Stewart County Petitions to the Tennessee General Assembly

From the Tennessee State Library and Archives web site

Year	Subject of Petition
1812	Petition of John Allen, sheriff of Stewart County and John Cocke sheriff of Montgomery County, regarding fees spent to publish advertisements for the sale of land.
1815	Petition from certain Stewart County residents asking to be annexed to Humphreys County.
1817	Petition of James Patterson asking a divorce from his wife Jersey Massey Patterson. William James named in petition. Statements by Mary Johnson, Solomon Grice & James Latimer.
1817	Petition of Thomas Gray asking compensation for a horse lost by him in the War of 1812. Gen. Jackson & Capt. Haggard named.
1819	Petition of 302 citizens of Stewart County asking that they be made a separate county to be known as Gray County.
1819	Petition asking permission for William Travis to retail liquor without a license.
1820	Petition of Harriet Gibson asking for a divorce from her husband, Henry Gibson. Statements of C.B. Wilson and William Curl.
1820	Petition from Stewart County asking that the southeast corner of Stewart County be annexed to Humphreys County.
1820	Petition from citizens on Forked Deer and Sandy Rivers asking that a new county be formed.
1821	Petition from citizens west of Tenn. River now attached to Stewart County asking the county be divided.
1821	Petition asking that the sheriff of Stewart County release certain lands from executions.
1821	Petition from Stewart County asking they be reduced to Constitutional size with the Tennessee River as its western boundary. Also request a new county be laid off to be known as Carroll County. (Many signatures)
1821	Petition from Dickson, Stewart, Montgomery, and Humphreys Counties to form a new county by using a portion of land from each of these counties.
1822	Petition of citizens of south west Stewart County asking they be annexed to Humphreys County.
1823	Petition from Stewart County asking Andrew Irvin be appointed as Justice of the Peace for Captain John Brown’s Company caused by resignation of John Brigham.
1823	Petition of George Greer asking for a divorce from his wife, Rachel Gely Greer. Named in petition: Brian Guin, (17 supporting signatures.)
1823	Petitions from Stewart County recommending the following be appointed as Justice of the Peace: John Lee for Captain Hogan’s Company; Adam McGee for Captain Purtle’s Company; & John R. Shultz, Stephen Smart, Ambrose Douthie & John Terrill.
1824	Petition of John Scarbrough asking relief as security for James Jenkins. Named in petition: Larry Satterfield & George Martin.
1825	Petition of Charles B. McLean asking compensation for advertising land sales in the Western District.
1825	Petition from Stewart County recommending John K. Colson as Justice of the Peace for the town company.
1827	Petition from Stewart County recommending William Oguine for Justice of the Peace. Named in petition: Alexander Brown.
1827	Petition from merchants of Stewart County asking equalization of merchant’s tax.
1829	Petition from Stewart County regarding county line with Trigg County, Kentucky.
1829	Petition of Capt. Wyatt’s Company recommending Nathaniel Holms be appointed as Justice of the Peace to replace Woodson Daniel, Deceased.
1831	Petition of Cullen and Willie Bayliss asking a refund on unused retail license.
1832	Petition of Charles S. Fowler asking relief of medical expenses in the sum of $150.00.
1832	Report of election results of a new militia company in Stewart County Benjamin Taylor, Captain; John Randal, Lieutenant; Thomas Ward & Frederick Wesson, Justice of the Peace.
1833	Petition of Charles Bogard asking relief from bail forfeited by John C. Stancil.
1833	Petition of citizens asking for a law providing basic essentials to the poor whereby they could provide for themselves.
1835	Petition from certain citizens of Dickson, Stewart and Montgomery Counties asking to form a new county.
1837	Petition from sundry citizens of Stewart County asking to be annexed to Humphreys County.
1838	Letter of J. P. Harwicke to Mr. E. D. Hicks regarding the need for a bank at Dover, Tennessee. Named in the petition: Mrs. Hardwick, Mrs. Hicks, Joseph W. Horton, Esquire, Sam Stacker, John Stacker, Mr. Kay, Mr. Bayliss, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Adkinson.
1839	Petitions from Dickson, Stewart, Humphreys, Robertson and Montgomery Counties regarding a branch of the Bank of Tennessee.
1843	Petition from sundry citizens of Montgomery, Stewart, Humphreys and Dickson Counties asking they be allowed to establish a new county. A letter to Mr. John D. Tyler from 15 citizens of these counties is included in this folder.
1845	Petition from 90 citizens of Stewart County asking a survey be made of their northern boundary which serves as part of the Kentucky and Tennessee State line.
1845	Petition from Stewart County asking authorization to use their state tax money for the year 1845 to fund the construction of a new county jail to replace the one destroyed by fire.
1847	Petition from Stewart County asking for the establishment of a Chancery Court at Dover, Tennessee.
1849	Petition from certain citizens of Stewart, Montgomery, Dickson and Humphreys Counties asking to establish a new county to be known as Quitman County in honor of John A. Quitman. Recommended to serve as commissioners: William Dunbar, Henry Edwards, John H. Marable, James Rolin, William S. Fentress, W. W. Norris and Hugh Brown.