Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 11, 1863

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Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 11, 1863

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Berry, W. F.Blair, James Brooks, Unknown Burgess, Thomas A.Burt, William Cochrans, Mrs. Unknown Cromwell, Unknown Eggleton, E. C.Evans, James A.Hall, John Harris, Jeptha V.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Unknown, B. G.Unknown, James M.Westbrooks, Unknown Williford, F. H.Winston, Unknown

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Confederate States of America--Draft Legislation. Confederate States of America. Congress Legislation. Confederate States of America. Congress. Twenty Negro Law (1862)Military Events--Military service exemption Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment

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Mississippi. Militia

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Plantations

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Plantation Overseers

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Military training camps Mississippi--Lowndes County. Columbus

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African Americans African Americans--Enslaved People Draftees

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Columbus Miss. April 11/63

To His Excellency
Gov^r Jn^o.. J. Pettus

The undersigned would respectfully represent to your Excellency that James A. Evans a citizen of Lowndes Co, is the propriator of forty negroes and that there is no other while male adult on his planatation, That he has been drafted into the Mi=litia and ordered to camp, We wish to show that his presence is eminently neces=sary for the preservation and good order of the neighborhood, that Some one should be in the neighborhood to controule the negroes if necessary, the plantations of Mr. Winston, Brooks, Cromwell, Westbrooks, & Mrs. Cochrans adjoins his and have over 180 negroes and no over=seer or managers on any of these places There are also over 300 negroes in

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space of 2 miles; thesefore we courestly ask that he may be exempt from service in the Militia.

Wm Burt
John Hall
F. H. Williford [?]
B. G. ?
Ja^s M. ?
E. C. Eggleton

On the 25th day of Dec 1862 I enrolled under the orders of Maj. W. F. Berry, Commander [?] of [Inst?] for this Dist. Jas A. Evans, and exempted him as an owner of over twenty negroes, while so engaged or otherwise ordered by Law and so hold him as a conscript awaiting orders.

Ja^s Blair
Enrolling Officer
Lowndes Co Miss.

Petition of citizen of Lowndes Co. to [?] James A. Evans ex-empted from militia duty

Approved and Respectfully forwarded
Thos A. Burgess
Lt. Col. Con^g

Reply for^d
J. V. Harris
Brig. Genl