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Pittsburgh Twp. Road Petition 1821

Transcribed 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.]