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North Carolina

Rowan County.

Dated at Salisbury

October 23d. 1760

To His Excellecy Arthur Dobbs Esqr. Capt. Genl. and Commander in Chief, in & over Said Province

The Petition of part of part of the Inhabitants of sd. County

Most Humbly Sheweth

That Your Excellencys Petitioners Labour Under Great hardships having no Justice Assign'd to keep the peace for said County On the East Side the Yadkin River, within Twenty, or more Miles of Our habitations, And Most Humbly Begs Your Excy. May be pleased to Appoint or Commissionate William Linn or William Giles, As Justice of the Peace for Said County, And Your Excys Petitioners

Shall Pray

Danl. Little

James Williams

John Anderson

Michell (his x mark) Myrs

Josia Williamson

Michall Miller

Thos. Bashford

Danill Garet

Martine Walak

James Carruth

John Donthit

Brumer Bawtor

William Nill

Henny Zevely