From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Document containing a statement from several officials of Yalobusha County, Mississippi, that Henry H. Gorin is qualified to be dispenser of spirituous liquors, as well as the bond of Gorin and his sureties L. Newburger and Marshall Newberry. The document also includes a sworn statement witnessed by William Cook, a justice of the peace, certifying that Newburger and Newberry are respectively worth $5,000. A final statement, also witnessed by Cook, certifies that Gorin will carry out the duties of dispenser of spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Yalobusha County, Mississippi, officials that S. B. Hartley is qualified to be dispenser of spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Yalobusha County at Coffeeville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for ammunition to protect themselves from enslaved persons.