Petition from Residents of Vernon County, Missouri

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Title: Petition from Residents of Vernon County, Missouri
Creator: Residents of Vernon County, Missouri
R.A. Boughan
Peter Duncan
Daniel Johnston
Levi Welch
O.M. Nelson
Solomon Reed
Joseph Avera
Z.G. Morris
John Harris
John B. Larue
Prestly Rhode
R.D. Frementer
D.N. Marchbank
T.A. Sartorius
Charles F. Mercer
S.N. Farris
H.G. Hicklin
John Mare
Jacob Miller
F. Bail
John Lent
James Crook
R. Flanning
H.J. Landon
H.D. Smith
P. Richards
J. Ewel
J.J. May
J.B. Morris
B.N. Reese
William Marchbanks
S.A. Reese
Robert Marchbanks
Allen Summers
James Roberts
John Davis
Thomas Richards
Description: This petition was sent to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart on August 25, 1859 by 45 citizens of Vernon County, Missouri. The petitioners request that a company of Missouri Volunteers be stationed on the state line in Vernon County “until Kansas has a Constitution…or you are convinced…that her people…will obey some law.” As evidence of their need for protection, they refer to the threat posed by James Montgomery and his men, who are demanding the immediate release of William Wright, a prisoner held in Vernon County.
Date: August 25, 1859
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
Jayhawkers
People: Residents of Vernon County, Missouri
R.A. Boughan
Peter Duncan
Daniel Johnston
Levi Welch
O.M. Nelson
Solomon Reed
Joseph Avera
Z.G. Morris
John Harris
John B. Larue
Prestly Rhode
R.D. Frementer
D.N. Marchbank
T.A. Sartorius
Charles F. Mercer
S.N. Farris
H.G. Hicklin
John Mare
Jacob Miller
F. Bail
John Lent
James Crook
R. Flanning
H.J. Landon
H.D. Smith
P. Richards
J. Ewel
J.J. May
J.B. Morris
B.N. Reese
William Marchbanks
S.A. Reese
Robert Marchbanks
Allen Summers
James Roberts
John Davis
Thomas Richards
James Montgomery
Geographic Subject: Vernon County, Missouri
Object Type: Petition
Owning Organization: Missouri State Archives
Location: Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 1, Folder 46
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