Z 0089.000
BURRUS (JOHN C.) PAPERS
1831 - 1918
Family, business, legal and political correspondence of John Crawford Burrus,
of Hollywood Plantation, Benoit, Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Burrus was born in Hinds County on September 5, 1847, the son of John
C. Burrus, Sr., and Margaret Louisa McGehee Burrus; served in the War Between
the States in Company I, Ninth Texas Cavalry; married Margaret Annie Barritt
on March 17, 1870; and served as a member of the board of supervisors of
Bolivar County from 1890 to 1896, justice of the peace from 1896 to 1904,
member of the House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908, and member of
the Senate from 1908 to 1912.
Among the correspondents are the following, together with the number
of letters written and their inclusive dates:
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Percy Bell, January 15, 1906 (1)
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J. P. Carter, July 23, 1903 (1)
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T. C. Catchings, July 23, 1890 (1)
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Fred Clark (firm of E. H. Moore and Fred Clark), August 26, 1890August
5, 1903(37)
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Green Clay, December 1, 1896August 8, 1898 (11)
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Frank A. Critz, January l5, 1903December 31, 1909 (2)
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R. M. Edwards, September 28October 3, 1896 (3)
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G. P. Melchior, April 17October 11, 1895 (10)
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W. J. Miller, March 28, 1903 (1)
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Thomas S. Owen, October 5, 1893March 12, 190l (2)
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W. B. Roberts, May 14, 189lFebruary 13, 1917 (17)
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Charles Scott, May 29, 1895March 16, 1908 (22)
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N. B. Scott, November 1112, 1892 (3)
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Walter Sillers, July 14, 1890June 19, 1907 (35)
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John M. Stone, October 2528, 1892 (2)
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Dr. Hugh L. Sutherland, March, 23, 1893July 28, 1911 (12)
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James K. Vardaman, February 6 and December 29, 1909 (2)
The papers are distributed by dates as follows:
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undated, 2 items
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183139, 18 items
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184049, 22 items
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185059, 106 items
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186069, 75 items
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187079, 28 items
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188089, 265 items
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189099, 857 items
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190009, 629 items
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191018, 150 items
Filed chronologically in 121 folders in seven manuscript boxes.