Jackson County Illinois School Petition from March 10th 1847
submitted by Nancy Attey
To the Honorable school commissioner of Jackson County Illinois we the undersigned citizens of Township nine South Range five west would respectfully represent to your Honor that we wish to bring to market all the lands belonging to said Township as we believe to be better to have the money at interest than to have the lands as they are and your petitioners as in duly bound pray
Signers names:
| William Glenn | Cornelius Shawn |
| Cyrus Bradley | Larson Pike |
| Andrew Sharp | Daniel Glick |
| Gabriel Bilderback | Leonard[____] |
| Joseph [F] Bilderback | William Ray |
| Daniel Wills | John S. Landy |
| ___den White | AS Herring |
| John Tullot |
We the undersigners do certify that the names were signed in the presence of________
the intention of the petition was made____________them
March 10th 1847
Sworn to and subscribed before me __ W. Wren
Justice of the Peace
I Herring made oath that the above signers are more than two thirds of the
legal voters of said Township March 25th 1847 before me John Barrow School
Commissioner of Jackson County Ill.