Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-05-09
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
EAST TENN. CONVENTION.
Held at Knoxville, May Sd & 4th, 1855.

On Thursday, the Sd day of May, 1866, the peo-
pie of East Tennessee, by their delegates assembled
in Convention at Knoxville, in accordance withth
following call issued some two weeks since;
To the People Of East Tennessee
We, the undersigned citizens of East Tennessee,
in view of the irreconcilabe differences OF opinion
heretofore and now existing between our people anu
those of the other grand Divisions OF the state an
looking to the formation, IN CONSTITUTIONS lnoue'
of new State to be called EAST TENNESSEE 90
hereby suggest and name the first Thursday IN NJ ay
next being the third day thereof for the people Oh
East Tennessee and of such other countes as cnoOSe
to ioin u.s. to assemble in Convention at hnoxVlIle,
by their delegates duly appointed or cnosen not eA-
ceeding two for each one hundred qusrnea voters
for the purpose of memoralizing the Legislature loi
leave to form a new State, or to take snch otnef
steps looking to that end as the Convention may ID
its wisdom, deem proper and advisable
We respectfully ask the people OF the dlnereni
counties to appoint their delegates soon as posi-
BILE so that the action of the Convention may be
laid before the Legislature before it adJourns.
Jas NJ. Meek, of Jefferson county.
VIM Galbraith, of Jefferson county.
James P Swami of Jefferson county
r. r. Butler, of johnson county.
John Caldwell, of Sewer county.
h c. Smith, of Carter county.
John W. Upton, of Carter county.
S. A. Rogers, of Roane county.
n. A. Patterson of Roane county.
c. A. Eames, of Washington county.
H. A Kelly, of Washington county.
d. T. Wilds, of Washington county.
L. c. Hoss, of Washington county.
Dr. G. R. BRANDON, of Scott county.
VIM Hunt, of Bradley county.
s. Hambrght, of Bradley county.
Thomas j. Moore, of Monroe county.
j. H. Pickle, of Monroe county.
Isaac Benson of Mention county.
VIM P Jones' of Granger county.
James A. Byrd, of Granger county
D. c. Trewhitt, of Hamilton county.
Russell NJ. Hamon, Of Campbell county
P. n Roddy, of Claibourne county.
NJ. L. Patterson, of Greene county.
James Britton of Greene county.
David K Young of Anderson county.
L. G.. Houk, of Anderson county.
S. R. Rodgers, of Knox county.
Thos A. r. Nelson, OF Knox county.
| Joseph A. Cooper, of Knox county.
O. p Temple, Of Knox county.
James Rodgers, of Knox county.
S. II. Smith, of Knox county.
L. S. Trowbrdge, of Knox county.
John B. Brownlow, of Knox county.
| Perez Dickinson of Knox county.
| Joseph A. Mabry, of Knox county.
W. NJ Daniel, of Knox county.
| John Looney, of Knox county.
william Rule of Knox county.
ND. Bearden, of Knox county.
E. Goetz, of Knox county.
VI Koehler, of Knox county.
Paul Sturm, of Knox county
The Convention met at the Court House at II NJ
and was called to order by the Hon. Saml. 4. Rods
ers, on whose motion Hon. John McGaughey,
Greene county, was called to the Chair temporarily
! and Col. NJ L. Patterson appointed Secretary pr
tenn. After few remarks by the Chair touchln
the object of the meeting Committee, conslstln
of n. B. Owens, of Washington, j. j. Crawford,
Knox, David Goddard, of Blount, n: A Patterson
of Roane, and P N Roddy of Claiborne, was al
pointed to report officers for the permanent organ
zation of the Convention. At the suggestion c
Hon. Saml r. Rodgers, the Chair directed the va
rious delegations to report, through one Of the
members to the Secretary, when the following nam