Pittsburgh Twp. Road Petition 1821Transcribed from a copy of an original in the archives of the Jefferson County Historical Society by Robert Scott. Both sides are dark and the center is dark where the document was folded. Words in that area are difficult to read. Questionable words are in brackets. To the honorable County Commissioners We undersigned persons do from a sense and knowledge and sincerity wish for the [p...?] of the publick interest [believing?] that the Pittsburgh [Road ] leading from said [f...] to where it interests the Razor fork road may be [relinquished] as we conceive it to be of now utility or advantage to the publick at large or our [..illegible...] neighborhood. May the 14th 1821 Pittsburgh Twp. Signers Names Signers Names Russel Sheldon Daniel Demaree Robert Phillips Thos. Henton [or Kenton] John Miner John Eccles Samuel Harris Robert hatan ? Samuel Demaree ? [A Scrawl] Sutherland Mayfield James Egan [or Ecan] James Morison Robert Morrison Adam Caplinger John Copland Elijah Lott Wm. Gordon Dannel Demaree [Transcriber’s Note. Pittsburgh Township was one of three original township in Jefferson Co. It included what is now Milton Twp. and Shelby Twp. Names are transcribed, where legible, as written so it is James Morison and Robert Morrison. The two Daniel Demarees are clearly men with different signatures.]
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