{"id":368,"date":"2023-03-16T06:02:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/marshall\/?p=368"},"modified":"2023-04-13T00:11:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:11:33","slug":"index-for-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1831-1870-marshall-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/marshall\/index-for-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1831-1870-marshall-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall County Inmates in State Penitentiary 1831-1870"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tennessee State Penitentiary opened in 1831.  It was located near downtown Nashville. Prior to 1831 the convicts were housed in the county jails.  It was the suggestion of Governor McMinn to fund the construction of a state penitentiary by obtaining a bank loan.<\/p>\n

Construction started in 1830, and the facility opened January 1, 1831.<\/p>\n

Governor Carroll dedicated the new penitentiary.  The new facility contained 200 cells, storehouse, hospital, and a few other buildings.  Construction on a new building began in 1893,  The new building opened in 1898.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of prisoners from Marshall County<\/strong><\/em>.  These names came from two published volumes of Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary, 1831-1870 <\/i>located at the Tennessee Library and Archives.<\/p>\n

You can request a penitentiary record by emailing the Tennessee Library and Archives. Click here to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Last Name<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Name<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\nRace<\/strong><\/td>\nAge<\/strong><\/td>\nCrime<\/strong><\/td>\nCounty<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cole<\/td>\nDavid<\/td>\n1870<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n <\/td>\nlarceny<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cook<\/td>\nWilliam<\/td>\n1852<\/td>\n <\/td>\n20<\/td>\nlarceny<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cummings<\/td>\nJake<\/td>\n1870<\/td>\n <\/td>\n18<\/td>\nhorse stealing<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cummings<\/td>\nJake<\/td>\n1870<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n <\/td>\nhorse stealing<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daws<\/td>\nJames<\/td>\n1856<\/td>\n <\/td>\n35<\/td>\nlarceny<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harvey<\/td>\nAlexander<\/td>\n1861<\/td>\n <\/td>\n58<\/td>\nlarceny<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Horford<\/td>\nWilliam<\/td>\n1870<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n18<\/td>\nhorse stealing<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosford<\/td>\nWilliam<\/td>\n1870<\/td>\nW<\/td>\n <\/td>\nhorse stealing<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hunt<\/td>\nR. B.<\/td>\n1859<\/td>\n <\/td>\n28<\/td>\nlarceny<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hurt<\/td>\nRiley W<\/td>\n1859<\/td>\n <\/td>\n28<\/td>\nstealing<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jackson<\/td>\nMason<\/td>\n <\/td>\nC<\/td>\n40<\/td>\nhorse stealing<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomery<\/td>\nJames<\/td>\n <\/td>\nC<\/td>\n19<\/td>\nlarceny<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moore<\/td>\nAlexander<\/td>\n1869<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n25<\/td>\nhorse stealing<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Owen<\/td>\nJoe<\/td>\n1870<\/td>\nC<\/td>\n <\/td>\nforgery<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seaton<\/td>\nJames<\/td>\n1853<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nlarceny<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilson<\/td>\nJohn R.<\/td>\n1857<\/td>\n <\/td>\n24<\/td>\nmurder<\/td>\nMarshall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:  http:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/inmates-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1851-1870<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Tennessee State Penitentiary opened in 1831.  It was located near downtown Nashville. Prior to 1831 the convicts were housed in the county jails.  It was the suggestion of Governor McMinn to fund the construction of a state penitentiary by obtaining a bank loan. Construction started in 1830, and the facility opened January 1, 1831. Governor Carroll dedicated the new penitentiary.  The new facility contained 200 cells, storehouse, hospital, and a few other buildings.  Construction on a new building began in…<\/p>\n

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