Manuscripts of Early National and Antebellum America

355 documents. About two-thirds of this collection consists of Hinds County, Mississippi probate records from the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras, pertaining to the settlement of 12 local estates. Notable among these are documents relating to the cases of William Demoss (d. 1845), John Raney (d. 1863), and Joseph Spengler (d. 1852). Among the remaining documents is an accumulation of 49 personal and business records of the Amite County planter Robert Patterson Smiley (1815-1877). MSN/EA 8201-1 to MSN/EA 8201-44. [Finding Aid]

1 document, partly printed. A document dated 6 July 1812, appointing Daniel Farmer, Jr., of Culpeper County ensign in the 5th Regiment Virginia Militia. The document is signed by Virginia governor James Barbour. MSN/EA 3200-1.