{"id":297,"date":"2011-12-07T22:40:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T04:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/?p=297"},"modified":"2021-04-16T22:32:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T03:32:10","slug":"tn-state-pen-inmates-1831-1850","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/tn-state-pen-inmates-1831-1850\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison County Inmates at the TN State Penitentiary, 1831-1850"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee State Library &amp; Archives (TSLA) houses the surviving records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary. \u00a0The following list are individuals in the index from Madison County. \u00a0For information on how to get more information about these records, please <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/inmates-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1831-1850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact TSLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Last Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">First Name<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Crime<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Age<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">--?--<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jim, a boy of collor<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">obtaining goods under under\u00a0<br \/>\r\nfalse pretence<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Artist<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Morris<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">shooting<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bellew<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">William<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">larceny &amp; rec'd stolen goods<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Booby<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Frances<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">receiving stolen goods<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bowles<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Joseph<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">attempt to kill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brooks<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bailey<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">manslaughter<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bryant<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">W.H.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">horse stealing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Calhoun<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John H.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cassells<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">William<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">horse stealing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Childress<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ayres<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">p[etit] larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">blank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Clark<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Burwell<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">fo[r]gery<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Clark<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Marian C.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Clark<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Reuben<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">horse breaking [sic]<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cook<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">George Washington<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">stabbing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Davis<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Green<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Charles<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Henry<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alexander<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">felony<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hines<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Irwin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Johnson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Noel K.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">p[etit] larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Johnson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Richard<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">false token<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jones<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">James<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">counterfeiting<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kasler<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Philip<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Logan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Robert<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">May<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Obadiah<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">McCallister<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Francis<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Morgan<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">William<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">horse stealing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Murrell<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John A.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">negro stealing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Powers<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">James<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">p[etit] larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Purtle<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Arnett<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ray<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Drury<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">horse stealing<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Robinson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John D.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">p[etit] larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sheets<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Daniel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Simpson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">larceny<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Slaughter<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">James C.D.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ussery<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nathaniel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">murder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1 from cache -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee State Library &amp; Archives (TSLA) houses the surviving records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary. \u00a0The following list are individuals in the index from Madison County. \u00a0For information on how to get more information about these records, please contact TSLA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crimes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}