From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report of County Officers for Tallahatchie, Smith, Lowndes, DeSoto, Holmes, Winston and Yalobusha Counties of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. B. W. Duckworth of Smith County, Mississippi, at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning commissions for the Smith County Guards, a local defense company.