Early Governors' Papers

your Excellency to extend your mercy to the unfortunate youth and mitigate the punishment which is to be inflicted on him particularly such parts as may Carry external marks of Infamy - for which your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &C &C -

John Sevier [Jun^r?]

James Linney Thomas gibbons Ja^s Gaines David Russel W. Armstrong David Perry- Jacob Brown Jonathan [Lifter?] W [Ranhine?] John Norwood

The above is the Jury that found him gilty on this collem Geo. Gillespie Rob^t Russell James Mahan [Hen(ry)?] Conway

Tho^s Gilespie William Noddy Marlain Sidner Nath Taylor

John Carter Rodham Knox Abedneg Haile John Clarke William Eavins William Nash John Baylis Sam^l Wood Ja^s Gray John Cowhn William Gray Charls Robertson Frithias Wall William Young W^m Paine W^m Murphy John Carson John Blackbown

Sir

I hereby let you Know That I would not wish to serve in office as a Justice of the peace any longer Therefore you may take this as my resignation of that office

I have the Honor to be Sir your Exelencys [sic] most Obediant [sic] Humble Servant

John Norwood March 14^th 1799

His Exelency [sic] John Seveir [sic]

John Norwood J. P. Resignation 1799

Jonesboro 21 March 99

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His Excelency [sic] John Seveir [sic] Esq^r

Knoxville