From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames for pardon of B. D. McGowan who was convicted of aiding the escape of a convict.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Stone Collection. Petition from John L. Crawford and the citizens of Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone, requesting a pardon for Jefferson Jaynes and John J. Cason, who were convicted of shooting at each other.