Letter from S. Durham to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 7, 1862

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Letter from S. Durham to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 7, 1862

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Brooks, Joshua Bunt, G. W.Burchfield, Thomas Campbell, William C.Chesnutt, A.Chesnutt, James Chesnutt, Unknown Coleman, William Cown, J. C.Davis, A.Dean, E.Dotosn, G. M.Durham, S.Gregory, E. J.Gregory, M. H.Harrison, Henry Heloteher?, William Jamison, W. H.Kelly, M. D.King, A. A.Knox, D. N.Layton, Pierre S.McAfee, Madison McCamb, William Mills, John Murphy, M. A.Peeler, Samuel G.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Prelm?, I . V. G.Ross, William Ryals, C. W.Sallis, Thomas D.Sims, D. M.Smith, H. K.White, Augustus H.White, Stokely Wilson, S. E.

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Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 4th Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 4th. Company K

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Courts and Judicial Systems Courts and Judicial Systems--Circuit Courts Courts and Judicial Systems--Probate courts

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Clerks Medical Profession--Physicians Paymaster Postmasters

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Military Forts--Tennesee. Fort Donelson Mississippi--Attala County Mississippi--Attala County. Kosciusko Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Leake County

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Military Status--Military families Military Status--Prisoners of war

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[seal]

Attalla County July 7^th 1862

His Excellency Governor Pettus

We the undersigned citizens of this and Leake County respect-fully beg leave to introduce to you Dr. Augustus H White who goes to Jackson for the purpose of drawing money from the Confederate States for company (K) 4th Mississippi Regt who were captured at Fort Donelson. Dr. White is duly empowered to act for these persons and is faithful to perform his duty as far as lies in his power. The money asked for is justly due to the claimants and they are asking nothing but what is due to them from the C. S. Maj M^cAfee who is the pay master is well disposed to pay the claimants if he can have any reasonable assurance that he is paying safely. Maj M^cAfee is willing to pay upon Col Laytons certificate but the Col has not given his certif-icate and perhaps will not and what we want to say is this. That we know that those claimants are all members of company (K) 4th Miss Regt and that they are entitled to ten months pay comutation money and perhaps bounty money and to ask your Excellency to interpose your name and influence in aid of the claimants

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We have no hesitency in saying to your Excellency that the money can be safely paid and that you will risk nothing in interposing in behalf of the claimants. We will refer you to Dr White for a more full and detail account of the matter. Again we hope you will give the influence of your position in aid of the payment of the claims &c

Respectfully

M. D. Kelly
John Mills
I. V. G. Prelm?
Stokely White
Wm Heloteher?
[?] Chesnutt
M. A. Murphy
G. W. Bunt
D. M. Sims
Wm. C. Campbell
H K Smith
A. A. King
C. W. Ryals
Wm Coleman
Wm McCamb
A. Davis

Joshua Brooks
[?]
J C Cown
Thomas Burchfield
M H Gregory
William Ross
G M Dotson
E Dean
W H Jamison
Samuel G. Peeler
D N Knox
E J Gregory
Jas. Chesnutt
A. Chesnutt
Henry Harrison
S E Wilson Circuit Clerk

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The State of Mississippi
Attala County

I Thomas D. Sallis cleark of the Probate Court in and for said County of Attala. certify that I am acquainted personally with most of the Persons whose names appear to the foregoing instrument of writing and know them to be men of integrity and [?] honest in all of their [acts?]. and that their intentions as set forth in the foregoing letter are good. and I verily believe that the money claimed by them justly belongs to the Prisoners captured at fort Donaldson in July Last. and further that if the said money could be collected and ~~appropriately~~ ^properly^ distributed amongst their friends and relations no doubt [could?] be satisfatery to all parties concern and highly appreciated

[seal] Given under my hand and Seal of the office at Kosciasko
July 9^th AD 1862

L D Sallis Clerk

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State of Mississippi
Attala County

I hearby certify I am well acquainted the most of the persons who has signed the letter of Petition to Governor J J Pettus in behalf of the previous claims and families and know them be good citizens and wouuld not misrepresent any intentionally and I have every thing to make me believe that their statements in said petition are true in every paticular or they believe it to be so. Given under my hand this the 9^thday May AD 1862

S Durham
Postmaster Kosciosko
Miss