From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Tillman at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his enslaved person who was in jail in Copiah County, Mississippi, allegedly charged with murder.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a pardon for Victor Vogart, convicted of killing an African American in 1861.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. L. Lowry, Captain of the Pettus Rangers, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the alleged murder of Colonel J. H. Miller by United States Army soldiers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Affidavit from Choctaw County, Mississippi, concerning the alleged murder of Robert Dyre by Silas Story.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Affadavit from A. H. Greenlee to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning Jasper Lewis, who allegedly assaulted and attempted to kill him.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John A. Avirett, Jr. in Talledega, Alabama, requesting the pardon of David Henderson, convicted of killing an African American.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Request for the extradition for W. R. Magill to Arkansas, to stand trial for the alleged murder of Charles T. Sutton.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Statement from Chicot County, Arkansas, by William Moffett, concerning the alledged murder of Charles T. Sutton by R. W. Magill.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Extradition request from the Governor of Louisiana Thomas O. Moore that Morris Solomon be returned to that state to face alledged murder charges.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Decatur, Mississippi, concerning a pardon for a Native American who allegedly killed another Native American.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. W. Duke at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting Pettus offer a reward for J. H. Hodnutt, who allegedly killed George R. Cook.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. W. Duke at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting Pettus offer a reward for J. H. Hodnutt, who allegedly killed George R. Cook.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Vannerson at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for Jamison Dismukes, who was convicted of allegedly shooting Robert De Shelter.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Holly Springs, Misssissippi, requesting a pardon for James Robinson, who allegedly killed William A. Sherman.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Holly Springs, Misssissippi, requesting a pardon for James Robinson, who allegedly killed William A. Sherman.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Holly Springs, Misssissippi, requesting a pardon for James Robinson, who allegedly killed William A. Sherman.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Holly Springs, Misssissippi, requesting a pardon for James Robinson, who allegedly killed William A. Sherman.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter and resolution from Carroll County, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus to issue a reward the the arrest of alleged murderer Samuel Donly.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Susan C. House at Prentiss, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the pardon of her husband, Jesse House, convicted of alleged murder.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. F. Cushman at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting a pardon for Charles Williams, confined in the penitentiary for alleged murder.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the extradition of Jefferson Garrett who is suspecting of murdering Jordan Pye.
