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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 Major A. A. Hosner to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 25, 1865
Brandon (Miss.)
Casper, J. O.
Courts
Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885
Headquarters, Military
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Smith, J. M.
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. War Department
Legal Document from George T. Swann; September 25, 1865
Appointment to office
Billgerry, Joseph
Clerks
Commissioners
Cotton gins and ginning
Courts
Courts--Chancery Courts
Jackson (Miss.)
Jefferies, James
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Judges
Lawyers
Livingston, Samuel
Plantations
Purcell, Edward
Rodney (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Steer, John H.
Superintendents
Swann, George T.
Letter from W. H. Harvey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 12, 1865
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Greensboro (Miss.)
Harvey, W. H.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
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
Legal document; February 20, 1865
Ames, David
Appointment to office
Bishop, W. C.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Commercial agents
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Harrington, J. F.
Henry, John
James, W. L.
Judges
Maxwell, A. J.
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Physicians
Probate courts
Randall, J. M.
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Vaughn, J. E.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 28, 1864
Alexander, Henry
Alexander, Josiah H.
Alford, M.
Alford, S. H.
Allen, H. A.
Arkansas
Arrington, F. J.
Avana, C. L.
Beasin, W. R.
Bird, J. G.
Bishop, P. L.
Boyer, L. M.
Brandon, F. B.
Brandon, John
Bridgers, D. B.
Broach, W. P.
Brooch, W. G.
Brooke, M.
Brown, B. M.
Brown, J. W.
Brown, Robert
Bunyard, N. M.
Burnsville (Miss.)
Burris, Robert
Burwell, A. S.
Christians
Christians--Presbyterians
Churches
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clay, L. J.
Clay, Thomas J.
Clergy
Clerks
Cole Jr., N. L.
Cole, Guy
Cole, Julia
Collins, J. B.
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Culpepper, G. O.
Curtis, S. W.
Darden, R.
Day, W. C.
Dean, A. P.
Dearmon, John
Deason, F. G.
Dial, John
Donald, M.
Edgar, E. J.
Enslaved people
Ethridge, F. M. E.
Ethridge, John
Fay, F.
Ford, D. W.
Ford, L. E.
Gardner, Isaiah
Geakon, M. A.
Gerrell, R. P.
Gibbs?, Unknown
Gilcrease, John
Gobbens, C. G.
Goodman, B. L.
Gordon, Charles
Grand jury
Gratson?, Thomas
Greel, Westly
Hall, J. M.
Hampton, D. O.
Hancock, J. B.
Hannick, J. J.
Hardson, M
Hayden, John
Hays, D. C.
Haywood?, Wills
Healbalt, L. G.
Henderson, C. N.
Henderson, E.
Henderson, Gyree
Higgins, P. H.
Hill, A. L.
Hunter, Edward
Hussey, S. E.
James, M. A.
James, W.
Johnson, Luther E.
Jones, Aaron
Jones, Burwell
Jones, J. B.
Jones, William
Judges
Jury
Kelly, Duncan
Kissard?, D. C.
Knight, H.
Lacy, C. W.
Larson?, J. A.
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Laum, J.
Lawless?, John
Lee, Matthew
Lehman, J.
Levebruan, R.
Loslow, J. D.
Lowe, Unknown
Lowenstein, A.
Lowenstein, J.
Macon, J. W.
Madison, James
Maggard, D.
Mallard, E. A.
Malone, M.
Marly Jr., L. M.
Martin Jr., W. B.
Mason, W. J.
Matthews, C. W.
Mayfield, N. L.
McElroy, John D W
McKill, D. L.
Meador, B. D.
Military Events--Military discharge
Miller, R. W.
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Moon, James
Moore, Wilson
Newton County (Miss.)
Newton, Jordan
Ott, D. N.
Ott, Richard
Page, E. C.
Page, J. B.
Page, M. A.
Parham, J. M.
Parker, R. N.
Parnham, James S.
Parry?, R. R.
Patton, William S.
Peerson?, J. A. W.
Peise, D. W.
People with disabilities
Philips?, Robert
Phillips, James W.
Pickard, A. A.
Pigford, G. F.
Pigford, H. D.
Prewitt, E. L
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Ragsdale, Unknown
Rayne, Jude
Reeves, B. B.
Rosenbaum, D.
Ross, J. W.
Sanderford, Gray
Sealtzer?, W. B.
Selling--Alcohol
Sharbridge, J. M.
Sheriffs
Sigford, A. S.
Sigford, J. T.
Sinnin, John
Sirus, J. W.
Sloaw, Amelia
Smith, John
Smith, Unknown
Stroud, George S.
Switzer, M. B.
Syars, W. W.
Taylor, J. W.
Thompson?, J. P.
Thurgood, A.
Tillman, G.
Torrans, J. R.
Unknown, Cole
Unknown, F. L.
Unknown, James
Unknown, T. W.
Unknown, Wright
Walkins, C. C.
Wallace, D. G.
Wallace, S.
Wallace?, W.?
Warden, W. W.
Watston?, S. M.?
Welch, M. H.
Welch, Walter
White, C.
White, N. V. H.
Williams, Eli
Williams, Ely
Williams, S. S.
Willis, C. C.
Wilson, J. J.
Winsted, S. V.
Womac?, Jesse
Yarbrough, R. A.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; Undated
Barton, J. G.
Boone, B. B.
Boshers, Thomas
Carmack, E. W.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Corinth (Miss.)
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Curlee John M.
Disease and illness
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Gaines, James
Guerrilla warfare
Hill, R. A.
Impoverished people
Judges
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Military occupation
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Miller, Pubbie
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Rives, Berry C.
Sheriffs
Taylor, C. A.
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Treasurers
United States. Army
William, C. W.
Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to General Henry W. Slocum with a transcribed copy; July 31, 1865
Abandonment of property
Birchett, George K.
Buck, Richard S.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Forcible entry and detainer
Crime--Fraud
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Jackson (Miss.)
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Mississippi. Executive Department
Plantations
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
Trial
United States. Army
United States. Army. Department of Mississippi
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Vicksburg (Miss.)
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.
Incomplete letter between Thos. M. Jack, Jas. B. Cumming, and Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; 1864 and 1865
Adjutants
Chattahoochee River (Fla.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Cumming, Joseph B.
Headquarters, Military
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
Jack, Thomas M.
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Macon (Miss.)
Military Status--Draftees
North Carolina
Peyton, E. A.
Resignation
Smithfield (N. C.)
Stewart, Alexander Peter, 1821-1908
Tennessee
Tupelo (Miss.)
Under Review
Watts, Unknown
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 William Patton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 21, 1865
Chandler, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Grand jury
Impoverished people
Jury
Lawyers
Marion (Miss.)
Military Status--Military families
Patton, William T.
Letter from William McWillie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 10, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Disease and illness
Distillation
Distilleries
Grand jury
Jails
Judges
Kirkwood (Miss.)
Lawyers
McWillie, William
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
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
Letter from First Lieutenant Andreas F. Andre to Colonel G. G. Garner; March 22, 1865
Alabama
Andre, Andreas Ferdinand
Barney, Unknown
Brown, E.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Cockrell, Francis Marion, 1834-1915
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 36th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 36th. Company B
Courts
Gardner, G. G.
Headquarters, Military
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Mobile (Ala.)
Mobile Bay (Ala.)
Tisdale, J. A.
Under Review
United States. Army
United States. Army. Department of the Gulf
Letter from D. W. McInnis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 14, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Impoverished people
Jaynesville (Miss.)
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
McInnis, D. W.
McNairs, Unknown
Selling--Liquors
Statement of the police court of Calhoun County, Mississippi; February 13, 1865
Boards of Police
Calhoun County (Miss.)
Clerks
Commissioners
Courts
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Hudson, W. S.
Impoverished people
Military Status--Military families
Okolona (Miss.)
Police
United States. Army
United States. Army. Cavalry
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.)
Letter from E. S. Fisher to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 14, 1865
Appointment to office
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Assassination
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Fisher, E. S.
Impoverished people
Judges
Justices of the peace
Long Creek Station (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals
Prisons
Sheriffs
Taxation
Trial
Petition to Mississippi Charles Clark; February 3, 1865
Appointment to office
Bailey, T. S.
Bellamy, G. W.
Betts, Abel B.
Calhoune, H. T.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Disease and illness
Judges
L Vern?, T. F.
McBrinig, J. F.
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Rayburn, R. S.
Rhem, James W.
Robersen, G. B.
Russel, L. H.
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Tallahatchie County (Miss.)
Thurston, John
Trewoller, H. L.
White, H. S.
Letter; February 12, 1865
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Curtis, W. H.
Judges
Nelson, Richard
Pleasants, J. P.
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Smith, A. G.
Strong, William A.
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