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- 1 2 3 4 Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 91.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 759.
- 1 2 "Greene County Mississippi Genealogy and History". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ↑ Mississippi (1898). Department Reports. p. 18.