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7 revisions | Lindsey Peterson (CWRGM Co-Director) at Jun 25, 2025 03:11 PM Page 3[seal] Will practice in the coun-ties of Wilkinson, Adams, and Amite, and the Supreme and Federal Courts at Jack-son, Miss. [/seal]
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Woodville, Miss., Feby 11th 1879
Governor
A petition has been forwarded to you for the pardon of John Thomas—Cold—Convicted at our Decr. Special Term of [Killing?] a pig & sentenced to six months. I think it was in the penitentiary—
This case is one of peculiar merit—the stolen pig was on [old?] his possn on John's Corn [palete?] & was killed "in the act" [?]—John did afterwords oppropriate the meat
The [?] whites in the neighborhood—our best Citizens—[ful?] peculiarly grateful to John-in this—It was in that neighborhood—The [?] Wilkinson Riots of May '76 Commenced—John first notified [?] White & it was through his [?] mentality—that they were able to [?] the outbreak promptly & Check [in?] effectivelly. John all through was on the side of the Whites—of law & order—has been in consequence greatly persecuted by his own color—his gun taken from him &c [seal] Will practice in the coun-ties of Wilkinson, Adams, and Amite, and the Supreme and Federal Courts at Jack-son, Miss. [/seal] Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Woodville, Miss., Feby 11th 1879 Governor A petition has been forwarded to you for the pardon of John Thomas—Cold—Convicted at our Decr. Special Term of [Killing?] a pig & sentenced to six months. I think it was in the penitentiary— This case is one of peculiar merit—the stolen pig was on [old?] his possn on John's Corn [palete?] & was killed "in the act" [?]—John did afterwords oppropriate the meat The [?] whites in the neighborhood—our best Citizens—[ful?] peculiarly grateful to John-in this—It was in that neighborhood—The [?] Wilkinson Riots of May '76 Commenced—John first notified [?] White & it was through his [?] mentality—that they were able to [?] the outbreak promptly & Check [in?] effectivelly. John all through was on the side of the Whites—of law & order—has been in consequence greatly persecuted by his own color—his gun taken from him &c Page 3[seal]Will practice in the coun-ties of Wilkinson, Adams, and Amite, and the Supreme and Federal Courts at Jack-son, Miss.[/seal]
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Woodville, Miss., Feby 11th 1879
Governor
A petition has been forwarded to you for the pardon of John Thomas—[Coled?]—Convicted of [?] [?]. Special Term of [Killing?] a pig & sentenced to six months. I think it was in the penitentiary—
This case is one of peculiarmerit—the stolen pig was on [old?] his possn on John's Corn [palete?] & was killed "in the act" [?]—John did afterwords oppropriate the meat
The [?] whites in the neighborhood—our best Citizens—[ful?] peculiarly grateful to John-in this—It was in that neighborhood—The [?] Wilkinson Riots of May '76 Commenced—John first notified [?] White & it was through his [?] mentality—that they were able to [?] the outbreak promptly & Check [in?] effectivelly. John all through was on the side of the Whites—of law & order—has been in consequence greatly persecuted by his own color—his gun taken from him &c [seal]Will practice in the coun-ties of Wilkinson, Adams, and Amite, and the Supreme and Federal Courts at Jack-son, Miss.[/seal] Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Woodville, Miss., Feby 11th 1879 Governor A petition has been forwarded to you for the pardon of John Thomas—[Coled?]—Convicted of [?] [?]. Special Term of [Killing?] a pig & sentenced to six months. I think it was in the penitentiary— This case is one of peculiarmerit—the stolen pig was on [old?] his possn on John's Corn [palete?] & was killed "in the act" [?]—John did afterwords oppropriate the meat The [?] whites in the neighborhood—our best Citizens—[ful?] peculiarly grateful to John-in this—It was in that neighborhood—The [?] Wilkinson Riots of May '76 Commenced—John first notified [?] White & it was through his [?] mentality—that they were able to [?] the outbreak promptly & Check [in?] effectivelly. John all through was on the side of the Whites—of law & order—has been in consequence greatly persecuted by his own color—his gun taken from him &c |
