TO THE HONORABLE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET —
The Petition of a number of the Inhabitants in Huntingdon, Barree, Hopewell, Dublin & Shirley Townships in the County of Bedford Humbly Showeth,
That your Petitioners not having an opportunity to Sign any former Petitions for the Division of Bedford County and finding a Bill is Published for that Purpose and Conceiving the Division of said County to have a tendency to Promote the Ease the Interest and Conveniency of Sundrie Large Settlements on the North Easterly end of Bedford County, now Alreadie Settled and Still Daily Encreasing, a great number of the inhabitants having at this time to Travel from Fifty to 80 Miles to Bedford the Present Seat of Justice and that to a Place where They have no Prospect of a Trade or Market under these Considerations, Your Petitioners humbly Pray that the Bill now Published for the division of the said County of Bedford may be Enacted into a Law with such Amendments and Alterations on the Proposed Lines as Your Honorable House may think fit, And that the Town of Huntingdon, from its Convenient central Situation on the River Juniata may be appointed for the Seat of Justice, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
[The numbers before the names are included in the document; they appear to have been added by the same hand throughout, probably someone counting the number of petitioners.]
[Signed]
- George Ormsby
- John Hamilton
- John Hamilton
- __?__ Ingersolf
- Jno. Robinson
- Thos. Armstrong
- William Within
- Robert Stewart
- __?__ Martin
- James Fletcher
- __?__ Grifith
- __?__ Tailor
- Thomas Covenhovan
- John Merrifield
- Henry McCarthy
- Samuel Bett
- Thomas Laughlin
- John Lloyd
- George White
- Peter Jack__
- George Marbough
- C___ Upewords
- Edward Wilkin
- William Fannod
- Peter Hoffman
- William Holabaugh
- James Parks
- George Bohonan
- James Knight
- Isaac Armitage
- Jacob Armitage
- Andrew Anderson
- John Marthoke
- Abreham Wheley
- Willm. Ray
- Joseph Kenkaid
- Abslom Chisholm
- Ferinad Liest
- __?__ Matl__
- Jacob __?__
- __?__ __?__
- Thomas Rickets
- Abrham Doruch
- Andrew Bell
- Thos. Brackenridge
- Abraham Dero__?__
- __?__ __?__
- Rolert Goffough
- Michel __?__
- B___ Fallow
- James Rickets
- Isaac Rickets
- Joseph George
- William Dean Sr.
- Willm. Skinner
- John Fee
- Archibel Orowen
- Adam Kech
- John Parker
- Epheram Brown
- James McMurtrie
- Matthew Wilson
- Israel Craffues
- Jacob Hains
- Samson Bulman
- George __?__
- George Ebey
- Richerd Brown
- William Dean Jun.
- William Thomas
- John Sharor
- J.D. Smith