Early Governors' Papers

Fort Blount April 23^rd 1800

Dear Sir

Your friend M^r Fisk will hand you this to whom I Shall refer you for the news of this part of the Country, and at his request together with the request of a number of other Gentlemen living on Obeds & roaring rivers, I take the liberty to inform your Excellency, that the seat of W^m Alexander Esq^r was a who was appointed and and commissioned last Assembly as a Justice of the peace for the County of Smith has become vacant, by his living in Sumner County, and by the 14 Sec^t of the 2^ond article of our State constitution it is in your power to fill all vacancies which may happen by a temporary appointment during the recess of the Assembly, and Should you think proper to make the appointment, I think it would be doing nothing but Justice to select the most proper charactar [sic] you could on Obeds or roaring rivers as they have only one Justice for that remote Scattered Settlement -

I have Honor to be your Excellencys most Obed^t Serv^t

S. Williams

Jas Trimble Nashville April 13 Apl 1816

William Alexander Esqr Secretary of State Knoxville

Fort Deposite 3^d Oc^t 1816

M^r Bradshaw Sherriff of Murry County

Sir I see a reward offerdid for Mantain Gurley of fifty Dollars I once started ^to Come and se you a bout hit but was taken [soonare? so on woe?] that that I was obliged to turn my Cours Abraham Skidmore will caul on you for acertificate to the govennor or W^m Alexander seccertary at Knoxville if there is any need of any Recept Abraham Skidmore is hearby authorised to sign my my name and to any Recp^t and hit shall be as good as if I my self had signed the same/ and ^I want you to give my Brothe all the Infermation about or Expence whether Cost allowed were any thin or not and your Compliance will vary much oblige your friend and will wisher &c

John Skidmore

M^r Bradshaw

Ureah Allison Kingston

Report from Shrff Roane re =specting a prisoner escape July 1817

Kingston Ten. June 23^d 1817

Gov M^cMinn 10

William Alexander Esqr Knoxville Tennessee

Mail.

Secretary of State's office

Knoxville 30^th July 1817.

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of a petition filed in my office together with the Subscribers thereto

Given under my hand

W^m Alexander Secretary of State