I, your petitioner, humbly seweth that whereas a wagon road hathbeen
by order opened along ye South Fork of ye South Branch of Potomac,
which road is very hurtful to my plantation, I, your petitioner, begth at your
worships would appoint two men to view and make report of another road
which I shall shew them, and, when granted, will open anothersufficien tly
at my own expense. And I, your petitioner, shall, as in duty, everpray .
JOHN BENNET.
Just as government works today, it grinds slowly:
AUGUST 19, 1777-
Abraham Hintle, Thomas Miller and John Bennet--to view the road fromHa mpshire to the mouth of Dry Run, on the North Fork of the SouthBranch o f the Potomac.
Researcher Henry Renee says John moved 1780 to Cox's Fort, Nelson Co.,K entucky.
