Giles County, Tennessee
State Penitentiary Inmates
Giles County, Tennessee
State Penitentiary Inmates
"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."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 available upon request by mail (listed under "State Penitentiary and Record Groups")."
Source: Inmates of the Tennessee State Penetentiary, 1831-1850
LAST NAME FIRST NAME CRIME AGE Anson Orin D. bigomy [sic] 32 Barbee Beasley shooting 20 Brockwell Samuel J. fo[r]gery 37 Childress Priscilla larceny 17 Chumney Young larceny 27 Clement Willis pas[s]ing counterfeit 30 Davis Charles T. horse stealing 20 Estis William A. murder 1st degree 26 Fletcher George malicious stabbing 23 Fogg Joseph G. fo[r]gery 27 Gill John assault with intent 42 to kill Lee James stabbing & etc.[?] 27 McNeese James assault to kill 28 Oney James H. horse stealing 23 Rogers George W.R. horse stealing 32 Sherman Charles stealing a slay [sic] 26 Smith Stephen larceny 23 Tipper James horse stealing 21 Tooley James malicious stabbing 26 Turman Larkin pettit larceny 32 Webb William grand larceny 19 Williams Eliza bigamy 36
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