Located in Copiah County, Hazlehurst was founded as early as November 3, 1865. In April 1872, it replaced Gallatin as the county seat and remains so today. (Wikipedia; Atlas of Historical County Boundaries)
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From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James M. Clay, Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, to Colonel Handy Hutson, stating that the African-American man returned to custody under the name of Jasper Mulligan was actually convicted under the name Joe Lewis.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. N. Hanley at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames that a "horrid and cold blooded murder" was allegedly committed by one John Bonner in Copiah County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Samuel Readus at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning the murder of Irish laborer James McClung in Hazlehurst. Readus requests that Ames issue a proclamation to offer a reward for the apprehension of the perpetrators.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Captain F. M. Little at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark that he has raised a company of cavalry and asking Clark to advise him on what to do.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from E. A. Peyton at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark that he had raised three companies and could raise one or two more if given command of them.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from E. A. Peyton at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark asking if men forty-five to fifty will be drafted.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from E. A. Peyton at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, requesting authorization to raise a battalion of state troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from E. S. Fairchild at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking if relief commissioners' assistants are exempt from the military draft.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from J. B. Deason at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking if Deason can keep in the Mississippi Militia volunteers who have a substitute in the Confederate military service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Sheriff W. M. Healy of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark concerning the organization of a company in the county to round up deserters and absentees.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from John Coleman and J. S. Mason at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing him that J. S. Foot is the only undertaker in the county and asking to have him detailed if possible.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from John Coleman and J. S. Mason at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing him that W. T. Morris is the county's only postmaster and asking that he be detailed if possible.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from W. Wade at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking Clark if county officers can be conscripted into the state militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Franklin Gardner at Selma, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing him that the United States Army had advanced to Hazlehurst, Mississippi, and asking that the Mississippi Militia be called out.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from P. Ellis, Jr. at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, stating that a second column of the United States Army was reported as having captured Brigadier General George B. Hodge's wagon train at Brookhaven, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edwin R. Brown in Mount Hope, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a position on the board of directors of New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Cowdan in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering suggestions on what to do if Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. A. Graves in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting information on how to organize a local militia company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. A. Graves in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking information on how to organize a militia company for Georgetown, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Camden in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering advice on how to keep Abraham Lincoln from taking office as President of the United States.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. M. Haley in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the organization of the "Pettus Relief." (Company D, 12th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Calvit Roberts in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the raising of a cavalry company in Copiah County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Josephine Martin in Pine Ridge, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting her husband be released from the "Copiah Horse Guards." (Company B, 4th Mississippi Cavalry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. A. Graves in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if a cavalry will be needed by the Confederate government.