Early Governors' Papers

White County Ten. 1^st. Ap^l 1830.

To his Excellency. William Carroll Esq^r. Governor of said State.

Sir.

I have noticed a late Act of the General Assembly, which has appointed me a Manager, to view and superintend the improvement of the navigation of the Ca ney Fork of Cumberland River; - and in the same Act I also take notice, that if any of the said Managers should refuse to act, it becomes the duty of your Excel= lency to fill the vacancy occasioned there= by. Owing then, Sir, to a great debility in body, which has recently overtaken me, and from which I do not expect ever to recover, I am totally incapable of acting, and do hereby tender to your Excellency my resignation. May I presume so far upon the goodness of your Excellency, as to recommend to your notice a certain Edw= ard Hooper, as a suitable Manager: he being an honest trusty man, and one well skilled in the navigation of said River.

Your Excellency's most humble Obedient Servant Turner Lane.

June the 12^th 1830.

This is to Certify that Solomon Charles was duly Elected as a Magistrate in the bounds of Capt. James M. Crawly's Com of militia of 34th Regt. Tenn. Militia of White County - to fill the vacancy of John E. Turner removed - and the Company wish said Charles appointed protem Esqr.

[illegible]th Augt. 1830 James M. Crawley Capt.

[illegible]a of Tennessee [W]hite County

I Jacob A Lane Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session for the County of White Do certify that John E. Turner Esq. an of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County residing in Capt. James M. Crawley's Company of Militia has removed from the County of [White?] leaving only one acting Justice of the peace in [said?] Company. -

Just. Jacob A. Lane Clerk to [the formerly Court?]