State of Tennessee Grainger Co. Aug. 19th 47 1847.
We the undersigned voters in the County above named, of the 2nd Congressional District: do petition the honourable body of Congress at its next session, to [...?] establish a mail rout from Thorn Hill, though the valley North of Clinch mountain, intersecting the main western route through
Rutledge to1 Knoxvill, at Blain’s x roads. making such offices, as may be necessary; say one at Col.[Colonel] M Cleaveland’s, and another at John Dodson’s ^at Ulm Heubles^
| Names | Names | |||
| 1 | Wm C Mallicoat | 17 | Rheubin Walfinbayer | |
| 2 | W m B Dotson | 18 | William Hubbs | |
| 3 | Hezekiah Routh | 19 | James Hubbs | |
| 4 | Stephen Routh | |||
| 5 | Joseph Clark | 20 | William Hubbs | |
| 6 | William Shark | 21 | Law[?] an Damewa[?]d | |
| 7 | G. W. Harris. | 22 | A. C. Eaton. | |
| 8 | James Dyer junr | 23 | John Dyer | |
| 9 | William Wyrick | 24 | C W Lathim | |
| 10 | G. W. Vitalo | 25 | Wiley B Dyer | |
| 11 | Saml Gill | 26 | Lindsley S Hubbs | |
| 12 | Jas Salling | 27 | Solome Wyrick | |
| 13 | L M Ellis | 28 | Jackson Dyer | |
| 14 | Calvin Monroe | 29 | Leroy Clark | |
| 15 | Wm Vitalo | 30 | Isaac Buler | |
| 16 | R. Jennings | 31 | Jackson Bulling | |
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| Isaac Dancewood | 86 | John Clark | 118 | |
| Isaac M Tome | 87 | John Branson | 119 | |
| Henry Frost | 88 | James W. Branson | 120 | |
| John H. Frost | 89 | William C Watson | 121 | |
| James Dyer senr | 90 | |||
| John Cain. | 91 | |||
| Robert Field. | 92 | |||
| Jesse Houserton | 93 | |||
| Jacob Sharp | 94 | |||
| [Pleasant?] Staner | 95 | |||
| J. Godwin | 96 | |||
| Robert Walfenba[?] | 97 | |||
| James [Gray?] | 98 | |||
| Abner [Dotson?] | 99 | |||
| [?] [Dotson?] | 100 | |||
| [?] | 101 | |||
| David Branson | 102 | |||
| Julius Hacker | 103 | |||
| Albriel M [Clinton?] [Jr?] | 104 | |||
| David B. Williams | 105 | |||
| John Ar[?]ine | 106 | |||
| James Brock | 107 | |||
| William Brock | 108 | |||
| Calvin kirk | 109 | |||
| John McNew | 1010 | |||
| Andrew Bowen | 111 | |||
| James Mvittets | 112 | |||
| James Branson | 113 | |||
| Willis Akin | 114 | |||
| John Beelo[r?] | 115 x | |||
| Wm C Gray | 116 | |||
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| 118 | Willis Hubbs | |||
| 119 | Pleasant Jinnings | |||
| 120 | Peter Beeler | |||
| 121 | Adam Idol | |||
| 122 | B. Branson | |||
| 123 | John Idol | |||
| 124 | Jacob Beeler | |||
| 125 | William hapsin | |||
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| Jonas Niely | 32 | Henry Needham | 58 | |
| George Brock | 33 | Charles Mcginnis | 59 | |
| Carter Dalton | 34 | C. P. Wright | 60 | |
| John Long | 35 | John Ivey | 61 | |
| H [N?] Dail | 36 | David Dalton | 62 | |
| Andrew Bowers | 37 | James Brock | 63 | |
| James R Clark | 38 | James Dyer | 64 | |
| G W Jennings | 39 | John Dotson | 65 | |
| Daniel [?]idders | 40 | Samuel Dotson | 66 | |
| Peter Walfinbarger | 40 | Jesse F. Beeler | 67 | |
| Joseph Walfinbarger | 41 | Martin Cleveland | 68 | |
| Wm. T. Ca[rden?] | 42 | Federick Long | 69 | |
| Wm Hickle | 43 | Warham Casey Jr | 70 | |
| Edwd Tate | 71 | |||
| Joseph William | 44 | S [?] Samuel Dotson | 72 | |
| Edward Jones | 73 | |||
| John E Waller | 45 | J. J. Harrell | 74 | |
| John Hubbs | 46 | John Dotson | 75 | |
| Nielis Saterfield | 47 | James B. Smith | 76 | |
| Jabok Vond[agiff?] | 48 | I H Dail | ||
| [Thos?] A P Greer | 77 | |||
| Wm Teague | 49 | O. P. Field. | 78 | |
| Thomas viteto | 50 | H W. Mynatt | 79 | |
| Ezekiel P Harrell | 51 | Josiah Smith | 80 | |
| Thos Moody | 52 | James Hubbs | 81 | |
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| William H. Odell | 53 | [ |
83 | |
| Wm Walfinbarger | 54 | [ |
84 | |
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| John Brock | 55 | [?] | 86 | |
| P D Watson | 56 | 87 | ||
| Calbert Hays | 57 |
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Referd Jany 5th 1848. to the Committee on Post offices & Post Roads.
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01/07/1848
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January 7, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads
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Wm M. Cocke
Handwritten Document Signed, 5 page(s), RG 233, Entry 367: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to Committees, 1847-1849, NAB,