Early Governors' Papers

Columbia April 17^th 1816

To His Excellency Joseph M^cMinn

Sir

We the undersigned members of the Bar in West Tennessee understanding the Honourable John Overton to have resigned as Judge of the Court of Appeals with due deference to your Judgment beg leave to recommend to your excellency John Haywood Esqr as a suitable person to fill that important office and one in whome we believe the people have greater confidence than any other of our acquaintance who would accept of the appointment

J Whiteside Alfred M Harris George Coatter P R Booker David Craighead Robert L. Cobbs John White Joel Casey Rob^t Mack Daniel Graham

Nashville January 16. 1826.

Dear Sir:

I have received the resignation of Robert Mack Esquire as Judge of the sixth Judicial circuit, and have given to M^r E Kennedy Esquire the pro. tem appointment to whom be pleased to furnish a commission

Thine.

W^m Carroll

Rob^t Mack David Craighead Th. P.A. Phelps Armstead Reading R.J. Cocke Daniel Grahame George Johnston Will. Bradshaw Robert Hill James Walker James F. Byers Robert L. Cobbs Wm Mack [D.N. Sansom?] Zacharia Butler Jacob Bauman

William Henry Duberry 1816 Thos. Caislew Thomas Besample William B. Besample John Hendricks Wm Russell James L. Sandford Edward Saunders James Steele Alexander Sloan William Brown Wm Sloan [Josey?] Brown

Christian [Sh?] [K?] Scott Robert Magill [Samuel ?eth] Benj^a Herndon Robert Patton Thos Gilliam Alexander MacRae Luke Patterson

The [?] of the Marshal [?] of [Sarony?] Rob^t. Mack [?] DePriest Isaac J. Dobbins W^m. Pickard Saml. Craig W^m. M^c.Neill [?] Wood A. Saind K. Cherry Will. T. Lewis R.O. Dabny [?] [?] Samuel Pope

James Howard James Harby Absalom Rutledge Thomas [?] [?] John Griffin Claude M^cCallum Luke Patterson