To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.
The Petition of the inhabitants of the second or lower Batalion in the county of Montgomery Sheweth
That your petitioners labour under great inconvenience in attending Elections at the Seat of Justice in Said County owing to its being not quite Central & Situated in the fork between Cumberland and Read River which are often High and always inconvenient and Troublesome.
Therefore, Pray your Honorable Body to Pass an act to authorize the Sheriff to hold Separate Elections at the Town of Palmyra Which is much more convenient and your petitioners as in duty bound will Ever pray
12th July 1806
5 Will L. Brown 1 Morgan Brown*
6 Darden Brown 2 Adam Harman
7 James Moore 3 Isaac Hitchcock
8 Saml. Vance 4 James C. Brown
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9 Robert Vance 37 John Moore
10 Blodgett Baird 38 Gulley Moore
11 Jacob Boatwright 39 John Little
12 Joseph B. Lyons 40 Mathew Morgan
13 John Lankford 41 Abner Harris
14 Tapley Mauldin 42 John Hubbert
15 Rubin Bullard 43 Peter Hubbard
16 Wm. Henndon 44 William Copeland
17 Whitnell Harrington 45 Michael Doil
18 John Washington Been 46 Thos. Doil
19 Thos. Woodson 47 John Hubbard
20 (?Thos.?) Harrell 48 Samuel Copeland
21 Thos Rafelt 49 John Thomas
22 Dixon Logan 50 Saml. C. Hawkins
23 Tristram Thomas 51 Joseph Hall Junr.
24 John Thomas 52 Isaac Morgan
25 James Thomas 53 Absolum Odom
26 James moss 54 Thos K. McElrath
27 Thos. Simmons 56 Thomas Lankford
28 Abrm. Fentress 57 John B. Tompkins
29 Benjm Thomas 58 William Lankford
30 Peter Hubbard, Senr 59 Guthridge Lyens
31 George Thomas 60 Joseph Hall, Senr
32 Elisha Cottingham 61 Thos. Tompkins
33 Annanias Boatwright 62 Francis Tompkins
34 Thomas Dean 63 Thomas B. Tomkins
35 Simeon Bathea 64 David Kizer
36 Jesse Hellum 65 Charles Moore
66 John Moore
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67 John Bayless 95 John Fletcher
68 William Bayless 96 Ebenezer Frost
69 Burrell Bayless 97 James Perce
70 John Blare 98 Jesse Perce
71 Robt. Bruson 99 Robt Taggert
72 Asa Atkins 100 Isaac Satterfield
73 Danl Mitchell 101 Samuel (>Fillingham?)
74 Vinson Cooper 102 John McClean
75 John Bailey 103 Britain Bayless
76 Samuel Mitchell 104 William B. Ross
77 Thos Magehee 105 Enoch Gaskill
78 James Mallory 106 Evan Gaskill
79 Mathew McCrabb 107 James Bagget
80 David Brigham 108 Abram Bagget
81 David Outlaw 109 Robert Little John
82 Asuhel Brunson 110 Micajah Bagget
83 W G Prince
84 Thomas Horn
85 Jesse Brunson
86 Thos Bayless
87 James Fletcher
88 James Brigham
89 James H. Brigham
90 Right Tyer
91 William (?Prince?)
92 James Sullenger
93 James Megehee
94 John Magehee
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In Senate 31st July 1806 - Read refered to Committee of propositions & Grievances and sent to the house of Representatives - Jno. N. Gamble, Clk.
On the 23d ult., at his residence near Nashville, Tennessee, aged 83 years, DR. MORGAN BROWN. The deaceased was a native of Anson county, in the State of North Carolina, from which he removed into the State of South Carolina, and resided near the Cheraws on Pedee river until he emigrated to this State, in the year 1795. Dr. Brown served his country in various capacities during the Revolutionary war; first as a volunteer under Colonel Thompson, during which service he was at the defence of the city of Charleston from the attack made on that place by the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker; afterwards as lieutenant of infantry in the North, having been present at the battle of Brandywine, and some minor engagements between the American and British Forces. At a later period of the war, he acted as Assistant Commissary to the Southern army under Baron deKalb, Gates, and General Greene, and as superintendent of transports under the last named commander; and was engaged in the partisan warfare carried on in that section between the Whigs and Tories. After the war, he served several sessions in the Legislature of South Caroline.*
As signer number one in this petition, it appears that Morgan Brown was the person who first promoted the idea. I found the following obituary in THE OBSERVER published in Fayetteville, North Carolina.