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Submitted by Bruce Price
| DATE |
DESCRIPTION |
PETITION # - COUNTY |
| 1801 |
ELISHA BAKER petitions asking to
free a slave named WILL CHAMBERS. |
07 - Cocke |
| 1806 |
RICHARD CLEINGER petitions asking permission to build a dam
and mill across the Big Pigeon River. |
05 - Cocke |
| 1809 |
Petition asking that those south of the French Broad
River have extended time to establish occupant claims and procure
warrants to land. |
06 - Cocke |
| 1809 |
Petition from Greene and Cocke
counties asking for an extension of time for procuring occupant claims. |
26 - Greene, Cocke |
| 1809 |
Petition of EDOM KENDRECK asking
compensation for the impressments of his guns during war. MAJOR GEN.
JOHN COCKE named. |
11 - Cocke |
| 1813 |
Petition of Greene and Cocke
counties regarding the promotion of manufacturing in their area. |
13 - Greene, Cocke |
| 1813 |
Report of committee on the
petition of inhabitants of Greene County asking that a part of Cocke
County that was taken from Greene County be re-annexed to the County of
Greene. |
16 - Greene, Cocke |
| 1815 |
Petition of THOMAS MITCHELL,
sheriff of Cocke County asking compensation for transporting REUBEN
HEARD to Claiborne County. |
47 - Cocke, Claiborne |
| 1817 |
Subscription for building a
penitentiary in Cocke County. |
8 - Cocke |
| 1819 |
Petition asking that ELI NEWLAND
be permitted to hawk and peddle without a license. |
46 - Cocke |
| 1819 |
Petition of Cocke and Jefferson
counties asking that CARTHY SEHORN be allowed to maintain road from
Newport to Sevierville. |
129 - Cocke, Jefferson |
| 1819 |
Petition of OBADIAH GOING asking
for citizenship rights. Attached are twelve signatures of neighbors
supporting his request. |
61 - Cocke |
| 1821 |
Petition from Cocke County
regarding land payments in the Hiawasse District. |
32 - Cocke |
| 1821 |
Petition of JOHN H. CHAPMAN
asking to hawk and peddle without a license. |
112 - Cocke |
| 1821 |
Petition of SARA JENKINS asking
for a divorce from her husband, JEREMIAH JENKINS. Petition signed by
ABRAHAM LILLARD, JOSIAH HARRISON, and WILLIAM JILES. |
99 |
| 1821 |
Petition of THOMAS PALMER, SR.,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS and REBEKAR DOUGHETY asking relief for THOMAS PALMER,
JR., from a fine for failing to appear in a case against JOSEPH
MCPETERS at Knoxville. |
134 - Cocke |
| 1822 |
Petition from Cocke County
asking that sheriffs and constables sales be held at courthouse on
specified dates. |
52 - Cocke |
| 1822 |
Petition of JOHN CARMICHAEL
asking for a divorce from his wife, MARGARET CARMICHAEL. (Eighty-two
supporting signatures.) Statements by MRS. KATHERINE THOMAS and MRS.
SUSANNA CAMSON. |
63 - Cocke |
| 1822 |
Petition of WILLIAM CAMPBELL
asking for a divorce from his wife, MARY CAMPBELL. Named in petition:
JOHN HAMMONS. Updated detail: July 27, 1822. Campbell's wife left him in 1820 and went off with John Hammons, also of Cocke County, leaving also four small children. Campbell was "a man of moderate circumstances" and could not afford to get a divorce the usual way. He petitioned the General Assembly to grant him a divorce. THOMAS HILL testified that he knew that the wife was gone. Others signing the petition: ABRAHAM DENTON, JONATHAN DENTON, JOHN WOOD, WILLIAM MURRELL, JOB MURRELL, JOHN LEWIS??, LARKIN ROBERTS, MOSES HICKS, LEVI HUNT, TARLTON BRYANT, JOHN LONG, ABRAHAM ONEAL, LEWIS WILLIAMS, LEVI SMITH, ROBERT HELTON?, CYRUS WARD, JAMES JENNINGS, THOMAS JENNINGS, JOHN MCLEAN, JAMES TAYLOR SR, ALLEN BEARD, ELIJAH MURPHEY, SAMUEL JENNINGS, P. SHUMAKER?, JOHN CARMIKLE, NATHANIEL BOYDTON, JAMES PHILLIPS, FOUNTAIN KELLY, and JOHN ROBERTS. |
63 - Cocke |
| 1823 |
Petition
of those residing south of French Broad and Holston Rivers and west of
Big Pigeon River asking for a land office. Also asking for a change in
the Jefferson and Cocke Counties line. |
38 - Jefferson, Cocke |
| 1826 |
Petition from Cocke County
regarding the emancipation of slaves. |
18 - Cocke |
| 1826 |
Petition of DANIEL BUCKNER
asking for a divorce from his wife, POLLY HAMPTON BUCKNER. Statement of
BENJAMIN HOLLAND. (Eighteen supporting signatures.) Updated detail: September 27,
1826. Daniel Buckner married Polly Hampton. They lived in Cocke County
some years, then moved to Missouri, where they dwelt until she left him
for another man. He moved back to Cocke County. Persons signing
petition, some of whom are members of the church where he is pastor:
EDWARD SPENCER, JAS. CALLANGHAN, JAMES HOLLAND, ESQ., STEPHEN HUFF,
JOSEPH HUFF, HENRY HOCUT, WILEY WINFREY, JAEMS NICHOLS, JESSEE BRIDGES,
ISAAC BOYER SR, JACOB BOYER, MOSES FAUBION, JACOB SMITH, WILLIAM
FAUVION, JOSIAH MARBURY, WM. C. ROADMAN, and WM. B. HUTSON.
BENJAMIN HOLLAND made oath that he lived in Missouri after the
separation of Daniel Buckner and his wife and that it was "settlement
talk" that she had married another man. |
77 - Cocke |
| 1826 |
Petition of the commissioners of
Cocke, Sevier, Jefferson and Knox counties regarding the building of a
road from North Carolina. |
119 - Cocke, Knox, Sevier,
Jefferson |
| 1827 |
Petition from Cocke County
asking that JAMES BAXTER, WILLIAM GILLILAND and JOHN ALLEN be
authorized to build and maintain a turnpike road. |
255 - Cocke |
| 1827 |
Petition from merchants of Cocke
County asking equalization of the merchants tax. |
257 - Cocke |
| 1827 |
Petition of ELI NEWLAND asking
permission to hawk and peddle without a license. |
217 - Cocke |
| 1827 |
Petition of NATHANIEL MADDOX
asking for a divorce from his wife, AMMY MADDOX. Statements by JOHN
MCNABB, WILLIAM VINSON and ABRAHAM LILLARD. (Fifty-six supporting
signatures.) |
198 - Cocke |
| 1829 |
Petition asking that PETER
DAVIS, WILLIAM REYNOLDS and STEPHEN HUFF be given a turnpike charter. |
205 - Cocke, Greene, Jefferson |
| 1829 |
Petition from Cocke County
regarding a request to be submitted by WILLIAM REYNOLDS, PETER DAVIS
and STEPHEN HUFF to build a turnpike road. |
198 - Cocke |
| 1829 |
Petition of DANIEL C.
CHAMBERLAIN asking refund for overpayment of taxes during the time he
served as Cocke County Clerk. |
198 - Cocke |
| 1829 |
Petition of JOHN RAINS asking
for a divorce from his wife, JANE RAINS. (Ninety supporting signatures.) |
11 - Cocke |
| 1829 |
Petition on behalf of SARAH
MARTIN asking she be given the privelege of Feme Sole. Husband's name:
JOSEPH MARTIN. |
174 - Cocke |
| 1831 |
Petition from board of trustees
of Anderson Academy regarding school lands. |
148 - Cocke |
| 1831 |
Petition of DANIEL C.
CHAMBERLAIN, Cocke County Court Clerk, asking for a refund for
overpayment of tax money. Statement of WILLIAM GARRETT. |
356 - Cocke |
| 1831 |
Petition of JOHN J. HOWELL,
GEORGE W. ALLEN and WILLIAM P. SHARP asking for a turnpike road
charter. (See also 1831-118). |
106 - Cocke |
| 1831 |
Petition
of JOHN J. HOWELL, WILLIAM P. SHARP and GEORGE W. ALLEN asking for a
turnpike road charter. (Two hundred-twenty-four signatures. See also
1831-106.) |
118 - Cocke |
| 1831 |
Report of the Cocke County
School Commissioners, submitted by WILLIAM C. BROADMAN, Chairman. |
301 - Cocke |
| 1832 |
Petition of GEORGE G. MCKAY
regarding a grant of land to erect a furnace or forge. |
47 - Cocke |
| 1832 |
Petition of HOWELL HOUSTON
regarding turnpike road tolls. Named in petition: REYNOLDS, WILLIAM
HOUSTON, PETER DAVIS, STEPHEN HUFF and WILLIAM REYNOLDS. |
46 - Cocke |
| 1833 |
Petition of JOHN REYNOLDS,
Coroner of Cocke County, asking necessary amendments be made to the
laws related to fee of coroners and those serving as coroners jurors. |
39 - Cocke |
| 1833 |
Petition of WILLIAM VINSON
asking compensation for gun lost in the Indian Wars. Statement of
JOSEPH MATTOX. Also named: CAPTAIN JONAS GRIFFIN. |
253 - Cocke |
| 1834 |
Petition to Constitutional
Convention of 1834 by citizens of Cocke County asking insertion in
Constitution of a stated provision for freeing slaves. |
34 - Cocke |
| 1835 |
Petition from JOHN STUART,
WILLIAM C. ROADMAN and RICHARD B. DEWITT, Common School Commissioners
of Cocke County regarding reimbursement for insolvent bank notes. |
80 - Cocke |
| 1835 |
Petition of HOWELL HOUSTON,
STEPHEN HUFF, P.J. DAVIS and JAMES CARSON regarding a turnpike charter.
Named in petition: WILLIAM REYNOLDS. |
115 - Cocke |
| 1837 |
Petition
from Hawkins,
Jefferson, Greene, Grainger and Cocke counties to form a new county.
(Later to become Hamblin County). Named in petition: WILLIAM
MOORE, WILLIAM PAUGH, JESSE COBB, CALEB CROSBY, JOHN NOR, JOHN COX and
GIDEON MORRIS. |
138 - Hamblin, Cocke, Hawkins,
Greene, Grainger, Jefferson |
| 1841 |
Petition from Cocke and Johnson
counties asking for an extension of two years to record deeds and
grants. |
106 - Johnson, Cocke |
| 1843 |
Petition from Cocke County
asking for the establishment of an independent bank in East Tennessee
to administer funds for internal improvements in that section of the
state. |
19 - Cocke |
| 1843 |
Petition of MOSES NETHERTON
asking for the privelege to retail liquor without a license. (Fifty-one
supporting signatures). |
159 - Cocke, Sevier |
| 1844 |
Petition from Cocke County
regarding the turnpike road of WILLIAM
P. GILLETT, PHILIP ISAHOWER, EZEKIEL BIRDSEYE and JACOB PECK.
Opposition expressed to the efforts of WILLIAM C. ROADMAN to become
proprietor of that road. Named in petition: STEPHEN HUFF and Faubian's
Mill.County Court minutes giving permission to construct this road
included in folder. |
28 - Cocke |
| 1845 |
Petition from Cocke and Sevier
counties regarding internal improvements in East Tennessee, especially
the need to complete the Hiawassee Railroad. |
122 - Cocke, Sevier |
| 1845 |
Petition from Cocke County
asking for the appointment of commissioners to choose a new location
for their county seat, rather than it remaining at Newport. The petition also suggests the name of the
county be changed from Cocke to Union. (Five hundred twenty-five
signatures). To view the signers, CLICK HERE. |
106 - Cocke |
| 1845 |
Petition of WILLIAM FAUBIAN,
MATHIAS FAUBIAN and WILLIAM C. ROADMAN regarding their bridge across
the French Broad River and requesting a three-mile limitation from
their location of any bridges or other means of crossing the river. |
12 - Cocke |
| 1847 |
Petition from Cocke County
asking the trustees of Anderson Academy be authorized to move the
academy to a more suitable site within a one mile limit of Newport. |
27 - Cocke |
| 1847 |
Petition from Cocke County
opposed to the petition of W. ROBINSON, S. HUFF and MR. KENDRICK for a
turnpike road. Named in petition: PETER DAVIS, WILLIAM REYNOLDS,
MONSIEUR WEAVER, MONSIEUR PATTON, PHILIP ISENHOUR, W. P. GILLETT, MR.
FANBIAN and MR. ROADMAN. (See also 1847 - 169 and Acts of Tennessee
1847, Chapter 78, Section 1, Page 122). |
187 - Cocke |
| 1847 |
Petition of Cocke and Sevier
counties regarding penitentiary sentences and a requiremenet by the
offenders to make payment to the state to cover expenses. |
79 - Cocke, Sevier |
| 1847 |
Petition of GEORGE EASTERLY
living on the Greene and Cocke County line asking he and all his land
be annexed to Cocke County. |
76 - Cocke, Greene |
| 1847 |
Petitions for and against the
granting of a turnpike road charter to STEPHEN HUFF, PETER F. KINDRICKS
and WILLIAM ROBINSON. Named in the petitions: JOHN E. PATTON, JAMES
WEAVER, PETER DAVIS, WILLIAM REYNOLDS, MR. ROADMAN, MR. FANBIAN and the
Paint Mountain Turnpike. (See also 1847 - 127). |
169 - Cocke |