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State of Tennessee
White County

To his excellency William
Carroll Esqr Governor in and over the State of
Tennessee. The undersigned petitioners beg leave
to state that in the bounds of Captain James
Young's Company of Militia for said County.
we have but one Justice of the peace, and
from the many inconveniences we labour under
for the want of an other Justice appointed in sd.
Company, and living at a remote distance from
the Town of our County and said vacancy
being Occasioned by a removal of one of our
Justices and our next sessions of the General
Assembly being a long time hence, we are
Constrained to solicit relief and do recomm
=end William Lisk in said Company as a
man of honesty, stability, sobriety, and firmness,
& well qualified to serve as a Justice of the
peace, and pray your excellency to commission
William Lisk untill the next session of our
Legislature. and we will ever be &c. &c.

20th day of February A.D. 1822.

John Knight Farmer. 1.
Richard Crowder. 2.
Charles. S. Barthe 3.
Nath Evans 4.
Kelly [fuliers?] 5.
John Jett 6.
Benjamin [Yougen?] 7.
Wm young 8.
William L. young9.
James Young. Captain 10.