From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from F. S. Pate to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Thomas Welch is living at large in Dyer County, Tennessee, and asking Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to send a requisition to the Governor of Tennessee. Indictment from the Grand Jury of Union County, Mississippi against Thomas Welch is attached.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Elder in Gibson County, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus advising Pettus of secession sentiment in the local area.