From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Affidavit of D. Y. Howell given to Oliver Clifton, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, stating that Willis Johnson, a.k.a. Willis Jackson, stole money from Mrs. E. Y. Wall and requests that a warrant for his arrest be made. He also states that Johnson/Jackson may have fled to Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Affidavit of D. Y. Howell given to Oliver Clifton, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, stating that Willis Johnson, a.k.a. Willis Jackson, stole money from Mrs. E. Y. Wall and requests that a warrant for his arrest be made. He also states that Johnson/Jackson may have fled to Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from citizens of Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, concerning a pardon for Thomas Shaw, an African American man.