Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

 

TWO PETITIONS REQUESTING

STATE FINANCING OF

HOOD COUNTY COURTHOUSE & JAIL

SEPTEMBER 1871

 

 

Granbury Hood County Texas

Sept 24th 1871

To the legislator of the State of Texas

 

We the undersigned Citizens of Hood County would respectfully ask of your Honorable body, that the State Tax for this year and for the year 1872 collected in the County be appropriated to the building of a Court House and Jail in the town of Granbury. We have under contract a Court House and can by the assistants of the State Tax collected in this County for the years 1871 & 1872 build a good Court House & Jail which is very much needed as we have neither.

A. S. McCamant Clk. H. C. T.

[Clerk Hood County Texas]

J. B. Sears J. P. [Justice of the Peace]

S. A. Allen J P [Justice of the Peace]

W. H. Barker

W. H. Millwee

Wm. Allen

E. A. Hannaford

R. P. Bates

J. M. Parnell

A. V. Shropshire

W. P. Clayton

A. B. McAllister

J. A. Littlepage

L. J. Moose

H. H. Hightower

T. B. Atwood

G. M. Wright

N. H. Jackson

Thos. O. Rucker

Wm. Hightower

G. A. Counts

S. S. Watson

J. D. Acil

B. F. Crawford

J. M. Cunningham

A. N. Yeats

N. L. Cooper

J. J. Hess

Thos. T. Ewell

A. E. Hanna

I. L. Sumner

John W. Mitchell

A. P. Hambrin

W. T. Phillips

Gabriel V. Miller

J. A. Formwalt

W. H. Rittetoe

J. E. Leendee

D. H. Kerr

Wm. A. Brown

James Hickey

J. P. Wright

James Holt

F. B. Taylor

J. H. Lambrt

J. T. Walters

J. G. Shuk

W. M. Formwalt

John Edwards

D. M. Baker

W. Hopping

J. J. Juhan

P. F. Nutt

J. Louis

Jacob Nutt

David Nutt

Joseph W. Anderson

L. J. Caraway

P. Thorp

Wlliam Danley

A. M. Embry

J. J. Qualls

W. T. Jonson

J. R. Carpenter

John Matheny

J. J. Edwards

H. J. Sears

W.W.W. Duval

T. F. Radgsdale

J. B. Gun

P. V. Rhea

John N. McEachern

Peter Garland

Wm. Davison

E. S. Stanfield

James Maddin

Thomas J. Evans

David Strain

G. S. Robinson

B. S. Sxxxxxx

J. D. Mcnamee

S. T. Edwards

Y. N. Rylee

P. H. McCourrory

J. F. Shipxxxx

Richard Blevins

Thos. Lambert

L. Armstrong

P. H. Thrash

Parnell Carnly

W. M. Blair

W. B. Rayburn

Y. W. Murphy

William Howard

D. K. Turner

S. L. Turner

Wily M. Clark

C. R. Bradford

Y. T. Allen

N. McMillun

Y. A. Rylee

D. S. Lambert

D. M. Watson

G. F. Burnet

H. B. Counts

Silas Scarborough

J. K. Driskill

Wm. Crofford

Sam Burnett

W. H. Halbert

T. J. Young

G. M. Robertson

J. N. Robertson

John M. Middleton

J. M. Mitosh [Mcintosh]

P. A. Mcintosh

R. A. Russell

A. G. Carmichael

John N. Blair

A. Carmichael

K. T. Foster

P. W. Middleton

Moses Walters

R. E. McCamant

J. D. McCamant

Wm. McCamant

C. B. Murphy

Thomas Gambrall

R. G. Peters

John S. Aston

R. S. Secten

J. W. Ward

Wm. Parks

T. J. Scott

J. M. Peveler

W. J. Arrington

Rufus Holland

J. P. Anderson

A. F. Hall

V. B. Hightower

J. L. A. Berry

O. B. A. Magness

A. C. Walters

W. C. Walters

W. H. West M.D.

Wm. G. Hanks

J. P. Nickell

Thomas Cochran

Mort Morten

J. H. Montgomery

J. F. Martin

John Mallen

J. C. Mathews

N. A. Anderson

C. A. Gage

J. H. Healey

N. A. Dersnick

B. T. Farris

J. F. Martin

David Roe

Wm. Weaks

W. J. Rogers

James Robers

Thomas Fosett

John Robertson

N. A. Mafsey

C. H. Rose

Isaac Weaver

Mike Henderson

Benjamin McCoy

George McCoy

David McCoy

Elisha McCoy

F. M. Edens

H. J. Kerr

S. A. Rash

W. A. Brownfield

J. T. Rash

 


Granbury Hood County Texas

Sept 28th 1871

To the Legislature of the State of Texas

 

We the undersigned citizens of Hood County respectfully ask of your honorable body that the State Taxes of this year and the year of 1872 collected and to be collected in this county be appropriated to the building of a court house and Jail in the town of Granbury. We have under contract a court house and can by the assistance of the State Taxes collected and to be collected in this county for this year and the next year build a good court house and jail, both of which are very much needed.

Benj. T. Tipton J.P.H.C.

[Justice of the Peace Hood County]

P. H. Thrash

D. P. McWhorter

Hiram Steel

T. J. Havard

John T. Daod

Lewis Thomas

S. H. Blair

G. Smart

David Moor

J. H. Goodlett

M. H. Jones

W. P. Jones

M. Henslee

E. McCarty

A. J. Wright

D. McWhorter

H. G. Jones

Wm. Lyles

J. M. Carraway

D. M. Mills

J. R. Waddill

W. Amwine

J. J. Willcox

W. B. Adams

W. McHughs

John Milam

Jno. N. Doyle

H. H. Cooper

W. B. Glenn

C. B. Glenn

M. J. Harden

F. M. Glenn

Thos. Garner

A. Barkstull

W. R. Massey

Wm. Brownfield

Sam Malonu

F. Overby

Mr. Strain

Mr. Harvty

H. T. Berry

Dr. H. M. Montgomery

T. C. Arrington

James Hiner

Joseph Hiner Sen [Senior]

Joseph Hiner Jun [Junior]

Wm. C. Manly

T. Parkinson

O. T. Hutchison

B. N. Rentfrow

Ward Trice

D. C. Halford

B. A. Crocket [sic]

F. A. Kirk

R. P. Crockett

David T. Crockett

Xxxx Cornelius

H. A. Goodrum

J. C. Cornelius

J. A. Mceneary

Wm. Masssie

W. H. Rice

Jessee Newberry

Henry Strong

I. R. Sikes

R. Tankersley

G. C. McWilliams

I. J. Clifton

F. M. Ludwig

Wm. Brgeon

Bollord Wohlford

J. W. Long

T. M. Atkins

A. Nutt

N. Goodwin

J. R. Hill

A. C. Dollerhide

R. S. Kerr

D. H. Henry

Ad Hufstutter

L. W. Patton

D. H. Pruitt

J. W. James

W. L. Tankersley

G. W. Patten

G. N. Wakefield

A. G. Holder

E. L. Myes

J. M. Rice

S. B. Fite

J. M. Rice

W. H. Stanley

M. A. Hardin Jun [Junior]

Hiram Franklin

M. Johnston

S. A. Rash

S. R. McPherson

William Matlock

W. R. Massey Jun [Junior]

W. L. Rippetoe

E. F. Henry

James Prestige

Wm. Townsend

B. C. Counxxx

J. C. Terril

J. L. A. Berry

H. A. P. Berry

A. Hutchison

J. M. Oldham

John Bell

M. Clack

P. H. James

John James

William James

Homer James

J. L. Elxxxxx

L. E. Rhodes

H. T. Berry

S. B. Davis

A. E. Heath

M. L. Sikes

J. W. Long

H. Howard

T. H. Howard

W. T. Howard

D. S. Stribling

James Stribling

Wm. Cleavelxxxxx

B. F. Harris

John Moore

George Row

W. A. Rhodes

J. C. Patton

H. A. Govwin

Wm. Cornelius

G. B. Dellihunty

S. H. Smith

J. Westbrook

B. H. Dennis

James A. Counts

Joshua Hightower

G. W. Dunnagan J. P.

[Justice of the Peace]

D. C. Bills

Jesse Caraway

James Rowe

William E. Doyle

William Johns

Charles E. Moore

James M. Bateman

B. M. Donald

A. D. Flemons


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