From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, updating him on the number of felonies which have been committed in Winston County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, discussing the terms under which an unnamed gentleman would search for and bring back a Mr. Hudson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for a pardon for William T. Hester. The item also cites reasons for the petition, one being that the defendant is disabled in one arm due to an injury sustained at the Battle of Seven Pines.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from H. L. Muldrow, concerning a indictment against James R. Ellis from Winston County, Mississippi. The indictment charges Ellis with violation of official duties and allowing a bond belonging to the sheriff to be stolen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff M. A. Metts to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, concerning an indictment issued by a grand jury in Winston County, Mississippi, for C. C. Hudson. Metts asks the Governor if he should send him a man that can identify Hudson, and what compensation would be given to this witness.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from H. L. Muldrow, W. S. Parks and J. S. Reid, containing a true bill of indictment against James R. Ellis, former probate clerk, for his role in the theft of a bond belonging to the sheriff. Other written legal items from other county officials included. (Item is fragile and torn).

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, informing Alcorn of the actions of the Senate in the matter of confirming persons appointed to county officer positions by Alcorn, and one nominee who was not confirmed. Attached is a list of names of appointees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John K. Hardy at Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Confederate deserters in Captain D. M. Wilson's company of state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. List of district and local enrolling officers on conscription duty in the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff John K. Hardy of Winston County, Mississippi, at Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for men and resources to move against Confederate deserters in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. Baskerville at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, updating on the progress his company has made in filling their contract with the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. T. Kirk at Farm Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending two men to serve as dispensers of liquor for medicinal purposes in Winston County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Samuel J. Gholson, ordering him south to repel United States Army operations from the direction of Canton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from the delegates of Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending B. F. Woodward for postmaster of Louisville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Josiah Atkinson in Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived. Atkinson states that he has a "considerable" family to support, and has previously lost almost everything he owned to a house fire, and was kept from working manual labor because of a fractured leg.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Otho Naylor in Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. C. Williams at Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking about the status of a legal claim against his friend, Charles D. Hamilton, made before the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from John M. Bradley, Captain of the Winston Guards, to Adjutant General William H. Brown, asking if orders have been issued for his company to march.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from S. B. Woodruff asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to have the Wigfall Rifles mustered into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. M. Bradley in Louisville, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to authorize Confederate Captain Watson to muster in a company at Webster, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain J. M. Bradley in Louisville, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus appoint someone to muster his company, the "Winston Guards," into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James S. Hamm and Samuel M. Meek at Louisville, Mississippi. concerning the case against Daniel Emmons for selling liquor without a license.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Bolling at Louisville, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that a company for local defense has been formed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the bad behavior of Smith's regiment in a recent fight with United States Army raiders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Rufinia A. Lawrence in Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that her husband be sent home from the Confederate Army, as she was "shamefully treated" by an enslaved person.