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- 1 2 3 "History of the Mississippi Secretary of State". Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Convention, Mississippi Constitutional (1865). Journal of the Proceedings and Debates in the Constitutional Convention of the State of Mississippi, August, 1865. E. M. Yerger, state printer. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4255-2772-3.
- ↑ ""Union Ticket" 1851". The Port Gibson Herald, and Correspondent. 1851-07-25. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "Clipped From Natchez Daily Courier". Natchez Daily Courier. 1851-06-03. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- 1 2 "Clipped From Daily Mississippian". Daily Mississippian. 1865-08-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "Extinct Towns and Villages of Wayne County, Mississippi". Genealogy Trails. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
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