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Letter from J. M. Smith to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 29, 1865
Adjutants
African Americans
Appointment to office
Barnes, S. D.
Brandon (Miss.)
Commissioners
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. General Order No. 40
Cooper, S. A.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Theft
Donaldson, R. S.
Emancipation
Emancipation Proclamation
Enslaved people
Haines, Unknown
Hammond, Unknown
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Klein, Samuel D.
Lawyers
Mississippi. Supreme Court
Native Americans
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Planter
Proctor, Unknown
Rankin County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Smith, J. M.
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Army
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Henry Howard Burgess to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 30, 1865
Annapolis (Md.)
Appointment to office
Baltimore (Md.)
Bartol, James Lawrence, 1813–1887
Burgess, Henry Howard
Connecticut
Courts
Essex County (N.J.)
Judges
Land Commissioners
Maryland
McWillie, William, 1795-1869
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi. Executive Department
New Jersey
Newark (N.J.)
Rhode Island
South Orange (N.J.)
Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777–1864
Tennessee
United States. Supreme Court
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges--Seton Hall University (South Orange, N. J.)
Letters from H. A. Barr and W. F. Avent; August 23, 1865
Avent, W. F.
Barr, A. H.
Clerks
Courthouses
Courts
Crime
Crime--Threat
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Oxford (Miss.)
Pardon
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
United States. President
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from H. K. Moss to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 23, 1865
Adams County (Miss.)
Appointment to office
Chancellors
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Judges
Judicial Districts
McMurrow, John T.
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Supreme Court
Moss, H. K.
Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Thrasher, John B.
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
Appointment to office
Bailey, J. S.
Binford, John A.
Brown, Robert M.
Byars, E. J.
Calhoun County (Miss.)
Carroll County (Miss.)
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Courts
Dorris, J. H.
Grenada (Miss.)
Hartin, William J. D.
Hemingway, William
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, R. C.
Judges
McLain, R. D.
Pass, A. S.
Seivers, Charles A.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Tallahatchie County (Miss.)
Wier, James
Worley, R. B.
Yalobusha County (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 19, 1865
Appointment to office
Billups, Thomas C.
Clayton, George R.
Columbus (Miss.)
Conventions
Courts
Franklin, L. C.
Gully, H. J.
Hamm, James ?.
Harrison, James T.
Jackson (Miss.)
Jarnagin, H. S.
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--6th (Miss.)
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Pressly, David
Reed, A.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Woodward, G. Y.
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 18, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Appointment to office
Blackwell, N.
Bonde, C. T.
Carson, Brareton
Conventions
Courts
Cummings, M. C.
Dowd, C.
Duncan, William L.
Echols, John H.
Gaither, W. W.
Hill, R. A.
Hill, Robert A.
Houston, Lock E.
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--9th (Miss.)
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Pontotoc, J. L. ?.
Reynolds, A. E.
Rives, Benjamin C.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Simonton, John M.
Swain, George T.
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Wallace, James M.
West, Allen
Wylie, James M.
Letter from W. S. Gibson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 20, 1865
Bolivar County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Conventions
Courts
Death
Gibson, W. S.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
McGehee, Clark Miles
Pardon
Russian
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Texas
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. President
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 15, 1865
Appointment to office
Carter, A. R.
Carter, J. P.
Chapman, James H.
Cherry, W. H.
Clarke County (Miss.)
Courts
Cummings, M. C.
DeKalb (Miss.)
Echols, John H.
Evans, L.
Gaither, W. W.
Garlandville (Miss.)
Gully, H. J.
Hamm, T. G.
Hancock County (Miss.)
Heard, James A.
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Horn, J. A.
Itawamba County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Lawrence
Judges
King, Peyton
Lauderdale (Miss.)
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Leake County (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Miller, Robert C.
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Orr, J. A.
Paulding (Miss.)
Perry County (Miss.)
Power, W. T.
Rushing, C. E.
Shannen, James T.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Simonton, John M.
Sparkman, D.
Stanly, D. C.
Street, S. T.
Trotter, James F.
Watts, John
Wayne County (Miss.)
Petition from W. Kirk to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Atkinson, Josiah
Capitulations, Military
Clemency
Clerks
Collecting of accounts
Courts
Hyde, E. D.
Kirk, W.
Physicians
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax collectors
Tax exemption
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Winston County (Miss.)
Woodward, B. F.
Letter from Judge A. K. Smedes to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 5, 1865
Courts
Cowan, Unknown
Hyland, Unknown
Judges
Russell, Alex
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smedes, A. K.
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from A. B. Bacon to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 2, 1865
African Americans
Bacon, A. B.
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Courts
Emancipation
Enslaved people
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hollbrook, Unknown
Louisiana
New Orleans (La.)
Newspaper editors
Newspapers
Newspapers--The Picayune (Picayune, Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Spanish
United States. Supreme Court
Letter from Colonel Samuel Thomas to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 24, 1865
Commissioners
Courts
Free, T. S.
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hospitals
Howard, Unknown
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Thomas, Samuel
United States. Army
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from T. V. Noland to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 18, 1865
Amnesty--United States
Courts
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Noland, T. V.
Pardon
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Students
United States. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Woodville (Miss.)
Letter from Mayor T. J. Randolph to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 17, 1865
African Americans
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Theft
Impoverished people
Imprisoned people
Jails
Mayors
Randolph, T. J.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Trial
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Work houses
Letter from Judge A. K. Smedes to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 16, 1865
Amnesty--United States
Courts
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Smedes, A. K.
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from James T. Harrison to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 22, 1865
Appointment to office
Columbus (Miss.)
Commissioners
Courts
Harrison, James T.
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--6th (Miss.)
Judicial Districts--9th (Miss.)
Latham, Milton S. (Milton Slocum), 1827-1882
Lawyers
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Political elections
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Copy of letter from Lieutenant Stuart Eldridge to Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson; September 21, 1865
African Americans
Commissioners
Courts
Donaldson, R. S.
Eldridge, Stuart
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Thomas, S.
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. General Order No. 10
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 12, 1865
Allen, H. S.
Anderson, R. A.
Appointment to office
Attala County (Miss.)
Brown, H. W.
Brown, R. J.
Carroll County (Miss.)
Courts
Dyer, J. M.
Harlow, A. M.
Holmes County (Miss.)
Hooker, John J.
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Lexington (Miss.)
Ovall, B.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from S. Parker to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 6, 1865
Alabama
Cobbs, J.
Cobbs, T.
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Greene County (Miss.)
Kemper County (Miss.)
Lauderdale (Miss.)
Lawyers
Livingston (Ala.)
Marengo County (Ala.)
McRae, Unknown
Mississippi. Treasury Department
Mobile (Ala.)
Parker, Sims & Company, (Livingston, Ala.)
Parker, Socrates, 1820-1881
Pickens (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sumter County (Ala.)
Tamola (Miss.)
Tax Assessors
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from Mrs. S. B. Cox to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 12, 1865
Birchette, Unknown
Courts
Cox, Mrs. S. B.
Cox, Sallie
Cox, Unknown
Henderson (Tex.)
Hughes, Beverly
Physicians
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax exemption
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Teachers
Texas
Tompkins, Mrs. Pat
Tompkins, Pat
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Extract of Special Order #26 from General Peter J. Osterhaus; August 14, 1865
Arrest
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Freedmen's Bureau--Northern District of Mississippi
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Hissong, L. F.
Jackson (Miss.)
Kirkpatrick, W. M.
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Provost Marshals
Rankin County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Special Order No. 26
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 6, 1865
Boards of Police
Bradford, John S.
Carver, Elihu
Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck), 1809-1884
Clerks
Colson, William
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Euger, R.
Garaudy, E.
Hancock County (Miss.)
Johnston, David W.
Johnston, James
Judges
Justices of the peace
Martin, John
Monet, Julius C.
Monet, Napoleon
Nicholson, John H.
Probate courts
Saucier, E. T.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Tax auditing
Tax collectors
Tonemé, John V.
Wirmingham, William
Letter from James Graves to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 7, 1865
African Americans
Barbers
Brown, George C.
Brown, Stephen A.
Clerks
Columbus (Miss.)
Confectioners
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Eggleston, Edward C.
Graves, James
Impoverished people
Judges
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Tax exemption
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from Haynes E. Hudson; August 7, 1865
Clerks
Courts
Hudson, Haynes E.
Land Commissioners
Memphis (Tenn.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shelby County (Tenn.)
Tennessee
Ware, G. P.
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