Petition from some Citizens and Confederate Soldiers of Perry County, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Benjamin G. Humphreys; July 25, 1866

To His Excellency Governor of the State of Mississippi

We the underesigned Citizens & Confederate Soldiers of Perry County beg leave to respectfully represent to your Honor that one Benj Sims was Convicted & Sentenced to the State Penitentiary for the term of six years for Robery & Jail burning, We understand that a Petition has gone up for his releace but we believe that he had an imparcial trial and justly deserves the punishment inflicted by the Court

July 25^th 1866

B. Stevens John Lewis N. B. Pardue J. G Young W^m_" Stevens R. T. Draughn Citizen Hiram Hathorn G. S. Draughn M. N. Bradley Jr W^m Weldy Ser John M^cArdle John. Grantham J. Ashley J. Runnels J. M. Pierce Calvin, Sumrall L. R. Sumrall E. H. Wheeler L?. R. Wheeler M. Wheeler Eli Myrick T. E. Hinton J. E. Bradley G. H. Allixon

John. Stevens C. B. Stevens M. A. Stevens H. R. Harton John Mixon Jesse Hinton