The Tennessee State Library & Archives (TSLA) houses the surviving records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary. The following list are individuals in the index from Madison County. For information on how to get more information about these records, please contact TSLA.

Last NameFirst NameYearRaceAgeCrimeCounty
AdamsMartin1852 32larcenyMadison
AlexanderWilliam A.1854 37forgeryMadison
AlfordLewis1869C23larcenyMadison
BaileyTimothy1860 27BlankMadison
BallisterTimothy1861 21larcenyMadison
BarkerWilliam1861 22larcenyMadison
BoltonWilliam1870C15larcenyMadison
BondRalph C19larcenyMadison
BurnsWilliam1869W28shootingMadison
ButtonWilliam1870C larcenyMadison
ByrumBenjamin1854 21mail robberyMadison
CaldwellCon1859 40larcenyMadison
CardenJohn1859 25murderMadison
CarpenterDoc1861 35incestMadison
CarrJohn1858 28larcenyMadison
ColdwellCon1859 50larcenyMadison
CroomFrank1867C28murderMadison
DodsonJefferson1860 43larcenyMadison
DunhausGeorge H.1861 26manslaughterMadison
EdwardsW. A.1857 36horse stealingMadison
EnosWilliam1853 35larceny / stealingMadison
EvansBartlett1861 24larcenyMadison
FlaxeyWilliam1861 20larcenyMadison
GormanEdward1868 22larcenyMadison
GouldingJames1859 20larcenyMadison
GreenwoodJ.1860 32forgeryMadison
GroomsWilliam1853 20larcenyMadison
HallFelin S.1851 36larcenyMadison
HamlenWilliam M.1861 35bigamyMadison
HenryJohn1870 23larcenyMadison
HinesGeorge1870C larcenyMadison
HolleyWilliam1859C18murderMadison
HutchinsonJ. R.1861 36passing counterfeit 
money
Madison
JonesAndy1860 31larcenyMadison
JourdanWills1867C16rapeMadison
LaceyJames1861 46larcenyMadison
LeeGeorge1861C21manslaughterMadison
ManningMartin1861 23bigamyMadison
McIntyre[blank]1870C burglaryMadison
MerriweatherRobert1867C30larcenyMadison
MitchellHenry1869C23false pretenseMadison
NolenJames1859 27murderMadison
NutteillWilliam1851 24murderMadison
O’KeefePatrick1861 23“rescue”Madison
PortalHenry1861 25murderMadison
PowersJames1860 25larcenyMadison
PryerJohn1869W20murderMadison
RamseyCharles1869C18larcenyMadison
RandallIsaac1870C larcenyMadison
RecordJerry1870C rapeMadison
RedfieldJohn1869C22larcenyMadison
ReedChas1870C larcenyMadison
RobbHenry1867C55larcenyMadison
RobertsC. J.1859 43false pretenceMadison
RobesonJohn1860 42larcenyMadison
RoweBenjamin W.1851 28murderMadison
SaulsJohn G.1861 21murderMadison
SearsAlbert1860 31larcenyMadison
SpringMoses1867C17larcenyMadison
ThomasGeorge1869W21false pretenceMadison
ThomasGeorge1869W21false pretenceMadison
VinsonHenry1854 39murderMadison
WatkinsJohn G. W.1854 72larcenyMadison
WellsCharles1861 26murderMadison
WhitakerAllen1867W23larcenyMadison
WilliamsAhue1859 38rapeMadison
WilliamsEdward1858 21larcenyMadison
WilliamsSam C23larcenyMadison
WoodfolkTucker C17larcenyMadison
WoodsNelson1858 22murderMadison
WorkmanW. G.1859 25murderMadison