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.


*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.
15 Apr 1840

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.

Nashville Banner.