County Petitions from Burnt Cabin Valley

TO THE HONORABLE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET —

The Petition of a few of Burnt cabin Valley for themselves and others humbly sheweth that the[y] having seen in Mr. Bradfords Paper Dated the ______ Day of December a Bill Published for Consideration for the Division of Bedford County the seat of Justice to be at the Town of Huntingdon on the River Juniata which is more conveniat for them than Bedford their Present Seat of Justice therefore Request that you would take their Situation into your Wise consideration and annex them to the new Proposed County and your Petitioners as in Duty bound will pray —

[This petition is only one page long and has just a few signatures. The transcriber has added the numbers before the signatures. The cover sheet includes the notation: “Read 1 time Mar. 14, 1787.”]

[Signed]

  1. Rober Stet
  2. George Hudson
  3. William X his mark Cotton
  4. John Hudson
  5. John Stitt
  6. John X his mark Agleton
  7. Alexander Fillson
  8. Wm. Martin
  9. Parick Fitzsimmon
  10. George McMasters
  11. Thos. Wakefield
  12. Niholas Welen
  13. John Gallaugher
  14. Hugh Gallaugher
  15. James Gallaugher
  16. Alexander X his mark M’kleroy
  17. Benjamin Burd