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Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Petition from Sarah Garrett to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 10, 1864
African Americans
Barbers
Bowers, E. J.
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Colquhom, J
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, Henderson's Scouts
Contracting Out--Enslaved Labor
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Draymen
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Garrett, Sarah D.
Henderson, Samuel
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Impoverished people
Latimer, R. M.
Luckett, O. A.
Madison County (Miss.)
Messengers
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Military families
Orphans
Priestley, William
Probate courts
Robinson, John S.
Shackleford, C. C.
Shelden, A. D.
Sheriffs
Taylor, William J.
Tupper, T. C.
United States. Army
Widows
Letter from T. J. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Bibb, Unknown
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Death
Disease and illness
Distillation
Jails
Kirkwood (Miss.)
Mitchell, T. J.
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Letter from G. C. Chandler to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 16, 1865
African Americans
Bodford, Elisha
Chandler, G. C.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Contracting Out--Enslaved Labor
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Enterprise (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Impoverished people
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Military Status--Military families
Trial
Unknown, Ike
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 6, 1864
African Americans
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Enslaved people
Garrett, Sarah D.
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hudson, Robert S.
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--5th (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military families
United States. Army
Letter from W. D. Holder to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 15, 1864
Burial
Burton, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Death
Egypt (Miss.)
Enslaved people
Harrisburg (Pa.)
Holder, William Dunbar
Impoverished people
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Harrisburg, Battle of, Miss., 1864
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Militia
Okolona (Miss.)
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
United States. Army
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 19, 1864
Aikin, W. R.
Amos, M. I.
Bishop, W. C.
Carothers, A. M.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 27th
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Fort, L. A.
Gibson, W. W.
Gillispie, George
Glenn, W. H.
Graves, I. S.
Griffith, J. C.
Hefflin, A. G.
Hogan, C. A.
Jury
Maddox, George
Manning, James Douglass
Maxwell, A. J.
McKill, James
Miller, C. F.
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Montgomery, A. D.
Montgomery, C. R.
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Owens, M. E.
Perkins, W. F.
Perry, Josiah
Randle, James R.
Rogers, E. W.
Seller, T. G.
Simpson, B. M.
Stroud, J. H.
Thornton, John
Trial
Unknown, J. R.
Walker, Henry
Ward, William
Wilder, R. A.
Letter from Joel M. Acker to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark with enclosed petition; May 21, 1864
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Acker, Joel M.
Adams, Robert S.
Beene, R. O.
Boards of Police
Chism, Wesley
Chism, Westly
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke, D.
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Davis, R.
Dillingham, H. M.
Edde, M. P.
Grand jury
Holliday, John
Houston, Lock C.
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Judges
Kendall, R. P.
Kilpatrick, Unknown
Lawyers
Love, C.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Monroe County (Miss.)
Morgan, Lucian
Perry, I. W.
Public prosecutors
Robert, H. C.
Sheriffs
Short, J. C.
Simms, J. B.
Smith, N.
Smith, William B.
Spratt, H. D.
Tindall, J. L., Jr.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Vernon, J.
Wallace, E. R.
Waltin, J. C?.
Webb, W. T.
Whitfield, O. H.
Williams, T. W.
Correspondence from R. C. Webb and William H. Webb to President Andrew Johnson; 1865
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Farmers
Granville County (N.C.)
Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, 1815-1882
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Nashville (Tenn.)
North Carolina
Ohio
Planter
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tomeney, J. M.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. President
Webb, R. C.
Webb, William H.
Letter from William Giles to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 16, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Drugstores
Giles, William
Merchants
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Simpson County (Miss.)
Stores, Retail
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Westville (Miss.)
Petition from W. Kirk to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Atkinson, Josiah
Clerks
Collecting of accounts
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Hyde, E. D.
Kirk, W.
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Physicians
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Winston County (Miss.)
Woodward, B. F.
Letter from R. E. Harting to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 7, 1865
Commercial agents
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Harting, R. E.
Merchants
Old Hickory (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Simpson County (Miss.)
Stores, Retail
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from William M. Reid to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1, 1865
Alford, S. F.
Bailey, Will J.
Barnes, E. J.
Brown, Peter
Cage, A. H.
Cameron, John T.
Canton (Miss.)
Colgaham?, J.
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Davey, William E.
Debt relief
Disease and illness
Forde, A. H.
Fulton, David
Gage, W. F.
Galloway, Charles B.
Garrett, Singleton
Gilman, I. I.
Hall, W. H.
Handy, George
Handy, John
Harvey, W. B.
Hill, S. P.
Impoverished people
Latimer, R. M.
Madison County (Miss.)
May, J. R.
Mosby, W. J.
Noonan, P. T.
Patton, John W.
Priestly, James
Priestly, William
Reid, William M., Jr.
Richard, I. I.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Smith, Franklin
Smith, J. D.
Stores, Grocery
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Taylor, W.J.
Virden, M. L.
Walker, Edwin R.
Williams, William J.
Letter from Secretary of State William H. Seward to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Department of State
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from W. H. West to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 12, 1865
Barkeeper
Clarke County (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Quitman (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taverns
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
West, W. H.
Letter from T. C. Brown to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 12, 1865
Brown, T. C.
Crime
Crime--Arson
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Disease and illness
James, Unknown
Merchants
New York (N.Y.)
Okolona (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from John B. Nevett to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 14, 1865
Calhoun, Unknown
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Natchez (Miss.)
Nevett, John B.
Physicians
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Washington (D.C.)
Petition from Josiah Atkinson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 3, 1865
Atkinson, Joseph
Clerks
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Debt relief
Edwards, M. L.
Fires
Gage, M. C.
Hyde, E. D.
Impoverished people
Laborers
Lawyers
Louisville (Miss.)
People with disabilities
Probate law and practice
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stores, Grocery
Tax auditing
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Winston County (Miss.)
Wounds and injuries
Letter from Otho Naylor to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 1, 1865
Carr, B. F.
Clerks
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Day of Fasting and Prayer
Debt relief
Hotelkeepers
Hyde, E. D.
Impoverished people
Inns
Liebenfeld, L.
Louisville (Miss.)
Metts, M. A.
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Naylor, Otho
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shumaker, W. B.
Strait, C. C.
Taverns
Tax auditing
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Winston County (Miss.)
Letter from J. M. Watts to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 31, 1865
Brown, A. J.
Collecting of accounts
Conventions
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Garlandville (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Merchants
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Veterans
Mobile (Ala.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
United States. Army
Watts, John
Letter from A. J. Brown to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 31, 1865
Brown, A. J.
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Garlandville (Miss.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 24, 1865
Bailey, Horatio L.
Barry, W. S.
Brown, Charles W.
Brown, George C.
Brown, Stephen A.
Bryan, Jesse W.
Clerks
Columbus (Miss.)
Commissioners
Cook, W. H.
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Curtis, James H.
Dickinson, Henry, 1806-1872
Eggleston, E. C.
Enslaved people
Farnandis, Henry
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Matthews, Beverly
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Orphans
People with disabilities
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Stores, Grocery
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Tradespeople
Turner, J. H.
Wade, William B.
Wounds and injuries
Petition from George M. Mullen to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 25, 1865
Auditors
Brown, George C.
Clerks
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Eggleston, E. C.
Grocers
Hazlewood, Richard
Illiterate persons
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mullen, George M.
Schools
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Stores, Grocery
Tax collectors
Letter from R. H. Curvy to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 26, 1865
Anderson, Falton
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Curvy, R. H.
Impoverished people
Judges
Louisiana
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Letter from W. H. Vasser to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 18, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Gattman, Morris
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Vasser, W. H.
Letter from John B. Nevett to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 15, 1865
Appointment to office
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
Jackson (Miss.)
Natchez (Miss.)
Nevett, John B.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Washington (D.C.)
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