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ELIZA BURCH LoRWYON ST. CLAIR HARRY EVERETT
JOEL PARKS LEROY PARKS
NEAL MCLENNAN JOHN MCLENNAN ABRAHAM RICHARDSON JAMES RICHARDSON CURWIN RICHARDSON
A. CORNEAL LORNA RICE Z. THOMASON T. WILSON W. SNOW H. GRIFFIN H.SNOW WILIAM BROWN LA BARNES HENRY BIBIL ELEM MARTAIN
G. W. SPEGLER PHILIP SPEGLER ISREAL STANEFER JOHN HUEBANKS E GOODNIGHTS
J. DONELSON G. DONELSON BOLING SMITH
A. STANIFER T. STANIFER
No. 130
PETITION FROM THE CITIZENS OF BURNET COUNTY FOR RANGERS Burnett County, April the 20th 1854 To His Excellency E M Peas Governor of the State of Texas Your petitioners Citizens of Burnett County would respectfully represent to your Excellency that much excitement and alarm prevails among our Citizens in consequence of depredations that are being committed by the Indians within the last few days quite a number of horses were taken from Messrs Duncan & Bed- ford on Lowry Creek and there is scarcely a day that we do not hear of some depredation somewhere on this frontier. We there whoes names are herewith forwarded pray that your Excellency would Authorize the raising a company of Rangers to range on our frontier to protect our frontier setlers in persons and prop- erty; And we would further respectfully recommend William 0. Burnam as a sutable person to Raise and Command said Com- pany, and as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray. Enclosed is a list of petitioners names CHARLES ROBERTS JOSEPH WALKER HENRY CARNAY JOHN BUTTERY TOLIE MORROW WILLIAM GAMBLE
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