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AMNESTY OATH REGISTER, PONTOTOC COUNTY, 1865

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.


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