Shelby Twp Road Petition - 1833
Transcribed from Original from the archives of Jefferson Co. Historical Society that was in the possession of the Madison library in the early 1970s. Transcribed by Robert W. Scott. Original spelling preserved.
To the Honorable
The Bord of Commissioners of Jefferson County State of Indiana your Petitioners would present to your Body that it would be for the good of the Neighborhood to have a review of Part of the Rode leading from the Deal Mill Beginning at the South West Corner of the South East T.... off Section 3 town 5 Range 11 East thence while the Rode is now traveled on the West Side of Barbers the improvement must to above of Draw Bars thence East to the Madison and versailles Rode on the South Side of the Meadow fence or if they should think it Better to keep the Now travelled Rode from The place of Beginning to Where it Now intersects the Madison and versailles Rode to Report to your honourable Body accordingly and if they the sd viewers it is hoped will be instructed to Deport Their view of the usefullness of Sd Rode in to the Public taking in the work that is Necessary to keep Sd Rode in Repair and fencing the Lane so as your honorable Body Can Decide according to the best interest of all Concerned in the Premises and your Petitioners will Duty Bound Ever Pray April 25, 1833
Subscribers Names
Richard Hayes
Levi Poston Atwell David
John McCullough Ira Littlejaln
Jesse Benefiel John Black
Jacob Banta Daniel Ward Jr. (?)
Reece Rabourn David Vestill
John Peak
James Kidd
David Kidd
James J. Gillum
Mood Pulliam
William Campbell
Transcribed by Robert W. Scott
Jefferson County Petitions
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