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  Letter from Caroline Burrus to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 27, 1865

  1865 letter on behalf of a Starkville, Mississippi widow, Caroline M. Burrus, to Governor Sharkey. Burrus or Burns appeared before Probate Judge David Ames and asked to be relieved of the tax on her inn. Ames testifies that Burrus is the poor mother of several children and the inn is her only means of support. On page 2 of the letter, Burrus' request was answered.

  Tags Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi, Correspondence, Hotelkeepers, Judges, Mississippi. Governor, Starkville (Miss.), Taxation, United States--History--Civil War, War widows, Women--1860-1870
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  Letter from Charlotte Smiley to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 26, 1862

  1862 letter from a Jefferson County, Mississippi widow, Charlotte Smiley, to Governor Pettus. Mrs. Smiley's husband, Rev. J. H. Smiley, had served as a chaplain for the Charles Clark Rifles and died in May 1862. Smiley asked if she would receive a bounty and be exempt from paying taxes as a Confederate widow. On page 2 of the letter, Smiley's pension request was denied.

  Tags Bounties, Chaplains, Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi, Confederate States of America. Army, Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Correspondence, Families of military personnel, Jefferson County (Miss.), Mississippi. Governor, Mississippi. Militia, Taxation, War widows, Women--1860-1870