Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that, unless your Excellency shall judge some other place to be more proper, the County Town of the said County may be fixed at Socialborough in which case your Petitioners are willing, and do engage, to raise & pay all the money, which shall be necessary for erecting . 4convenient Court House & Goal for the said County.

And your Petitioners shall ever pray &e

Chas McEyers Richd Maitlandt Atty Wm Walton

Hamilton Young W. McAdam Jacob Walton Theophylact Bache G: Maturin J: W: Harris Cruger Henry Yan Vleck Stepn Kemble Gerard Walton

William Lupton James Phyn John De Lancey Theodrs Van Wyck Adam Gilkrist Fred: De Peyster for Isaac Roosevelt Saml Deall self & Doctr Jno Jones Jacobus Van Zandt William Cockburn Fredk V. Cortlandt Wm Sheriff by order Garret Rapalje

"1772. April 8. Read in Council

CIVIL OFFICERS FOR CUMBERLAND CO.

A Nomination for the Civil Authority in the County of Cumberland in the Province of New York 1772.

Thomas Chandler Joseph Lord Judges & Samuel Wells

Noah Sabin

William Willard

Thomas Chandler Junr

James Rodgers Assistant Justices &c. Stephen Greenleaf

Wm Williams

John Bridgeman

Nathan Stone Simeon Stevens Ephraim Ranneey Samuel Nichols Zadock Wright David Stone Jonathon Burch and : Hatch

John Chandler Clerk Elias Olcott Coroner Daniel Whipple H: Sheriff

f Justices of ye Peace,

776 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

ACCOUNT OF THE TEMPER

OF THE RIOTERS IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE PROVINCE

In Council 15 April 1772

His Excellency communicated to the Board two Letters he had received from John Munro Esq? one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace for the County of Albany: One dated 28% March, acquainting his Excellency that he had proceeded against one of the worst men among the Riotors, and should have had him secured in Goal, had he had the Assistance of Ten Men that would have taken arms and obeyed his orders, but that they all run into the Woods when they ought to have resisted; that two Constables behav'd well during the whole Time, and that he has transmitted a full account of his proceedings to the Attorney - General who will wait on his Excellency with it--That he is greatly distress'd having no other Assistance than his own Servants to defend his person and property, and his House surrounded every Night by the Rioters, firing their Guns &c and that he has Reason to be thankfull to Divine providence for their preservation, as had they not acted with Spirit and Resolution, they should all have been kill'd on the spott; for having got but a small Hole in the Door, one of the Rioters run his pistol through and Snapt it at his Breast, and after they got into the House he flash'd it at his Servant who was going up stairs after him, and fired at the Constable who took him.