Petition, NC, Montgomery-Anson 1777 ] State of North Carolina ] Met in General Assembly ] ] Petition of the ] S. April 19, 1777 inhabitants of Anson for ] a division of county ] east & west line ] ] [NOTE: petition to form Montgomery County from Anson County] To the Honourable the members of the Senate and House of Commons ~ The petition of the inhabitants of the upper end of the County of Anson humbly showeth that your petitioners labour under great hardships and disadvantages ~ in crossing the many bad water courses in traveling to attend the county courts of said county as jurors and to attend at general musters and elections and to other publick meetings held at the court house of the said county by living remote from the said court house it being situated in the lower end of the said county which at the time the court house was situated there was the center of the bulk of the inhabitants then settled in the said county but as the upper end of the said county within a few years past has grown populous and is settled with a sufficient number of taxables to ~ support and maintain a county expense &c [etc.]. and at this time the county of Anson is from north to south upwards of one hundred miles in length and from east to west about sixty miles through which the river Pee Dee runs in an angular for so that a division by said river ~ would relieve none of the hardships nor disadvantages which your petitioners labours under as the said river runs from north west to south east through the said county and in length of of the said county from north to south never exceeds twenty miles on an east line to the line of Cumberland county contained within the bounds of Anson county north of the said line be a distinct county and parish and have all the privileges that any other county and parish in this state are entitled to and your petitioners will in duty bound ever pray &c [etc.]. Wherefore your petitioners humbly prays that the county of Anson be divided by an east and west line crossing the Pee Dee river through the mouth of Rocky River from the line of Cumberland county to the line of Mecklenburg county and that all the lands. ** PAGE BREAK ** Petition, NC, Montgomery-Anson 1777 Joseph McLister James Russell John Allen Phillemmon Edwards George Lia William Noble James Roan John Riddle James Milliken Thomas Gregory Buckner Kimball William Holton William Kirby Joseph Nicols West Harris Tirey Robinson West Harris Junr James Howell Etheldred Harris James Lee Aurthor Harris William Weaver David Pennington Thomas Landrum William Ballerd John Randle Thomas Fry Joshua Carter Richard Been Moses Carter Humphrey Ballard Thomas Parker Jessee Been Jonathan Carpenter John Calloway John Jeffery Joshua Calloway James Sanders Thompson Clemmons Arthur [Aster] Atkins John Bell Jonathan Avent Walter Bean Jeremiah Daniel William Clemmons Geroge Whitlow John Brown Hosea Roling Joseph Bell Jonathan Franscisco Thomas Spear George [Houser Harper] Joseph Callawaly Midelton Poole Issaac Callaway Shearwood Rolling Asa Atkins Richard Roling John Cape Richard Austin William Cape James Hildreth Thomas Cape Will Hildreth Walton Harris George Whitlow Jr Aaron Sanders Will [Rigin] Nathaniel Bell John Pendagrass Frances Sanders Jonathan Cooper Richard Bell Will McDowel Allen Dunn Jonathan Swearingen Edmond E Hurley William Noble Peter Jackson Joseph Fry Joel McClendon John Holton [Haltom] Abner Adkins Roger Williams James Allen Josiah Taylor Charles Jones Henry Harris James Fry Sr. Jesse Clifton Thomas Tallant George Calley George Kirk Kinchen Pennington Edward Cornwil [Cornwel] James Bankson [Banckson] Josiah Reaves [Reeves] David Noble Jurnal Hearn John Daraon William Hooper James Tilary Charles Harrington Jonathan Walker Job Callaway David Markey John Ballard Stephen Dinkins Peter Hamlet Peter Dinkins Stephen Hearne [Gleary] Iram Nowl [Nowell] Charles Travers Lawrence Bankston ** PAGE BREAK ** Petition, NC, Montgomery-Anson 1777 Darby Hendly Samuel Carter James Dawson Benjamin Cumings [Cummings] Joab Carter William Bankson Joseph Henderson Randolph Cheek Daniel Loflin Jacob Bankton John Cole William Ellis Charles Ledbetter Thomas Wilson Richard Polheat [Poteat] Thomas Sugg Tunstall Roan Thomas Durham Drury Ledbetter Rasha Sugg William Rice Stephen Treadwell William Lockyer John Dunn Peter Bankton Benjamin Rogers Jonathan Snugg James Rogers William Metheny Adam Roan Job Matheny William Grifin Hogan Jonathan Hamlet Robert Walker Andrew Lambert Henry Roan Andrew Denis [Dennis] Van Gray John L Gaddy Boslin Sall [?] Solomon Fisher William Crowell James Briant John Cox James Gray John Hamlet Lambeth Hopkins William Matheny Thomas Sampson Christopher Choppell Cary Pritchard Samual Reaves John Rogers Loid Kelley Matthew Harill [Harril] William Loftin John Martin Edmond Taler [Taylor] Williem Kotum Jacob Shankel Benjamin Simmons George Crowell James Roger Sen. ** PAGE BREAK ** Petition, NC, Montgomery-Anson 1777 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # 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 BREAK **