United States, Georgia, Franklin County, 34.37544, -83.229181793/1796This is an undated petition from the inhabitants of Franklin County, Georgia to Governor George Mathews (Governor of Georgia, 1793-1796) requesting that their militia company, under the command of Ben Easley, be declared a standing company. The petitioners express their confidence in the abilities of Easley and his men to defend their lives and property from Indians in the area, whom they claim have made recent attacks on them.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegkrc114engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 16, folder 33, document 01.Indians of North America--Claims againstGeorgia. Militia--MobilizationPetition of [the inhabitants of] Franklin County, to Governor [of Georgia] George MathewsText