Alphabetic Listing of Signatures
on the
Petition to Establish Wilson County, Tennessee
The following document is an alphabetic listing of the signatures found on the petition drawn to establish Wilson County from Sumner County, Tennessee in the summer of 1799. As best as can be determined, all words, including names, are spelled here just as they appear on the original document. A copy of the original petition was provided by Charles Sherrill at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and was transcribed by Diane Weathers, Donna G. Ferrell and Linda Granstaff. This alphabetic listing is derived from Diane, Donna and Linda's transcription.
| Given name | Surname |
| _______? | _______? |
| Henry | _______? |
| Jacob | _______? |
| James | _______? |
| Jas. | _______? |
| John | _______? |
| Martin | _______? |
| Philip | _______? |
| Jacob | Adams |
| William | Adams |
| Nathan | Allen |
| Theophlis | Allen |
| William | Allen |
| Jas. | Allison |
| James | Anderson |
| Jas. | Anderson |
| Richard | Anderson |
| Richard | Anderson |
| William | Bab |
| Wm. | Baccus |
| Andrew | Bard |
| Jonathan | Bard |
| Solomon | Barfield |
| Jesse | Bean |
| Robert | Bean |
| Alfred | Beard |
| John | Beard |
| Jno. | Bell |
| David | Berd |
| Zebulon | Berd |
| William | Berel |
| Wm. | Blackburn |
| William | Bloodworth |
| William | Bloodworth |
| Calep | Boazman |
| Joseph | Boyers |
| Alexander | Braden |
| James | Brimson (Brinsom) |
| Joel | Britton |
| Jackson | Brown |
| John | Brown |
| John | Brown |
| Mathew | Brown |
| Jno. | Brownlee |
| William | Bumpass Jnr. |
| William | Bumpass Senr. |
| Henry | Butts |
| David | Caldwell |
| William | Cannon |
| John | Carruth |
| John | Cavender Junr. |
| John | Cavender Snr. |
| Jas. | Chappell |
| Robt. | Coonce |
| Shadrick | Coonce |
| Wm. | Crabtree |
| Roger | Critrate? |
| Samuel | Cross |
| J. Fielding | Davis |
| Jno. | Davis |
| Robt. | Davis |
| John | Dill |
| Benjamin | Dillard |
| Ezaeriah | Dillard |
| John | Dillard |
| Lisha | Dillard |
| William | Dills |
| John | Doak |
| Ebeneezar | Donelson |
| Humphrey | Donelson |
| William | Donelson |
| Robert | Donnell |
| Samuel | Donnell |
| William | Donnell |
| Wm. | Donnell |
| William | Donnell Jr. |
| Eleanath | Echols |
| James | Echols |
| John | Echols |
| Moses | Echols |
| Elkenah | Ekles |
| John | Empson |
| Richard | Estrige |
| David | Fields |
| Chas. | Forbiss |
| George | Forbiss |
| John | Foster |
| William | Guinn |
| James | Hammerick |
| Robert | Hancock |
| Martin | Harpole |
| John | Hays |
| John | Hendrick |
| Obed. | Hendricks |
| John | Herod |
| Alex | Hicks |
| James | Hodges |
| Jesse | Hodges |
| Jos. | Hodges |
| William | Hodges |
| Phillip | Howel |
| Samuel | Impson |
| Thomas | Impson |
| Robert | Jarman |
| Shad | Jarman |
| Henry | Johnson |
| Solomon | Johnson |
| John | Jones |
| John | K_______? |
| Joshua | Kelley |
| James | King |
| Alexander | Kirkpatrick |
| Christopher | Koonce |
| George | Koonce |
| Jesse | Koonce |
| Philip | Koonce |
| Phillip | Koonce |
| Samuel | Koonce |
| Daniel | Lambrett |
| John | Leath |
| Wm. | Loech |
| Richard | Marler |
| Wm. | Marler |
| Jesse | Massey |
| Walter | Massey |
| Samuel | McKnight |
| Wm. | McLean |
| Blake | Medley |
| Joseph | Medley |
| John | Merritt |
| David | Miller |
| Jno. | Miller |
| John | Miller |
| Peter | Miller |
| Peter | Miller |
| Wm. | Miller |
| Robert | Mitchell |
| Elias | Morrison |
| Fields | Morriss |
| Thos. | Moss |
| John | Moxley |
| Saml | Neal |
| Luke | Orsburn |
| Peter | Parker (Perkins) |
| John | Parsons |
| John | Payton |
| Joseph | Payton |
| William | Payton |
| Nathaniel | Perry |
| Alexander | Peyton |
| Robert | Peyton |
| James | Pinkerton |
| John | Pressly |
| Thos. | Quesenbury |
| John | Ray |
| Jas. | Richmond |
| Mathew | Richmond |
| James | Rings |
| James | Ross |
| Reyford | Rutlin (Rutland) |
| Blake | Rutling (Rutland) |
| James | Saunders |
| James | Scott |
| Richard | Scott |
| Nathaniel | Scudder |
| Richard | Searcey |
| John | Searcy |
| John | Searcy |
| Richard | Searcy |
| Hugh | Sherood |
| James | Sherrill |
| Joshua | Short |
| Daniel | Small |
| Robert | Smith |
| Wm. | Smith |
| Andrew | Steel |
| Samuel | Steele |
| Hugh | Stewart |
| John | Stewart |
| Chas. | Thomas |
| Jno. S. | Thomas |
| Wm. S. | Thomas |
| Jesse | Thompson |
| Peter | Title |
| Adam | Tooley |
| Samion | Trigg |
| Henry | Turner |
| David | Walker |
| Wm. | Walker |
| James | Warnick |
| Frederick | Weston |
| Wm. | Wheeles (Wheeler) |
| Thos. | Whitter |
| Elien | Wilson |
| John | Wilson |
| Joseph | Wilson |
| Frederick | Winford |
| Elijah | Wray |
| Solomon | Wray |
| Thos. | Wray |
| Thos. | Wray |
| Joseph | Wright |
| John | Wynn Jr. |
| John | Wynn Sr. |
| George | Wynne |
| Thos. | Wynne |
| Thos. | Yearwell |
| John | Yurey Jr. |
| John | Yurey Sr. |
Copyright 1999, Diane Weathers
All Rights Reserved.