30 Petitioners for a Justice of the Peace In 1807 Original Petitions in the Archives Division Indiana State Library, Indpls, IN Submitted by: Marilyn Judd E-mail: GRANNEEM@aol.com October 24, 1807 Indiana Territory Clark County To his excellency William Henry Harrison Governor of the aforesaid Territory The memorial sundry inhabitants and citizens living in the aforesaid Territory and county Your petitioners humbly sheweth you that we are destitute of a Justice of the Peace amonguest us and are at the distance of twenty miles from any to administer the necessary duties of that office. We therefore pray that your wisdom may deem it prudent to send forward a commition for John Vawter as he is the choice of his fellow citizens in these parts as weill bee seen by the list of names hereto annexed done in presents of Abraham Huff Esq. a resident of Illinois grant this 24th October 1807. Gideon Underwood Jas. Vawter Jas. Underwood Wm. Offall Jas. Edwards John Lively Elzaphan Jackson Joshua Jackson Ralph Griffin William Hall Jesse Vawter Esquire Hall John Griffin John Davis James Robb Mason Watts John Ryker Stephen Green James Grissom John Hall Samuel Smock Wm. Vawter Joseph Laine Peter Laine Isaiah Blankinship Joel Jackson Colby Underwood Bernard McKlain Robert Greer Isaac Green Election Poll Index Jefferson County INGenWeb. Copyright 1996 - 2001. All Rights Reserved. Web page by Ruth Hoggatt.