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The petition of us, the citizens of Orange and Rowan counties, Humbly petition and ask that the following acts be passed :
I. To disqualify lawyers and clerks from holding seats in the Assembly.
II. To give the clerks salaries, and to take away fees.
III. To confine lawyers to fees prescribed by law.
IV. To call in all acting clerks and to fill their places with gentlemen of property and intelligence, and insert in said act a clause prohibiting all judges, law- yers, or sheriffs from receiving their fees before the suit in which they become due was finally determined, which they hoped would prevent the odious delays in justice, so destructive, yet fatally common among them.
V. To repeal an act prohibiting dissenting ministers from celebrating the rites of matrimony according to the forms prescribed by their respective churches, a privi- lege they were debarred of in no other part of His Ma- jesty's kingdom, and a privilege they stand entitled to by the Act of Toleration, and, in fact, a privilege granted to the very Catholics in Ireland and the Protestants in France.
VI. To divide the Province into proper districts for the collection of taxes.
VII. To tax every one in proportion to his estates ; that however equitable the law as it then seemed might appear to the inhabitants of the maritime ports of the Province, where estates consisted chiefly of slaves though their estates were in proportion in many in- stances as a thousand to one, for all to pay equal was very grievous and oppressive.
VIII. To repeal the Summons and Petition Act, which was replete with misery and ruin to the lowest class of people in the Province, and in lieu thereof to pass an act to empower a single magistrate to determine
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all actions for less than five or six pounds, without ap- peal, to be assisted, however, by a jury of six men, if demanded by either party.
IX. To make inspection notes on imperishable com- modities of the produce of this Province lawful tender. at stated prices, in all payments throughout the Province.
X. To divide the county.
XI. To make certain staples of manufacture to an- swer foreign demands.
XII. To ascertain what taxes were collected in 1767. by whom, and to what purpose they were applied spe- cially, and look into the matter of taxes generally. [This was done in view of the belief that £27,000 were collected more than was due.]
XIII. To provide that the yeas and nays should be inserted in the journals of the Assembly, and that copies of the journals be sent to every magistrate.
The people of Anson County petitioned the Governor and General Assembly, complain- ing that while the Province labored under gen- eral grievances, the western part thereof la- bored under particular ones. "Particular Re- strictions" which they claimed the right to make under the English Bill of Rights :
MR. SPEAKER AND GENT OF THE ASSEMBLY :
The Petition of the Inhabitants of Anson County, be- ing part of the Remonstrance of the Province of North Carolina, HUMBLY SHEWETH-
That the Province in general labour under general grievances, and the Western part thereof under partic-
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ular ones, which we not only see, but very sensibly feel, being crouch'd beneath our sufferings: and notwith- standing our sacred privileges, have too long yielded ourselves slaves to remorseless oppression. Permit us to conceive it to be our inviolable right to make known our grievances, and to petition for redress, as appears in the Bill of Rights pass'd in the reign of King Charles the First, as well as the act of Settlement of the Crown of the Revolution. We therefore beg leave to lay before you a specimen thereof, that your compassionate endeav- ors may tend to the relief of your injured Constituents, whose distressed condition calls aloud for aid. The alarming cries of the oppressed possibly may reach your Ears; but without your zeal how shall they ascend the throne-how relentless is the breast without sympathy, the heart cannot bleed on a View of our calamity; to see tenderness removed, cruelty stepping in; and all our liberties and privileges invaded and abridg'd (by as it were) domesticks; who are conscious of their guilt and void of remorse. O how daring ! how relentless ! whilst impending Judgments loudly threaten and gaze upon them, with every emblem of merited destruction. A few of the many grievances are as follows (viz) :
I. That the poor Inhabitants in general are much op- pressed by reason of disproportionate Taxes, and those of the Western Counties in particular, as they are gen- erally in mean circumstances.
2. That no method is prescribed by Law for the pay- ment of the Taxes of the Western Counties in produce (in lieu of a Currency), as in other Counties within this Province, to the People's great oppression.
3. That lawyers, Clerks, and other petitioners, in place of being obsequious Servants for the Country's use, are become a nuisance, as the business of the people is often transacted without the least degree of fairness, the in-
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tention of the law invaded, exorbitant fees extorted, and the sufferers left to mourn under their oppression.
4. That an Attorney should have it in his power, either for the sake of ease or interest, or. to gratify their male- volence and spite, to commence suits to what Courts he pleases, however inconvenient it may be to the Defend- ant, is a very great oppression.
5. That all unlawful fees taken on Indictment, where the Defendant is acquitted by His Country (however customary it may be), is an oppression.
6. That Lawyers, Clerks, and others, extorting more fees than is intended by law, is also an oppression.
7. That the violation of the King's Instructions to his delegates, their artfulness in concealing the same front him, and the great Injury the People thereby sustains, is a manifest oppression.
And for remedy whereof, we take the freedom to rec- ommend the following motle of redress, not doubting audience and acceptance, which will not only tend to our relief, but command prayers as a duty from your humble Petitioners :
I. That at all elections each suffrage be given by Ticket & Ballot.
2. That the mode of Taxation be altered, and each person to pay in proportion to the profits arising from his Estate.
3. That no future tax be laid in money, until a cur- rency is made.
4. That there may be established a Western as well as a Northern and Southern District, and a Treasurer for the same.
5. That when a currency is made it may be let out by a Loan office (on Land Security), and not to be call'd in by a Tax.
6. That all debts above 40s. and under 10 Pounds be tried and determined without lawyers, and by a jury of
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six free holders, impanneled by a justice, and that their verdict be enter'd by the said justice, and be a final judgment.
7. That the chief Justice have no perquisites, but a sal- ary only.
8. That clerks be restricted in respect to fees, costs and other things within the course of their office.
9. That lawyers be effectually barr'd from exacting and extorting fees.
10. That all doubts may be removed in respect to the payment of fees and costs on Indictments where the de- fendant is not found guilty by the jury, and therefore acquitted.
II. That the Assembly make known by Remonstrance to the King the conduct of the cruel and oppressive re- ceiver of the Quit Rents, for omitting the customary easy and effectual method of collecting by distress, and pursuing the expensive mode of commencing in most distant courts.
12. That the Assembly in like manner make known that the Governor and Council do frequently grant lands to as many as they think proper without regards to Head Lights, notwithstanding the contrariety of His Majes- ties Instructions; by which means immense sums has been collected, and numerous Patents granted, for much of the most fertile lands in the Province, that is yet un- inhabited and uncultivated, environed by great num- bers of poor people who are necessitated to toil in the cultivation of bad lands whereon they can hardly sub- sist, who are thereby deprived of His Majesties liberal- ity and Bounty : nor is there the least regard paid to the cultivation clause in said Patent mentioned, as many of the said council, as well as their friends and favorites, enjoy large quantities of lands under the above-men- tioned circumstances.
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13. That the Assembly communicates in like manner the Violations of his Majesties Instructions respecting the Land Office by the Governor and Council, and by their own rules, customs and orders, if it be sufficiently proven, that after they have granted Warrants for many Tracts of Land, and that the same was in due time sur- veyed and return'd, and the Patent fees timely paid in the said office; and if the private council was called on purpose to avoid spectators, and peremptory orders made that patents should not be granted; and Warrants by their orders arbitrarily to have issued in the names of other persons for same Lands, and if, when entreated by a solicitor, they refus'd to render so much as a reason for their so doing, or to refund any part of the money by them extorted.
14. That some method may be pointed out that every improvement on Lands in any of the Proprietors' part be proved when begun, by whom, and every sale made, that the eldest may have the preference by at least 300 acres.
15. That all taxes in the following Counties be paid as in other counties of the Province (i. e.), in the produce of the county, and that warehouses be erected as follows (viz) :
In Anson County, at Isoms Hasley's Ferry Land- ing, on Pe Dee River.
In Rowan and Orange, at Campleton, in Cumber- land County.
In Mecklenburg, at on the Ca- tawba River.
In Tryon County, at on . . River.
16. That every denomination of people may marry ac- cording to their respective Mode, Ceremony and custom, after due publication or License.
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17. That Doctor Benjamin Franklin or some other known Patriot be appointed Agent, to represent the un- happy state of this Province to His Majesty, and to so- licit the several Boards in England.
Dated October ye 9th, 1769.
John Snor,
David Smith,
Isaac Armstrong,
James Berker,
Wm. Thomson,
John Mims,
Authd Hutchings,
John Brooks, Junr.
Seamour Almond,
Wm. C. B. Bond,
John Ryle,
John Bond,
John Culpeper,
Moses T. Tallant,
John Jones, Sr.,
Benja Dumas,
Wm. Griffin Hogon,
Joseph White,
Richard Maner,
Wm. Sidden,
Samuel Gaylord,
Silvanus Walker,
Richard Sands,
John. Smith Sondhill,
Jason Irol Hinsinbru,
David Dumas,
Thomas Preslar,
Benjamin Smith,
Thomas Culpeper,
William Benton,
Isaac Falconburg,
Wm. Coleman,
Francis Smith,
Alexd. McPherson,
Jno. Jeffry,
E. Pickett,
Neal Frenck,
Thomas Gowers,
Jero Miller,
Jonathan Gowers,
Tirey Robinson,
Stokey Yeamons,
Gabril Davis,
Thos. Harper,
Aquilla Jones,
John Johnson,
Thomas Tallant,
James Upton,
James Denson,
Jacob Watson,
Wm. Raiford,
Isaac Belyin,
John I. Merree
Owen Slaughter,
Geo. Wilson,
Thomas Wright,
Robert Webb,
Patrick Sanders,
Thomas Taylor,
William Ussery,
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William Jowers,
Samll Ratcliff.
Shadrack Denson,
Burlington Rudd,
Joseph Harrison,
John Murphy,
Joseph Howlett,
John Liles,
Tomas Ussery,
James Liles,
John Thomas.
Thos. Arrington,
Benj'm Covington,
James Macnejh,
Isam Haley,
Thomas Fox, ~
Silas Haley,
Henry Stokes,
George Belvin,
John Brooks, Jun.,
William Blewet,
Thadwick Hogins,
Dan'l Laws,
Thos. Barrotz,
Abraham Bellew,
Jas. E. Arnet,
Thos. Donner,
Daniel Culpeper,
Joseph Hinds,
John Snider,
Wm. Haley,
Wm. Mims,
Thomas Moorman,
Robert Smith,
Frances Clarke,
Zacheriah Smith.
John Watts,
John Smith,
John Davis,
John Thomas,
Rich'd Leak,
Will'm Burt,
Charles Hines,
Edward Smith,
John McIlvailly,
Elijah Clark,
Van Swearingen,
John Clark,
William Hore,
James Adams,
Joseph Martin,
Thom. Mason, Junr.,
Thomas Nelson,
John Bennett,
William Burns,
Jonathan Turner,
John Leveritt,
Barnabee Skipper,
Theofilis Williams,
George Skipper,
Wm. Leveritt,
John Jenkins,
James Williams,
David Phelps,
John Coleman,
John McNish,
Meager Edwards,
John Cockerham,
Antho Mathis,
Jonathan Lewellyn,
Fegan Gring,
Leonard Franklin,
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Edward Almond, Thos. Mims, John Stinkberry, William Leaton, Luke Robinson, John Webb,
Andrew Griffin, George Estress, James Griffinn,
Wm. Estress,
John Floweil,
Stephen Bush,
Stephen Jackson.
Joseph Burcham,
John Jone,
Stephen Piecock,
Archelam Moorman,
William Digge,
Robt. Jarman,
William Thredgill,
Robt. Lowery,
John Mathews,
Dennis Norlen,
James Mathews,
Lewis Lowery,
Joseph Web,
Edward Chambers,
Thos. Pickett,
Andrew Falconberry,
Jowl Jorman,
Jomond Lloyd,
Henry Falconberry,
Tho. Word,
Thos. Trull,
William Lucas,
Wm. Culpeper,
Christopher Butler,
John Cooper,
Jno. Thos. Scruggs,
John Long,
. Charles Smith, James Bound, Abraham Pelyou, Jason Meadow, Jr.,
Jason Meadow,
Robert Broadway,
Saml Tonehburg, Samuel Flake,
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John Burcham, William Sowel, John Carpenter, Francis Jourdan, Henry Burcham, William Morris,
John Morgan, - James Burcham, James Sanders, Joseph Morris, · Jeremiah Terrill, Darass Bruns, Thos. Bailey, Stephen Bush,
Jacob Cockerham,
David Jernigan,
Bennakia Moorman,
Will'm Halet, Junr.,
John Falconberry,
Isaac Falconberry, Junr.,
Jacob Sowl,
Edward Morris,
William Treneen, John Williams,
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Thos. Balice,
Augustine Prestwood,
John Preslie.
Richard Downs,
John Cartright,
Elisha Ratcliff, Junr.,
Thos. Lacy,
Elisha Ratcliff,
John Jackson,
John Poston,
Joseph Frech,
John Hornbeck,
William Newberry,
John Poston, Sr.,
Loenaed Webb,
Ned Mathes,
Julius Holley,
Benjamin Hunt,
John James, Jun.,
Samuel Sowell,
John James, Sr.,
Charles Sowell,
Jimmy James,
James Gibson,
Jonathan Helms,
William Gibson,
Tilmon Helms,
Joseph Hunt,
James Sanders,
Richard Braswell,
John Bailey,
George Braswell,
David Cox,
William Lucas, Junr.,
John Horback,
Joseph Allen,
Isaac Incest,
Lewis Sowell,
William Webb,
John Skinner,
Walter Gibson,
Jesse Wallas,
Silvester Gibson,
Welcome Ussery,
William Dinkins,
Mathew Raiford, Junr.,
Thomas Dinkins,
Elisha Thomson,
Marverick Lyan,
John Thomson,
Waterman Boatmen,
Goin C. Morgan, -
John Simmons,
Christopher Christain.
(REGULATOR ADVERTISEMENT NO. 9.)
TO THE GOVERNOR & COUNCIL, &C.
The humble Petition of us the Subscribers sheweth that We the Inhabitants of Orange County pay larger Fees for recording Deeds than any of the adjacent Coun- ties, and many other Fees more than the Law allows, by
Beaty Webb,
Wm. Morris, Junr.,
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all that We can make out, from which a jealosie prevails that we are misused, and application has been made to our representatives to satisfy us. But we were disre- garded in the said application upon which the said dis- content, growing more and more so as to threaten a dis- turbance of the public peace; we therefore beg that those matters may be taken under your serious consideration and interpose in our Favour, so that we may have a fair hearing in this matter, and (be) redressed where we have been wronged. Our complaints are too numerous and long to be notified in a Petition, but have sent here- with copies of the Applications, Petitions, &c., that has been made on this Occasion, with a small sketch of our misusage, and begging your protection and approbation in so just and equitable an undertaking and an opportun- ity to be heard, We conclude, your humble Petitioners,
Simon Hadley,
Richard Smith,
John Youngblood,
David Thornton,
John Bullen,
Thomas Riddle,
James Barnes,
Jeremiah Melton,
Peter Youngblood,
Jonie Maudlin,
George Wilson,
Randolph Check,
James Youngblood,
Benjamin Maudlin,
Samuel Dark,
James Willet,
William Paine,
Charles Landron,
John Grubbs,
Aaron Evans,
James Barns,
Jereh Duckworth,
Richd. Copeland,
Noel Brur,
William Levy,
George Adam Salling,
Brinceley Barnes,
Frances Dorset,
Eron Harlow, Ulrick Whit,
James Emberson,
John Baxter,
Thos. Sellers,
John Bricks,
Thomas Hamm,
John Crow,
William Jons,
Henry Smith,
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Cornelius Latham, Alex. Awtry,
Josiah Rogers, Thos. Thornton,
Thos. Hopper,
Sam'l Culberson,
Richard Webb,
Thos. Pugh, .
Daniel McCay, William Green, Peter Cravin,
Jacob Horn,
John Wilson
Solomon Cox,
Joseph Park,
William Inglish,
Thomas Jones,
Thos. Youngblood,
Nickless Brewer, .
Thos. Bailey,
Thos. Craven,
Jas. Murray,
James Copeland,
Thomas Glover,
John Penton,
Enoch Spinks,
William Hutson,
Eshmael Williams,
Math. English,
Luke Welsh,
William Copeland, Jr.,
Jacob McDanil,
William Dunkin,
Neheh Williams, Brown,
William Caps.
John Maudlin,
Abram Bradley,
John Henderson,
Laurence Bradley,
Marton Firnier,
Charles White,
John Ramsey,
Joseph Clark,
Will Boilstone,
James Will,
Larance Muchucenes,
Benjamin Grubbs, John Erwin,
Andrew Culbison,
David Brown,
Robert Wilkins,
James Wilson,
Nath. Henderson,
Andre Jones,
Thomas Moore,
Enoch Pugh,
William Sanders,
Matthew Davis,
Thos. Branson.
Alex. Kenedy,
Edward Teage, John Hornaday,
Enoch Davis, Richard Henderson,
Rednap Howell,
David Smith,
William Copeland, Sr.,
John Marshills,
Eron Stinton,
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Walter Walsh,
George Raines,
Mansfield Crow,
Joseph Henson,
Thomas Waller,
Timothy Tukins,
Thos. Alexanders,
William Henson,
Jacob Grigg,
Jacob Fudge,
Jacob Grigg,
Geo. Hendrey,
Henry Bray,
James Williams,
Henry Weish,
John McVay,
Nicholas Barker,
Gidn. Gilbert, Jr ..
Thos. Cox,
Charles Goldstone,
Jesse Harrison,
Wm. Drinkin,
John Hart,
Charles Miles,
John Fike,
Daniel Dowdy,
John Smith,
John Miles, Sr.,
Daniel Smith,
Robert Wilkins,
Adam Moser,
Wm. Bannistor,
Jacob Whit,
Wm. Wilkins,
Edward Bray,
Alex. Wilkins,
Daniel - -,
Wm. Caps,
John Murphey,
Francis Pooey,
Joseph Carr,
Randol Check,
Frederick Temple,
Jerem. Melton,
John White,
John Miles, Jr ..
John Graves,
Nathaniel Powel,
David Jackson,
Oyen Doud,
Edward Moore,
Neh. Howard,
Peter Craven,
Umfrey Pooey,
Joseph Craven,
Thos. Miles,
Calib Dixon,
Wm. Barber,
Wm. Henderson,
Richd Barber,
Abrm. Hammer,
Solomon Morgan,
Neh. Howard,
John Wilkins, Wm. Learey,
Saml. Barker,
Thos. Needom,
Philip Hartzo,
Wm. Needom,
Marverick Layux,
Joshua Edwards,
Jonathan Gilbert,
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Joshua Gilbert,
John Boe,
John Miles, Jr.,
John Maudlin,
Joseph Boggs,
his Jas. X Hugh, mark
John Noe,
James Willet,
John Hilton,
Isaac Brooks,
Larance Marmanee,
Wm. Tomson,
John Capin,
John Brooks.
Nath. Henderson,
James Brooks,
Wm. Croswell,
Walter Welch,
Daniel Winter,
Geo. Adam Salling,
Frances Cheny,
Thos. Fullar,
Michael Ramsouer,
John Youngblood,
John White,
Peter Youngblood,
John Hart,
Amos Vernon,
Zach. Harman,
James Brown,
Rubin Landrum,
Robert Brown,
Patrick Calley,
Jonathan Davis,
Ayen Brady,
Thos. Davis,
John Sidewell,
Jesse Hadley,
Richd. Hutson,
Abrm. Thornton,
Wm. Moffit,
John Smith,
John Pugh,
John Brox,
Joseph Sutton,
Nich. Aldridge,
Jeffrey Beck,
Roger Marfey,
Thos. Grames,
Wm. Tague,
Patrick Kelly,
Howel Brooer,
Prusley Wren,
Charles White,
Harmon Cox,
James Aldridge,
Stephen Harlan,
Wm. Ward,
John Fudge,
Jas. Brantley,
Thos. Hendrey, Jr.,
Benj. Braswell,
James Maudlin,
John York,
Benjamin Maudlin,
Robert Delap,
Daniel Brown,
Enoch Pugh,
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John Shiphard, Thos. Roberson,
Thos. Beaty,
Thos. Wilborne,
Charles Clauton,
Thos. Moon,
Nichlos Coplin.
Saml. Skin,
Argulus Henderson,
Wm. Marly,
Benj. Clanton,
John Cowen.
Valentine Corlin,
Daniel Sanders,
Nicklos Coplin,
Uldric White,
John Fuller,
Gilbard Croswell,
Thos. Fuller,
Peter Givil,
Thos. Coplin,
Hendrey Senderman,
James Pugh,
John Patterson,
John Raines,
John Barton,
John Tarrance,
John Bery,
Saml. Latham.
Will Smith,
Peter Vonstrauoer,
Slan Richardson,
Adam Andriss,
Aquila Jones,
Conrad Andriss,
Charles Jones,
Nehemiah Odle.
Thos. Jones,
Edward Lang,
John Moris,
Abraham Stroud,
Jas. Oliver,
Walter Ashmore,
Thos. Hendrey, Sr.,
Thos. Greaves,
Gidn. Gilbert, Sr.,
James Ramsey,
Wm. Greaves,
Richard Wineham,
James Ellis,
Jacob Marshill,
Joshua Hadley,
John Acuage, John Croswell,
John Duncum, Wm. Alrid, Sr., Wm. Alrid, Jr., Wm. Norton,
Thos. Ranetalor,
Muicher Lille, Jacob Dobbins, Ely Branson,
Thos. Thornton, John Marswaine,
Wm. Craswill, John Craswill, Thos. Belhany,
Thos. Sellers,
John Fruit, Richard Smith, Thos. Swift,
John Barnes,
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Harmon Husband,
Powell Glase,
Nimian Hamilton,
Philip Glase, Sr.,
Wm. Butler,
Philip Glase, Jr.,
Stephen Jones,
Christian Glase,
Peter Richardson,
Sam Curtis,
James White, Augustin White,
Stephen Owen,
Joshua Fuller,
James Morgan,
James Bly,
Thos. Green,
John McClewland,
Wm. Ward,
James Aiken,
James Burgiss,
Timothy Penton,
Barth. Dunn,
Joseph Routh,
Wm. Ward, Jr.,
John Gapen,
Philbert Wright, ...
Patrick McSwaine,
Wm. Hintrand,
Drury Rollins,
Jos. Jonson,
Thos. Wilson,
Thos, Hill,
Peter Youngblood,
Zekel Thomas,
Thos. Elick Sanders,
John Clap,
John Wilkins,
Wm. Gillmore,
Alex. Wilkins,
Jesse Pugh,
Howell Brewer,
Bartoledum Dun,
Philip Sitton,
Peter Julian, Jr.,
John Fanin,
Joseph Chafen,
James Moffitt,
Adam Larence,
Joshua Hadley,
Thos. Kumian,
George Cortner,
Joseph Phipps,
Peter Cortner,
John Flemmin,
John Goble,
John Phipps,
Nicholas Goble,
Peter Smith,
Philip Shew, Sr.,
Peter Julian, Sr.,
Geo. Navit,
Wm. Kiniman,
Nathan Aldridge,
Hugh Wyley,
John Morris,
James Phipps.
Timothy Code,
Stephen Johns,
James Hunter,
Wm. Rancy,
Robert Walker,
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Samuel Devine,
Wm. Fany,
James Sweany,
Peter Ceinght,
Thos. Hamilton,
Wm. Springfellow,
Wm. Davis,
Wm. Walker,
Jerem. Fields,
Joseph Richerson,
Wm. Jones,
John Par,
John Berry,
Lodwick Clapp,
Jacob Johns, Sr.,
John Walker,
Jacob Johns, Jr.,
Ezekiel Cure,
Arch. Hamilton,
Geo. Clap,
David Ruine,
Tobias Clap,
John McCoy,
John Pleourt,
Ruddy Morgan,
Abr. Hilton,
Henry Pickral,
Philip Shaw, Jr.,
Archey Lane,
Barnit Swing,
Wm. Cane,
Lodwick Swing,
Thos. Melone,
Christen Fall,
James Davis.
Conrad Shoemaker,
James Christian,
Jacob Soots,
Thos. Feutral,
Michael Honest,
Jacob Rogers,
Jacob Droy,
Hyram Rogers,
Nich. Hillerman,
Sion Rogers,
Christian Sike,
Hysom Waver,
Jacob Christman,
Damsey Roles,
John Luin,
James Younger,
James Low,
Wm. Morrow,
James Oliver,
Joseph Foshea,
Jacob Stelie.
Wm. Mitchell,
There are also thirty-one Dutch names which the English reader could not make out.
(Colonial Records of the State of North Carolina, Vol. VII, pp. 733-737.)
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(REGULATOR ADVERTISEMENT NO. 10.)
At a General Meeting of the Regulators and numbers of other inhabitants of the County of Orange, held at George Sally's, on the 21st May, 1768, agreed on last meeting :
It was unanimously agreed to continue our Petition to the Governor, Council & Assembly for redressing very grievous, cruel, iniquitotis and oppressive practices of our Officers, which We generally conceive We have la- boured under these many years, contrary to Law and in pursuance to a verbal message sent us by His Excellency our Governor, sent express by His Secretary, Mr. Ed- wards, delivered to us the third day of this Instant. We unanimously agree to renew our Petition to the Gov- ernor, and as sundry forms of said Petition have been read here this day and signed by sundry neighborhoods, We appoint Wm. Maffit. Wm. Cox, Hermon Cox, John Lowe, John Marshall, James Hunter, Rednap Howell and George Hendrey to form one out of the whole re- ferring to the separate complaints for information of Grievances, and, being conscious of our loyalty to King George the Third, now on the British Throne, and our firm attachment to the present Establishment and form of Government, which we sincerely believe all our griev- ances are quite opposite & contrary to, by the downright roguish practices of ignorant and. unworthy men who have crept into Posts of Office and Practised upon our ignorance and new settled situation, We therefore order the above Committee to implore the Governor's pardon and forgiveness in the most submissive manner for any errors we have committed that is or may be construed to derogate from the honor of His Majesty's Person, Crown, or Dignity, or tending to (derogate from) the peace or good order of Government; and, for His better information, We likewise order said Committee to pre-
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pare copies of all our proceedings which (have been) agreed on by our body from the beginning, to go with the said Petition, and they are to send a suitable number of said Committee to wait. on the Governor as soon as possible with the same. And as we have received a let- ter from Anson County informing us of an Association there on the same account, and requesting an informa- tion of the manner of our proceedings, We order a copy of this to be sent them immediately to prevent speedily their running into errors, believing their scruples to be well grounded & their intention good and honest, and to be followed with copies of all the rest of our papers. And the Public who have any grievances are desired to send the same to some one of the Committee before Next Monday come week, when they are to meet at the house of Hermon Cox, on Deep River, for the purpose above mentioned.
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