Subject: 2 May 1758 Thomas Howell Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:23:29 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 02:26:05 -0500 From: Steve CokerOrganization: gamecock@yours.com To: "SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com" Tuesday the 2d of May 1758. "... Mr. Mazyck reported from the Committee to whom the Petition of the Inhabitants of the South side of the Wateree River & Parts adjacent was referred; that the Committee had Examined the Matter of the said Petition and had directed him to report the Same as it appears to them to the House & he read the Report in his place & afterward deliver'd it in at the Clerks Table, Where the same was read & is as follows, Vizt. The Committee have (pursuant to the Order of the House) considered the matter of the said Petition & having Inspected the Journals of this House find that on the 15th March 1757 Leave was Given to bring in a Bill to Establish a Road made by Thomas Howell & for Vesting a Ferry over Congree River in the Said Howell. The Committee are of Opinion that Leave be now Given to bring in a Bill for those purposes & for Continuing said Howell's Road upwards Opposite to the upper part of the Waxsaw Settlement as is prayed for by the said Petition. The Said Report being read a Second time. Ordered that Leave be Given to bring in a Bill accordingly and that the Gentlemen of the Said Committee do Prepare & bring in the Same...." 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 ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Have you seen the USGenweb site lately? http://www.usgenweb.org ***** Address your comments & suggestions to: Steven J. Coker carolina@yours.com http://www.wp.com/Coker/faq.html