Early Governors' Papers

State of Tennessee Bledsoe County July Sessions 1819-

We the undersigned Justices of the peace for Bledsoe County having been acquain =ted with James Rodgers Esquire attorney at Law for a number of years past, and be lieving him well qualified to Discharge the du =ties devolving on a Solicitor Gen^l do there fore recommend M^r Rodgers to the notice of your Excellency for that appointment to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Tho^s J. Campbell Esq solicitor Gen^l Resigned

very respectfully your Excellencies most Obt humble serts

Sam^l Smith Ja^s Hoge Jesse Walker Ja^s Skillern George Vaughan William Nail Alexander [Laurels?]

His Excellency Joseph M^cMinn Esq

support- and whom your Petitioners believe has been led into this great difficulty by a man of more shrewdness and cunning than the unfortunate Nelms.

Your Petitioners believe this is such a case as loudly calls for executive Clemency, and pray your Excellency to Grant the said James Nelms your pardon and save him from the execution of the law which which is appointed to take place on the 1^st Saturday after the 4^th Monday in June next-

Hiram S. Wattington Adam Miers Isaac Roland John Neighbours Joseph Freeman Whitfield Mover N G Carter Lille Bary freeman Jacob Myers Solomon Tailor Brinkley Bridges John Blurten Harberd Young William Young Daniel Haynes Elisha Cole Daniel Glenn

Tho^s Cook Joseph G. [Clendenie?] James Driver [Pasdal?] Marlan Levy [S? Kuykendall] Reuben Smith Martin S. Smith Payton Marlow Allen H Bridges [illegible] [Peter Bienes?] James Virrett Jesse Wright Wright Croslin James Haworth Samuel Smith James S. Rolland W D. Smith 35

[The first 5 are on the previous page] Nelson Deak 85 John Cork 86 John. S. Hight 87 John A Heard 88 Robert Simpson 89 Thomas [?] 90 Elisha Sims 91 James Bond 92 Jeremiah Cason 93 Joseph Cason 94 James Wilie 95 Joshua Copeland 96 John A. Williamson 97 N. G. Hearn 98 Robert Read 99 Simon Hancock 100 Samuel Hancock 102 Willie W Bell 103 Daniel [?] Robert M^cKee 105 Nathaniel Bell 106 Robert Bell 107 Josiah Smith 108 Roger Williams 109 Samuel Smith 110 Jesse Jackson 111

[The first 5 in the 2nd column are on the previous page] Berry B Shorter 128 Lamuel Hickman 129 William Reed 130 Rufus Dook Emoley Foster Asia Ragesdale Thomas B. Tarver W^m Moss

Willliam [illegible] Alexander Carmikel Uriah S [illegible] Robert [MC cay?] Henary Allan George R. [Nash?] [illegible] Freeman Ben Carr Geo Morris Robert May Gilliam Masey John Windrow John Gillespie Martin Mcferran John M^c Ferran William Phillips Phillip Beasley Gordon Pridout William Manley [Athelston Ransom?] Henry [Win?] Tho^s Carlton Thomas Key Bailey Patison Wm Shelton Thomas W^m Shelton

Edward Murphey [Davis?] Marshall Jesse Burns John [T.?] Blair Jas Snell Richard Biggs James Havins Daniel Boatright Joseph Little James Wilcox Samuel Smith Drury Vaughan Allen G M^/cNeil Joshua House James Burns [Issac Asleen?] Fred^k Rowland John [Belle?] Elijah Clouse [B.?] Gillespie Daniel Roberson William Gillespie John [Bolin?] John Mannig Richard Robison

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