Petition to Judge J. Floyd for release of Tyre L. Harris, June 13, 1863
Scope and Contents
Petition to Judge J. Floyd, Superior Court, Newton County, Georgia, from Thomas F. Jones, attorney. This petition requests the release of Tyre L. Harris who is under age eighteen and held by a conscripting officer. This same document contains the following three items: an order by Floyd to Sheriff Newton Anderson to produce Harris, a statement by Sarah Harris concerning Tyre's age and his volunteering for service, and a statement by John T. Terrell, conscripting officer. There is also a petition addressed to Newton Anderson and one signed by John L. (last name indecipherable).
Dates
- June 13, 1863
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 53 item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Facet
ink on paper
- American
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Civil War Manuscript Collection
- Document
- Georgia
- Highlights from the Gilcrease Collection
- John J. Floyd
- Legal Document
- Manuscripts
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Official Document
- Petition
- Sarah Harris
- Supreme Court
- Thomas Jones
- fragments -- fragment
- handwriting -- handwritten
- judges -- judge
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- politicians -- politician
- script (typeface group) -- cursive typefaces -- script typefaces
- writs -- writ
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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