Dates: 1831 - 1918
 

Family, business, legal and political correspondence of John Crawford Burrus, of Hollywood Plantation, Benoit, Bolivar County, Mississippi.

Burrus was born in Hinds County on September 5, 1847, the son of John C. Burrus, Sr., and Margaret Louisa McGehee Burrus; served in the War Between the States in Company I, Ninth Texas Cavalry; married Margaret Annie Barritt on March 17, 1870; and served as a member of the board of supervisors of Bolivar County from 1890 to 1896, justice of the peace from 1896 to 1904, member of the House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908, and member of the Senate from 1908 to 1912.

Among the correspondents are the following, together with the number of letters written and their inclusive dates:

  • Percy Bell, January 15, 1906 (1)
  • J. P. Carter, July 23, 1903 (1)
  • T. C. Catchings, July 23, 1890 (1)
  • Fred Clark (firm of E. H. Moore and Fred Clark), August 26, 1890–August 5, 1903(37)
  • Green Clay, December 1, 1896–August 8, 1898 (11)
  • Frank A. Critz, January l5, 1903–December 31, 1909 (2)
  • R. M. Edwards, September 28–October 3, 1896 (3)
  • G. P. Melchior, April 17–October 11, 1895 (10)
  • W. J. Miller, March 28, 1903 (1)
  • Thomas S. Owen, October 5, 1893–March 12, 190l (2)
  • W. B. Roberts, May 14, 189l–February 13, 1917 (17)
  • Charles Scott, May 29, 1895–March 16, 1908 (22)
  • N. B. Scott, November 11–12, 1892 (3)
  • Walter Sillers, July 14, 1890–June 19, 1907 (35)
  • John M. Stone, October 25–28, 1892 (2)
  • Dr. Hugh L. Sutherland, March, 23, 1893–July 28, 1911 (12)
  • James K. Vardaman, February 6 and December 29, 1909 (2)

The papers are distributed by dates as follows:

  • undated, 2 items
  • 1831–39, 18 items
  • 1840–49, 22 items
  • 1850–59, 106 items
  • 1860–69, 75 items
  • 1870–79, 28 items
  • 1880–89, 265 items
  • 1890–99, 857 items
  • 1900–09, 629 items
  • 1910–18, 150 items

Filed chronologically in 121 folders in seven manuscript boxes.