Citizens of Vernon County, Missouri
S.A. Reese
A. Jobe
H.I. Fail
B.N. Reese
H. Davis
John Scinninger
William D. Smith
William Bartlett
John Baly
Abraham P. Pole
Isaac B. Larue
Jacob Miller
Robert Wade
N. Marchbank
Matthew Kirk
F. Summers
R.N. Hagan
M.G. Hacklin
J. Pruit
William C. Gates
Robert Marchbanks
William B. Fail
N.J. Chaney
L.B. Morris
J.C. Chanar
A. Finey
Peter Duncan
Richard Meeks
John Morris
Z.G. Morris
Silas S. Wright
James Bartlett
Joseph P. Avery
David Tyler
Samuel Tyler
John Tyler
Nathaniel Tyler
Edward Morgan
Thomas Lawrence
William Marchbanks
J.B. Larue
C.F. Pruit

This petition was sent to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart on March 28, 1859 by 43 citizens of Vernon County, Missouri. The petitioners request military protection from a threatened attack by Kansas guerrillas. They state that the guerrillas are assembling near the Little Osage River under the command of James Montgomery, and that “the notorious Brown” has again made an appearance in Kansas. The petitioners believe that "it is the full intention of those lawless men to invade the State and rob and murder the inhabitants.”

March 28, 1859

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
Jayhawkers

Citizens of Vernon County, Missouri
S.A. Reese
A. Jobe
H.I. Fail
B.N. Reese
H. Davis
John Scinninger
William D. Smith
William Bartlett
John Baly
Abraham P. Pole
Isaac B. Larue
Jacob Miller
Robert Wade
N. Marchbank
Matthew Kirk
F. Summers
R.N. Hagan
M.G. Hacklin
J. Pruit
William C. Gates
Robert Marchbanks
William B. Fail
N.J. Chaney
L.B. Morris
J.C. Chanar
A. Finey
Peter Duncan
Richard Meeks
John Morris
Z.G. Morris
Silas S. Wright
James Bartlett
Joseph P. Avery
David Tyler
Samuel Tyler
John Tyler
Nathaniel Tyler
Edward Morgan
Thomas Lawrence
William Marchbanks
J.B. Larue
C.F. Pruit
John Brown
James Montgomery

Vernon County, Missouri

Petition

Missouri State Archives

Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 1, Folder 36

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