From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Newton County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking him to recruit Choctaw Native Americans into the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. A. O'Neal in Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a commission to form a Confederate military unit composed of Choctaw Native Americans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. Brewer in Leake County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if a company of Choctaw Indians would be received into the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Will Beaty in Columbus, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning land claims by the Choctaw Indians.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. R. Bridges in Scullyville in the Choctaw Nation (Oklahoma) to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning allegiance of the Indians to the Confederacy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Wilson at the United States General Land Office to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the sale of land in Township XX. N.R. 7 West.