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Signature of Edmund Scarborough from an 1871 letter to Governor Alcorn.

Signature of Cicero Mitchell, from an 1871 letter to Governor Alcorn.

Signature of Peter Barrow from an 1873 Freedmen's Bureau document

Signature of Monroe Bell from an 1873 Freedmen's Bureau document

J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for June 1868. He reports an average attendance of 75. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Not very good at present."Remarks: "My night school that I reported last month is closed."

J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for July 1868. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Very bad in some cases" Remarks: "Politics has run so high that it has made money very scarce"

Signature of Jesse Freeman Boulden from an 1868 Freedmen's School report

Richard Christmas and family listed in the Freedmen's Bureau Register of Former Slaves. He is listed as the foreman on Calvit Roberts' Twin Oaks Plantation near Hazlehurst.

Milton Coates listed as a school pupil in Vicksburg.

George Edwards' Civil War service claim.