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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Petition from Nathan Jacton et al. concerning the pardon of Jeremiah Fields
Jacton, Nathan; Et Al.
1771
Volume 09, Page 41

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To his Excellency Josiah Martin Esquire Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina &c and the honourable Gentlemen of his majesty's
honourable Counsill

Greeting

May It Pleas your Excellency and your honors We the Subscribers whose names are hereunto annexed Persons in no wise Conserned in the Late unhapey Disturbence Ocasioned in this Province By a Sett of Peopel Called Regulators Begs Leave To Recomend or Represent To your Excellency and your honers one Jeremiah Field one of the unhapey as well as unfortunat Persons now outlawed as we understand for the Late Royet Comited at Hillsborough as a Person we are well acquanted with some of us from his youth up and others for this Severell years Past as a Person who has Ever Been Esteemed as a very Industrous and honest man and a man very much Respected by all who Knew him until he was unhapely Deluded by some means or other To Tack Part in a matter he Did not Know the Consquence of But we your Petitioners from these Reasons and on a Count of a wife and five Small Children all who Depend on him for a Support Do in the most humble maner Petition your Excellency To Take the Same into your wise Consideration and grant this unhapey man Such Repreef as your Excellency in your Wisdom shall Seem meet

And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray

Nathan Jacton
John Stilwell
John Kimbrough
George Lewis
Jeremiah Reynolds
Hendrey Dowel
William Reynolds
Jos Scott
Isaac Beeson
Benjamin Beeson Senr
Joseph Lamb
Pritchert Beeson
William Beeson
Robert Kirkpatrick
Benjamin Beeson
Jacob Ellit
Thomas Lamb
Henery Reynolds