North Carolina
Rowan County.
Dated at Salisbury
October 23d. 1760
To His Excellecy Arthur Dobbs Esqr. Capt. Genl. and Commander in Chief, in & over Said Province
The Petition of part of part of the Inhabitants of sd. County
Most Humbly Sheweth
That Your Excellencys Petitioners Labour Under Great hardships having no Justice Assign'd to keep the peace for said County On the East Side the Yadkin River, within Twenty, or more Miles of Our habitations, And Most Humbly Begs Your Excy. May be pleased to Appoint or Commissionate William Linn or William Giles, As Justice of the Peace for Said County, And Your Excys Petitioners
Shall Pray
