Letter from John W. Boyd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 1, 1862

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Letter from John W. Boyd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 1, 1862

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Boyd, John W.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Smith, James G.

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Crime Crime--Larceny Crime--Murder Criminal Procedure--Convicted Emancipation and self emancipation Military Events--Insurrections

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Jury Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)

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Plantation overseers

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Shellmound (Miss.)Sunflower County (Miss.)

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Letter from John W. Boyd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 1, 1862

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August 1 1862
Shell Mound ,, Miss
Sunflower Co.—

Govner Pettus

Dear Sir,

I have bin called one to sign A Petition for M^r Smith who is in the State Prision for which I was—glad to have oppitunity to doo I was one of his Jury that found A [page torn] a ginst him But it was with grat—Relucktanc I could finde him guilty knowing the Negros he had to Manedg soon after Smith was sent to Prision som six of the Negros Rebeld & Armed them selves & left, two of them is still runing at larg in this cuntray Armed with Dubel Barel guns=& since—that som 5 Moor Rebeld & Brok thair Masters house open & the overseers House & tuck 2 Dubels Barils gone & all the amnition & all the Money the overseer had & ar still at larg in this nabor=Hood & Even sinc that time ^the^ Negros one the Place has cut the throat of the=overseer this is the carecter of the Negros that Mr Smith had to Manedg

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John,, W,, Boyd