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Petition to Close Road Citizens of Chester District, South Carolina November 14, 1831 Petitions to the General Assembly - Item #54, Frames 218-221 SC Dept. of Archives and History The Humble Petition of the Undersigned Citizens of Chester District Sheweth that a piece of Road Opened by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature Passed in Dec'r. 1824 ~ Crossing Fishing Creek at Doc'r Charles Boyds Mills, to be a Grievance The Prayer of Your Pettionsioners is that So much of the said Road be Disanulled as lies between the Point of Intersection with the Road leading by Whites Mills to the Nation Ford near William Montgommery; and the Point of Intersection with the Road Leading by Whites Mills to Chester Court House Near Doc'r Charles Boyds on the South side of Fishing Creek for the following Reasons. But Little More than one Mile below s'd Boyd's near Whites Mills, there is a Good Ford across s'd Creek and also a Bridge Under Repairs ~ Where Two Roads may be said to Cross. The one leading from the Nation ford Towards Columbia, the other from Chester Court house to Lands Ford Which Road are kept in Repair by the Commissioners of Roads. We also Consider the order for opening said Road to have been Illegally obtained, Not Being Advertized as Law Directs. We also consider the Road by Boyds to be of no Public Utility Whatever, Because When his Bridge Might have been Passed with Tolerable Safety, said Piece of Road was kept in Repair, and Very few (if any) choosed to go that Way When going to market. They all Prefer Crossing at Whites: The above piece of Road Praying to discontinued does not Exceed one mile and a half (if that much). The above is Respectfully Submitted, and Petitioners as in Duty Bound will Ever Pray ~ Subscribers Names Members of the Eastern Board of
Commissioners of Road & Bridgges at James Dyes this
14th of
Nov'r 1831 John Moore, chairman James McDaniel James Guthrie Sam'l. T. Potts Vincent Brown Thomas -eder[?] Rob't McFadden, Clk to the
Board Rob't Robinson Subscribers Names Wylie Pitman James Lee Nathan White John F. Collins James Allen Abijah Pitman Stephen Honie[?] David K/H Pittman William Montgomery Jonathan McCammon Henry Lee John Coleman Joel Ashcraft Joseph Crook Jonathan Davis Wm. Ferguson Jas. D. Hamilton Patrick Hamilton James McCreight Edward H. Ingram Green Owens John M. Hamilton Elison Hamilton Jesse Ashcraft Joseph H. Hines John G. Kester Edward Stedman Samuel Stedman James Clinton George Strait H. McCullough Ben' F. Culp Nath'l McCammon Wm. Porter Samuel McDaniel Adam Wiley Robert Ferguson Charles Drewery C.S. Thomson Gideon Drewry William Crook Joseph Ferguson Pleasant Ferguson Thomas Orr W.P. Brouch/Branch - S Gill Jos. H. Hines William Wylie Alfred ------- Joseph A. Gaston Lewis Chambers ? P Cook C. McFadden Elijah H/K Pitman David A. Boyd Edward B--- John Cowen Neal M. Cook George Craig S. G. Allen Ralph McFadden John Kenney Henry Ferguson John Hamilton Sam'l --------- Amis? Nunnery Sam'l N Wherry Thos. ?. Clinton A Croset Ric'd --ild----? T.N.W. Clinton Willis Lock John Culp Wm McMillan Wm Wylie Wm Croset Henry Culp Jos/Jas McCamman William Waters John Neely Elijah Hines Joseph Lock Stephen Lock Thomas Tailor William A Wylie Harrison Hines Wm McFadden John W Adams John A Boyd John Drewry D. Daniel Joseph Ferguson |
