Category: Crimes

The Tennessee State Library & Archives (TSLA) houses the surviving records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary.

The following list is for individuals in the index of Shelby County inmates at the state penitentiary between 1851-1870. For information on how to get more information about these records, please contact TSLA.

Last Name	First Name	Year	Race	Age	Crime	County
Allen	William	1852		18	larceny	Shelby
Anderson	George	1868		18	horse stealing	Shelby
Anderson	Henry	1869	C	18	larceny	Shelby
Armstrong	John	1853			larceny	Shelby
Atkeson	William	1869	C	24	larceny	Shelby
Atkinson	Bill	1869		24	larceny	Shelby
Baeton	Wade	1869	C	25	larceny	Shelby
Ballerain	Julies	1869	W	18	larceny	Shelby
Ballerian	Julius	1869		18	larceny	Shelby
Barlow	Ira B.	1867		24	desertion & murder	Shelby
Barnett	John	1866	C	25	larceny	Shelby
Barrett	John S.	1861		37	passing counterfeit	Shelby
Bass	Evans	1867	C	18	larceny	Shelby
Batton	Samuel	1870	C	27	rape	Shelby
Bedford	Cagur	1869	C	31	larceny	Shelby
Bell	Henry	1869		19	larceny	Shelby
Bell	Henry	1869	C	19	larceny	Shelby
Bentley	Willis	1866	W	22	larceny	Shelby
Berry	James	1869	W	29	larceny	Shelby
Best	Joseph	1858		19	larceny	Shelby
Blackburn	Ned	1869	C	22	larceny	Shelby
Blair	Ira	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Bland	William	1851		20	larceny	Shelby
Bolton	Homer	1869	C	24	larceny	Shelby
Bolton	John	1856		20	larceny	Shelby
Bolton	Monroe	1869		24	larceny	Shelby
Bolton	Samuel	1870	C		rape	Shelby
Bolton	Wade	1869	C	25	larceny	Shelby
Boon	John		W	19	larceny	Shelby
Bowling	George	1852		24	larceny	Shelby
Boyd	Charles	1869		23	murder	Shelby
Boyd	Charles	1869	C	23	murder	Shelby
Boyd	Zach	1870	W		larceny	Shelby
Bradley	George	1858		23	larceny	Shelby
Breake	Samuel	1869		19	larceny	Shelby
Bremers	John	1859		55	larceny	Shelby
Briand [?]	Felix O.	1851		30	larceny	Shelby
Brock	Henry	1866	C	36	not stated	Shelby
Brooke	Samuel	1869	C	19	larceny	Shelby
Brothe	John	1863		32	murder	Shelby
Brown	Emma	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Brown	J. C.	1860		37	stabbing	Shelby
Brown	John	1852		32	decoying slave	Shelby
Brown	John	1869	C	31	larceny	Shelby
Brown	William	1856		32	larceny	Shelby
Bryant	Martin	1856		18	larceny	Shelby
Buckley	George R.	1852		26	larceny	Shelby
Burchett	Wolf		W	19	larceny	Shelby
Burmingham	Thomas	1854		29	larceny	Shelby
Burton	Matthew	1855		30	larceny	Shelby
Butler	Bill	1869	C	20	larceny	Shelby
Butler	James	1869	C	37	false pretence	Shelby
Butler	Marcus	1866	W	40	not stated	Shelby
Buttron	John	1857		22	larceny	Shelby
Caldwell	Henry	1869		23	larceny	Shelby
Caldwell	Henry	1869	C	23	larceny	Shelby
Calico	Aaron	1869	C	25	house breaking	Shelby
Calico	Aaron	1869	C		house breaking	Shelby
Campbell	James	1859		28	larceny	Shelby
Campbell	James	1859			larceny	Shelby
Campbell	William	1870	W		larceny	Shelby
Carmichael	J. H.		W	21	horse stealing	Shelby
Carmichael	W. E.		W	22	horse stealing	Shelby
Carmichael	W. E.	1868	W	22	horse stealing	Shelby
Carsen	Elias	1858		25	larceny	Shelby
Carson	William	1857		26	larceny	Shelby
Carter	Galen	1857		23	murder	Shelby
Carter	John H.	1869		23	larceny	Shelby
Carter	Joseph	1857		21	larceny	Shelby
Carter	Orlander	1869	W	32	larceny	Shelby
Cartwright	Walter	1866	C	22	larceny	Shelby
Casey	John	1859		26	larceny	Shelby
Cassidy	Charles P.	1859		29	larceny	Shelby
Cerriel	N.	1866	W	21	larceny	Shelby
Clack	John	1852		31	larceny	Shelby
Clark	James C.	1860		20	larceny	Shelby
Clark	John	1859		32	larceny	Shelby
Clay	Henry	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Clemons	George	1861		24	larceny	Shelby
Clifton	John	1856		13	larceny	Shelby
Clifton	John	1858		18	larceny	Shelby
Clifton	William	1856		13	larceny	Shelby
Collins	John		W	28	larceny	Shelby
Conley	John	1866	W	22	larceny	Shelby
Conner	Joseph	1853		23	burglary	Shelby
Connors	James	1869	W	16	larceny	Shelby
Cornelius	James	1860		30	larceny	Shelby
Cornelius	William	1853		54	burglary	Shelby
Corriel	H.	1866	W	21	larceny	Shelby
Cotton	W. B.	1866	W	24	larceny	Shelby
Cox	Thornton	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Cramey  (Cranney?)	James	1852		21	larceny	Shelby
Crane	A. B.	1856		35	larceny	Shelby
Creighton	James	1851		26	larceny	Shelby
Crow	Lewis	1869	W	29	larceny	Shelby
Crow	Mike	1861		37	larceny	Shelby
Cunlin	John	1855		25	larceny	Shelby
Currin	James	1861		25	larceny	Shelby
Dalton	James L	1855		25	false pretense	Shelby
Dandridge	William T.	1866	W	18	larceny	Shelby
Danley	Thomas	1853		30	larceny	Shelby
Darby	Francis	1853		24	larceny	Shelby
Davidson	Edward	1856		42	larceny	Shelby
Davis	Jeff	1866	W	22	burglary	Shelby
Davis	Jefferson	1866	W	22	burglary	Shelby
Delaney	Charles	1869	C	19	larceny	Shelby
Delaney	Michael	1858		40	larceny	Shelby
Demisan  (Donavan ?)	Thomas	1853		33	larceny	Shelby
Dodson	Floyd	1869		24	larceny	Shelby
Dodson	Floyd	1869	C	24	larceny	Shelby
Donohoe	John	1851		27	stabbing	Shelby
Dorsey	Margaret	1869	C		perjury	Shelby
Dowlen	Patrick	1852		38	larceny	Shelby
Doyle	James	1851		26	larceny	Shelby
Doyle	Thomas	1855		15	larceny	Shelby
Doyle	William	1869	W	21	larceny	Shelby
Doyle	William	1869		21	larceny	Shelby
Dunbar	P. P.	1866	W	28	larceny	Shelby
Dunbar	P. P.	1866	W	28	larceny	Shelby
Dunlap	Jessie	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Dunlap	William	1869	C	21	larceny	Shelby
Ellison	D.	1857		21	larceny	Shelby
Evans	Ben	1869	C	42	larceny	Shelby
Evans	William	1859		30	larceny	Shelby
Evans	William	1866	W	22	robbery	Shelby
Evins	William	1866		22	robbery	Shelby
Farrel	A.	1858		34	larceny	Shelby
Fields	Henry		C	22	larceny	Shelby
Fields	Martin	1867	C	27	receiving stolen goods	Shelby
Fisher	John	1858		25	larceny	Shelby
Fitzimmons	John	1853		30	larceny	Shelby
Fitzpatrick	Patrick	1860		35	stabbing	Shelby
Flannery	Mike	1860		23	larceny	Shelby
Flourie	Henry	1855		24	larceny	Shelby
Floyd	James	1860		46	larceny	Shelby
Foley	James	1858		21	larceny	Shelby
Folks	Jacob	1854		31	larceny	Shelby
Fountaine	John	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Fowler	James	1858		30	larceny	Shelby
Francis	Pursley	1860		27	larceny	Shelby
Galvin	John	1861		17	larceny	Shelby
Garner	Robert F.	1861		40	larceny	Shelby
Garrett	Patrick	1859		31	larceny	Shelby
German	Edmund	1858		22	murder	Shelby
Gibbons	Phillips	1855		20	larceny	Shelby
Glass	John	1869	W	27	larceny	Shelby
Glass	John	1859		17	robbery	Shelby
Good	Adam	1859		27	larceny	Shelby
Good	Peter	1869	W		murder	Shelby
Goodrich	Henry	1860		31	larceny	Shelby
Grant	Thomas	1858		22	larceny	Shelby
Griffin	J.	1858		45	larceny	Shelby
Gross	George	1861		19	larceny	Shelby
Guin	James	1858		15	larceny	Shelby
Gunn	George W.	1860		36	passing a forged order	Shelby
Hall	Ellis	1868	C	36	larceny	Shelby
Hall	Frank	1860		23	larceny	Shelby
Hall	Lemuel P.	1858		25	larceny	Shelby
Hall	William	1859		33	larceny	Shelby
Haloway	Geo	1870	C		horse stealing	Shelby
Hanks	Thomas	1867	W	23	larceny / false pretence	Shelby
Harris	John	1866	W	19	murder	Shelby
Harris	Kate	1870		19	larceny	Shelby
Harris	Katie	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Harris	Samuel	1859		30	larceny	Shelby
Harrison	Joseph	1866	C	50	assault to murder	Shelby
Hart	John	1852		22	larceny	Shelby
Harvey [?]	Christian	1861		32	larceny	Shelby
Hawkins	Cornelius	1867	C	17	larceny	Shelby
Hays	Taylor	1866	C	19	not stated	Shelby
Heit	Thomas	1857		26	robbery	Shelby
Henderson	B.	1856		28	larceny	Shelby
Henderson	Charles		C	21	larceny	Shelby
Henderson	James	1855		32	larceny	Shelby
Henderson	William	1869		48	horse stealing	Shelby
Henderson	William	1869			horse stealing	Shelby
Henderson	William	1870	C		horse stealing	Shelby
Henry	John	1869		19	larceny	Shelby
Henry	William	1870	C	13	larceny	Shelby
Henry	William	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Heron	Jerry	1866	C	35	not stated	Shelby
Hicks	Charles	1857		22	larceny	Shelby
Hicks	Charles	1857		22	larceny	Shelby
Hight	Thomas	1857		26	robbery	Shelby
Hill	William	1853		30	murder	Shelby
Hines	John W.	1860		63	false pretence	Shelby
Hockings	David	1853		4 [sic]	larceny	Shelby
Hoffman	J.	1851		30	robbery	Shelby
Hoot	James	1859		30	larceny	Shelby
Howard	James	1852		21	larceny	Shelby
Howard	William F.	1851		19	larceny	Shelby
Huckins	David	1853		47	larceny	Shelby
Hughes	John	1859		18	larceny	Shelby
Isom	Carrol	1859		23	larceny	Shelby
Jackson	Andrew	1869	C	17	larceny	Shelby
Jackson	George	1869	C		forgery	Shelby
James	Fowler	1858		30	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Andrew	1869	C	13	murder	Shelby
Johnson	Andrew	1869	C	13	murder	Shelby
Johnson	Charles	1869	C	18	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Charles	1858		19	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Charles	1858		19	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Charles	1869	C	46	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Edward	1869	C	21	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Jacob	1867	C	25	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	James	1860		25	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Jemy	1870	C		stabbing	Shelby
Johnson	Joe	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Johnson	John	1852		22	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	John	1856		33	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	John	1869	C	37	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	John	1869	C	37	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Robert	1869	C	21	larceny	Shelby
Johnson	Robert	1869		18	malicious shooting	Shelby
Johnson	Robert	1869	C	18	malicious shooting	Shelby
Johnson	W. H.	1853		20	larceny	Shelby
Jones	Bill	1860		24	larceny	Shelby
Jones	Huey	1869	C	59	murder	Shelby
Jones	James		C	16	house breaking	Shelby
Jones	James	1868		16	larceny	Shelby
Jones	Thomas	1861		37	robbery	Shelby
Joyce	William	1853			murder	Shelby
Kain	John	1855		26	larceny	Shelby
Kelly	Daniel	1856		19	larceny	Shelby
Kelly	Daniel	1859		19	larceny	Shelby
Kelly	Mike	1862		25	larceny	Shelby
Kelly	Peter	1851		25	larceny	Shelby
Kelly	Peter	1857		42	larceny	Shelby
King	William	1861		28	robbery	Shelby
Kirk	John	1859		20	counterfeiting	Shelby
Kirk	R.	1861		28	larceny	Shelby
Kleevers  (Kelivins ?)	Rudolph	1861		48	larceny	Shelby
Kleivins  (Kleevers ?)	Rudolph	1861		48	larceny	Shelby
Lambert	Charles	1858		37	larceny	Shelby
Lampkin	Lott	1869	C	22	horse stealing	Shelby
Lane	Freeman	1866	W	19	burglary	Shelby
Lane	Freeman	1866	W	19	burglary	Shelby
Lawrence	Adam		C	19	larceny	Shelby
Lawson	Peter		C	20	larceny	Shelby
Leach	Jacob L.	1859		26	larceny	Shelby
Lee	Jasper	1865	C	35	murder	Shelby
Lee	Lucinda	1867	C	19	larceny	Shelby
Lemmons	M. L.	1866	W	30	larceny	Shelby
Lemon	Patrick	1861		19	larceny	Shelby
Leonard	William	1858		21	larceny	Shelby
Lewis	Joseph	1853		48	larceny	Shelby
Linsley	Edward	1869	W	31	horse stealing	Shelby
Little	Jesse D.	1859		24	larceny	Shelby
Lock	Albert	1869	C	15	larceny	Shelby
Logan	Thomas	1861		34	larceny	Shelby
Loville	Oscar	1851		32	offering to pass  counterfeit money	Shelby
Lynch	Patrick	1858		31	larceny	Shelby
Mack	Mathew	1861		25	robbery	Shelby
Mahler	Frank	1869	W	18	larceny	Shelby
Maloney	John	1853		9	arson	Shelby
Maloney	John	1857		18	larceny	Shelby
Marcelli	Raffaelle	1858		22	manslaughter	Shelby
Marion	Francis	1857		19	larceny	Shelby
Marley	Gabe	1867	C	21	larceny	Shelby
Marsh	William	1869	W	18	larceny	Shelby
Marshall	James	1869	W	16	larceny	Shelby
Mason	James	1853		37	larceny	Shelby
May	George	1856		23	larceny	Shelby
McCartney	James	1851		31	offering to pass  counterfeit money	Shelby
McCarty	Jeremiah	1856		42	murder	Shelby
McDonnell	Robert	1870	W		larceny	Shelby
McDowell	Peter	1866	C	32	larceny	Shelby
McIntire	Frank	1859		17	larceny	Shelby
McKee	Patrick	1856		22	larceny	Shelby
McLaughly	John	1860		22	stabbing	Shelby
McLean	William	1859		26	larceny	Shelby
Miller	George	1859		28	larceny	Shelby
Miller	Henry	1858		28	larceny	Shelby
Miller	John		C	38	larceny	Shelby
Miller	John	1870	C		stabbing	Shelby
Miller	Joseph	1852		55	larceny	Shelby
Miller	Theodore	1858		38	larceny	Shelby
Mitchel	Edward	1853		28	larceny	Shelby
Mitchell	J. R.	1856		37	larceny	Shelby
Morrison	Hugh	1862		49	larceny	Shelby
Moshay	Patrick	1853		56	false pretense	Shelby
Mullins	Daniel	1866	C	23	larceny	Shelby
Murphy	John	1869	C	42	larceny	Shelby
Murphy	John	1861		28	robbery	Shelby
Myers	Charles	1858		30	larceny	Shelby
Myers	John	1861		18	assault	Shelby
Myers	John	1851		27	passing counterfeit  coins	Shelby
Myers	John H.	1857		46	larceny	Shelby
Neally	Susan	1865	C		larceny	Shelby
Nellis	George	1866	W	20	not stated	Shelby
Neville	Thos	1869	C	45	horse stealing	Shelby
Newell	Patrick	1851		30	larceny	Shelby
Nichols	John	1858		41	larceny	Shelby
Nickens	Thomas	1866	C	22	larceny	Shelby
Niles	John	1866	C	23	robbery	Shelby
Norfleet	Nathaniel	1858		21	murder	Shelby
Nunley	M.	1859		30	larceny	Shelby
Nunley	M.	1859		30	larceny	Shelby
O’Bryen	James	1851		27	larceny	Shelby
O’Donald	James	1870	W	22	larceny	Shelby
O’Donnell	James	1870	W		larceny	Shelby
O’Keefe	Patrick	1861		24	“rescue”	Shelby
O’Neal	Francis	1855		34	larceny	Shelby
Ordeman	Nicholas	1851		36	larceny	Shelby
Patterson	John	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Payne	Silas	1869	C	23	larceny	Shelby
Payne	Winter	1867	C	18	larceny	Shelby
Peebles	Henry		C	30	larceny	Shelby
Peterson	William	1853		20	murder	Shelby
Pettis	Daniel	1869	C	25	larceny	Shelby
Peytin	Steward	1861		30	larceny	Shelby
Phillips	Ann	1869	C	21	robbery	Shelby
Pierce	Dock	1869	C	18	larceny	Shelby
Pigries	Wesley	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Pinkard	J. J.	1869	W	27	larceny	Shelby
Polk	Elias	1865	C		larceny	Shelby
Prason [?]	Edward	1859		30	larceny	Shelby
Priest	James	1853		21	larceny	Shelby
Pulaski	John	1855		58	stealing	Shelby
Purcell	James	1851		31	larceny	Shelby
Pursley	Francis	1860		27	larceny	Shelby
Quin	James	1858		15	larceny	Shelby
Rains	P.	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Rankin	John	1852		24	larceny	Shelby
Ready	Lewis		C	44	larceny	Shelby
Redman	Frank	1858		20	larceny	Shelby
Reid	John	1858		36	larceny	Shelby
Reid	John	1858		33	possessing burglary  instruments	Shelby
Reves	William	1856		34	larceny	Shelby
Reynolds	James	1855		27	murder	Shelby
Rice	Ed	1866	W	16	breaking and entering	Shelby
Rice	Ed	1866	W	16	felony	Shelby
Rice	Edward	1866			house breaking	Shelby
Richards	Charles	1869	C	19	house breaking	Shelby
Ridgely	William	1859		44	larceny	Shelby
Rivers	George	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Rives	William	1856		34	larceny	Shelby
Roberts	John	1858		55	larceny	Shelby
Robinson	Betty	1869	C	23	malicious shooting	Shelby
Robinson	Riley	1869	C	23	malicious shooting	Shelby
Robinson	William D.	1860		27	larceny	Shelby
Rodgers	Henry		C	20	false pretense	Shelby
Rodgers	Henry	1869	C	27	larceny	Shelby
Rogers	Andrew	1853		20	larceny	Shelby
Rogers	Henry	1869	C	27	larceny	Shelby
Rogers	James	1855		38	larceny	Shelby
Rogers	John	1869	C	21	larceny	Shelby
Rogers	Joseph L.	1855		50	Negro stealing	Shelby
Roney	Frank	1859		52	larceny	Shelby
Ross	John	1855		22	larceny	Shelby
Ross	John	1855			larceny	Shelby
Russell	Thomas	1861		23	robbery	Shelby
Ryan	Thomas	1857		19	robbery	Shelby
Savage	Henry	1859		55	larceny	Shelby
Schonbsks  (Kutzeshanitzky ?)	Rudolph	1852		26	larceny	Shelby
Shaif	John	1851		30	false pretence	Shelby
Sherridon	Barney	1856	C	29	larceny	Shelby
Short	Arthur	1858		11  or  12	larceny	Shelby
Simmonds	Alexander	1870	W	35	horse stealing	Shelby
Simmonds	Alexander	1870	W		stealing	Shelby
Smith	Charles	1859		22	larceny	Shelby
Smith	Conrad	1857		32	larceny	Shelby
Smith	Hanson	1855		42	arson	Shelby
Smith	James	1863		21	burglary	Shelby
Smith	James	1859		30	larceny	Shelby
Smith	James	1853		37	larceny	Shelby
Smith	James	1857		48	larceny	Shelby
Smith	Jno.	1853		30	larceny	Shelby
Smith	John	1855		22	larceny	Shelby
Smith	Richard	1854		41	murder	Shelby
Smith	Thomas	1869	C	24	horse stealing	Shelby
Smith	Thomas	1869	C	61	horse stealing	Shelby
Smith	Wash	1867	C	28	larceny	Shelby
Smith	William	1859		45	false pretence	Shelby
Snowden	Bettie	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Spencer	James	1852		28	larceny	Shelby
Staples	Peter	1869	C	14	murder	Shelby
Stephens	George C.	1861		20	robbery	Shelby
Stephens	Samuel	1866	C	21	larceny	Shelby
Stephens	William	1857		24	larceny	Shelby
Stewart	Thomas	1856		35	larceny	Shelby
Sullivan	Jeremiah	1855		28	larceny	Shelby
Sullivan	John	1855		28	larceny	Shelby
Summerhill	Thomas L.		W	18	attempted robbery	Shelby
Tammin	J. F.	1861		38	larceny	Shelby
Taylor	Edward	1869	C	27	house breaking	Shelby
Taylor	Edward	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Terrence	Stephen	1869	C		horse stealing	Shelby
Terry	Sam	1869	C	7 [sic]	larceny	Shelby
Thomas	Edward	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Thomas	Hugh	1870	C		house breaking	Shelby
Thompson	George	1857		17	larceny	Shelby
Thompson	Henry		C	25	arson	Shelby
Thompson	Henry	1866	C	20	arson	Shelby
Thompson	Robert	1859		27	larceny	Shelby
Tierioay  (Tiernay ?)	Bridget	1861			larceny	Shelby
Titus	Eb	1869	C	15	larceny	Shelby
Torrence	Stephen	1869	C	34	house breaking	Shelby
Turnadge	Henry	1869	C	27	larceny	Shelby
Turnage	Henry	1869	C	27	grand larceny	Shelby
Vannorman	P.	1859		26	larceny	Shelby
Walcott	George	1857		19	larceny	Shelby
Walker	Jacob	1857		21	larceny	Shelby
Walker	Richard	1867	C	37	larceny	Shelby
Wallace	John	1866	W	21	larceny	Shelby
Wallace	William	1858		20	larceny	Shelby
Wallace	William	1858		20	larceny	Shelby
Waller	W.	1861		20	larceny	Shelby
Ward	James		C	32	housebreaking	Shelby
Ward	James	1868	C	32	larceny	Shelby
Washington	George	1867	C	21	larceny	Shelby
Washington	George	1869	C		larceny	Shelby
Washington	Will	1866	C	41	rape	Shelby
Washington	Will	1866	C	41	rape	Shelby
Watson	Charles		W	28	housebreaking	Shelby
Watson	Curtis	1870	C		house breaking	Shelby
Watts	John	1859		47	larceny	Shelby
Watts	Robert	1870	C		larceny	Shelby
Welborne	Enoch	1855		58	counterfeiting	Shelby
Welch	James	1859		25	larceny	Shelby
Wheeler	James	1851		27	larceny	Shelby
Wiley	James	1851		20	larceny	Shelby
Williams	Alexander	1855		26	larceny	Shelby
Williams	George	1857		16	larceny	Shelby
Williams	Henry	1870	C		murder	Shelby
Williams	James		C	27	larceny	Shelby
Williams	Jerry		C	18	murder	Shelby
Williams	Jerry	1868	C	18	murder	Shelby
Williams	John	1859		17	larceny	Shelby
Williams	John	1861		23	larceny	Shelby
Williams	John P.	1857		23	larceny	Shelby
Williams	Joseph		C	32	larceny	Shelby
Williams	Philip	1867	C	50	murder	Shelby
Williamson	William	1851		25	larceny	Shelby
Willson	John	1853		30	larceny	Shelby
Wilmot	Albert	1853		17	larceny	Shelby
Wilson	Charles	1870	W		larceny	Shelby
Wilson	Ed	1866	W	34	robbery	Shelby
Wilson	Ed	1866	W	34	robbery	Shelby
Wilson	Thomas	1858		37	larceny	Shelby
Winn	James	1866	W	22	larceny	Shelby
Winn	T. L.	1866	W	24	larceny	Shelby
Winne	James	1866	W	22	larceny	Shelby
Winne	T. L.	1866	W	24	larceny	Shelby
Winston	Richard	1859		18	larceny	Shelby
Wise	John	1866	W	31	murder	Shelby
Wood	Anthony	1855		24	larceny	Shelby
Woods	Clinton	1869	C		house breaking	Shelby
Woods	Henry	1869	C	26	house breaking	Shelby
Woods	Henry	1870	C		house breaking	Shelby
Worthey	G. B.	1857		38	larceny	Shelby
Yates	Merideth	1857			murder	Shelby
Young	Thomas	1857		25	larceny	Shelby

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The Tennessee State Library & Archives (TSLA) houses the surviving records of the Tennessee State Penitentiary.  

The following list is for individuals in the index of Shelby County inmates at the state penitentiary between 1831-1850. For information on how to get more information about these records, please contact TSLA.

The table below lists each individual names, crimes and age.

Last Name	First Name	Crime	County	Age
Allen	John	passing counterfeit money	Shelby	42
Allen	Wiley	larceny	Shelby	19
Bailey	John	larceny	Shelby	28
Balduff	Henry	petit larceny	Shelby	15
Ballentire	William	grand larceny	Shelby	30
Bennett	John	negro stealing	Shelby	31
Berry	John A.	grand larceny	Shelby	25
Blackwell	Joseph	petit & grand larceny	Shelby	36
Brewer	James	grand larceny	Shelby	39
Brewer	Wesley	passing counterfeit money	Shelby	20
Brown	James	larceny	Shelby	32
Brown	William	horse stealing	Shelby	37
Bruce	Nathaniel	grand larceny	Shelby	24
Buchanan	Edward	grand larceny	Shelby	48
Bunch	Basil	having & pass[ing]  c[ounterfeit] money	Shelby	23
Burke	William	larceny	Shelby	22
Butler	James	larceny	Shelby	29
Caldwell	William	larceny	Shelby	30
Campbell	William	grand larceny	Shelby	33
Charles	Devit	petit larceny	Shelby	42
Clasure	John	grand larceny	Shelby	53
Corroman	Michael	larceny	Shelby	n/a
Covington	William C.	slave stealing	Shelby	23
Davis	Richard	petit larceny	Shelby	36
Davis	William	robbery	Shelby	33
Dayton	Josiah	grand larceny	Shelby	24
Dorsey	Cornelius	keeping counterfeit coin	Shelby	29
Eddington	Andrew	grand larceny	Shelby	29
Elloitt [sic, Elliott]	Ransom	malicious shooting	Shelby	48
Fallick	Isaac	passing counterfeit money	Shelby	28
Fasting	William	grand larceny	Shelby	n/a
Finney	Augustus	arson	Shelby	16
Fisher	Jacob	grand larceny	Shelby	33
Forbes	Saml. H.	murder in 2nd degree	Shelby	24
Frazier	Ermando	horse stealing	Shelby	25
Gordon	Robert	petit larceny	Shelby	16
Gott [Jott?]	Sterling M.	negro stealing	Shelby	28
Griffith	Oliver	grand larceny	Shelby	33
Grooms	James	grand larceny	Shelby	70
Hall	Jonathan A.	obtaining goods by false  pretence	Shelby	23
Hanna	John Ezra	malicious shooting	Shelby	25
Harrell	Henry	grand larceny	Shelby	33
Harrison	Benjamin R.	stealing promissory  notes	Shelby	25
Harrison	John	horse stealing	Shelby	24
Hecock	John	larceny	Shelby	21
Henry	James	larceny	Shelby	33
Herron	Jack	larceny	Shelby	28
Hobbs	A.	forgery	Shelby	24
Hoffman	Danl.	larceny	Shelby	23
Hooper	Nimrod	negro stealing	Shelby	49
Hoy	Hugh	grand larceny	Shelby	35
Husky	Blake	arson	Shelby	31
Jackson	Thos. P.	petit larceny	Shelby	33
Jestice [Justice?]	Robert	horse stealing	Shelby	31
Jones	Charles W.H.	larceny	Shelby	30
Jones	Wm. G.	horse stealing	Shelby	24
Kelly	James	grand larceny	Shelby	45
Kirksey	Jesse B.	grand larceny	Shelby	39
Larkey	Saml.	larceny	Shelby	30
Leger	Lewis D.H.	assault to kill	Shelby	29
Lickstein	Daniel	grand larceny	Shelby	25
Little	John	grand larceny	Shelby	31
McBride	John	counterfeiter	Shelby	39
McCoy	John A.	negro stealing	Shelby	33
McKay	Robt.	petit larceny	Shelby	33
McKinley	R[?] R.	harboring a slave	Shelby	31
McMahan	John	larceny	Shelby	n/a
Mills	Thomas	receiving stolen good[s]	Shelby	32
Mitchel	Abraham	larceny	Shelby	26
Mitchel	James	robbery	Shelby	23
Nebas	Matthew	petit larceny	Shelby	27
Norris	Ambrose A.	petit larceny	Shelby	25
O'Donnell	John	larceny	Shelby	30
Orr	John	petit larceny	Shelby	31
Pass	ashington G.	horse stealing	Shelby	n/a
Popelaski	William	larceny	Shelby	22
Randal	Thompson W.	larceny	Shelby	38
Rial	John	larceny	Shelby	35
Rodgers	Thomas	larceny	Shelby	40
Ross	William W.	robbery	Shelby	19
Sanders	James	Receiving stolen goods	Shelby	27
Seymour	W.H.	grand larceny	Shelby	17
Simpson	John	grand larceny	Shelby	24
Smith	William	obtaining goods under  false pretence	Shelby	29
Smolenski	Stanislous	p[etit] larceny	Shelby	49
Spears	Abram	murder 2d degree	Shelby	20
Spooner	Sanlis[?]	petit larceny	Shelby	43
St. John	Francisco	grand larceny	Shelby	26
Stanton	George	larceny	Shelby	20
Taggart	John	obtaining goods by  false pretence	Shelby	26
Taylor	James	petit larceny	Shelby	22
Taylor	James	circulating counterfeit coin	Shelby	49
Taylor	William	arson	Shelby	23
Thomas	H.W.	larceny	Shelby	47
Todd	Samuel H.	robbery	Shelby	20
Tomlinson	Elijah	malicious stabbing	Shelby	29
Turner	John	grand larceny	Shelby	44
Valentine	Ratchford	murder 2nd degree	Shelby	34
Walker	Peter	manslaughter	Shelby	45
Walter	Robert	larceny	Shelby	26
Ward	James	grand larceny	Shelby	27
Webb	Jesse	p[etit] larceny	Shelby	28
Whitesides	Samuel	p[etit] larceny	Shelby	39
Williams	Caleb	larceny	Shelby	23
Williams	John	petit larceny	Shelby	36
Wilson	Samuel	larceny	Shelby	47
Wise	George	attempting to pass  c[ounterfeit] money	Shelby	33
Wolf	Moses	passing counterfeit money	Shelby	27
Woodruff	John A.	petit larceny	Shelby	22
--?--	Williams	larceny	Shelby	21

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