{"id":1868,"date":"2012-11-11T19:35:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T00:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=1868"},"modified":"2015-01-18T13:35:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T18:35:32","slug":"tennessee-state-penitentiary-inmates-1831-1850","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/miscellaneous-records\/tennessee-state-penitentiary-inmates-1831-1850\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee State Penitentiary Inmates, 1831\u20131850"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington County<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tennessee State Penitentiary opened in 1831. Prior to that offenders were held in county jails. Surviving records of the Penitentiary are housed at the State Library and Archives as Record Group 25.<\/p>\n

The following list of inmates is found in ledger volume 86 of those records. The ledger also includes the date received in the Penitentiary, the prisoner’s state of birth, and the date discharged. Copies of entries are\u00a0available upon request by mail\u00a0(listed under “State Penitentiary and Record Groups”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LAST NAME<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nFIRST NAME<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nCRIME<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nAGE<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ballew<\/span><\/td>\nFrancis<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n17<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black<\/span><\/td>\nSolomon<\/span><\/td>\nmurder<\/span><\/td>\n33<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brooks<\/span><\/td>\nRobert<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n39<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Browder<\/span><\/td>\nNickloas<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n21<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown<\/span><\/td>\nSilas<\/span><\/td>\nvolentary [sic] Manslaughter<\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butcher<\/span><\/td>\nThomas<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n38<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carmichael<\/span><\/td>\nJack<\/span><\/td>\nlarceny<\/span><\/td>\n26<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwards<\/span><\/td>\nWilliams<\/span><\/td>\ninvolentary [sic] Manslaughter<\/span><\/td>\n37<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freeman<\/span><\/td>\nGeorge<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n45<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Galbreath<\/span><\/td>\nJohn<\/span><\/td>\nhorse stealing<\/span><\/td>\n18<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea<\/span><\/td>\nLevi<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n16<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosea<\/span><\/td>\nWilliam<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n17<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnson<\/span><\/td>\nDempse<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n26<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oliver<\/span><\/td>\nSpencer<\/span><\/td>\ngrand larceny<\/span><\/td>\n33<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhea<\/span><\/td>\nJohn<\/span><\/td>\ngrand larceny<\/span><\/td>\n31<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rogers<\/span><\/td>\nSamuel<\/span><\/td>\ninvolentory [sic] Manslaughter<\/span><\/td>\n21<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russel<\/span><\/td>\nParis<\/span><\/td>\nrecd a stolen calfskin<\/span><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shepperd<\/span><\/td>\nJohn<\/span><\/td>\nreceiving stolen goods<\/span><\/td>\n34<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silvers<\/span><\/td>\nIrwin<\/span><\/td>\ngrand larceny<\/span><\/td>\n18<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simmons<\/span><\/td>\nMiller<\/span><\/td>\nbuggery<\/span><\/td>\n19<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vance<\/span><\/td>\nGeorge<\/span><\/td>\npetit larceny<\/span><\/td>\n28<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walters<\/span><\/td>\nWilliam<\/span><\/td>\ngrand larceny<\/span><\/td>\n23<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Tennessee State Library and Archives:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/tennessee.gov\/tsla\/history\/state\/inmate1.htm<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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