War Date Document Signed

(1818-72) Born in Monticello, Georgia, he studied law, commenced practice in Alabama in 1838, was a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives, and served as a judge. In early 1861 he was appointed commissioner from Alabama to the Georgia secession convention. He was then named to the Provisional Confederate Congress where he was appointed chairman of the Committee on Engrossment. He also sat on the committees on Buildings; Executive Departments; and Flag and Seal. Elected Governor of Alabama in August 1861, he was active in preparing the state, especially Mobile, for defense and organizing troops for the field armies. His pro Jefferson Davis policies eventually made him unpopular in Alabama and he was defeated for another term by Thomas H. Watts in 1863.

War Date Document Signed: 8 1/4 x 4 1/2, imprinted form filled out in ink. Executive Department, Montgomery, Ala., June 6th, 1863. $5.00. The Auditor of the Treasury is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of Z.L. Bettis for Clarke County Journal for the sum of Five dollars, for Publication of Military Order No. 9 to Militia, to be paid out of the fund appropriated to the Quartermaster's Department by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, approved December 9th, 1862. Jno. Gill Shorter, Governor. Very fine treasury warrant for military expenses signed by Governor Shorter.