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N, JEFFERSON COUNTY, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 81, 1888.


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We readily comply with reque., 70 lay before
the public the petition Of the sisireus Of tbs Ea.-
tern part Of Frederick, praying the formation Of
.Ner County. The claims Of the pctitioacu
are NJ forth with grea, ability, and will strike the
rrsder N being almost Irresistible Some fact,
are developed, sot hcrctofurc gcncraily known,
and hcrcfore Interesting to others a. well a. the
mcmorialisss
To the Honorable The Speakers and Members of
| the two Houses of the Legislature of Virginia
The Memorial and Petition Of sunsiry Hsha5i-
iGnt. 81 ths Busters Pupf II fRE6ERfCK-
HUMBLY sHEWErH:
That for the reasons which viii hereafter be
stated, your Petitioners are DESTROYS that a
Now County be formed out of the county
aforesaid, in the Eastern part thereof, 10 be
bounded as fo;Ioweth, TO wit: Beginning ut
the Point in the Blue Ridge where the Jcfier-
son and Loudoun line meets the line of FIRE.
derrick and LoudoupS ,hencc with the line di-
v,dipg Jefferson FROM Frederick, to the middle
OF the Opequon Greek; thence up the middle
OF the opcquon, TO the mouth Of Wrighl's
brahch; thence up that stream, 10 the mouth
OF Nations Sprins Run thence direct line,
until II reaches Colin Leach's corner next To
Major Seth Mason's land, on the road 10 Min
evahi thence eastwsrdiy, by n direct line
passing South OF the buildings and curtilages
OF DIR. James Hay and James NJ. ite, TO q
point On Burdens Marsh Run; thence by
direct line. 10 a point on the Shenandoah Ri
yer, referred To in n Petition presented to your
body, 1t their last session, by the people of
parts az Frederick and Shenandoah counties ;
thence by the line mentioned in said Petition,
TO the top of the Blue Ridge, ut the line Of
| Frederick and Fauquier counties; and from
thence on the Eastern boundary Of Frederick,
| To the beginning.
| In order that ample information OF our in
tended application should be given To all
| whom II may concern, and especially 10 all
the inhabitants Of Frederick county, n notice
TO that eject has been posted At the door Of
the Courthouse OF Frederick County, on
two several court days in October and No
vember, and il also in n course Of publica-
tiou IN both Of the Winchester new spapcrs,
with orders Ia have IL continued weekly for
tao months from the 9Th Of October last. OF
this notice, proof will be given 10 your ho-
norable body, by an affidavit hereto annexed
and marked No. I. We shall next offer to
your view, Map, usually called Marley =
Map, which we believe 10 be accurate, indi-
eating the counties Of Frederick, Berkeley,
and Jefferson; and upon that map, We have
caused To be marked, by the late Surveyor Of
Frederick County, William Castleman, Esq.
! Ga gentleman well qualified in that profession,
| and who 10 probably known 10 some Of you,
having been formerly a Member Of the House
| OF Deiegates,) the boundaries from the be-
ginning, 10 Leach's corner, by distinct blue
line and from thence by red and blue line,
10 the top Of the Blue Ridge and by follow
ing the line Ola the Blue Ridge. to the begin
Mug, aview eau then be had Of the limits Of our
| proposed County, whica We believe will form
a County OF about IL miles by IL. We also
present To your view another Map, drawn by
said Surveyor, of the entire County Of Free
derrick alone, upon which he has marked the
limits Of our proposed County, rs also the IL
/, mits Of so much Of the said county of Ere.
| derrick, as Is contemplated TO be taken OF by
| the Petition Of tho People Of parts of Ereder-
lex aud Shenandoah counties, and the limits
Of so much Of said county a. will remain, in
the event Of those sections being tsken from
IT, He has also made calculation, In square
miles, Of the contents which there will be in
the three sections from which il appears, that
there are in the entirc county, 40 square
miIes-that there will be In our proposed
county, 200 square miles, in that part Of
Frederick proposed 10 be added 10 q part OF
Shenandoah county, ITO square miles; and
ia tie residue Of Frederick county, (should
those sections be taken off, 40 square miles.
To this latter Map, as also 10 the calculations
made by said Surveyor, In his own hand-wri>
ting, we also refer your honoursble body.
/ Having now exhbited>to your honorable
body, 4 view OF the extent OF the entire
County OF Frederick, rs also Of that section
oi IL which VIC propose 20 be formed into n
4 M faFf Ives cd IN
state some of the Grievances to which we are
subject IN the present state Of things, and
which are Of that oppressive magnitude, a. TO
+ Induce us 10 apply to a PateTDal Legislature
! for relief, By separating our proposed portion
! from the present County Of Frederick, and
/ by passing an act 60 form q new county for rs,
according TO the limits which We have pro-
posed. We inte0d, moreover, 10 sbew an Of
Z fetal list of our TithabIes, white and black,
I for tho present year, In our proposed county ;
I fron, which calculation may be formed N
/ 10 our whole population and thereby, com
! pairing our nsmbeTs TO those Of many other
counties IN the State, 20 demonstrate our ca
PscIty for sustaining the expense which will
be necessarily attendant upOu the formation
| Of new county. We intend, also, 70 shew
! last Of all tl,c Tithables, white aud black,
/ IN The entire county Of Frederick from which
u will appear, that our section Of the whole
county, although not one-tIird thereof IN ex-
icDt, Is taxed for county and parish purposes,
fsr more than our just proportion aud that
our Representatives, (if the Magistrates Of
Of the county can be 80 ealled,) who i'm.
I pose those taxss which are called for, zoe
county purposes, ara so located As 10 operate
most injuriously aud oppres,ively upon us.
/ We also propose 10 EXHIBIT 10 your hOBoTa-
I bic body, view Of our Po0r.iiOuse Esta-
blishmeni, together with Us cost in the pur-
chase Of a Farm and Of TIE bulldogs thereon,
which produces a large annual exDendi-
iurc, and which also falls very unequally up
on us, BY reason that this u also draWn from
/ Tthsbles, embracing every white man sad
every black male and fen. Q d The age Of 10
and upwards, witIin the county.
\ The Grievances Of which We complain,
may be properly arranged under two classes ;
hrst. tiFOse which arise uaayoidaDtl from the
great FFffnf q the safirs eoeafg % Frederick