN FARIES JAMES MCCULLY JAMES FARIES JENNINGS ROOKER ROBERT CAMPBELL WILLIAM BIGGERS THOMAS BOYD JOHN DAVIS ? JOHN JACKSON HICK JACOB ROOKES WILLIAM KENDRICK JOHN WADDLE JOSEPH BRANDON ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG JAMES DUFF ZACHARIAH STANTON Page 1 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK ** Petition, SC, York, Bethel Meeting, New Election Place, 1820 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 2 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK **