Levins, Thomas petition for ferry
| Description: |
A petition to establish a ferry across the Wabash River at Thomas Levins instead of Mr. Ramseys is filed on June 30, 1809. The petitioners fell that Levins banks are much better and the water smoother than across the rapids opposite Mr. Ramseys and it is 1/2 mile below the rapids and much narrower. Petitioners were: Zachariah Selby, Jeremiah Selby, Nat Marness, Jonathan Purcell, William Barney, Eli Read Jr., Isaac C. Berry, Jarvis Deal, John Tallorley, John Barer, Miles Dolohan, Johan Dalohan, Daniel Dolahan, Adam Harness, Peter Barer, Nichol Jonsten, Joseph Decker, William Brismon, William Hainay Sr., Philip Almy, Thomas Coulter, Will Jones, Peter Jones, Moses Killon, Robert Buntin, Jr., P. Beckes, Joshua Bond |
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| Origin: | 2018-05-31 |
| Created By: |
Indiana. Court of Common Pleas (Knox County); |
| Contributor(s): |
Johnson, James; Leech, George; |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ving/id/23760 |
| Collection: |
Early Vincennes, 1732-1835 |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
No Copyright - United States |
| Subjects: |
Indiana Territory Petitions -- Indiana Territory Ferries -- Indiana Territory Inland water transportation -- Freight -- Indiana Territory Wabash River Court Records |
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