Whiteside, William, et al, Saint Clair County, to William Henry Harrison, Governor and Commander in Chief over the Indiana Territory

Description:	White and fellow inhabitants of St. Clair County petition Harrison to sanction a ferry on Okaw Creek near Turkey Hill and Goshen. They suggest that William Going, Junior be made the ferryman and that he be given land to establish it. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 Okaw Creek is probably Okaw River. The petition was signed by the following settlers in St. Clair County: William Whiteside, Peter Mitchell, Abraham [V]eter, James Dowman, Isaac Griffin, David Ward, Samuel Shook, Joseph Cook, Joseph Cane, Edward Radchilff, Henry Walker, William Walker, Henry Clark, Moses Short, Henry Co[d]e, James Hooper, James McA___, Barnabas Bone, Charles Wakefield, Silas Ba[n]kson, Obadiah Hooper, Ardent Bankson, Jonathan Kile, William F. Whiteside, John Odle, John [Z]. Whiteside, Joel Canter, William Pruit, John Hog, Jonathan Jarvis, David Badgley, James Bankson, John L. Whiteside, Perrey, Uel Whiteside, George Atchison, James L[ema]n, and Shadrach Bond. The red wax seal still in place. Mailed from Cahokia.
Origin:	1805-03-26
Created By:	Whiteside, William
Publisher:	Digital Image 2011 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Source:	http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc050/id/332
Collection:	William Henry Harrison Papers and Documents, 1791-1864
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Geography:	Illinois--Saint Clair County
Subjects:	Saint Clair County (Ill.) Ferries Going, William Indiana Territory. Governor (1800-1812 : Harrison) Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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