Three hundred sixty-one Halifax County residents ask for the appointment of a group of trustees to sell, as required by an act of the Assembly of 24 January 1799, the glebe lands, slaves, and other public property that formerly belonged to the Church of England and which has been paid for "by a public Levy on all the Tythes of this County under the Laws of the Regal Government Imposed." The property now belongs to the county and the concerned citizens request that the proceeds of the sale be "applyed towards Teaching and Instructing the poor Children in the said County, Or Towards lessening the County Levy or any Other pious Use, or Just distribution."
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