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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: No date

Petition from inhabitants of Guilford County concerning dams on Deep River
Jackson, Absalom; Et Al.
Volume 09, Pages 87-88

[From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

To His Excellency Josiah Martin his Majestys Captain General, Governor and 
Commander in Chief in and Over the Province of North Carolina, and to the 
Honourable the Members of his Majestys Council, Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of 
the House of Assembly

The petition of us the Subscribers inhabitants of Guilford County Humbly 
Sheweth: that your petitionars is Deprived of that Natural & profitable 
priviledge of Catching fish in Deep River as formerly by its Chanel being 
stopt by several mill Dams being made quite across said River to the Great 
hurt of many poor familys who Depended on said fishing for great part of their 
living, it being well known that No River of its Size in this provence 
afforded a greater Quantity of Exelant Shad and other fish. We therefore 
Humbly pray that you through your great goodness would Condesend to pass a law 
in our favour so far as to oblige the owners of said dams to afix proper flood 
gates in their dams from the mouth of said River to Field & Dicks mill above 
the trading path and them to keep open at proper times from the tenth of 
fabruary to the tenth of april that the said inhabitents may in some maner be 
Restored to their former priveledge of Catching fish and your petetioners as 
in Deuty Bound shall ever pray

Absalom Jackson 
Promintor morgan 
Henry Burron 
william ellet 
Jacub Jones Sener 
Jacub Jones Juner 
Phillup Selers 
Henry Moss 
James Raney 
Isam Let 
James Lowe 
Archibald Hamilton 
John Parr 
Richard Norton 
Joseph nill 
David Smith Juner 
John Smith 
Osburn Lemar 
John Clark 
Isaac Robings 
George Farlon
Jonathan fincher 
William Bell 
Games Dougan 
David Luis 
Benjamin Bailey 
Henry Underwood 
William Ward 
Jonas Swift 
Ruddey Morgan 
Zebedee Wood 
Samuel Walker 
Sam Deveney 
John McKay 
William Erving 
James Walker 
Thos Hood 
Robert Field 
Samuel Jones 
Aquila Jones Juner 
George Thorpper 
John Phips 
Wlliam walker 
Philburd Wright 
Peter Julen 
John Beverley 
Eli Branson 
Christian Shultz 
Jessee adams sen 
Stephen Jones 
Isaac Starnes 
William Welborn Jun 
Robert Kirkpatrick 
John Rogers 
William Norton 
John Cabel Juner 
Edward Conder 
Elias Cain 
Ninian B. Hamilton 
John Walker 
bengeman briner 

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