From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from J. H. Simmons to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, insisting that he has not been given a docket from the Board of Supervisors and requests said docket from the Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Murray Peyton, secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a notice of persons recently confirmed and rejected by the Senate for offices at Alcorn University and Noxubee, Tallahatchie, Franklin, Pike, Panola, Holmes, Leflore, and Sunflower Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Ridgley Ceylon Powers, containing a notice from the Senate of nominees who have been confirmed for appointment to County offices in Tallahatchie, Alcorn and Leflore Counties in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John D. McLemore to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, submitting names as suggestions for appointments to the Leflore County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from A. G. Smith to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, rebuffing the appointment of a Mr. Collins to the Leflore County Board of Supervisors and stating that Collins, a colored man, is a "bigoted ignorant fellow." He suggests instead the name of George Kempton. Smith also requests that the newly formed county be placed in the upper levee district rather than the lower district.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from George Torrey to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that he has heard that the Legislature has authorized the formation of a new county and asking that his son, Thomas Harding, be appointed as the sheriff of the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Secretary of the Senate Murray Peyton and A. M. West, Jr. to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending a list of recommended county officers that have been confirmed by the Senate. (Attached to Peyton's letter is a letter from A. M. West, asking that his name be removed from consideration for the office of assessor of Marshall County, Mississippi)