Petitions
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Clerk to the Board, Various Records
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1998-008
Dates:
circa 1884-1971
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Clerk to the Board, Various Records
Unprocessed Material — Box 1-3
Identifier: 2011-001
Dates:
1862-1976
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Elections Department, Various Records
Unprocessed Material — Box 2
Identifier: 1998-004
Dates:
1877-1970
Found in:
Jefferson County Archives
Franchise and Right-of-Way Records, 1888-1912
Series — Box 1
Identifier: Series-246
Scope and Contents
Collection contains Board of County Commissioners' resolutions granting franchises and rights-of-way to petitioners wanting to construct, operate and maintain single or double track passenger railways in Jefferson County during the 1880s and 1890s. Franchises were granted to cross county roads. In some cases bonds and/or petitions signed by property owners and residents along the proposed lines accompany the resolutions.
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1888-1912
- Jefferson County Archives
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