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Sharkey Series 771
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 22, 1865
African Americans
Bishop, John J.
Chairperson
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hubbard, Unknown
Ingate, F.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, M. S.
Krause, A. J.
Lacey, W. S.
Memorialization
Moriarty, J.
Okolona (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Physicians
Plantations
Planter
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shearer, Thomas B.
Tucker, Unknown
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 108th
United States. Army. Colored Troops
United States. Congress
Waller, Unknown
Washington (D.C.)
Wheakley, Elisha
Wounds and injuries
Letter from Captain H. C. Moore to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 23, 1865
Abolitionists
Jackson (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Status--Veterans
Mississippi. Legislation. Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (1860)
Moore, H. E.
Newspapers
Pocahontas (Tenn.)
Political Parties--Union and Southern Rights Party (Miss.)
Railroad
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tennessee
Tippah County (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Letter from William M. Pollan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 20, 1865
African Americans
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Fraud
Crime--Theft
France
Greensboro (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Military Events--Military elections
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Veterans
Mississippi. Militia
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Pollan, William M.
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Union League of America
Unionists (United States Civil War)
List of charges and specifications by Lieutenant T. Horatio Everson; September 1865
African Americans
Brown, I. T.
Burwell, Charles B.
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Crime--Threat
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Ester, William J.
Everson, T. Horatio
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hulburts, Unknown
Humphreys, Benjamin G. (Benjamin Grubb), 1865-1923
Jackson (Miss.)
LeMessage, Allen
LeMessage, Isaac
Meridian (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Provost Marshals
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stokes, Robert
Stokes, William W.
Stores, Retail
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
Watkins, Unknown
Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to General Henry W. Slocum with a transcribed copy; July 31, 1865
Abandonment of property
Birchett, George K.
Buck, Richard S.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Forcible entry and detainer
Crime--Fraud
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Jackson (Miss.)
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Mississippi. Executive Department
Plantations
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
Trial
United States. Army
United States. Army. Department of Mississippi
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from E. E. Moody to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 19, 1865
Blacksmiths
Collecting of accounts
Funke, Otto, 1833-1885
Gardiner, Unknown
Grenada (Miss.)
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Moody, E. F.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Army
United States. Army. Cavalry
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
Letter from William M. Pollan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 18, 1865
Appointment to office
Banks
Banks--Bank of United States (New York, N.Y.)
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Conventions
Death
Greensboro (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Judges
Lawyers
McDowell, Ira
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military elections
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Political elections
Political elections--Election of 1865
Pollan, William M.
Probate law and practice
Secession
Secessionists
Sharkey, M. C.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Taxation
Under Review
Under Review--Brigades
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Army--Commissariat
Webster County (Miss.)
Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer with additional statements of support; July 1865
Appointment to office
Barry, Unknown
Bell, John, 1796-1869
Carr, J. J.
Clayton, Phil
Confederate States of America. Army
Crawford (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Threat
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Death
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Gilmer, John R.
Gilmer, N. J.
Harvey, Theophilus
Henderson, W. H. C.
Indiana
Jackson, J. M
Jones, James
Jones, W. O.
Judges
Justices of the peace
Legislators
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. Militia
Notaries
Owen, D. F.
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Richhart, Robert S.
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Under Review
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 12th
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 12th. Company I
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Whitlock, C. B.
Letter from Ira McDowell to Colonel Otto Funke, referred to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 1865
Appointment to office
Choctaw County (Miss.)
City Council Members
Crime
Crime--Fraud
Drane, Unknown
Funke, Otto
Greensboro (Miss.)
Grenada (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
McDowell, Ira
Political Parties--Constitutional Union Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Secession
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Army. Illinois. Cavalry Regiment, 11th
Webster County (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Able, I.
Chilton, A. R.
Doyle, Unknown
Impoverished people
Kennard, Unknown
Lafayette County (Miss.)
McLeod, Unknown
Mechanics
Merchants
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Norriss, W. B.
Oxford (Miss.)
Pharmacists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, S. M.
Strickland, W. M.
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Vaughan, Unknown
Letter from W. T. Rowland to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Draftees
Pocahontas (Tenn.)
Rowland, W. T.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tennessee
Tippah County (Miss.)
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Army. Illinois. Cavalry Regiment, 11th
Letter from Sheriff Lem Doty to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Conventions
Doty, Lem
Holmes County (Miss.)
Lexington (Miss.)
Montgomer, Unknown
Physicians
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from Sheriff J. V. Thomas to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Conventions
Guntown (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Itawamba County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Lawyers
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Political elections
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Sampson, T. O.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Thomas, J. V.
Verona (Miss.)
Letter from General M. F. Force to B. G. Humphreys; September 6, 1865
African Americans
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
Humphreys, Benjamin Grubb, 1808-1882
Jackson (Miss.)
Ohio
Ohio. Governor
Telegraph Company
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--District of Mississippi
United States. Congress
Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906
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 D. W. Johnston to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1, 1865
B., A.
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Gainesville (Miss.)
Gulfport (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Johnston, D. W.
Martin, John
Maye, David
New Orleans (La.)
Post offices
Selling--Alcohol
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Stores, Grocery
Tax Assessors
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from B. S. Trice to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Crime
Crime--Arson
Itawamba County (Miss.)
Kentucky
Louisville (Ky.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Thomas, Unknown
Trice, B. S.
Verona (Miss.)
Letter from Assistant Secretary of War Thomas T. Eckert to General Henry W. Slocum; September 2, 1865
Crime
Eckert, Thomas T.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Militia
New Orleans (La.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--United States Military Telegraph Office (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Army
United States. War Department
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from A. Ward to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 7, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Judges
Randle, James
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Ward, Addison
Letter and list from Matilda Sharkey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Brownsville (Miss.)
Carriage and wagon making
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Enslaved people
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Gristmills
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Orphans
Plantation overseers
Sharkey, Matilda
Sharkey, Unknown
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Widows
Correspondence from J. S. Carver and W. M. Conner to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1865
Appointment to office
Carver, J. S.
Connor, W. M.
Haynes, Thomas
Inns
Noxubee County (Miss.)
Physicians
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Railroads--Employees
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Shuqualak (Miss.)
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Telegram from President Andrew Johnson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 30, 1865
Appointment to office
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
New Orleans (La.)
Schurz, Carl, 1829–1906
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--United States Military Telegraph Office (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Washington, George, 1732-1799
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Telegram from J. C. Gray to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 30, 1865
Ferries
Gray, J. C.
Grenada (Miss.)
New Orleans (La.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, Unknown
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--United States Military Telegraph Office (Washington, D.C.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Allen, A. W.
Anderson, James C.
Appointment to office
Corman, Jason M.
Dears, S. M.
Delany?, J. F.
Dervoody, William L.
Doan, J. H.
Doan, John F.
Douthit, J. A.
Driver, D.
Gannorey, C.
Hammerly, George T.
Heflebower, A, H,
Heflebower, S. H.
Hill, R. A.
Hogue, S. S.
Iuka (Miss.)
Jacinto (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Knight, William M.
Matthews, A. T.
McAllister, F. N.
McCarty, W. B.
McKinney, J. K. P
McKinney, W. H.
Mimms, Joseph
Plano, Pat H.
Postmasters
Reynolds, A. E.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stamp, George W.
Thompson, J. M.
Thompson, J. Morgan
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Woodall, Z. H.
Letter to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Governors--Louisiana
Jackson (Miss.)
New Jersey
Newport (N.J.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Washington (D.C.)
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