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The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:53-54.

Anno, Thomas
Barnet, Phillip
Berry, James
Berry, John M.
Bowman, George
Bracken, Walter
Brewer, William
Cogil, John H.
Colson, Isaac
Crawford, Alexander
Day, William S.
Demmon, Archelaus
Denton, James
Denton, Joseph
Denton, William
Estep, James
Estill, James W.
Greer, Edmund
Hornback, John (Hornbach)
Hornbuckle, James
Hornbuckle, Tilman
Jeter, William G.
Jones, John
Killion, Michael C.
King, Noah
Lane, John Y.
Lough, Isaiah
Lowe, William E.
Meders, James
Ogden, Amos
Pantier, David M. (Painter)
Pentecost, George
Power, George
Rankin, Amberry A.
Ritchie, Samuel
Ritter, Thomas H.
Robinson, E. J.
Robinson, J. M.
Rogers, James M.
Rutledge, David H.
Rutledge, John M.
Sampson, William
Smoot, Coleman
Summers, Peter
Thomas, Hardin
Trumbo, Andrew (Trumbs)
Watkins, James (of Menard Co., IL)
Watkins, Lewis
White, Harman
White, Robert
Williams, Jacob
Wright, John
Yardly, Benjamin (Yardley)
Young, Matthew




Petition of William G. Jeter and Others to the Sangamon County Commissioners' Court, [30 November 1836]1
To the Honorable the County Commissioner's Cou[r]t for the county of Sangamon, Illinois.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Sangamon county respectfully request, that your Honorable body will pass an order for the establishment of a county road to co[m]mence at Middletown near Musick's bridge. Thence the nearest and best rout to Meaddows' Mill at the Sugar Grove. Thence, as near as the ground will permit, with the Section line runing one mile North of the Northern boundry of Townships Eighteen, to the county line.2
Petition for a road presented by C. Smoot
James Paintier—
Wm Sampson
James Medows
deposits $9—
Road petision from
1Abraham Lincoln wrote the text of this petition, but did not sign it.
On December 5, 1836, Coleman Smoot presented this petition to the Sangamon County Commissioners’ Court, who ordered James Pantier, William Sampson, and James Meadows to view the road. The three commissioners reported back to the court on March 6, reporting that they approved of the road. The court then ordered the road to be opened and kept in repair by the county.
Sangamon County Commissioners’ Court Record Book D, 5 December 1836, p. 268, 6 March 1837, p. 288, Manuscripts Department, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL.
2The route described here runs through present-day western Logan and eastern Menard Counties.
3There were 2 John Kings living in Sangamon County during this time.



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