Petitions

Scope and Contents This xeroxed copy of a single 8 x 12 1/2" paper was handwritten by Levi Farley. The document is dated January 8, 1850, and directed to the Auditors Office. The first statement is: "Whereas a petition was duly presented to the County Board of Commissioners of Hamilton County at their September 1849 [meeting} praying a road to be located in Adams Township said County of Hamilton." A description of the location for the road follows. The road was to be thirty feet wide.