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Judges
Petition from Sarah Garrett to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 10, 1864
African Americans
Barbers
Bowers, E. J.
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Colquhom, J
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, Henderson's Scouts
Contracting Out--Enslaved Labor
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Draymen
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Garrett, Sarah D.
Henderson, Samuel
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Impoverished people
Latimer, R. M.
Luckett, O. A.
Madison County (Miss.)
Messengers
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Military families
Orphans
Priestley, William
Probate courts
Robinson, John S.
Shackleford, C. C.
Shelden, A. D.
Sheriffs
Taylor, William J.
Tupper, T. C.
United States. Army
Widows
Bonds of John B. Carpenter, E. H. Hicks, and M. Eiseman; September 17, 1864
Appointment to office
Carpenter, John B.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commercial agents
Distillation
Distilleries
Eiseman, M.
Hicks, E. H.
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Judges
Justices of the peace
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Probate law and practice
Selling--Liquors
Shackleford, George W.
Incomplete circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Grand jury
Judges
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XVI (1863)
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sheriffs
Trial
Letter from Henry H. Burrgess to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 22, 1865
Annapolis (Md.)
Appointment to office
Baltimore (Md.)
Bartot, James L.
Burrgess, Henry Howard
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Essex County (N.J.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Land Commissioners
Lawyers
Maryland
Maryland. Court of Appeals
Minnesota
Mississippi. Executive Department
New Jersey
Newark (N.J.)
Sibley, Henry Hopkins, 1816-1886
South Orange (N.J.)
Taney, Roger B.
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges--Seton Hall University (South Orange, N. J.)
Willie, William M.
Legal document; February 20, 1865
Ames, David
Appointment to office
Bishop, W. C.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Commercial agents
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Harrington, J. F.
Henry, John
James, W. L.
Judges
Maxwell, A. J.
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Physicians
Probate courts
Randall, J. M.
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Vaughn, J. E.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 4, 1865
Alabama
Alston, S. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Conly, S. C.
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Distillation
Distilleries
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Grand jury
Hauns, John W.
Judges
Military Events--Blockade
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Probate courts
Sallis, T. D.
Scarbourough, J. W.
Spiva, E. A.
Taxation
Taxation--Confederate States of America
Taxation--Mississippi
Wallace, J. H.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 1865
Bailey, Will J.
Benthal, J. C.
Bowers, E. T.
Cage, A. W.
Canton (Miss.)
Cassel, William H.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Death
Dinkins, A. H.
Disease and illness
Douglass, E. H.
Drane, W.
Elliott, W. E.
Galloway, C. B.
Gilmer, J. J.
Gould, R. H.
Handy, John
Harreld, William E.
Hemphill, J. B.
Hornbill, A.
Hudson, R. S.
Johnson, T. W.
Johnstone, G. C.
Jones, William C.
Judges
Jury
Justices of the peace
Latimer, R. M.
Lawyers
Lewis, Henry
Lewis, Samuel
Lott, William B.
Lyons, Willie
Madison County (Miss.)
Mayors
McAllister, W. E.
McBride, William
Pharmacists
Physicians
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Richards, J. C.
Robinson, John S.
Sanders, C. G.
Scott, C. W.
Selling--Liquors
Shacklford, Thomas
Sheriffs
Simmons, William A.
Smith, Franklin
Tax collectors
Taylor, W. J.
Thompson, W. G.
Trial
Tupper, T. C.
Unknown, A.
Vacter, Van P.
Ward, E. D.
Wilkinson, George B.
Letter from Abraham K. Smedes to Charles Clark; July 10, 1865
African Americans
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Judges
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Smedes, A. K.
Smith, Unknown
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
United States. Constitution
United States. Constitution. 3rd Amendment
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Atkinson, A. M.
Attala County (Miss.)
Boards of Police
Bullock, Richard
Campbell, J. A. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Dodd, Allen
Duland, J. W.
Ferguson, James A.
Grand jury
Hammond, E. M.
Hemphill, John B.
Hudson, Robert S.
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Lucas, J. C.
Madison County (Miss.)
Malony, A.
Mosley, R. J.
Ousley, Nixon
Pharmacists
Physicians
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Ricketts, A.
Riley, John
Sallis, J. D.
Sanders, E. B.
Scarborough, J. W.
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Shumaker, J. M.
Taylor, J. N.
Thorton, Thomas
Trial
Wallace, J. H.
Westbrook, B.
Williams, James L.
Young, W. J.
Letter from William McWillie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 10, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Disease and illness
Distillation
Distilleries
Grand jury
Jails
Judges
Kirkwood (Miss.)
Lawyers
McWillie, William
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Distillation
Distillers
Hudson, Robert S.
Jails
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Pharmacists
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Young, W. J.
Letter from D. W. McInnis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 14, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Impoverished people
Jaynesville (Miss.)
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
McInnis, D. W.
McNairs, Unknown
Selling--Liquors
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
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 1865
African Americans
Alabama
Anderson, F.
Bailey, Will J.
Bowers, E. J.
Burns, D. E.
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Dawson, W. L.
Drane, W.
Dunlevy, James H.
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Fulton, D. M.
Handy, John
Harris, W. B.
Hemphill, John B.
Hornhill, S.
Hudson, Robert S.
Johnson, J. W.
Johnstone, G. C.
Judges
Jury
Kearny, L. L.
Lawler, W. M.
Lawyers
Lewis, Sam
Lott, William B.
Love, W. C.
Madison County (Miss.)
McBride, W.
Nicholson, J. O.
Nicholson, S. T.
Physicians
Richards, J. C.
Riley, William
Sanders, C. C,
Saunders, R. C.
Scales, Q. R.
Scott, C. W.
Shackleford, Mrs. Thomas
Shackleford, Thomas
Sheriffs
Simmons, William A.
Strickland, William M.
Taylor, W. J.
Thompson, Leswis
Thompson, William G.
Tupper, T. C.
Unknown, Margaret
Virden, Unknown
Wilkinson, George B.
Letter from Assistant Surgeon S. J. Terry to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 4, 1865
Blair, James
Carthrin, Unknown
Charleston (S.C.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 11th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 11th. Company H
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods')
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods'). Company E
Confederate States of America. War Department
Conscript officers
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Disease and illness
Dowd, William F.
Greensboro (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Hospitals
Judges
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Draftees
Mount Milling (S. C.)
Muldrow, Robert C.
Murdock, Abraham
Perrin, Robert O.
Physicians
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
South Carolina
Surgeons
Terry, S. J.
Trial
Under Review
Incomplete letter from C. A. Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 15, 1865
Alabama
Baldwyn (Miss.)
Burnsville (Miss.)
Cherokee (Ala.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Corinth (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Demopolis (Ala.)
Eastport (Miss.)
Fitzhugh, Unknown
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Headquarters, Military
Hill, Unknown
Impoverished people
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Judges
Legislators
Macon (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Physicians
Railroad
Railroad--Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Railroads--Employees
Rienzi (Miss.)
Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898
Ross, Unknown
Starvation
Taylor, C. A.
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Tuscumbia (Ala.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Verona (Miss.)
Letter; February 12, 1865
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Curtis, W. H.
Judges
Nelson, Richard
Pleasants, J. P.
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Smith, A. G.
Strong, William A.
Letter from Joseph Blair to Doctor Dent; February 1, 1865
Banks
Blair, Joseph
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Columbus (Miss.)
Dent, Unknown
Goodwin, Unknown
Judges
Physicians
Resignation
Secretaries
Selling--Liquors
Tax collectors
Application of John F. Farmer to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 25, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Culberton, James C.
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Farmer, John F.
Hancock, John A.
Judges
Military Events--Military service exemption
Nesbitt, J. G.
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Selling--Liquors
Senatobia (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Smith, A. W.
Letter from H. B. Mayes to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 26, 1864
Ard, J. L.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Cook, M.
Copiah County (Miss.)
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Faler, Martin
Haley, W. M.
Judges
Mayes, H. B.
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Letter from Alexander Roy to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 24, 1864
Appointment to office
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Cuty?, M. S.
Duck Hill (Miss.)
Judges
Middleton (Miss.)
Nelson, R.
Physicians
Probate law and practice
Railroad
Railroad--Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1852-1877)
Resignation
Roy, Alexander
Selling--Liquors
Wolfe, J. V.
Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Draft. Evasion
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. General Order No. 64
Confederate States of America. Executive Department
Conscript officers
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Grand jury
Judges
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sheriffs
Trial
Sworn statement from John W. Boyd; October 6, 1864
Appointment to office
Baldwin, M. D.
Barnard, James N.
Boyd, John W.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Gitchell, J. W.
Judges
Probate courts
Selling--Liquors
Southworth, H. H.
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Statements and bond; October 31, 1864
Appointment to office
Brannon, J. L.
Cheves, T. A.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Coffeeville (Miss.)
Commercial agents
Cook, William
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Distillation
Distilleries
Gorin, Henry H.
Judges
Justices of the peace
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Newberry, Marshall C.
Newburger, Leopold
Physicians
Power of Attorney
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Ward, T.
Wilson, L. K.
Yalobusha County (Miss.)
Statement from T. D. Barbour, H. H. Fulty, and James Reedy; October 17, 1864
Barbour, T. D.
Clerks
Courts
Durden, John A.
Futly, H. H.
Holmes County (Miss.)
Judges
Lexington (Miss.)
Probate law and practice
Red, David J.
Reedy, James
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
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