[1308] S. O. No. 53, 3d M. D., June 27, 1867; G. O. No. 44, 3d M. D., Aug. 1, 1867; Ho. Ex. Doc., No. 30, 40th Cong., 2d Sess.
[1309] G. O. No. 94, 3d M. D., 1867.
[1310] S. O. No. 96, 3d M. D., Aug 5. 1867; Ho. Ex. Doc., No. 30, 40th Cong., 2d Sess. There were other cases not referred to in general and special orders, but this was the only case in which Pope himself directly interfered.
[1311] G. O. No. 5, 3d M. D., April 8, 1867.
[1312] In this way, white majorities in ten counties were overcome by black majorities in the adjoining counties of the district.
[1313] Of the registrars who later became somewhat prominent in politics, the whites were Horton, Dimon, Dereen, Sillsby, William M. Buckley, Stanwood, Ely, Pennington, Haughey—all being northern men. Of the negro members of the boards, Royal, Finley, Williams, Alston, Turner, Rapier, and King (or Godwin) rose to some prominence, and their records were much better that those of their white colleagues.
[1314] G. O. No. 20, 3d M. D., May 21, 1867.
[1315] G. O. No. 12, 3d M. D., 1867.
[1316] Smith was later the first Reconstruction governor of Alabama.
[1317] G. O. No. 41, 3d M. D., 1867.