Shorter_administrative_RSG00204_f13_Q140475_Q140485 (Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Alabama)

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Arms, Ammunition &c as reported by the Committee of [Collinsene] Beat N 0/114 Lowndes Co Al a/n, made in post, to me, 21st March "A.D." 1862. The 3^d Committee is comprised of 5 members; Each having his section of the Beat in which to work. The 1^stName in ach sectional report is that of the Committeeman. The letter "G." signifies those who can go to respond to the next call for solunteers, with least sacrifice to themselves & their Country. "S." means those, who, being old &c ought to stay at Home & represent, as best they can, the interests of those who go as their representatives whom the Battle-fields. Every known Individual in the Beat has been seen, his name herein recorded & what he does & is & what he does not & is not

I send herewith - Document "A."- a "Notice" to all the Citizens of Lowndes Co., served, chiefly upon the people of the 13 Beats in the Co., by 2 servants of mine on the 4^th & 5^th days of March (inst.)) On the 7^th March, at [Harperville?], the Judge of Probate, J.T. Jewell state Agt to collect arms &c in this County, and myself, Justice of The Peace in [Collirine?] Beat, adopted, by agreement, The system, fore shadowed in this Report, for collecting Arms &c and getting facts+ figures as "materials" for future history-- fully notifying , as I did, every man of the consequences of his actions in the present momentous crisis

Doc^mt "B" is written instructions put into the hands of Each of the 5 Committee men of [Collinsene?] Beat.

The following is the Result up to this date; [Benton?]25^th March "A.D." 1862.

1^st Section J.W. [Dunklin?]Com ^mem reports J. W. [Dunklin?] No Arms nor Am except 2 home-made Bowie knives S given to State Al^a H.W Caffey One Dble Bbl shot Gun, One Old sabre " " " G T.W. Dunklin " " " Do do & 3 Bowie knives " " " S Dunklin Pierce " " " Do do " " " G Hardy Todd One Rifle, One single Bbl shot gun given " " " Vol John H. Barlow One Dbl Bbl shot Gun " " " G Willoughby Todd One Rifle " " " S

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