Letter from P. Henry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 25, 1863

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Letter from P. Henry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 25, 1863

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Alford, C.Alford, F. A.Andrell, Joeseph Barksdale, E. (Ethelbert), 1824-1893 Bibb, W. D.Bruce, J. C.Collier, J. W.Dillard, R. N.Easterling, K.Enoch, E. A.Green, Amos Henry, P.Herrin, Catharine Hicks, Jesse A.Holcomb, Hezekiah Hopson, John S.Hudnell?, J.Hunter, John Langly, W. S.Larrar, S. C.Lewis, Irvin Little, David Marshall, C. H.McAlister, J. C. M.McDowell, John McDowell, John N.Melton, J. W.Michner, W.Miller, Alexander P., 1808-1887 Milton, T. G.Naind, W. G.Neely, A. J.Parker, A. A.Perkins, T. G.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Preston, Unknown Reuben Rhodes, Henry Rhodes, L. D.Sample, O. P.Singletary, John A.Stapleton, W. A.Sutton, M. F.Thomas, David Thompson, D. C.Todd, Joeseph Unknown, Aleck Unknown, Andy Unknown, Anthony Unknown, Bill Unknown, Daniel Unknown, Dorsey?Unknown, Eldridge Unknown, General Unknown, George Unknown, H. C.Unknown, Henry Unknown, Hill Unknown, Hiram Unknown, Hunt Unknown, Jack Unknown, Jim Unknown, Joe Unknown, John Unknown, King Unknown, Luckett?Unknown, Nausom Unknown, Ned Unknown, Peter Unknown, Pink Unknown, R. C.Unknown, Rankin Unknown, Reuben Unknown, Sam Unknown, Sanders Unknown, Scipio Unknown, Solomon Unknown, Tom Unknown, Warner Williams, W. B. P.

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Emancipation and self emancipation Impressment Impressment--Enslaved people

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Big Black River (Miss.)Brandon (Miss.)Rankin County (Miss.)

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Brandon Miss: March 265 ^[?] 63

His Excellency
J. J. Pettus Gov^r &C

Sir: In obedience to your order to impress fifty slaves from the county of Rank-in under date—March 1863. I proceeded to impress the following slaves to work on forti-fications on Big Black River near the Rail Road Bridge.

	Owners Names—	Names of Slaves,	Age,		Description
1	E. A. Enoch.	Sanders	35 app	@$20:00 per mo.	Black
2	F. A. Alford.	Tom	22 yrs old	$20:00 pr mo:	~~[?]~~ Black
3	J Hudnell?.	Nausom?.	40	$20:00.	Black
4	W. B. P. Williams.	Scipio	26	@20.00	"
5	H. C . [?].	Hiram	35.	$20.00	"
6	Irvin Lewis.	Henry	19.	$20.00	"
7	D. C. Thompson	Henry.	22.	$20.00	"
8	W. D. Bibb.	Ted.	23.	$20.00.	"
9	David Thomas.	Ned.	22.	$20.00	"
10	C. Alford.	Aleck.	25.	$20.00	Yellow
11	W. Michner.	Peter	48.	$20.00	"
12	John Hunter.	Reuben	30. $20.00.	~~Black~~Do.
13	Amos Green.	Jack	22.	$20.00	Black
14	J. W. Collier.	Sam	30.	$20.00	"
15	S. C. Larrar—	Sam.	49.	$20.00	"
16	R. N. Dillard.	George.	23.	$20.00.	"
17	Joseph Todd.	Peter.	40.	$20.00	"
18	K. Easterling.	Anthony.	25.	$20.00	"
19	Jesse A. Hicks	Warner.	40.	$20.00	"

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20	C. H. Marshall.	Luckett?.	44.	$20.00.	Black
21	A. A. Parker.	King	22	$20.00	"
22	M. F. Sutton.	Andy.	30.	" "	"
23	John A Singletary.	W^m	21.	" "	"
24	J. W. Melton.	Dorsey?.	28.	" "	"
25	John N. M^cDowell.	General.	18	" "	Yellow
26	John M^cDowell.	Jim.	23.	" "	Black
27	Catharine Herrin.	Tom.	35.	" "	"
28	A. J. Neely.	John.	25.	" "	"
29	W. G. Naind.	Pink	25	" "	"
30	Hezekiah Holcomb.	Reuben.	40	" "	"
31	J. C. Bruce.	Reuben	23	" "	"
32	T. G. Perkins.	Bill.	32	" "	"
33	A. P. Miller.	Rankin.	30	" "	"
34	L. D. Rhodes.	Joe.	30.	" "	"
35	Henry Rhodes.	Bill	18	" "	"
36	John S. Hopson Ex. Estate of Mrs. Preston	Eldridge.	24.	" "	"
37	O. P. Sample.	Henry.	21	" "	"
38	W. A. Stapleton.	Hill.	22	" "	"
39	W. S. Langly	Hunt.	30	" "	"
40	" " ".	Bill	30	" "	"
41	David Little.	Bill.	30	" "	"
42	E. Barksdale.	Jim.	35	" "	"
43	J. C. M^cAlister.	Solomon.	35	" "	"
44	T. G. Milton.	Daniel	18.	" "	"
45	Joseph Andrell	Reuben.	22.	" "	"

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The above constitute the names of all the parties to whom I gave receipts under your second call. All of these were not sent forward according to directions, several of them having run off & some were detained by sick-ness. Only 35 were actually delivered to the offi-cer in command at Big Black. The Shff of the County & his deputies labored hard to send more but they could not be obtained Although my list was not complete I struggled hard to complete it, having spent nearly 4 weeks in my endeavors to do so, to the neglect of all other business.

All of which is respectfully submitted—

P. Henry
Col R. C. Mi

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[?] [?] [?] P. Henry about impressment of slaves in Rankin Co 25 March 63?