To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representati[ves] of the United States in Congress Assembled
The undersigned petitioners Citizens of the Counties of Owen, Putnam, Monroe and Lawrence
in the State of Indiana Respectfully Represent that the public interest would be promoted
by Establishing a Post Rout from Putnamville in Putnam County to Springville in
Lawrence County, touching at the following intermediate points to-wit; The Calosact
Mills, Spencer and White Hall in Owen and Stanford in Monroe
They therefore pray that said Rout be established
December 13th 1847
| Names | Names | |
| David Crockett | Ephraim M Carver | |
| J R Freeland | ||
| James Green | Bluford R Alwell | |
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Wm Wells [ |
Jack Philbert | |
| Joseph Bland | Levi Burn | |
| Wm Mores | Chastn Moore | |
| Elijah Gilbert | John S Cole | |
| Charles Grosser | Silas Gilman | |
| Paul Sheese | Watson Turpin | |
| Peter Sell | James Rumple | |
| Andrew Rumple | ||
| Elisha Mills | Alfred Waggoner | |
| Henry Hopewell | Barnaby Cain | |
| Alban Thomas | ||
| Isaac N. McBride | Elisha Powell | |
| Francis Heckman | George Townsend | |
| Peter Carpenter | William Dryden | |
| Wm Brady | William Kerr | |
| Luke Philbert | James I Kerr | |
| William Thrasher | ||
| A, F, Powell | Henry. B. Trulove | |
| Lawrence Adams | John B. Taylor | |
| Temple Gibson. | Isaac Edwards | |
| Elias Hoover | Thery harvy | |
| Dison Gibson | John Trembly | |
| Wm K Slown | Wm Arney Sr | |
| Harris Sheppard | Danl Thompson | |
| William Perkins | G. W. Daniel | |
| David Phipps | Arthur Scott | |
| Nathan Cooper | Silas Myers | |
| Jacob Moninger | Jackson Parrish | |
| Scott McBride | John G Lang | |
| Joshua Franklin | John Smith Jr | |
| David Bufford | Allen Wilson. | |
| Robert Evans | John Mills Sr | |
| David Mudd | William Anderson | |
| John S Lowry | Eli M Knapp | |
| Benj Truman | Thomas White | |
| Levi Carpenter | Wm Pillars | |
| Miles Bray | John F. White | |
| Gidion Farris | John Sells | |
| Hudson McCormack | James Wood | |
| Benj Leonard | James H. Taylor. | |
| James Mcindoo | William C, Randall | |
| John Walker | Danial B McNamar | |
| Balis Kelley. | David Fain | |
| Jacob Shaffer | Joseph Johnson | |
| John McIndoo | Wm Carter. | |
| Sanford Pottenger | John Kerr | |
| James H Elliott | James Watts | |
| Jacob Hicks | James Adams | |
| Samuel Caffelt | Willam Cavender | |
| James Robinson | William Nelson | |
| H. M Light | Bord Light | |
| Joseph Green | Richard Green Sr | |
| Wilhelm Franxe | Joshua kelley | |
| David M Chary | John Moore | |
| James Barnett | James Smith | |
| George W Hickman | M D Smith | |
| Hugh Work | Thomas J Dyar | |
| Elijah Shaffer | [Welbey?] Jones | |
| Newton Turpen | Samuel Farris | |
| Larkin [?] Ray | William Lowrey | |
| William Boling Jr | Jerimiah Davis | |
| William R Johnson | Jacob Weed | |
| Reuben Johson | Edward Willey | |
| John Foster | Albert Kitchel | |
| William Baskett | Alfred. Bryan | |
| John Defore | ||
| Elihu Salmen |
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Indiana
The petitions of Thos C. Johnston & other citizens of the State of Indiana praying for a post Route from Putnamville in the County of Putnam, by way of Cataract, Spencer & Whitehall in the County of Owen, & Stanford in the County of Monroe to Springville in Lawrence County in said state.
The petitions of Thos C. Johnston & other citizens of the State of Indiana praying for a post Route from Putnamville in the County of Putnam, by way of Cataract, Spencer & Whitehall in the County of Owen, & Stanford in the County of Monroe to Springville in Lawrence County in said state.
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Refered to Committee on Post offices & Post Roads
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January 24, 1848, Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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Geo. G. Dunn
Handwritten Document Signed, 2 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