From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer, notarized by Theophilus Harvey, justice of the peace of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning cotton that N. J. Gilmer was allegedly forced to sell to the Confederate States government and Gilmer's application for amnesty. The affidavit is dated July 18, 1865. Attached are additional statements from United States Army Captain Robert S. Richland and other citizens testifying to Holmes' position as a justice and to Gilmer's allegiance to the United States. The appended statements are variously dated July 18 and July 19, 1865.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of First Lieutenant David W. Shryock, 12th Indiana Cavalry, requesting fifteen days rations to be issued for a detachment of his command at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from First Lieutenant and Post Adjutant Sanford T. Odell, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, at Jackson, Mississippi, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue three days rations to Ellis Wood and two men of the 12th Indiana Cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from First Lieutenant Sanford T. Odell, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue three days rations to six men of the 12th Indiana Cavalry at Jackson, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from citizens of Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that C. A. Sullivan be appointed District Attorney for the 6th Judicial District.
