From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. H. Stevens in Watson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning monies owed to him for his services in the Mississippi State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Williams in Wesson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus providing proof that his brother did not kill a man named Davis.