The Greensborough Patriot

April 24, 1862

Page 3

Notice. – To the Commissioners of the Piedmont Railway Company, Viz: William T. Sutherlin of Danville, George Williams, R. Watt, John H. Dillard, C. Boyd, and William B. Carter of Rockingham county; Philip Barrow, Jno. P. Poindexter and A. J. Stafford of Forsyth county; William A. Lash, John J. Martin and James Riason of Stokes county; Jesse H. Linnsay, Levi M. Scott, and Ralph Gorrell of Guilford county; Bedford Brown, Thomas D. Johnson, Allen Green, and Montford McGee of Caswell county; Giles Mebane, Jesse Gant, and Eli J. Watson of Alamance; John W. Cunningham, Edwin G. Reed, and Thomas McGee of Person county; William Johnson of the town of Charlotte; James C. Turrentine and William F. Strayhorn of Orange county; Benjamin A. Kittrell of the town of Lexington; H. C. Jones, Sr., Salisbury; Jonathan Worth of the town of Asheboro and William P. Taylor of Pittsboro.

            You are hereby requested to meet at the office of the Secretary of War in the city of Richmond at eleven o’clock a.m. on Tuesday on the ____ day of April, 1862 for the purpose of conferring with the Secretary of War in regard to the proposed construction of the Piedmont Railroad.

            This conference is essential to the immediate prosecution of the work.  The Commissioners are therefore requested to attend without fail.

            By order of the Secretary of War:

                                                Edward T. D. Myers

                                                Capt. Engineers, P.A.C.S.