Petition to County Commissioners
Concerning Benjamin Elmore1Jump to section
To the County Commissioners Court for the County of Sangamon when met at their March term for the year 1833
We the undersigned citizens of Sangamon County being personally acquainted with Benj. Elmore (who also is resident in said County---) and knowing him to be insane and wholly unable to earn a livelihood either by labour or any other employment---and