From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Vannerson at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for Jamison Dismukes, who was convicted of allegedly shooting Robert De Shelter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. C. Dease in Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a pardon for David Rives.