Series 2370: Petitions. 1817-1908.
Legislature (RG 47).
As of 11/19/2013
Series 2370: Petitions. 1817-1908.
Legislature (RG 47).
These petitions, submitted to the state legislature, address grievances and concerns for various causes: divorces, emancipation requests, county or municipal business, on behalf of an individual in a court case or an individual widowed or orphaned, requests that counties be preserved intact and not divided into new counties or vice versa, pardons, passage of advantageous laws, protection of the populace (particularly from the evils of liquor), relief of the poor and bereaved (victims of disaster or fate), permission for free blacks to live and or move freely, and requests from free blacks to return to slavery so that they can remain with their families. These petitions often include a long list of signatures.
| 1817-1839: Absence, Leave of | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Adoptions (legal heirs) | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Age of Majority | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Banks and Banking | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Banks and Banking (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Church Affairs (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Church Affairs | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Church Incorporations | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Citizenship and Rights | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Claims for Payment and/or Reimbursement | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Compensation (Just or Reasonable) | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: Constitution (revision) | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: County Affairs | 06812 |
| 1817-1839: County Affairs (oversized) | 15530 |
| 1817-1839: County Affairs - Hinds Co. | 06813 |
| 1817-1839: County Affairs - Madison and Rankin Co. (oversized) | 15537 |
| 1817-1839: County Affairs - Yazoo Co. | 06813 |
| 1817-1839: Courts | 06813 |
| 1817-1839: Divorce Appeals | 06813 |
| 1817-1839: Duelling | 06813 |
| 1817-1839: Elections (voting precincts, places held, etc.) | 06813 |
| 1817-1839: Elections - voting precincts, places held, etc. (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Emancipations | 06813 |
| 1817-1839: Guardianships - Orphans | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Guardianships and Estates | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Incorporations (other than churches) | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Incorporations (repeal requested) | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Incorporations - repeal requested (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Indian Affairs (rights) | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Indian Affairs - rights (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Insurance Companies | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Jackson, City of - lands for sale or use | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Judgeships - Franklin Co. | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Judgeships - Lawrence Co. | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Land Sales & Use | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Land Surveys | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Mail Routes | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Military Affairs | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Mills | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Municipal Affairs | 06814 |
| 1817-1839: Municipal Affairs - lottery and public squares (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Name Changes | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Navigable Waters | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Newspaper Delivery & Franking Privileges | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Pardons | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Pardons (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Patent for Invention | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Physician Licenses | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Ports (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Prohibition against Free Negroes -Residency, Traveling | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Public Printer | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Relief from Onerous or Unfair Laws (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Relief, Appeals for - especially the Poor & Destitute | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Relief, Appeals for - especially the poor and destitute (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Relief, Appeals for - from unjust or burdensome laws | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Roads, Bridges & Ferries | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Roads, Bridges, and Ferries (oversized) | 15617 |
| 1817-1839: Schools & School Lands | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Stays of Execution (of debts) | 06815 |
| 1817-1839: Unidentified Petition Lists | 06815 |
| 1819: Homochitto River - to make navigatable (oversized) | 15537 |
| 1824: County Affairs - Jefferson Co. public building location (oversized) | 15537 |
| 1828-1830s: Compensation - just or reasonable (oversized) | 15537 |
| 1840s: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1850: Emancipation | 14128 |
| 1850: Jackson, City of - town lot fund payment | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Agricultural Lien Laws | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Cattle Roaming | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Circuit Courts | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: County Boundaries | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: County Seat - Copiah Co. | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Forest Park (incorporation) | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Jackson, City of - reincorporation | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Levees - Tallahatchie Co. position | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Moffit Register Bill | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1850s-1870s: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1850s: Agricultural Bureau, Need for | 14128 |
| 1850s: Lands of Dancing Rabbit Creek - to become subject to taxation | 14128 |
| 1850s: Married Woman to Act as "Free Trader" (due to dissolute husband) | 14128 |
| 1850s: Mechanics (in competition with State Penitentiary) | 14128 |
| 1850s: Negroes, Free - desirous of becoming slaves (for permanent residency) | 14128 |
| 1850s: Negroes, Free - permanent residency in state | 14128 |
| 1850s: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1850s: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1851: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1852: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1854: Prisoner, Escaped - reward money | 14128 |
| 1855: Billiard Tables Tax Assessment (Jackson Co.) | 14128 |
| 1856: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1857: Age of Majority | 14128 |
| 1857: Emancipations | 14128 |
| 1857: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1857: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1858: Age of Majority | 14128 |
| 1858: Emancipations | 14128 |
| 1858: Levee Rebuilding in River Counties | 14128 |
| 1858: Quitman Monument | 14128 |
| 1858: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1858?: Petitions - Attala Co. citizens for sheriff's (et al) liability | 14128 |
| 1859: Age of Majority | 14128 |
| 1859: Compensation for Slave (hung for crime of rape before "due process of law” | 14128 |
| 1859: Negroes, Free - desirous of becoming slaves (for permanent residency) | 14128 |
| 1859: Peddling Rights (John C. Skinner) | 14128 |
| 1859: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1859: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1860: County Boundaries | 14128 |
| 1860: Negroes, Free - desirous of becoming slaves (for permanent residency) | 14128 |
| 1860: Negroes, Free - permanent residency in state | 14128 |
| 1860: Peddlers and Hawkers - as nuisances and "trunk of Underground RR" | 14128 |
| 1860: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1860: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1860: War (Impending) - armoury and "misubordination of slave population" | 14128 |
| 1860s: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1860s: War and Its Effects - various requests | 14128 |
| 1861 (ca.): Oysters in Graveline Bayou (Jackson Co.) | 14128 |
| 1861: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1863: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1863: War and Its Effects - various requests | 14128 |
| 1864: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1864: War and Its Effects - various requests | 14128 |
| 1865: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1865: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1865: War and Its Effects - various requests | 14128 |
| 1865: Whiskey as Medicine | 14128 |
| 1866: County Boundaries | 14128 |
| 1866: County Names - Davis/Jones Co. (to revert to "Jones Co.") | 14128 |
| 1866: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1866: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1866: War and Its Effects - various requests | 14128 |
| 1866?: County Boundaries - Yalobusha Co. "further dismemberment" | 14128 |
| 1867: African Baptist Church | 14128 |
| 1867: Convict Labor | 14128 |
| 1867: County Boundaries | 14128 |
| 1867: County Boundaries - Lee Co. | 14128 |
| 1867: Courts - High Court digest | 14128 |
| 1867: Divorce Requested | 14128 |
| 1867: Fire Company - Jackson, City of | 14128 |
| 1867: Orphan Homes | 14128 |
| 1867: Taxation- redress of grievances | 14128 |
| 1867: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1867: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1869: Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1870: County Boundaries | 14130 |
| 1870: County Boundaries - Marshall and Tippah Co. | 14130 |
| 1870: County Boundaries - Yazoo Co. | 14130 |
| 1870: County Boundaries - formation of new county (from Oktibbeha, Monroe, etc.) | 14130 |
| 1870: County Boundaries - formation of new county (protest from citizens) | 14130 |
| 1870: County Courthouses - Lauderdale Co. | 14130 |
| 1870: Taxation, Relief from | 14130 |
| 1870: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1870s (ca): Church Affairs | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): County Boundaries - Lafayette Co. | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): Incorporations - towns | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): Lands - reclaiming overflow lands | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): Oyster Laws | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): Sharkey Co. - attachment to 7th Senatorial District | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): Taxation - unjust and erroneous assessments in Washington Co. | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor | 14128 |
| 1870s (ca): Various Requests | 14128 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Attala Co. against creation of Clay Co. | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Benton Co. protesting land of Marshall Co. | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Chickasaw Co. against division of county, etc. | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Holmes Co. against division | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Lowndes Co. against division | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Oktibbeha Co. against division | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Panola Co. against formation of [Webster] Co. | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Tallahatchie Co. against formation of [Webster] Co. | 14130 |
| 1871: County Boundaries - Winston Co. against formation of new county | 14130 |
| 1871: County Courthouses - Clarke Co. | 14130 |
| 1871: Taxation, Relief from | 14130 |
| 1871: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1872: County Boundaries - Yalobusha Co. | 14130 |
| 1872: Elections - Tunica Co., contested senate seat | 14130 |
| 1873: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1873: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1874: Chickasaw Cession Land Sale - schools to benefit | 14130 |
| 1874: County Boundaries - Oktibbeha and Choctaw Co. | 14130 |
| 1874: Lands Held for Taxes - Jasper Co. - publication remuneration | 14130 |
| 1874: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1874: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1875 (ca.): Fire Companies - Jackson, City of | 14130 |
| 1875: Schools - establishment in South Miss. (separate schools for each race) | 14130 |
| 1875: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1876: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1876: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1877: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1877: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1878: Agricultural Lien Law (affecting Yalobusha and Tallahatchie Co.) | 14130 |
| 1878: County Boundaries - "Pearl" Co. (not self-sustaining, request repeal) | 14130 |
| 1878: Incorporations - Ocean Springs citizens against | 14130 |
| 1878: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1878: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1879: County Boundaries - Bolivar Co., citizens for and against division | 14130 |
| 1879: Land Ownership and Tax Assessment (Tishomingo Co. and Town of Iuka) | 14130 |
| 1879: Schools | 14130 |
| 1880 (ca): Quarantine (Yellow Fever) and Sanitary Control of Cemeteries | 14130 |
| 1880: Age of Majority | 14130 |
| 1880: Canton, City of - charter (repeal or abolition of charter) | 14130 |
| 1880: Kosciusko, Town of - streets | 14130 |
| 1880: Lands Forfeited/Sold for Taxes | 14130 |
| 1880: Quarantine Regulations - exemption (Yellow Fever epidemic) | 14130 |
| 1880: Rolling Fork, Town of - incorporation | 14130 |
| 1880: Stock Law - Yazoo Co. citizens for and against | 14130 |
| 1880: Taxation, Relief from | 14130 |
| 1880: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1880: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1880s (ca): Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1881 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Alcorn & Amite Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Clarke & Copiah Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Franklin & Greene Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Grenada & Hinds Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Jefferson & Lafayette Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Lee & Lincoln Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Madison Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Noxubee Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Oktibbeha Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Perry & Prentiss Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Pontotoc & Tallahatchie Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Tate & Wayne Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881-1882 (ca): Temperance - sale of liquor (petitions, Yazoo Co.) | 14130 |
| 1881: Swine Restraints, Pleas for | 14130 |
| 1882: Charters Requested - Bay St. Louis, Town of and Yazoo & Miss. Valley RR | 14130 |
| 1882: Education - various institutions | 14130 |
| 1882: Swine Restraints, Pleas for | 14130 |
| 1882: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| 1884: Baptist Church at Cumberland - incorporation | 14130 |
| 1884: Various Requests | 14130 |
| 1884: Walnut Grove, Town of (Leake Co.) - incorporation | 14130 |
| 1886: Coahoma Co. - "County Site" (protesting courthouse move) | 14130 |
| 1886: Coahoma Co. - "County Site" (requesting removal to new site) | 14130 |
| 1890: Myrtle, Town of (Union Co.) - incorporation | 14130 |
| 1898: Education - request for special levy, Ellisville, for teacher pay warrants | 14130 |
| 1898: Relief from Fine - Stovall estate (Chickasaw Co.) | 14130 |
| 1900: Oyster Fisheries | 14130 |
| 1900: Tallahatchie Co. - division into two court districts | 14130 |
| 1908: Railroads - passenger rate law | 14130 |
| 1908: Telegraph Operators and Train Reporting | 14130 |
| 1908: Temperance - sale of liquor | 14130 |
| n.d.: Amite County petition for local bill14130 | |
| n.d.: Petition signatures for unidentified petitions | 14130 |