Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-17
yEMPIIS APPEAL.
IMPORTANT PETITION 10 GEN.
ORD.
CHICOT COUNTY, ARK, ASK
ING FOR PROTECTION.
DepIoral.ls oona.llen ef Aaalra.

D
I I ineiose yoil copy Of our petition t.
/ Maj. Gen. Ord as promised. ] regret
did not get letter Of Introduction from
yOu 10 him. I learned on my way Il
Memphis, I'd au the counties aud parishes
south OF Chicot, on the Mississippi river
are making sfnIflsr applications TO the
Military for protection. Bread riots and
seizures cf cotton have occurred in Car
roll parish. Yours, etc. J. F.-R.
To Mai. Gen. Ora, Commanding the Fourih
. Military District, etc.
The petition Of the undersigned citi-
gems. Grand Jurors, Judges and other Of
fcials of the county Of Chicot, in the
State OF Arkausas, respectfully showeth ;
that The colored population OF said county
Is lafgsly disprnpottioned 10 the white
population, constituting nine-tenths OF
the whole; that the result OF the present
years operations is the failure Of the
freedmen to make provisions to feed
them and Their families Until tirst OF jan
uary next, and the utter ruin Of the plant
ing interest-nst one in ten OF cur PLAN
ters viii be able again 20 renew planting
as formerly, and cannet feed or employ
the freedmen and their families, now,
depending upon them for support that
the freedmen, as q general thing, through
out the county, are already depredating
anon our stock, aud the agent Of the
Freedman's BuTeaU Is unable 20 prevent
their depredations, and by the first Of
February we believe they will nearly
bave consumed eli of our stock, unless
some means can be devised for supplying
their wants.
Your petitioners further show that a
collision between the races is appre-
hended as the result Of their depredations
on stock and other property, a couun-
gency which your petitioners most ear
Drstly desire 10 avoid.
In consideration Of the foregoing, your
petitioners earnestly request that you
will order a company Of troops under an
efficient officer, TO our county, for the
protection Of our families and property,
and that you will use your official infiu
euce TO procure necessary food for desti
ute colored families in our county, aud
that YOU will give us all the aid within
your power towards obviatiug the
troubles anticipated.
All Of which we respectfully submit
for your consideration.
Grand Jur0rg-E q Hodgkin, ! N Parker, John /
Dehaft j " Mitchell, Jas Parish, Il Leather
r. an W 4 Birch. ID 3 Miles Elan Erwin, Vim
holland Granville Parker, D X Oursier, Vim !
Hamlet. Wm Brawner, John Il saunders, ID !
H sessions.
Foreman OF the Grand Jury, VIM h sutton.
a m 81 Harrison, Judge second Judicial Cir-
cult, residing lu Drew county.
IOuu ID Coates, Judge et the county and Pro I
bate Courts OF saiu county.
lanes +. Robertson, J 81 Craig, @ L Walker, :
.s.yrus r Johnson, William White, George |
Martin. L 81 FRY, Deputy Sheriff + = |
Iewls, Mayor OF Lake Village, John II {
Gaines, Walter Sessions, James II War
ner l. If Springer, = walker, Sherr OF 1
county Joseph n Tlglett, Alfred eaUnd. rs I
K Diamond, Z J Sessions, Jas AcMurrey, /
Clerk OfCirCuif Court, Wm Street, " Z
.Trovcorldge. 4 = sharpe. n Bass, H r Cooper /
Il HIe-t FCraig. United states Commissioner, 7
j B ScUdder, Thomas HuuniCutt d II Ray- I
uClds william d Hill, % n scott, r VI Gaines, /
G W l. Benson, Agent Bureau Of Refugees, 7
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands and Pro- ]
vost Marshal for Chicog County, q K CrAcrsft, ]
r Dunn G " Frv. Eeplty Clerk, William II. ]
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