{"id":402,"date":"2012-12-08T16:25:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T22:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/?p=402"},"modified":"2021-04-16T22:31:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T03:31:49","slug":"madison-county-inmates-at-the-tn-state-penitentiary-1851-1870","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/madison-county-inmates-at-the-tn-state-penitentiary-1851-1870\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison County Inmates at the TN State Penitentiary, 1851-1870"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Last Name<\/th>First Name<\/th>Year<\/th>Race<\/th>Age<\/th>Crime<\/th>County<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Adams<\/td>Martin<\/td>1852<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>32<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alexander<\/td>William A.<\/td>1854<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>37<\/td>forgery<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alford<\/td>Lewis<\/td>1869<\/td>C<\/td>23<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bailey<\/td>Timothy<\/td>1860<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>27<\/td>Blank<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ballister<\/td>Timothy<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>21<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barker<\/td>William<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>22<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bolton<\/td>William<\/td>1870<\/td>C<\/td>15<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bond<\/td>Ralph<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>C<\/td>19<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burns<\/td>William<\/td>1869<\/td>W<\/td>28<\/td>shooting<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Button<\/td>William<\/td>1870<\/td>C<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byrum<\/td>Benjamin<\/td>1854<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>21<\/td>mail robbery<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caldwell<\/td>Con<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>40<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carden<\/td>John<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>25<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carpenter<\/td>Doc<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>35<\/td>incest<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carr<\/td>John<\/td>1858<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>28<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coldwell<\/td>Con<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>50<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croom<\/td>Frank<\/td>1867<\/td>C<\/td>28<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dodson<\/td>Jefferson<\/td>1860<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>43<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunhaus<\/td>George H.<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>26<\/td>manslaughter<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwards<\/td>W. A.<\/td>1857<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>36<\/td>horse stealing<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enos<\/td>William<\/td>1853<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>35<\/td>larceny \/ stealing<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evans<\/td>Bartlett<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>24<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flaxey<\/td>William<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>20<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gorman<\/td>Edward<\/td>1868<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>22<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goulding<\/td>James<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>20<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greenwood<\/td>J.<\/td>1860<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>32<\/td>forgery<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grooms<\/td>William<\/td>1853<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>20<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hall<\/td>Felin S.<\/td>1851<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>36<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hamlen<\/td>William M.<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>35<\/td>bigamy<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henry<\/td>John<\/td>1870<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>23<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hines<\/td>George<\/td>1870<\/td>C<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holley<\/td>William<\/td>1859<\/td>C<\/td>18<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hutchinson<\/td>J. R.<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>36<\/td>passing counterfeit\u00a0
\r\nmoney<\/td>		Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jones<\/td>Andy<\/td>1860<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>31<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jourdan<\/td>Wills<\/td>1867<\/td>C<\/td>16<\/td>rape<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lacey<\/td>James<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>46<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lee<\/td>George<\/td>1861<\/td>C<\/td>21<\/td>manslaughter<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manning<\/td>Martin<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>23<\/td>bigamy<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McIntyre<\/td>[blank]<\/td>1870<\/td>C<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>burglary<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merriweather<\/td>Robert<\/td>1867<\/td>C<\/td>30<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mitchell<\/td>Henry<\/td>1869<\/td>C<\/td>23<\/td>false pretense<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nolen<\/td>James<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>27<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nutteill<\/td>William<\/td>1851<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>24<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
O\u0092Keefe<\/td>Patrick<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>23<\/td>\u0093rescue\u0094<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portal<\/td>Henry<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>25<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Powers<\/td>James<\/td>1860<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>25<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pryer<\/td>John<\/td>1869<\/td>W<\/td>20<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramsey<\/td>Charles<\/td>1869<\/td>C<\/td>18<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Randall<\/td>Isaac<\/td>1870<\/td>C<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Record<\/td>Jerry<\/td>1870<\/td>C<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>rape<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redfield<\/td>John<\/td>1869<\/td>C<\/td>22<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reed<\/td>Chas<\/td>1870<\/td>C<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robb<\/td>Henry<\/td>1867<\/td>C<\/td>55<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roberts<\/td>C. J.<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>43<\/td>false pretence<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robeson<\/td>John<\/td>1860<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>42<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rowe<\/td>Benjamin W.<\/td>1851<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>28<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sauls<\/td>John G.<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>21<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sears<\/td>Albert<\/td>1860<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>31<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring<\/td>Moses<\/td>1867<\/td>C<\/td>17<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas<\/td>George<\/td>1869<\/td>W<\/td>21<\/td>false pretence<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas<\/td>George<\/td>1869<\/td>W<\/td>21<\/td>false pretence<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vinson<\/td>Henry<\/td>1854<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>39<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watkins<\/td>John G. W.<\/td>1854<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>72<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wells<\/td>Charles<\/td>1861<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>26<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whitaker<\/td>Allen<\/td>1867<\/td>W<\/td>23<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williams<\/td>Ahue<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>38<\/td>rape<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williams<\/td>Edward<\/td>1858<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>21<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williams<\/td>Sam<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>C<\/td>23<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woodfolk<\/td>Tucker<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>C<\/td>17<\/td>larceny<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woods<\/td>Nelson<\/td>1858<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>22<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Workman<\/td>W. G.<\/td>1859<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>25<\/td>murder<\/td>Madison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/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-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crimes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","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=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":677,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}