To the Honerable the Respectable Congress of the United State.
We the citizens of Hamilton and Columbia Florida and Camden County Georgia Humble petition to your Hon’l body for a mail rout to pass from Jasper, Hamilton County via Blount Ferry Rolinson Ferry to Centre village FFrom the many reasons here and after mentioned whereas the Citizen in the vicinity of Rolinson Ferry are destitude of Receiving any information By the mail from [Being?] so far from any office Centrevillage Bing the nearest Post office which at the distance of Thirty five miles There is many Citizens of Columbia County who are destitute of Receing any information by the mail Blount Ferry being the nearest office to them which at the distance of forty mils Also the Citizen of Hamilton County may Be Greatly Benfited By the afforesaid mail Routs. as they will receive the Northern mail Eight days in advance of any other Rout which is now carried also the Citizens of Camden Geo. in the vicinty of Centrevillage may derive great Benefit from the afforesaid Routs as They will Receive the western mail Ten days in advance of any other rout Your petitioner prays that your Honl body would take into consideration the
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several Benefit which they may Receive by a mal rout passing as afforesaid from Jasper Hamilton County Flo. via Blount’s Ferry Rolinson’s Ferry to Centrevillage Geo
And pass an act for the mail to be Carried once a week from Jasper via the afforesaid places to centre village Geo Which will Be greatly to the Binifit of your petitioner &c
Your Petitioners prays &c &c &c
Names at Centrevillage
1st Wm Colson Names Jasper M [F?]
2. Brazil, C, Brown 1 Robt L Ivey
3. Peter. W. Guinn 2 Henry Stephens
4. Isaac Tucker 3 William Yearly
5 James D Colson 4 Archibald Henry
6 Maxey D Colson 5 James. W, Oliver
7 Paul Colson 6 Charwick Selph
8 [?]. J. Acosta 7 Wm S. Ferguson
9 Joseph Lowsten 8 MichleOBrien
10. Ansel W. Lowsten 9 John W Ivey
11 D C Acosta 10 T T, Brooke
12 T. A. Acosta 11 Wm J. Bryan
13. John. L. Villalouge 12 Wm Dougharty
14 Stephen McCall 13 Roberttsen day
15 Ge Geo. W. Rackleff 14 Gensal. P, Johnson
16 James Gruen 15 M. M. Smith
17 George D. King 16 H M Stephens
18 T F Williams 17 John. V. Stephens
19 J. T. Goodbread 18 Duncan Clayton
19 Lemuel Smith
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Continued
Names Blounts Ferry. Names. at. Jasper
1 Rufus S King 20 [Durel ?]Selph
2 John Frink 21 Samuel Knight
3 J S. Clinton
4 James Hommand 22 John Pierson
5 Alexander Rachlatt 23 James M Clandy
24 Solomon Rouse
6 Charles Fletcher 25 Wm H. Cooper
26 Wm M Hunter Sr
7 William S J Blount 27 William M Hunter Jr
C H Smith 28 William Yeates
William Millican
Names at Ranlesson
ferry
29
30
C W Hendry
Burwill Yeates
31 J P Hughey
1 Samuel L Wester 32 J. S Smith
2 James M Allbertson 33 Danl Bell
3 William Johns 34 John L Purviance
4 Stephan Hall 35 Wm E M Cousins
5 John J Johnsen 36 Alexander Bell
6 Gideon Burnsed 37 Jonah T Bairden
7 A[?] Hogans 38 James J Meadows
8 Robert Roberson 39 John. W. Price.
9 John M [Deese?] 40 William Raulerson
10 Richard [Harvy?] 41 John W. Hines
11 Machal [Bensi?] 42 Adolphus Prier
12 James M [Su?]
13 Rowland Williams
14 John Hogans
15 John Raulerson
16 Johno Johns
17 West Raulerson
18 Elias Raulerson
19 James Powel
20
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21 John, Dority
22 David Fowler
23 James H [Treswllin?]
24 Thomas [E?] Ellis
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Florida
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Petition of Sundry Citizens ^of Hamilton Florida^ of Florida & Georgia, praying the establishment of a mail rout from Jasper Florida to Centervillage Georgia
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Referred to Com. on p. o & p. R.
Feb. 22. 1848
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February 22, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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[Right?]
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E. C. Cabell

Handwritten Document Signed, 4 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,