Lenoir County, NC - Request for County Line Change, 1842

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CHANGE OF COUNTY LINE PETITION

Found by Roger Kammerer at the NC Archives, General Assembly Records, 
1842  43, Box 5

MEMORIAL

1842 Petition  There is a map at the top of the first page showing the 
current line between the Counties of Lenoir, Greene and Wayne on Wheat 
Swamp and the proposed line between Greene and Lenoir. The map also shows 
the properties of Parrott M. Hardy (closest to Wayne Co), and next to him 
to the east, Henry H. Gibbons, and next to him to the east, Jesse Hinson,

State of North Carolina, Lenoir County

To the honorable the Two Houses in Legislature Assembled at Raleigh, 
North Carolina  

Your Petitioners Parrot M Hardy, Henry H. Gibbons, and Jesse Hinson of the 
County and State foresaid Humbly showeth unto your Hon. Bodies that they 
live at a remote part of the County of Lenoir and that their lands lay a 
considerable part in the county of Greene and that their Dwelling Houses 
are just in the edge of Lenoir that it would be a considerable accommodation 
to them if your Hon. Bodies would pass an Act in behalf of them so as to 
make them citizens of Green, the distance to Green Court is much nearer, 
also it is so thinly settled in their neighborhood that when the Common 
School Districts were laid off in Lenoir County that the school House in 
entirely out of their reach, whereas if they were citizens of Greene the 
school House would be in two miles. The aforesaid proposition does not 
immediately concern no one else. The now dividing line between Green & 
Lenoir runs with the dotted marked a little north of East, the line 
marked black runs manly East the one proposed to be the new dividing line.  
Our neighbors with us whose names are hereunto annexed join with us in 
praying your Honors to consider the matter and grant your Petitioners their 
prayer.  And your Petitioners in duty bound will ever pray & C.  if an Act 
is passed in our behalves to this effect your petitioners will call a 
surveyor and have the line run and marked and transmit a copy of their 
proceedings to the proper officer at our expense.
H. H.

NAMES

Joshua Rouse
John Turnage
Thomas Waters, Jr.
Thopilis  ?? Suggs
Wm. G.  Jones
Joshua Goodson
Reubin Wallace
Wm.  M. Albritton
Jas. Albritton
Aquilla H. Sugg
Charles H. Harper, Jr
Henry H. Harper
Charles Tindol
Benner  Murphrey
Charles H. Harper
Francis Harper
Aquilla Sugg Jr.
Henry Williams
Wm. House/Horne ???
Meady Aswell
John Heath
Richard M.  Hasher ???
Drewry A. Sugg
James E. ? Exum
Blount Arthur
Henry Best
James Williams
Winsor Dixon
Willis Dixon
John Beamon 
Henry Swinson  ???
James E. Williams
John Tison
George White
Haywood Edmundson
John W. Sykes
James Garland
Benj. Edwards
Kinchen Wood ????
W. R. Jones
Theophilus Eason
Jacob Ma   (Maflower/Mathews????)
Benjamin Rasberry
H.  Taylor
John B. Pridgen
James Brown
W. L. P. Heath 
Richard Smith
Owen W. Jones
James Moore
Willliam Epps
Jefferson Daill
Dickerson Dail
Wm. Uzzell
James Vaughn
Winb. Vaughn
James M ?? Pridgen
H. B. Holmes
Parrott Mewboorn
Chas. Edwards
Willis C. Murphrey
James Harper
B. Speights
K. Harper
N. A. Hooker
John W. Harrison
John Lane
Nathan Sauls
Delany Harper
William E. Hardy
Jesse Hardy
Wiley Hares ??
Richard Grant
Benjamin Hardy
Thomas Edwards
W. A. Darden
James G. Edwards
Bennet Fields
Jacob Moor
John S. Aldridge
Hardy Sugg
Jas. M. Harper
James Mooring
Right Taylor
William Vaughn
John Britt
Parrott Hill
Wm. H. Cunninggim
Lemuel Hardy, Jr.
Thomas Moore 
Smith Pridgen
Wyatt Moye
Amos Harvey
Calvin Ruff
Jno. B. A. Eason
Seth Speight
Nathan Hollomon
Rheubin Fultin/Felton ???
Jno. R. Derring
James Hollomon

The Committee on Propositions & Grievances. To Whom was refered the memorial 
of Parrot M. Hardy and others of the County of Green praying the legislature 
to attach a part of Lenoir Co to the County of Greene have had the same under 
consideration A. beg leave to report that out of 100 petitioners 3 are only 
of Lenoir and the committee are of opinion that the established line dividing 
the said Counties of Green & Lenoir should not be altered without the consent 
of the Citizens of each of the aforesaid counties.  The Committee have therefore 
instructed me to report adverse to the prayer of the petitioners and ask to be 
discharged from the further consideration of the subject.
Levi Walker, Clk

Report of comm. On Propositions & Grievances on Memorial of Parrot M. Hardy & 
others of the County of Greene

Ho. Commons Dec 1st 1842
Read & concurred in by order
L. A. Mantillin ??? 

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