Subject: 5 May 1758 Joseph Ash
Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:48:36 -0800 (PST)
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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 02:51:08 -0500
From: Steve Coker 
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To: "SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com" 

Friday the 5th of May 1758.

"... Read the Petition of Joseph Ash Setting Forth as Viz.

That the Petitioner is informed a Law is ordered to be brought in to Establish a
Ferry from Edisto Island in St. Johns Parish to Boones Island in St. Pauls
Parish. And as a Road must Inevitably be made across a Small Island the Property
of the Petitioner which road will Greatly detriment and hurt the Interest of the
said Petitioner & therefore prays as a Small Compensation for the said Damage
that the said Ferry may be vested in him & his Heirs for a Term of Years &ca.

Ordered that the Petition be referred to the Committee to whom the Several
Petitions of the Inhabitants of Edisto Island were referrd, and that they do
Examine the Matter thereof & report the Same with their Opinion thereupon to the
House...."

Source:
The Colonial Records of South Carolina
The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly
Published by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 51-62239
ISBN: 1-880067-28-5

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