From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. A. Manning to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, halting the payment of $5000.00 reward money for the capture of Tom and Berry Cartwright to Deputy Sheriff George Hunt. The letter states that it was not Hunt who apprehended the Cartwrights. Allegedly W. T. Botcler made the arrest of Berry Cartwright, and Tom Cartwright was in captivity but Hunt allowed him to escape.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Panola County, Mississippi, concerning the need to leave white men on the plantations in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Horn Lake, Mississippi, concerning the raising of a company of troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. W. Reynolds in Horn Lake, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of a cavalry company for use only within the state of Mississippi.