United States, Georgia, Franklin County, 34.37544, -83.229181787/1796This is an undated petition from the residents of the frontier stations in Franklin County, Georgia, to Georgia Governor George Mathews (1787-1788, 1793-1796). The petitioners ask the governor to allow Captain Benjamin Easley's company, lately occupied in defense of the Franklin County frontier, to remain in the vicinity as a standing army. They note that the presence of this force has increased the safety and security of the settlers "against the depredations of the savages." A related petition appears on the Southeastern Native American Documents database: tcc819.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/jpegtcc818engMode 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, Telamon Cuyler, box 64, folder 16, document 02.Indians of North America--Claims againstGeorgia. Militia--MobilizationPetition of the frontier stations in Franklin County, [Georgia] to Geo[rge] Mathews, Governor of GeorgiaText