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His Excelency [sic] William Carroll. We
the undersigned Citizens of the County
of White, Within the bounds of Captain
John Markhams Company of Militia,
labour under disadvantages, from our remote
situation from a Justice of the Peace
owing to the resent [sic] removal from the County
of Joseph Franks Esqr as appears from
the clerks Certificate, which removal took
place about the close of the last session
of the legislature. we therefore hope
your excelency [sic] will appoint and Commission
George Ailsworth a Justice of the Peace
dureing [sic] the recess of the Legislature, in
whose skill and integrity, we have had
hetherto the strongest proofs of, in the commission
of the Peace, and many other occasions
And we your Humble Petitioners as in
duty bound will every pray

Edward Gleeson 1
James Young 2
William Harlow 3
J. M. Garson 4
William Pegram 5
Richard Wallace 6
Thomas Robertson 7
Joseph Robertson 8