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Blank form; Undated
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
United States. Secretary of State
Letter from J. W. C. Watson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 17, 1865
Appointment to office
Baltimore (Md.)
California
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Confederate States of America. Congress
Conventions
Conventions--Maryland. Constitutional Union National Convention (1860)
Conventions--Mississippi. Special Convention (1851)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Legislators
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Newspaper editors
Newspapers
Political Parties--Union and Southern Rights Party (Miss.)
Political elections
Political elections--Election of 1860
Politicians
Secession
United States. President
Watson, J. W. C.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 28, 1864
Alexander, Henry
Alexander, Josiah H.
Alford, M.
Alford, S. H.
Allen, H. A.
Arkansas
Arrington, F. J.
Avana, C. L.
Beasin, W. R.
Bird, J. G.
Bishop, P. L.
Boyer, L. M.
Brandon, F. B.
Brandon, John
Bridgers, D. B.
Broach, W. P.
Brooch, W. G.
Brooke, M.
Brown, B. M.
Brown, J. W.
Brown, Robert
Bunyard, N. M.
Burnsville (Miss.)
Burris, Robert
Burwell, A. S.
Christians
Christians--Presbyterians
Churches
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clay, L. J.
Clay, Thomas J.
Clergy
Clerks
Cole Jr., N. L.
Cole, Guy
Cole, Julia
Collins, J. B.
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Culpepper, G. O.
Curtis, S. W.
Darden, R.
Day, W. C.
Dean, A. P.
Dearmon, John
Deason, F. G.
Dial, John
Donald, M.
Edgar, E. J.
Enslaved people
Ethridge, F. M. E.
Ethridge, John
Fay, F.
Ford, D. W.
Ford, L. E.
Gardner, Isaiah
Geakon, M. A.
Gerrell, R. P.
Gibbs?, Unknown
Gilcrease, John
Gobbens, C. G.
Goodman, B. L.
Gordon, Charles
Grand jury
Gratson?, Thomas
Greel, Westly
Hall, J. M.
Hampton, D. O.
Hancock, J. B.
Hannick, J. J.
Hardson, M
Hayden, John
Hays, D. C.
Haywood?, Wills
Healbalt, L. G.
Henderson, C. N.
Henderson, E.
Henderson, Gyree
Higgins, P. H.
Hill, A. L.
Hunter, Edward
Hussey, S. E.
James, M. A.
James, W.
Johnson, Luther E.
Jones, Aaron
Jones, Burwell
Jones, J. B.
Jones, William
Judges
Jury
Kelly, Duncan
Kissard?, D. C.
Knight, H.
Lacy, C. W.
Larson?, J. A.
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Laum, J.
Lawless?, John
Lee, Matthew
Lehman, J.
Levebruan, R.
Loslow, J. D.
Lowe, Unknown
Lowenstein, A.
Lowenstein, J.
Macon, J. W.
Madison, James
Maggard, D.
Mallard, E. A.
Malone, M.
Marly Jr., L. M.
Martin Jr., W. B.
Mason, W. J.
Matthews, C. W.
Mayfield, N. L.
McElroy, John D W
McKill, D. L.
Meador, B. D.
Military Events--Military discharge
Miller, R. W.
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Moon, James
Moore, Wilson
Newton County (Miss.)
Newton, Jordan
Ott, D. N.
Ott, Richard
Page, E. C.
Page, J. B.
Page, M. A.
Parham, J. M.
Parker, R. N.
Parnham, James S.
Parry?, R. R.
Patton, William S.
Peerson?, J. A. W.
Peise, D. W.
People with disabilities
Philips?, Robert
Phillips, James W.
Pickard, A. A.
Pigford, G. F.
Pigford, H. D.
Prewitt, E. L
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Ragsdale, Unknown
Rayne, Jude
Reeves, B. B.
Rosenbaum, D.
Ross, J. W.
Sanderford, Gray
Sealtzer?, W. B.
Selling--Alcohol
Sharbridge, J. M.
Sheriffs
Sigford, A. S.
Sigford, J. T.
Sinnin, John
Sirus, J. W.
Sloaw, Amelia
Smith, John
Smith, Unknown
Stroud, George S.
Switzer, M. B.
Syars, W. W.
Taylor, J. W.
Thompson?, J. P.
Thurgood, A.
Tillman, G.
Torrans, J. R.
Unknown, Cole
Unknown, F. L.
Unknown, James
Unknown, T. W.
Unknown, Wright
Walkins, C. C.
Wallace, D. G.
Wallace, S.
Wallace?, W.?
Warden, W. W.
Watston?, S. M.?
Welch, M. H.
Welch, Walter
White, C.
White, N. V. H.
Williams, Eli
Williams, Ely
Williams, S. S.
Willis, C. C.
Wilson, J. J.
Winsted, S. V.
Womac?, Jesse
Yarbrough, R. A.
Petition from Sarah James Hopkins to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; Undated
Archa, James
Bankston, J. T.
Braxton, Eli
Briggs, E. S.
Buckalew, A.
Buckalew, Z.
Carr, D. S.
Carr, M.
Carr, Samuel
Cherry, M. A.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Edmondes, J.
Evans, S.
Evans, T. H.
Fleming, John
Gaugh, W. G.
Gaugh, William
Granthan, W. S.
Griffith, B.
Griffith, S.
Griffith, Samuel
Griffith, William
Hamell, W. W.
Hancock, William M.
Hopkins, Sarah Jane
Hopkins, Tilman
Hopkins, William
Huff, O. M
Impoverished people
Irby, E. H.
Irby, J. W.
Jails
Johnston, Thomas J.
Judges
Justices of the peace
Kennedy, Thomas R.
Kitches, S. H.
Long, Thomas
Loper, A.
McDonald, W. C.
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Morgan, Charles
Parker, Thomas S.
Saenger?, William?
Sheriffs
Suly, J. S.
Weekley, J. P.
Widows
Wiggins, J. O.
Williams, John
Winston, W. S.
Wright, J. B.
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.
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 T. J. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Bibb, Unknown
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Death
Disease and illness
Distillation
Jails
Kirkwood (Miss.)
Mitchell, T. J.
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 J. A. P. Campbell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Campbell, J. A. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Pharmacists
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
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.
Petition from P. A. Ruttand to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 19, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbia (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Gainesville (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Harris, William
Jails
Johnson, J. D.
Lang, Unknown
Lawrence County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Marion County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Political elections
Public prosecutors
Rutland, Prior A.
Trial
Vannerson, William
Virginia
Letter from Phil H. Gully to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 5, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Death
Enslaved people
Gully, Phil H.
Jones, Burwell
Jury
Kemper County (Miss.)
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Tradespeople
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 19, 1864
Aikin, W. R.
Amos, M. I.
Bishop, W. C.
Carothers, A. M.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 27th
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Fort, L. A.
Gibson, W. W.
Gillispie, George
Glenn, W. H.
Graves, I. S.
Griffith, J. C.
Hefflin, A. G.
Hogan, C. A.
Jury
Maddox, George
Manning, James Douglass
Maxwell, A. J.
McKill, James
Miller, C. F.
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Montgomery, A. D.
Montgomery, C. R.
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Owens, M. E.
Perkins, W. F.
Perry, Josiah
Randle, James R.
Rogers, E. W.
Seller, T. G.
Simpson, B. M.
Stroud, J. H.
Thornton, John
Trial
Unknown, J. R.
Walker, Henry
Ward, William
Wilder, R. A.
Letter from Samuel T. Harrison to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 19, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Harrison, James T.
Harrison, Samuel T.
Impoverished people
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--6th (Miss.)
Lawyers
Manning, James Douglass
Meek, Samuel M.
Military Events--Prisoner Exchange
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Prisons
Starkville (Miss.)
Terryville (Miss.)
Trial
Letter from Joel M. Acker to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark with enclosed petition; May 21, 1864
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Acker, Joel M.
Adams, Robert S.
Beene, R. O.
Boards of Police
Chism, Wesley
Chism, Westly
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke, D.
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Davis, R.
Dillingham, H. M.
Edde, M. P.
Grand jury
Holliday, John
Houston, Lock C.
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Judges
Kendall, R. P.
Kilpatrick, Unknown
Lawyers
Love, C.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Monroe County (Miss.)
Morgan, Lucian
Perry, I. W.
Public prosecutors
Robert, H. C.
Sheriffs
Short, J. C.
Simms, J. B.
Smith, N.
Smith, William B.
Spratt, H. D.
Tindall, J. L., Jr.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Vernon, J.
Wallace, E. R.
Waltin, J. C?.
Webb, W. T.
Whitfield, O. H.
Williams, T. W.
Letter from Judge William Hancock to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 27, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Hancock, William
Hopkins, Sarah Jane
Hopkins, William
Judges
Quitman (Miss.)
Letter from Ira J. Corten to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 13, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Corten, Ira J.
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Vagrancy
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Energy (Miss.)
Hopkins, William
Jails
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 16, 1864
Camphien, K. L.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clayton, George R.
Cobert, Charles H.
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Crime
Crime--Burglary
Crime--Larceny
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Cruso, C. R.
Eggleston, E. C.
Harrison, James T.
Hill, Green T.
Hudson, John T.
Jails
Joice, M.
Lawyers
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Murdock, Abraham
Rice, T. W.
Sheriffs
Syskes, James
Under Review
Whitfield, James
Wyome, James M.
Letter from F. W. Boyd to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 7, 1865
Boyd, F. W.
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Green, D.
Judges
Lawyers
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Thomas, Lorenzo, 1804-1875
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
Vicks, Wesley
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from W. M. Hankins to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Fisher, E. S.
Golliday, Unknown
Grenada (Miss.)
Hankins, W. M.
Judges
Post offices
Postmasters
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Yalobusha County (Miss.)
Letter from C. A. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Conventions
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Judges
Pressly, David
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Starkville (Miss.)
Sullivan, C. A.
Washington, Robert Leech
Correspondence from R. C. Webb and William H. Webb to President Andrew Johnson; 1865
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Farmers
Granville County (N.C.)
Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, 1815-1882
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Nashville (Tenn.)
North Carolina
Ohio
Planter
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tomeney, J. M.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. President
Webb, R. C.
Webb, William H.
Letters from H. A. Barr and W. F. Avent; August 23, 1865
Avent, W. F.
Barr, A. H.
Clerks
Courthouses
Courts
Crime
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Oxford (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
United States. President
Washington (D.C.)
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