From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Coahoma County, Mississippi, forwarded by Colonel John J. Pettus to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking that the local militia company be allowed to remain in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James L. Alcorn, a Brigadier General of State Troops at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus accounting for the state property issued to his brigade.