To the Senate of the United States and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled
[?] Your Petetitioners Citizens of Ritchie County, Virginia, being desirous of having a Post Office in the
McKinney Settlement in said County, respectfully ask you honorable Body to establish
the Road leading from Freeport P. O. in Wood County va at the mouth of Goose Creek
to Ritchie C. H. va as a Post Road. The McKinney Settlement is large and Populous and have no Post Offices Convenient and in
Consequence a People whose whose Correspondence is Considerable labor under great inconvenience We therefore
respectfully ask for the establishment of Said Road leading from Freeport to Ritchie
C. H. va which will be a continuance of Rout No 2.5.66. Said Road passes through
McKinneys Settlement. And Your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.
| Jonas Wells | ||
| Wm L. Jackson | J. w. Snodgrass | |
| Thos R Jones | John C Jackson | |
| Philip Cox Jr | John Harris Jr | |
| H. S Jones | ||
| Samuel [Blue?] | ||
| H Burlingham | David McGregor | |
| F. J. Marshall | ||
| Richard Rutherford | Wm: [H: Lowther?] | |
| Jacob McKinney | Henry Wigner | |
| J H Crawford | Joseph V Paul | |
| Patrick Bennett | Christopher, Douglass | |
| Wm Patton | James [Pew?] | |
| Wm C: [Worley?] | John Hall | |
| David Mckinney | Andrew Hall | |
| Richard Hoskins | Benjamin Phillips | |
| Richard Wanless | Nimrod Scot | |
| Nathan Kerns | [Nathaniel?] Bickerstaff | |
| John Lytle | Alexander Bicker^staff^ | |
| Henry J Jackson | Thos M. Harris | |
| Danial [prebble?] | ||
| George Bickerstaff | Samuel Warnick | |
| George Deen | ||
| William. C. Wilson | William Hall | |
| George, Rutherford | Andrew Young | |
| Archibald Rutherford | William Roberts | |
| Andw Douglass | ||
| Matthew Douglass | Edwd [Skelton Seno?] | |
| James Douglass | Wm McKinney, Seno | |
| John Douglass | Edward, A, Skelton | |
| Wm Douglas | Wm H Lowther | |
| Edwd Skelton Jr | James [Webb?] | |
| John G. Skelton D. M. | [Ephraim Culp?] | |
| L. [Stinckcourt?] | R. [Poster?] | |
| Geo K Cox | E. E. Smith | |
| Lewis, A, Phelps | Henry Rexroad | |
| George Sinnett | Hugh [Prebble?] | |
| Jas. [F C?] [?] | [?] | |
| B. W. Jackson |
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Petition of the Citizens of Ritchie County Virginia for a Post Route ^from Freeport to Ritchie C. H.^
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R. Aug Thompson
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Refer to Committee on P. O. & P. Road
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May 5, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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Passed
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R A Thompson
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,