1815
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress Convened.
The Memorial of Sundry Citizens of the Mississippi Territory respectfully sheweth,
That your memorialists taking it for granted, that it is not the policy or wish of a Just and wise government to Speculate on, or profit by the misfortunes of its citizens, and believing as we do, that the Government of the United States is founded in Justice and wisdom and Confidently relying on the Just and liberal disposition of your Honorable bodies, Your memorialists have presumed to memorialize your Honorable bodies one the subject of much interest and importance to them, And beg leave to state that many tracts ofLand on which the purchasers have failed to make the final payments have been offered at public sale for the ballance due to the United States, and have not since been sold, but now remain the property of the United States.--Your memorialists further beg leave to state to your honorable bodies, that recently many citizens of this Territory have, from the peculiar situation of this section of the United States at present invaded by the Enemy, and the great scarcity of specie, been unable to make the final payment due to the United States on the tracts of Land purchased by them, and are now forfeited and liable to be offered at public sale.--Your memorialists Therefore pay your Honorable bodies to pass a law authorising the Claimants, their assignees or other legal Representatives of such tracts as have reverted to the United States and not been sold to re-enter them and that the sums of money heretofore paid on them respectivly be passed to the credit of the purchasers, their assignees or other legal representatives and that the Usual or other reasonable indulgence be given for completing the payments thereon---and that the time for completing the payments on those tracts which have not been offered at public sale be extended so as to allow a reasonable indulgence for their completion on such terms as your Honorable bodies may in your Wisdom deem Just.--Your memorailists are well aware that your Honorable bodies have, heretofore, been frequently memoralized on this subject from our Territory, and nothing but the hardness of the times and our distressed situation could have induced us again to have troubled your Honorable bodies on the subject,--Your memorialists can not however refrain from thinking their case hard indeed, many of us having Volunteered in the service of the United States for its defense, and altho’ the love of our Country was the moving cause Yet we had hoped that the pay for our sevices would aid us in making the payment to the United States for our Lands, but we are paid off in Bills on the Banks in New Orleans which are refused in payment for our Lands. and since the City of New Orleans has been in danger of being invaded by the enemy, We have not been able to exchange them for specie at any discount, many of us have failed in making our payments from that cause--As in duty bound we will ever pray
J Johnson Bela Cook John Nugent
John Reid Saml Davis Joseph Fanner
N Hunter Mathew Bethany Wm Reagan
Ephraim Parham Micajah Frazier R Davidson
David T W Cork J D Hess Little Berry Thompson
Wm Brooks Robert C Beasley Wm C Davis
John Rogers Richd Crawford John S Lewis
Zachary Brasfield Joseph Thomas Hiram Singleton
Wm Allen Robert White Jos I Scott
Chasteen Old Henry Cox Mathias Glover
F Richardson Henry Knight J B Moore
Ebr Insco Wm Reid John Davis
Benja Rawlins A M Scott Jessee Phipps
James Quine Harris Andeson Ben Davis
Philip Noland Alexdr J Scott John Wright
Hugh Nelson John Brown Joseph J Williams
Jos Brown John Graham Jesse Brown
John Patton Wm Brown Uriah McGraw
Benjn Hux Field P Hunter Wm McDonald
Elisha Hunter Wm McDonald Samuel Ferguson
John Smith Wm Phipps Archd McGehee
James Phipps Thos Howard William Wright
Noel Norwood John Germany Theodor Dorsett
John Bethany Thos Cason Moses Miles
Louis Cason Henry Ratcliff Murdock McCrory
Zack Cater Edmd Hale Jacob Keller
John Myomvy Willm Wade John Keith
Isaac Johnson Wm G Bruce Lewis Coon
John Mathews Slade Godley Saml Brice
M Moore Joseph McMorris Henry Lisenbly
Miles Lilley James Crow Jessee Tiekle
Abnr Pool Wm Brice Saml Mitchel
Wm Glover Joseph Harson Wm Jones
John Heninton Samuel Norwood Samuel Tuett
Rot G Leckie Prestwood Smith R Taliaferro
Jas Netherland Sam Stockett John Bird
John B Posey Wm Boyd Wh H Ruffin
R Singleton Jno F Carmichiel Uriah M Fanner
Wm Collins Lewis Matthews Wm Collins
John Turner Young Gains Nat Moss
Elisha Coates John Hodges Wilson Burton
Noel Waddill Jno H Ruthly Wm Fanner
Asa Sapp Am Wade George Moss
Jno McCartney Benjn Groves Benjn Ratcliff
Peter Faust Peter Ratcliff J A Leach
Jacob Coon Dan Ogden John Kaigler
John Stafford Jno Devaul Robt B Kemmett
Glass Bartley Francis Keller Davd Lisenby
Chs Stewart Robt Floks James McCalep
Elias Norwood P G Parham J Joor
E McGehee Joshua Howard James McDowell
John Howard John McCartney George Morris
Nelson J Hess John Paxton David I Gray
John Coulter Bythell Haynes John H Davis
Abell Randolph Wm Dickson Chs Old
T McCantle David Irvin Reuben Jackson
Joseph Faqua David Bailey Jno Pate
Wm Lindsey Joel L Terrell Burton Landrum
Wm Roach Jno Ives Drury Spurlock
John Sapp Benjamin Rogers Chs Netterville
Temple Steuart Danl B Person Allen Campbell
Jos Person James Cain Thos Grimball
Thos Lekie A Jackson Danil Robert
Thos Barnes Wm Shuffield James O Quinn
Jesse Deloach A Murphy Ruffin Deloach
George Brown Jas McCartney Leml Barron
John McIntosh J H Hutchins Wm Hammett
Jno Leatherman Isaac Burk Zach Walker
Chas Edwards G H Downs James Carraway
James Meek Robt Layson Danl Williams Senior
Joel Gloss Danl Williams Jun Jas McNeeley
Isaac Williams Thos C Land
Jno Wilkinson John Mays John Jones
Wm Vaughan Thos Westberry John M Smith
Wm Westberry Wm Bell Duncan Shaw
David G Ronnells James Bailey Elijah Therrel
Benjn Germany Benj Therrel James Collinsworth
Wm Sales Victor H Walls Thawar G Percy
T Cooper Henry Quine Jur David Cooper
Henry Quine Senr Jacob Chambers Benjn Ferguson
Isham Ferguson Bnjn Vickus Jonas Murphy
Jno Fanner Wm R Deloach Ruken Jelks
J B Moore Wm Jelks William Usher
Richd Jones Joshua Sutton Wm Norman
James Freemer Jno Thomas David Cox
Jas Dixon Jas Land Wm Dixon
Wm S Smith Jessee Sibly Caleb Swayze
Danl Waddell James Curtis James Oliphant
Allen Cain Josiah Kean Wm Cain
Matthew Cole Peter Leatherman George Keller
Danl Leatherman Stephen Mayes David Leatherman
Marbery Morris