Petitions

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Handwritten petition addressed to “His Excellency Abraham Lincoln President of the United States” dated April 7, 1865 requesting the release of Confederate prisoner Alfred Layne (Company B 20th Tennessee) and signed by John B. Layne, T. H. Roberts, John Hugh Smith (Mayor of Nashville), W. G. Brownlow (Governor of Tennessee), and others.

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Bedford County (Tenn.) petition to Tennessee General Assembly re: selling school tract of land. October 27, 1843. Includes signatures. 1 pc.

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Two pages of notes on a speech given by Dr. G. Devron to the American Public Health Association. Re: abattoirs/slaughter houses. No date. Petition to the State Board of Health containing names of 11 Knoxville area doctors. 1881. 1 p.

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Hawkins County, Tenn. Petitions to N. C., 1788. (Photocopies of original mss) Copies of original petitions transcribed and published by Cherel Henderson in Tennessee Ancestors 2002.

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Petition to the General Assembly of Tennessee from Citizens of Lincoln County, Tenn., re: additional site for voting at elections. September 1813. Includes signatures. ADS 1 Pc. (2 sheets, attached).

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Petition for Main Street of Knoxville to be improved. September 1, 1826. Signed by Pryor Lea, Hu L. White, Mat. McClung, James H. Cown, H. A. M. White, D. Campbell, David Nelson, Spencer Jarnagin, William Bowen. Daniel McMullen, James Park, Wm. Swan. ADS 1 p.

Scope and Contents Court cases, most from Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tenn., ca. 1788 to ca. 1897. Arranged alphabetically by first person listed on case. Detailed finding aid lists additional names involved. Collection also includes: account book, Wm. Alexander, 1834-1852; Battle of Tohopeka casualty report, 1814; Hawkins County election returns, 1869; Hawkins County jurors and tax collectors, 1834; Hawkins County militia roll, 1824; 1833 petition re: route of River Road near Hawkins & Grainger County...

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Petition for Richard Murrell to be Justice of the Peace for Sullivan County, Tenn.; 3 sheets. Petition for George Gammon to be Justice of the Peace for Sullivan County, Tenn. 2 sheets. [1826?].

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Ca. 1880’s petition of W. G. McAdoo, president of the East Tennessee Historical Society, to the Knox County Court re: use of room in courthouse basement for the Society’s collection. ADS 1 p.