Territorial Appointments and Commissions, 1798-1818. Series 484

This series consists of ledgers in which civil and military appointments and commissions were recorded during the territorial period of Mississippi's history (1798-1817). A single page (90) in the final, irregularly bound, volume is devoted to 1818, for the "Commissioner of Health and Police for the City of Natchez." Most of the entries were made in tables that listed the appointee, office appointed to, district or county, and occasional remarks such as date or notice of resignation. The following offices were included in the ledgers: Attorneys at Law (short lists are sometimes found in the 1812-1818 ledger, but more often, attorneys are listed among other appointments and commissions); City Magistrates; Clerks of Court; City Clerks; Conservators of the Peace; Constables; Coroners; County Surveyors; Indian Traders (Persons licensed to trade with tribes - see 1811 in "1805-1812 Ledger"); County Treasurers; Judges (Justices of the Peace, Court of Common Pleas, Superior Court of Equity, County Probate, Quorum, Court of General Quarter Sessions, Orphans Court); Keepers of Weights and Measures; Military (All ranks and posts); Notaries Public; Rangers; Sheriffs; and Tax Collectors and Assessors. There are also periodic notations that a transcript of the latest appointments and commissions has been sent to the U.S. Secretary of State.