[According to the Census of 1860, Hiram Green could not read or write so it is unknown which of the petitioners actually wrote the document. Many of the signatures are in the same handwriting.]


To his Excelency Z B Vance
Roleigh N C
we the under Signed Citizens of Blew
Ridge Destrict wautauga County North
carolina Do Beg Leave most Respectelely
petition your honor that we are laboring
under grate dis advantages in our Neighbor
hood for the want of A Black Smith
having None in the Neigh bor hood to
Do our far ming work So as to inable
us to carry on our farms there fore we
petition your Honor to try and have
A F Green a citizen of the Neigh bor
hood who is Now a member of Co E 58th
Ridge ment N C troops Detailed or
Dis charged from the army to do our
work as we are in grate kneed of his Ser-
vices and we your petitioners as in duty
will ever prey
may the 16 1863

Hiram Green
Thomas Storie William Storie
Thomas [????] J W Green
Charly Hatton Andrew son Green
Joshua Storie Joseph Green
W A Briant Jeremiah Green
D P Briant R. C. Miller
Rufus Storie Henry Eliot
John Briant John Eliot
J A Hamlet Wm Pitts
Amos Storie John Pitts
Jefferson Hartley
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Jesse Hartley
Elbert hartley
Alex El[??]
Allen Myrick
Alex Green
Martin Trivett
William Cook