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Court House Petition

Thanks to Glen Gambill for a significant gift to Aikin Regional Archives. The original document is a petition dated on January 5, 1869, protesting the move of the Court House to its present location:

“We the undersigned citizens of Lamar County would most respectfully protest the removal of the Court House from the Public Square, or the Square being appropriated for any other purpose, than that for which it was originally intended, And think if the Court House and Enclosure, is repaired, which can be done at a small expense, and kept in good condition would meet the required wants of the County for years to come, and thereby save the County the Enormous Expense of building a New House, which would not be realized from the sale of the Square—provided it should be sold.
“We find that nearly all towns & cities are expending vast sums of money to purchase ground for Public Squares & Public Buildings, And it seems to us, that the County now owns, the most convenient ground for this purpose, And that it would be doing a large portion of its Citizens great injustice to move the Court House, or appropriate the Square for any other purpose than that, for which it was legitimately intended.”

Among the 103 signatures are such well known Paris and Lamar County names as Stell, Wortham, Broad, Clement, Wright, Risinger, Bonner, Hancock, and Givens, to name but a few.

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