From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Jones County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Captain M. H. Barkley's company of Home Guards remain in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Two petitions from citizens of Jones County, Mississippi, at Ellisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, in regards to the reinstatement of the probate judge, sheriff, and clerk of their county. Due to the presence of Confederate troops, the previous election for the county was illegal.