Petition of William G. Jeter and Others to the Sangamon County Commissioners' Court,
[30 November 1836]1
To the Honorable the County Commissioner's Cou[r]t for the county of Sangamon, Illinois.We, the undersigned, citizens of Sangamon county respectfully request, that your Honorable body will pass an order for the establishment
of a county road to co[m]mence at Middletown near Musick's bridge. Thence the nearest and best rout to Meaddows' Mill at the Sugar Grove. Thence, as near as the ground will permit, with the Section line runing one mile
North of the Northern boundry of Townships Eighteen, to the county line.2
| Edmund Greer | Wm. G. Jeter |
| Hardin Thomas | John Y Lane |
| Peter Summers | Hugh Armstrong |
| Mathew Young | Amos Ogden |
| David M Pantier | D. H Rutledge |
| John Jones | R A Clary |
| James Berry | Noah King |
| Samuel Ritchie | John M Rutledge |
| E J Robinson | |
| James Watkins | J M: Robinson |
| Lewis Watkins | Tilman Hornbuckle |
| James Hornbuckle | |
| Robert [Cowen?] | Harmon White |
| Isaac Colson | George Bowman |
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| Alexander Crawford | Thomas Anno |
| James W. Estill | |
| Coleman Smoot | Benjamin Yardley |
| Philip Barnet | George Penteycost |
| William E. Lowe | James Denton |
| Wiliam Denton | James M Rogers |
| Joseph Denton | Wiliam Sampson |
| Thomas W. Ritter | Walter Bracken |
| Wiliam Brewer | John H Cogil |
| John King3 | Arclaus Demmon |
| James Meders | William S Day |
| John M. Berry | Isaiah Lough |
| Michael Killion | Jacob Williams |
| Peter Elmore | Rober White |
| A: A. Rankin | John Wright |
| James Estep | George Power |
| John Hornback | |
| Andrew Trumbau |
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1Abraham Lincoln wrote the text of this petition, but did not sign it.
On December 5, 1836, Coleman Smoot presented this petition to the Sangamon County
Commissioners’ Court, who ordered James Pantier, William Sampson, and James Meadows
to view the road. The three commissioners reported back to the court on March 6, reporting
that they approved of the road. The court then ordered the road to be opened and kept
in repair by the county.
Sangamon County Commissioners’ Court Record Book D, 5 December 1836, p. 268, 6 March
1837, p. 288, Manuscripts Department, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,
Springfield, IL.
Handwritten Document Signed, 4 page(s), Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield, IL).