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Birth
Letter from B. F. Moore Jr. to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 28, 1865
Africa
African Americans
Birth
Confederate States of America. Congress
Crime
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Meridian (Miss.)
Moore, B. F., Jr.
Newspapers
Newspapers--Raleigh (N.C.) Standard
Planter
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from Sheriff S. F. Kendrick to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 26, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Alabama
Anderson, Unknown
Appointment to office
Birth
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Davis, L. H.
Houston, S. E.
Impoverished people
Indian agents
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Kendricks, S. F.
Lawyers
Monroe County (Miss.)
Native Americans
Native Americans--Pueblo Nation
New Mexico
Political elections
Probate law and practice
Resignation
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from James R. Challere to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 13, 1865
African Americans
Bayou Pierre River (Miss.)
Berry, Hannah
Berry, Thomas Y.
Birth
Challere, James R.
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Death
Disease and illness
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Grand Gulf (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Marriage
Military Events--Martial law
Plantations
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Refugees
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Letter from R. G. Garmon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 10, 1863
Birth
Bromley, H. C.
Cabarrus County (N.C.)
Chesterville (Miss.)
Disease and illness
Farmers
Flautt (Tallahatchie County, Miss.)
Garmon, R. G.
George, James Z. (James Zachariah), 1826-1897
Military Events--Military transfer
Military training camps
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 2nd (Harris')
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 2nd (Harris'). Company A
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 4th
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 4th. Company G
North Carolina
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pontotoc County (Miss.)
Tallahatchie County (Miss.)
Weatherall, John T.
Williams, C. H.
Williams, Unknown
Young, William
Legal Document from Susan Ashley to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 11, 1863
Ashley, Susan
Ashley, William
Barbour, William A.
Birth
Butler, Wiley J.
Copiah County (Miss.)
Grenada (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Justices of the peace
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Military families
Miller, W. W.
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 1st (King's)
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 1st (King's). Company B
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Rives, James H.
Secretaries
Letter from Mary A. Harper to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 8, 1862
Birth
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 4th. Company C
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 12th
Death
Disease and illness
Harper, Mary A.
Hughes, Henry
Magruder, J. M.
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862
Military Events--Military transfer
Military Status--Military families
Morehead, Benjamin H.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Richmond (Va.)
Wilbourn, C. C.
Wounds and injuries
Report from the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 1, 1860
Adams County (Miss.)
Alabama
Allen, H. H.
Allen, J. B.
Amite County (Miss.)
Arkansas
Atlanta (Ga.)
Attala County (Miss.)
Augusta (Ga.)
Birth
Bobb, W. L.
Brandon (Miss.)
Calhoun County (Miss.)
Canada
Carpenters
Carroll County (Miss.)
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Christians
Christians--Baptists
Christians--Catholics
Christians--Episcopalians
Christians--Lutherans
Christians--Methodists
Christians--Presbyterians
Civil engineers
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Clarke County (Miss.)
Clergy
Clerks
College teachers
Confectioners
Copiah County (Miss.)
Covington County (Miss.)
Crane, William C.
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Death
Disease and illness
Engineers
Farmers
Fearn, George R.
Fisher, A. A.
Franklin County (Miss.)
Gardeners
Georgia
Germany
Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887
Grenada (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Handsboro (Gulfport, Miss.)
Harrison County (Miss.)
Hatch, Lee
Hillman W.
Hinds County (Miss.)
Hobbs, Howell
Holmes County (Miss.)
Housewives
Indiana
Ireland
Itawamba County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Jacques, A.
Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884
Jasper County (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Julienne, L.
Keeney, J. C.
Kells, Robert
Kemper County (Miss.)
Kentucky
Laborers
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Langley, W. W.
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Laundresses
Lawrence County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Leake County (Miss.)
Lidix, D.
Louisiana
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Marion County (Miss.)
Marriage
Marshall County (Miss.)
Maryland
Massachusetts
Massachusetts. General Court
Matrons
McGill, R. F.
Memphis (Tenn.)
Mental illness
Merchants
Michigan
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. State Hospital
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Mizell, A.
Moon, Unknown
Murell, Unknown
Nashville (Tenn.)
Neshoba County (Miss.)
New Jersey
New Orleans (La.)
New York (N.Y.)
Newton County (Miss.)
North Carolina
Noxubee County (Miss.)
O'Brian, John R.
Ohio
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Organ grinders
Painters
Panola County (Miss.)
Parsons, Mary A.
Patterson, F. W.
Patterson, Unknown
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Pennsylvania
Pests--Control
Philadelphia (Miss.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Philips, M. N.
Physicians
Pike County (Miss.)
Plantation overseers
Pontotoc County (Miss.)
Rankin County (Miss.)
Raymond (Miss.)
Robinson, James H.
Saddlery
Scott County (Miss.)
Seamstresses
Secretaries
Sharkey, Minerva (Hyland) Wren
Shelton, D.
Shoemakers
Simpson County (Miss.)
Smith County (Miss.)
South Carolina
Statisticians
Steward, J. D.
Stewards
Students
Superintendents
Supervisors
Swasey, H. A.
Switzerland
Tallahatchie County (Miss.)
Teachers
Tennessee
Texas
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Tradespeople
Tunica County (Miss.)
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges--University of Mississippi
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Virginia
Widowers
Widows
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Williams, Mrs. E.
Winston County (Miss.)
Writers
Yalobusha County (Miss.)
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; July 27, 1868
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Attala County (Miss.)
Birth
Campbell, Unknown
Churches
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Adultery
Crime--Illegitimacy
Crime--Incest
Crime--Sex work
Crime--Unlawful Cohabitation
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Disease and illness
Distillers
Ellington, J. B.
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Hudson, Robert S.
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Johnston, A. R.
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Niles, Jason
Potter, George L.
Sex workers
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Young, Samuel
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