It also strikes me that there are a lot of well known Grainger Co. names missing from that, too. People who likely would have been landowners and over 21. Given how thick on the ground the Mayes clan was, it seems unusual that there is just one one the whole list. I wonder if the petitioners are those people/heads of household who simply lived or farmed along the proposed road? Regan On Jan 19, 2006, at 4:06 PM, Gail Roorda wrote: > Further Moses and Jesse Hodge and John McCarty at least according > to the 1810 tax list owned no land in 1810 or at least no land was > list in the tax list. > Gail > ----- Original Message ----- From: "ELEANOR McCAIN" > <eleanormccain@comcast.net> > To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 07:10 > Subject: [TNGRAING-L] Legislative list > > >> Can anyone tell me if the lists of names Gail posted for the 1806 >> legislative petition just consisted of property owners? I am certain >> they all had to be over 21, but did they also have to own land to be >> able to sign this petition? >> >> Thanks, >> Eleanor