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1809 Petition

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2-25-1809; Petition of citizens of Bledsoe County who settled in the Indian Boundary Line before it was run and who left their improvements asking that some provision be made to restore their property when the Indian title is extinguished.

John Anderson	Joseph Grayson	Eli Thurman	Saml Terry
Peter Looney	James Standefer	Thomas Allred	John Portman
John Thomas	Wm Lee	Jesse Roberts	John Smith
Benj Grayson	John Walker	T.Coulter	Issac Stephens
Robert Long/Lang	JameGooden	William Roberson	John Rogers
James Roberson	Geo Skillern	Daniel Wood	John Julien
Stephen Bishop	Michael Rawlings	George C. Cozby	John Dwiggins
Alexr Coulter	John Hutson	Timothy Hixson	Mills Robinson
Archibald Beard	Jos/Jas Hoge	Joel Hillerd	Charles Copland
J. Narramore	Ephraim Hixson (name written in German)	Forgason Jackson	Jesse (or Josep) Grayson
Wren Grayson	Stephen Chelton	Adam Lamb	John Scofy?
Steven Sutton Sr.	Richard Moon	Wm Holland	Benj Grayson Snr
John Stanfill	James Hoose?	Jonathan Basham

With thanks to Dr. George E. Fox for the transcription as well as the digital reproduction of the document.

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Please visit the TNGenWeb Project, The Intruders, for more information about early settlers on Indian land.

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