Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876. E.S. Morgan Confederate Captain Commission, 1861 Oct. 8. 1 Certificate. Location: MISC:M. Thomas O. Moore, a sugar planter of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, owned Emfield, Lodi, and Mooreland Plantations with his wife Berthia Leonard Moore. He was a member of the Police Jury of Rapides Parish, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and a State Senator. He served as governor of Louisiana (1860-1864) and called the Secession Convention in 1861. This is a certificate of commission signed by Thomas Overton Moore and [Maurico] Grivot, Adjutant and Inspector General of Louisiana, for E.S. Morgan. Mss. 5133.