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Criminal Procedure--Indictments
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
Incomplete circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Grand jury
Judges
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XVI (1863)
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sheriffs
Trial
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 4, 1865
Alabama
Alston, S. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Conly, S. C.
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Distillation
Distilleries
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Grand jury
Hauns, John W.
Judges
Military Events--Blockade
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Probate courts
Sallis, T. D.
Scarbourough, J. W.
Spiva, E. A.
Taxation
Taxation--Confederate States of America
Taxation--Mississippi
Wallace, J. H.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 1865
Bailey, Will J.
Benthal, J. C.
Bowers, E. T.
Cage, A. W.
Canton (Miss.)
Cassel, William H.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Death
Dinkins, A. H.
Disease and illness
Douglass, E. H.
Drane, W.
Elliott, W. E.
Galloway, C. B.
Gilmer, J. J.
Gould, R. H.
Handy, John
Harreld, William E.
Hemphill, J. B.
Hornbill, A.
Hudson, R. S.
Johnson, T. W.
Johnstone, G. C.
Jones, William C.
Judges
Jury
Justices of the peace
Latimer, R. M.
Lawyers
Lewis, Henry
Lewis, Samuel
Lott, William B.
Lyons, Willie
Madison County (Miss.)
Mayors
McAllister, W. E.
McBride, William
Pharmacists
Physicians
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Richards, J. C.
Robinson, John S.
Sanders, C. G.
Scott, C. W.
Selling--Liquors
Shacklford, Thomas
Sheriffs
Simmons, William A.
Smith, Franklin
Tax collectors
Taylor, W. J.
Thompson, W. G.
Trial
Tupper, T. C.
Unknown, A.
Vacter, Van P.
Ward, E. D.
Wilkinson, George B.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Atkinson, A. M.
Attala County (Miss.)
Boards of Police
Bullock, Richard
Campbell, J. A. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Dodd, Allen
Duland, J. W.
Ferguson, James A.
Grand jury
Hammond, E. M.
Hemphill, John B.
Hudson, Robert S.
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Lucas, J. C.
Madison County (Miss.)
Malony, A.
Mosley, R. J.
Ousley, Nixon
Pharmacists
Physicians
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Ricketts, A.
Riley, John
Sallis, J. D.
Sanders, E. B.
Scarborough, J. W.
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Shumaker, J. M.
Taylor, J. N.
Thorton, Thomas
Trial
Wallace, J. H.
Westbrook, B.
Williams, James L.
Young, W. J.
Letter from R. Cooper to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 25, 1865
Brandon (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Regiment, 1st
Cooper, D. G.
Cooper, R. H.
Cooper, Richard
Coroners
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Death
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Jury
Louisiana
Military Events--Military transfer
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi River
Prison Guard
Provost Marshals
Resignation
Rogers, Unknown
Simpson County (Miss.)
Texas
Trial
Wood, Unknown
Yerger, W. B.
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Distillation
Distillers
Hudson, Robert S.
Jails
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Pharmacists
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Young, W. J.
Letter from J. A. P. Campbell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Campbell, J. A. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Pharmacists
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Affidavit of W. J. Young; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Justices of the peace
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Niles, Jason
Pharmacists
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Young, W. J.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 1865
African Americans
Alabama
Anderson, F.
Bailey, Will J.
Bowers, E. J.
Burns, D. E.
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Dawson, W. L.
Drane, W.
Dunlevy, James H.
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Fulton, D. M.
Handy, John
Harris, W. B.
Hemphill, John B.
Hornhill, S.
Hudson, Robert S.
Johnson, J. W.
Johnstone, G. C.
Judges
Jury
Kearny, L. L.
Lawler, W. M.
Lawyers
Lewis, Sam
Lott, William B.
Love, W. C.
Madison County (Miss.)
McBride, W.
Nicholson, J. O.
Nicholson, S. T.
Physicians
Richards, J. C.
Riley, William
Sanders, C. C,
Saunders, R. C.
Scales, Q. R.
Scott, C. W.
Shackleford, Mrs. Thomas
Shackleford, Thomas
Sheriffs
Simmons, William A.
Strickland, William M.
Taylor, W. J.
Thompson, Leswis
Thompson, William G.
Tupper, T. C.
Unknown, Margaret
Virden, Unknown
Wilkinson, George B.
Letter from Mississippi State Senator Jeremiah L. Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 27, 1865
Calhoun County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clergy
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 15th
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Intent to Kill
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Davis, Jeremiah L.
Dickey, John
Disease and illness
Gage, J. B.
Golladay, Robert
Lawyers
Legislators
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
People with disabilities
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Public prosecutors
Smith, J. O. J.
Yalobusha County (Miss.)
Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Draft. Evasion
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. General Order No. 64
Confederate States of America. Executive Department
Conscript officers
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Grand jury
Judges
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sheriffs
Trial
Petition from P. A. Ruttand to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 19, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbia (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Gainesville (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Harris, William
Jails
Johnson, J. D.
Lang, Unknown
Lawrence County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Marion County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Political elections
Public prosecutors
Rutland, Prior A.
Trial
Vannerson, William
Virginia
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 Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 26, 1864
Attala County (Miss.)
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commissioners
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Draft. Evasion
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Courts
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Distillation
Distilleries
Edinburg (Miss.)
Grand jury
Harmons?, Unknown
Holmes County (Miss.)
Hudson, Robert S.
Impoverished people
Judges
Judicial Districts
Leake County (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXIII (1863)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pharmacists
Physicians
Police
Political elections
Rentfrow, Unknown
Selling--Liquors
Under Review
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Statement from Sampson L. Lamkin to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 1, 1864
Applewhite, Issac
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Holmesville (Miss.)
Lamkin, Sampson L.
McClendon, Stephen
Pike County (Miss.)
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 5, 1864
African Americans
Bancroft, Annie R.
Bancroft, Mary G.
Bannacastle, C. C.
Brooks, Eliza
Cale, Julia
Campbell, Jaba A.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Fike, Georgiana A. E.
Fowler, L. A.
Hales, Bettie
Hales, Mary
Hamburg, Louise
Harrington, Margaret
Hassez, S. E.
Impoverished people
Jones, Burwell
Killingsworth, F. E.
Killingsworth, J. A.
Lewis, Mary E.
Lockhart (Lauderdale County, Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
McLemore, Susan
McMahan, S. A.
Mclonnell, S. E.
Military Status--Military families
Miller, A. R.
Miller, C. H.
Monk, Anna
Mosely, Amanda
Mosely, Lizzie
Mosely, Martha
Null, Salley C.
Obrink, M.
Obrink, Martha
Page, E. C.
Page, M. J.
Pegford, A. J.
Pegford, Lizzie K.
Prisons
Radford, Fannie
Radford, Mary
Radford, Samanthy
Railroads--Employees
Ratsburger, L. M.
Ratsburger, Louise
Shackle, Caroline
Tanner, Sarah
Thomas, Jane
Thomas, Narsissus
Tradespeople
Wright, C. L.
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.
Letter from S. M. Meek to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 16, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Burglary
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Hill, George T.
Hills, G. T.
Intoxicated
Jails
Joice, M.
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--6th (Miss.)
Lawyers
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Meek, S. M.
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Public prosecutors
Petition from John Wilson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; 1865
African Americans
Archer, Unknown
Canton (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, Henderson's Scouts
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Disease and illness
Grand jury
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hudson, Robert S.
Immigrants
Impoverished people
Ireland
Jails
Judges
Madison County (Miss.)
Merchants
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Sherman's March to the Sea, 1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Veterans
Prison Guard
Selling--Alcohol
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Smith, Franklin
Stores, Retail
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Taylor, William J.
Wilson, John
Wyse, Unknown
Letter from Sheriff W. H. Mangum to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 31, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Disease and illness
Jails
Jordan, G. N.
Lawyers
Mangum, W. H.
Physicians
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Letter from Hanna North to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 29, 1865
Boards of Police
Clerks
Cook, M.
Copiah County (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Gallatin (Miss.)
Howard, M. J.
Impoverished people
Inns
Mayes, H. B.
North, Hanna
Peyton, M. H.
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Strahan, William
Taverns
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Widows
Letter from Franklin Smith to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 6, 1865
Appointment to office
Canton (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Retailing without a license
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Gould, Reuben H.
Hudson, Unknown
Jails
Judges
Lawyers
Madison County (Miss.)
Physicians
Prison Guard
Richards, Joseph C.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, Franklin
Stores, Retail
Wilson, John
Wyse, John O.
Letter from James S. Hamm and Samuel M. Meek to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 1, 1863
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Retailing without a license
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Disease and illness
Distillers
Emmons, Daniel
Hamm, James S.
Judges
Jury
Lawyers
Louisville (Miss.)
Meek, Samuel M.
Mills
Neshoba County (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Trial
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