In December, 1863 and again in March, 1864 President Lincoln offered amnesty to those persons who had participated in the "rebellion" that was the Civil War. There were few takers. In May, 1865, President Andrew Johnson issued his own amnesty proclamation, which was offered as a way to get the South settled down and get it's people back to work. It restored property rights except as to slaves to those people who would sign the oath. There were fourteen classes of people who were excepted from this amnesty. The oath was as follows:
I, _______ _______, do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by, and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
The full text of the Amnesty Proclamation is found at the following links to other websites:
Amnesty Proclamaton at University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
This listing is found in the center pages of the Purchased by State of MS Book (no book# or date) general ledger located at the Pontotoc County Courthouse Chancery Clerks Office. It was extracted by Merry W. Blanchard on May 24, 2000. The letters T and Y are similar. Names are extracted as written.
# In Book | Name (initials) | Oath Date |
1 | J L Morphis | July 24, 1865 |
2 | W W Bell | July 25, 1865 |
3 | John H Carr | July 25, 1865 |
4 | Jerimiah Perry | July 27, 1865 |
5 | C P Coffin | July 31, 1865 |
6 | R M Stephens | July 31, 1865 |
7 | R A Miller | July 31, 1865 |
8 | H A Melson | July 31, 1865 |
9 | Richard Drake | Aug 1, 1865 |
10 | Isaac P Carr | Aug 2, 1865 |
11 | Isaac N Cameron | Aug 2, 1865 |
12 | G R Cherry | Aug 2, 1865 |
13 | William Dean | Aug 2, 1865 |
14 | W M James | Aug 2, 1865 |
15 | Wiley Hubbard | Aug 2, 1865 |
16 | Andrew Goldman | Aug 2, 1865 |
17 | William Spencer | Aug 2, 1865 |
18 | F M Goode | Aug 3, 1865 |
19 | F C Hoy | Aug 3, 1865 |
20 | F H Daggett | Aug 3, 1865 |
21 | Jno G Huntington | Aug 3, 1865 |
22 | Jno D Fountaine | Aug 3, 1865 |
23 | Richard A Pinson | Aug 3, 1865 |
24 | Gilfin Tally | Aug 3, 1865 |
25 | Thos B Leland | Aug 4, 1865 |
26 | J Hampton Rowzier | Aug 4, 1865 |
27 | Robt W Smith | Aug 4, 1865 |
28 | R D Bolton | Aug 4, 1865 |
29 | Geo D Winston | Aug 4, 1865 |
30 | Saml D Pinson | Aug 5, 1865 |
31 | J M Barksdale | Aug 5, 1865 |
32 | T F Herron | Aug 5, 1865 |
33 | Henry Smith | Aug 5, 1865 |
34 | E W Rootes | Aug 5, 1865 |
35 | R L Coffin | Aug 5, 1865 |
36 | W L Anderson | Aug 5, 1865 |
37 | R N Price | Aug 5, 1865 |
38 | R W Bell | Aug 5, 1865 |
39 | Edmond Winston | Aug 5, 1865 |
40 | A J Clark | Aug 5, 1865 |
41 | William Brown | Aug 5, 1865 |
42 | William Winston | Aug 5, 1865 |
43 | A J Widner | Aug 5, 1865 |
44 | M J Hagler | Aug 5, 1865 |
45 | Geo W Lockhart | Aug 5, 1865 |
46 | Edward Layng | Aug 5, 1865 |
47 | W G Austin | Aug 5, 1865 |
48 | C S Strait | Aug 5, 1865 |
49 | J R Philpot | Aug 5, 1865 |
50 | L Evittes | Aug 5, 1865 |
51 | Cray Wray | Aug 5, 1865 |
52 | Wm C Golding | Aug 5, 1865 |
53 | J B McEwen | Aug 5, 1865 |
54 | J D King | Aug 5, 1865 |
55 | N J Mays | Aug 5, 1865 |
56 | T C Alexander | Aug 5, 1865 |
57 | C W Earle | Aug 5, 1865 |
58 | J B Harden | Aug 5, 1865 |
59 | Jno F Brooks | Aug 5, 1865 |
60 | Jno W Hoy | Aug 5, 1865 |
61 | Nick Blackwell | Aug 5, 1865 |
62 | William Robuson | Aug 5, 1865 |
63 | J Milton Smith | Aug 5, 1865 |
64 | L P M Cord | Aug 5, 1865 |
65 | William Mc Cluskey | Aug 5, 1865 |
66 | L E Miller | Aug 7, 1865 |
67 | George M Easterwood | Aug 7, 1865 |
68 | S B Dandridge | Aug 7, 1865 |
69 | J H Dickson | Aug 7, 1865 |
70 | B D Anderson | Aug 7, 1865 |
71 | J W Easterwood | Aug 7, 1865 |
72 | S W Weatherall | Aug 7, 1865 |
73 | Thos J Crawford | Aug 7, 1865 |
74 | A P Pitts | Aug 7, 1865 |
75 | W H Mauldin | Aug 7, 1865 |
76 | Henry Price | Aug 7, 1865 |
77 | William H D Crawford | Aug 7, 1865 |
78 | P B Dandridge | Aug 7, 1865 |
79 | L Weatherall | Aug 7, 1865 |
80 | W J Teeter | Aug 7, 1865 |
81 | T L Hubbard | Aug 7, 1865 |
82 | W J Cooper | Aug 7, 1865 |
83 | H J Duke | Aug 7, 1865 |
84 | William Barr | Aug 7, 1865 |
85 | James Walker | Aug 7, 1865 |
86 | Frank Webster | Aug 7, 1865 |
87 | M M Shaw | Aug 7, 1865 |
88 | Allen Moore | Aug 7, 1865 |
89 | J B Haney | Aug 7, 1865 |
90 | F M Smith | Aug 7, 1865 |
91 | T B Wilson | Aug 7, 1865 |
92 | C C McFarland | Aug 7, 1865 |
93 | A Mauldin | Aug 7, 1865 |
94 | T C Stewart | Aug 7, 1865 |
95 | J M Mauldin | Aug 7, 1865 |
96 | J W Gill | Aug 7, 1865 |
97 | C F Paine | Aug 7, 1865 |
98 | Alexander Warren | Aug 7, 1865 |
99 | W N Smith | Aug 7, 1865 |
100 | J H Tate | Aug 7, 1865 |
101 | C E Gill | Aug 7, 1865 |
102 | R Atkins | Aug 7, 1865 |
103 | J B Mooney | Aug 7, 1865 |
104 | Thos P Johnson | Aug 7, 1865 |
105 | W M Hubbard | Aug 7, 1865 |
106 | G W Clayton | Aug 7, 1865 |
107 | Jacob Widner | Aug 7, 1865 |
108 | J R Tate | Aug 7, 1865 |
109 | Thos Tate | Aug 7, 1865 |
110 | J W Marrs | Aug 7, 1865 |
111 | G A Montgomery | Aug 7, 1865 |
112 | Jas R Gray | Aug 7, 1865 |
113 | James Fields | Aug 7, 1865 |
114 | F J Worthey | Aug 7, 1865 |
115 | W B Smith | Aug 7, 1865 |
116 | Elias P Jenkins | Aug 7, 1865 |
117 | G H Weatherall | Aug 7, 1865 |
118 | J Alex Montgomery | Aug 7, 1865 |
119 | J W Simpson | Aug 7, 1865 |
120 | A S Benks | Aug 7, 1865 |
121 | J F Scott | Aug 7, 1865 |
122 | T J Grisham | Aug 7, 1865 |
123 | James Hooper | Aug 7, 1865 |
124 | Jas F Ellison | Aug 7, 1865 |
125 | William Scott | Aug 7, 1865 |
126 | S F Handley | Aug 7, 1865 |
127 | John Hancock | Aug 7, 1865 |
128 | Joseph Wiley | Aug 7, 1865 |
129 | M D S Manning | Aug 7, 1865 |
130 | S H Wood | Aug 7, 1865 |
131 | W A Wardlaw | Aug 7, 1865 |
132 | James Levell | Aug 7, 1865 |
133 | S F Holdritch | Aug 7, 1865 |
134 | Turner Thomason | Aug 7, 1865 |
135 | Thomas Holt | Aug 7, 1865 |
136 | Matthias Garrison | Aug 7, 1865 |
137 | C C Burton | Aug 7, 1865 |
138 | T B Hoy | Aug 7, 1865 |
139 | David Widner | Aug 7, 1865 |
140 | J E Weatherall | Aug 7, 1865 |
141 | William Hereford | Aug 7, 1865 |
142 | S W Weatherall Jr. | Aug 7, 1865 |
143 | A J Dawkins | Aug 7, 1865 |
144 | Washington Ball | Aug 7, 1865 |
145 | Wm Bryant | Aug 7, 1865 |
146 | J M Miller | Aug 7, 1865 |
147 | J L McCrony | Aug 7, 1865 |
148 | B L Knowles | Aug 7, 1865 |
149 | J B Essting | Aug 7, 1865 |
150 | John Malone | Aug 7, 1865 |
151 | William Bien | Aug 7, 1865 |
152 | J E Cole | Aug 7, 1865 |
153 | Ezekiel Sanford | Aug 7, 1865 |
154 | A J Forrester | Aug 7, 1865 |
155 | T J Clannch | Aug 7, 1865 |
156 | C F Kohlheim | Aug 7, 1865 |
157 | Perry Fowler | Aug 7, 1865 |
158 | W P Billingsley | Aug 7, 1865 |
159 | B H Estes | Aug 7, 1865 |
160 | Wm Miller | Aug 7, 1865 |
161 | James Green | Aug 7, 1865 |
162 | Reden Smith | Aug 7, 1865 |
163 | C J Barnes | Aug 7, 1865 |
164 | B F Smith | Aug 7, 1865 |
165 | J Esterland | Aug 7, 1865 |
166 | W H Howell | Aug 7, 1865 |
167 | Norman Hubbard | Aug 7, 1865 |
168 | John R Day | Aug 7, 1865 |
169 | Thomas Ruder | Aug 9, 1865 |
170 | G C Box | Aug 9, 1865 |
171 | Thos Dulany | Aug 7, 1865 |
172 | John M Rogers | Aug 4, 1865 |
173 | James R Harroll | Aug 4, 1865 |
174 | W R Skinner | July 29, 1865 |
175 | Archibald Stovall | July 29, 1865 |
176 | Joseph Reid | July 29, 1865 |
177 | Alsey Bell | July 29, 1865 |
178 | L R Wilder | Aug 5, 1865 |
179 | P A Green | Aug 5, 1865 |
180 | A Y Haynes | July 29, 1865 |
181 | James Wells | Aug, 2, 1865 |
182 | Silas M Cochran | Aug, 3, 1865 |
183 | J F Camfield | Aug 3, 1865 |
184 | B R Wade | July 29, 1865 |
185 | Jas M Roberson | July 29, 1865 |
186 | John W Hamilton | July 29, 1865 |
187 | P H Raines | Aug 5, 1865 |
188 | E W Matthews | Aug 5, 1865 |
189 | Henry Mitts | Aug 5, 1865 |
190 | A B Carruth | Aug 5, 1865 |
191 | E Brown | Aug 5, 1865 |
192 | A S Stovall | Aug 5, 1865 |
193 | W H Dulaney | Aug 4, 1865 |
194 | James H McWhorter | Aug 4, 1865 |
195 | John Franklin | Aug 4, 1865 |
196 | J M Dulaney | Aug 4, 1865 |
197 | D A Horton | Aug 4, 1865 |
198 | S E Millican | Aug 4, 1865 |
199 | S H Hall | Aug 4, 1865 |
200 | J R Henry | Aug 4, 1865 |
201 | R W Demlass | Aug 3, 1865 |
202 | R E Pritchard | Aug 3, 1865 |
203 | T J Ward | Aug 3, 1865 |
204 | W J Jones | Aug 3, 1865 |
205 | T C Gaines | Aug 3, 1865 |
206 | Thos G Baker | Aug 3, 1865 |
207 | J H J Cox | Aug 3, 1865 |
208 | R Gaines | Aug 3, 1865 |
209 | B H Pollock | Aug 3, 1865 |
210 | S W Ledbetter | Aug 3, 1865 |
211 | C C Jones | Aug 3, 1865 |
212 | W D South | Aug 3, 1865 |
213 | HJ H Strain | Aug 3, 1865 |
214 | B B Strain | Aug 3, 1865 |
215 | James Strain | Aug 3, 1865 |
216 | Evans J Ward | Aug 3, 1865 |
217 | James H Filgo | Aug 3, 1865 |
218 | Jessee Pratt | Aug 3, 1865 |
219 | L R Higgs | Aug 3, 1865 |
220 | C J Joiner | Aug 3, 1865 |
221 | W H Whitesides | Aug 3, 1865 |
222 | W M Gill | Aug 3, 1865 |
223 | T J Walker | Aug 3, 1865 |
224 | J W Frazier | Aug 3, 1865 |
225 | W S Lilly | Aug 3, 1865 |
226 | J G Saris | Aug 3, 1865? |
227 | J H Martin | Aug 3, 1865 |
228 | J A Lilly | Aug 3, 1865 |
229 | G W S Fortune | Aug 3, 1865 |
230 | James W Hubbard | Aug 3, 1865 |
231 | John H Hutchinson | Aug 3, 1865 |
232 | J T Gory | Aug 3, 1865 |
233 | B R Campbell | Aug 3, 1865 |
234 | W B Adams | Aug 5, 1865 |
235 | A P White | Aug 5, 1865 |
236 | Isam Kelly | Aug 5, 1865 |
237 | J A Russell | Aug 5, 1865 |
238 | William Reid | Aug 5, 1865 |
239 | William M Fuqua | Aug 4, 1865 |
240 | W P Wilder | Aug 5, 1865 |
241 | W A McNeil | Aug 5, 1865 |
242 | Benj McWhorter | Aug 5, 1865 |
243 | John N Whitesides | Aug 5, 1865 |
244 | R C Fortune | Aug 5, 1865 |
245 | Thos Shelton | July 29, 1865 |
246 | J R Fleming | July 29, 1865 |
247 | J F Williams | July, 28, 1865 |
248 | Whiting Shelton | July 29, 1865 |
249 | Thos P Wood | July 28, 1865 |
250 | J M Knight | Aug 5, 1865 |
251 | John A Roberson | Aug 5, 1865 |
252 | W R Bruce | Aug 5, 1865 |
253 | W A Long | July 29, 1865 |
254 | John C Holmes | July 29, 1865 |
255 | W H Holditch | July 29, 1865 |
256 | C M Anderson | Aug 5, 1865 |
257 | T D Buller | July 29, 1865 |
258 | Henry F. Rogers | July 29, 1865 |
259 | R Y Jones | July 26, 1865 |
260 | M S Tucker | Aug 5, 1865 |
261 | A H Miller | Aug 5, 1865 |
262 | John Witt | Aug 5, 1865 |
263 | Levi Gentry | Aug 5, 1865 |
264 | Hosea Galloway | Aug 5, 1865 |
265 | William Stovall Sr. | Aug 5, 1865 |
266 | Charles Martin | Aug 5, 1865 |
267 | B F Bruce | Aug 5, 1865 |
268 | B Kelly | Aug 5, 1865 |
269 | G W Phillips | Aug 5, 1865 |
270 | A MPhillips | Aug 5, 1865 |
271 | Allen Helms | Aug 5, 1865 |
272 | Z Powell | Aug 5, 1865 |
273 | S M Gentry | Aug 5, 1865 |
274 | R Brooksher | Aug 5, 1865 |
275 | T P Gwin | Aug 5, 1865? |
276 | W F Echols | Aug 5, 1865 |
277 | J H Harden | Aug 5, 1865 |
278 | S E McCarty | Aug 5, 1865 |
279 | James T Bell | Aug 5, 1865 |
280 | J H Johnson | Aug 5, 1865 |
281 | W H Robinson | Aug 5, 1865 |
282 | J N Davis | Aug 5, 1865 |
283 | J D Hondley | Aug 5, 1865 |
284 | T Crenshaw | Aug 5, 1865 |
285 | A R Stovall | Aug 5, 1865 |
286 | L P Carruth | Aug 5, 1865 |
287 | James S Ewing | Aug 5, 1865 |
288 | W P Stovall | Aug 5, 1865 |
289 | W E McCollum | Aug 5, 1865 |
290 | William H Whitesides | Aug 5, 1865 |
291 | John W Helms | Aug 5, 1865 |
292 | R A Gaines | Aug 5, 1865 |
293 | H N Green | Aug 5, 1865 |
294 | J D Adams | Aug 5, 1865 |
295 | R Rees | Aug 5, 1865 |
296 | A W Stovall | July 29, 1865 |
297 | W M Walkins | Aug 5, 1865 |
298 | J T Pruitt | Aug 5, 1865 |
299 | G M Rowan | Aug 5, 1865 |
300 | Robert Woodfin | Aug 5, 1865 |
301 | William S Bartow | Aug 5, 1865 |
302 | J S Silly | Aug 5, 1865 |
303 | John Skinner | Aug 5, 1865 |
304 | J B Vance | Aug 5, 1865 |
305 | S H Hean | Aug, 5, 1865 |
306 | B G Christopher | Aug 5, 1865 |
307 | B B Ramsey | Aug 5, 1865 |
308 | W P Sangley | Aug 4, 1865 |
309 | J W Prewitt | Aug 7, 1865Pruitt? |
310 | W H Bacon | Aug 9, 1865 |
311 | C W Humpherys | Aug 11, 1865 |
312 | S E Oliver | Aug 11, 1865 |
313 | W M Hubbard | Aug 12, 1865 |
314 | O C Carr | Aug 12, 1865 |
315 | R E Montgomery | Aug 12, 1865 |
316 | C P Coffin Jr. | Aug 12, 1865 |
317 | Hilsman Heard | Aug 15, 1865 |
318 | R A Nesbitt | Aug 16, 1865 |
319 | B C Earle | Aug 16, 1865 |
320 | Jessee Terry | Aug 19, 1865 |
321 | F R Atkins | Aug 19, 1865 |
322 | L C Jenkins | Aug 23, 1865 |
323 | R D Wood | Aug 26, 1865 |
324 | Danl J Robertson | Sep 1, 1865 |
325 | Jacob Clements | Sep 12, 1865 |
326 | William Seals | Sep 15, 1865 |
327 | Berry Webster | Sep 28, 1865 |
328 | Clayton Seals | Sep 29, 1865 |
329 | A J Brown | Oct 2, 1865HJ |
330 | Noble Osborn | Oct 2, 1865 |
331 | Cullen L Pitts | Oct, 2, 1865 |
332 | G W Smith | Oct 2, 1865 |
333 | John Carter | Oct 2, 1865 |
334 | Pat McAnnaly | Oct 2, 1865 |
335 | Archy Chapman | Oct 2, 1865 |
336 | J H S Whitten | Oct 2, 1865 |
337 | A J Garrison | Oct 2, 1865 |
Contributed by Merry W.
Blanchard.