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Marriage
The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum; October 1, 1864
Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
Allen, William H.
Barrows, D. N.
Bennett, Thomas
Brady, M.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Theft
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822-1905
Death
Disease and illness
Evacuations
Evacuations--Jackson (Miss.), 1863
Ferries
Ferries--Messenger's Ferry (Miss.)
Hobbs, H.
Hospitals
Jackson (Miss.)
Julienne, S.
Kells, Robert
Laborers
Langley, W.
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908
Marriage
Matrons
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Mental illness
Merchants
Messenger, Mrs. Unknown
Military Engagements
Military Events--Military occupation
Military Events--Raid
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. State Lunatic Asylum
New Orleans (La.)
Physicians
Poindexter, W. R.
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Railroad
Robinson, John W.
Schools
Secretaries
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Sizer, J. S.
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Stewards
Stow, Anna
Superintendents
Teachers
United States. Army
United States. Army. Cavalry
Vicksburg (Miss.)
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 13, 1865
African Americans
Black, Davie
Brown, Stephen A.
Cantrill, Lucinda
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 33rd (Hurst's)
Crime
Crime--Burglary
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Rape and Sexual Assault
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Enslaved people
Greene County (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Jails
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Lewis, Unknown
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Marriage
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Status--Military families
Prisons
Probate courts
Public prosecutors
Sheriffs
Smith, Mary Jane
Spikes, Lucinda
Spikes, Tyra
Trial
Widows
Williams, James
Letter from James A. Lyons to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 10, 1865
African Americans
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clayton, George R.
Columbus (Miss.)
Courts
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Lyon, James A.
Marriage
Mississippi. Legislature
Trial
Letter from Chaplain M. N. Casky to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 3, 1864
Appointment to office
Beatties Bluff (Miss.)
Burnett, Thomas
Casky, M. N.
Churches
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clergy
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods')
Conscript officers
Crime
Crime--Extortion
Enslaved people
Graves, Gene
Green, Joshua
Harris, George C.
Harris, Hellen Johnson
Hinton, Eugene
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Livingston (Miss.)
Marriage
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Military substitutes
Military training camps
Mississippi. Legislature
Nicholson, Joseph
Wood, Robert C., Jr.
Letter from Lieutenant D. W. Lamkin to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 30, 1864
African Americans
Alabama
Burrus, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Regiment, 1st
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Regiment, 1st. Battery I
Crime
Crime--Arson
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Criminal Procedure--Release
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enterprise (Miss.)
Haynes, M. D.
Jails
Judges
Lamkin, D. W.
Lawyers
Macon (Miss.)
Marriage
Military Status--Military families
Mobile (Ala.)
Opelika (Ala.)
Quitman (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Tupelo (Miss.)
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wards, Unknown
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from James B. McLelland to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 1, 1865
Appointment to office
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Death
Jackson (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Marriage
McLendon, James B.
Merchants
Noxubee County (Miss.)
People with disabilities
Probate law and practice
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax auditing
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Widows
Winston (Miss.)
Winston County (Miss.)
Wragg, David
Letter from Judge I. W. Scarborough to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 15, 1865
Appointment to office
Attala County (Miss.)
Clergy
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Judges
Justices of the peace
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Marriage
Political elections
Probate law and practice
Scarbourgh, I. W.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
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 James H. Pierce to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 11, 1865
Appointment to office
Clerks
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Disease and illness
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Kentucky
Marriage
Military Status--Military deserters
Mrs. James H. Pierce
New York (State)
Pierce, James H.
Secession
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Teachers
Texas
Women's schools
Women's schools--Columbus (Miss.) Female Institute
Wounds and injuries
Letter from James A. Lyons to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark
African Americans
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clayton, R.
Columbus (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Murder
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Lyon, James A.
Marriage
Mississippi. Legislature
Trial
Letter from W. V. W. McLendon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 21, 1863
Boards of Medicine
Caskey, Thomas W., 1816-1896
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Christians
Churches
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Dalton (Miss.)
Disease and illness
Impoverished people
Marriage
McLendon, W. V. W.
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Military families
Military training camps
Mississippi Home Guard
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
People with disabilities
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Sparta (Miss.)
Taxation
Taxation--Confederate States of America
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 7, 1863
Benton (Miss.)
Biloxi (Miss.)
Boards of Police
Green?, E.
Headquarters, Military
Holliman, C.
Impoverished people
Ladnier
Ladnier, R.
Lyeard, C.
Lyeard, Y.
Lyons, J.
Marriage
Military Events--Military desertion
Military Status--Military families
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pitts, A.
Starvation
Under Review
Wentzell, C.
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Young, J. Y.
Letter from John Handy to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 3, 1863
Boards of Police
Canton (Miss.)
Davis, Joseph Robert, 1825-1896
Davis, Susan
Death
Disease and illness
Handy, John A.
Jackson (Miss.)
Lanier, S. H.
Marriage
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Militia
Moore, C. A.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Powell, J. R.
Refugees
Virginia
Williams, Robert
Petition from Elbert Shelby to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 12, 1863
African Americans
Anderson, E. H.
Confederate States of America. Army
Dear, John
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Grenada (Miss.)
Hemingway, W.
Madison County (Miss.)
Marriage
McWillie, William, 1795-1869
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Battalion, 1st (1862-1863)
Mitchell, T. J.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Russel, F.
Shelby, Elbert
Stewart, John
Letter from Mary A. Jones to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus
Alabama
Barnett, Unknown
Blount County (Ala.)
Death
Hospitals
Jackson (Miss.)
Jones, Alfred A.
Jones, Mary A. Mead
Judges
Marriage
Mead, Marston G.
Natchez (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Probate courts
Thatcher, Unknown
Widows
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Letter from Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 23, 1862
Baltimore (Md.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 21st
Corinth (Miss.)
Death
Fredericksburg (Va.)
Hospitals
Humphreys, Benjamin Grubb, 1808-1882
Inge, William Murphy
Jackson (Miss.)
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Marriage
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Status--Draftees
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Railroad
Rollins, Jennie E.
Rollins, Willie
United States. Army
Unknown, Ellen
Unknown, Walter
Virginia
Wounds and injuries
Letter from J. M. Trotter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 25, 1862
Clergy
Confederate States of America. War Department
Crystal Springs (Miss.)
Disease and illness
Europe
Lawyers
Libraries
Marriage
Mechanics
Merchants
New Orleans (La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Planter
Politicians
Prisons
Students
Surgeons
Teachers
Trotter, J. M.
Virginia
Letter from John Ambrose to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 12, 1862
Adams, William R. L.
Ambrose, John
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 29th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 29th. Company K
Davis, Reuben, 1813-1890
Harrington, J. F.
Holmes County (Miss.)
Keirn, Walter L.
Marriage
McMillis, Adam
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Plantation overseers
Richland (Miss.)
United States. Army
United States. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1846-1848)
Worton, C. A.
Letter from N. H. Whitfield to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 13, 1862
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Barry, William T. S. (William Taylor Sullivan), 1821-1868
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Davis, Reuben, 1813-1890
Griffith, Richard
Harris, William Littleton, 1807-1868
Jackson (Miss.)
Legislators
Marriage
Mississippi. Legislature
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Phelan, James, 1821-1873
Richmond (Va.)
Whitfield, James
Whitfield, N. H.
Letter from John A. Avirett, Jr. to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 21, 1862
African Americans
Alabama
Arkansas
Ashby, Turner
Avirett, John A.
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Dallas (Tex.)
Goldsboro (N.C.)
Henderson, David
Jackson (Miss.)
Magnolia (Miss.)
Marriage
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Talladega (Ala.)
Virginia
Letter from M. M. J. Terry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 9, 1862
Blenerhasset, Unknown
Brandon, Unknown
Broderick, David C. (David Colbreth), 1820-1859
Broderick, William
California
Clancurry, Unknown
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Freemasons
Davis, James R.
Ireland
Jackson (Miss.)
Legislators
Marriage
People with disabilities
People with disabilities--Blind
People with disabilities--Deaf
People with disabilities--Mute persons
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Terry, M. M. J.
Letter from E. L. Bowen to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 2, 1861
Boston (Mass.)
Bowen, E. L.
Bowling Green (Ky.)
Brookhaven (Miss.)
Canada
Confederate States of America. Army
Drugstores
Gonagel, Unknown
Great Britain
Kentucky
Marriage
Massachusetts
Nationality--British
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Spies
Virginia
Letter from John L. Garvin to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 6, 1861
Marriage
Mississippi. Legislature
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political elections
Schools
Warren County (Miss.)
Letter from H. Reynolds to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 6, 1861
Arkansas
Barnes, Unknown
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Farmers
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Gray, Thomas H.
Hamilton (Ark.)
Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873
Jackson (Miss.)
Jayne, Joseph M.
Kentucky
Leesburg (Va.)
Little Rock (Ark.)
Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861
Marriage
McCulloch, Ben, 1811-1862
McIntosh, King
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., 1861
Military Status--Military families
Missouri
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political elections
Political elections--Mississippi. Election of 1861
Price, Sterling, 1809-1867
Reynolds, H.
Reynolds, Stephen
Virginia
Letter from W. W. W. Wood to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 13, 1861
Blanchard, A. G.
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Death
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Isaac, 1803-1853
Kentucky
Louisiana
Louisiana. Militia
Marriage
McAfee, Madison
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Mexico
Military Events--Disband Military Units
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military elections
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Missouri
Natchez (Miss.)
New Orleans (La.)
People with disabilities
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858
Smith, Persifor Frazer, 1798-1858
Surgeons
United States. Army
United States. Army. Louisiana. Infantry Regiment, 4th
United States. War Department
Virginia
Walker, Joseph Marshall, 1786-1856
Wood, Wm. Wallace W. (William Wallace W.)
Wounds and injuries
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