- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Petition of the inhabitants of Burke County, 1782 Mar. 2, Burke County, Georgia to John Martin, Governor of Georgia and the Executive Council
- Creator:
- Clemence, John
- Date of Original:
- 1782-03-02
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Burke County, 33.06115, -82.00078
- Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Petition dated March 2, 1782 from inhabitants of Burke County to Georgia Governor John Martin (1782-1783), requesting military support in their district settlement for protection against Indians and others.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc269
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc269
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc269#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc269/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 38F, folder Martin 06a, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Mar. 2 [1782]
To The Honourable [Honorable] John Martin Esqr. [Esquire] Governour [Governor] and Commander in Chief of the State of Georgia and the Honourable [Honorable] Excutive [Executive] Council of the Same
The Petition of us the [unclear text: Subscribers ] Inhabitants of Burke County Living on [unclear text: Ogeeha ] & [unclear text: Roky Comfort ] Being Capt Alexr. [Captain Alexander] Irwins District
Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioners Being frontier Setlers [Settlers] and But fiew [few] in Number and Consequently too fiew [few] in Number to admit of Any Division, Iff [If] we mean to Remain Inhabitants of the Said Districts and as there Has Very Lately Been Considerable Damage Dome By the Indians in our Neighborhood, and some in our District By Indians or others, Which has Alarmd [Alarmed] us [added text: in ] Such A maner [manner] as that Iff [If] We have Not Assistance We Must Remove from our Homes toward Savannah River Which Will Make a new frontier of the other Inhabitans [inhabitants]
We Pray that the Honourable [Honorable] [added text: Council ] Will order that the whole of Capt. [Captain] Irwins Company may Be Ordered to to [to] Do Duty on on [on] the frontiers of their own District and to act in Conjunction With any other Scout that may be ordered to our Assistance to Prevent Inroads of Indians or Others. -- the Scarcity of Grain that takes Place in the State Will Be augmented If we must Remove our familys [families], as We With Good Economy May Support [added text: them ] Where We are, and as there is Not Grain in our Settlement to feed Horses on Constant Duty, We Pray that two men out of this company may Be kept out [deleted text: [illegible text] ] as Spies on the frontier Which We apprehend Will Be of Benefit and Safety to this Settlement, and your Pettioners [Petitioners] as Duty Bound Will Ever Pray
March 2nd 1782
[Signed] John Clemence
[Signed] Hugh Irwin
[Signed] John Lawson
[Signed] Roger Lawson
[Signed] William Fleming
[Signed] John Fleming
[Signed] Samuel Fleming
[Signed] John Allen
[Signed] William beatty
[Signed] [unclear text: Daniel Wheil ]
[Signed] Samuel Clemence
[Signed] Wm. Clemence
[Signed] [unclear text: Wm. Littleton ]
[Signed] Archd Little
[Signed] Hugh Wilson
[Signed] James Martin
[Signed] John Martin
[Signed] Wm. Hadden
[Signed] Hugh McNuly
[Signed] [unclear text: Robert Darnuch ]
[Signed] John Patterson
[Signed] [unclear text: Jarret ] Irwin
[Signed] Willm [William] Irwin
Page: [2]
Petition [unclear text: Sundrie [Sundry] ] Inhabitants of Burke County