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The Newspaper Records Project also has information on old Jackson County newspapers.
Many thanks to Karra Porter for the following Jackson County and related newspaper records she transcribed from microfilm:
1898-99
And to Susie Culwell for also transcribing old Jackson County newspapers, records formerly on Rootsweb.
New book may reveal Your Ancestors in the State Penitentiary!
Announcing the publication of the second volume of Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary. This volume covers records from 1850 through 1870, including more than 2,200 prisoners and their family members who are named in the original ledger volumes.
During this period abolitionists, Confederate bushwhackers and Union army soldiers convicted by courts martial were among those who crowded the State Penitentiary. In addition, the regular complement of counterfeiters, horse thieves and murderers from across the state are also represented.
For more information on this book please see this web page: http://www.angelfire/tn3/sherrill
You may also contact the author, Chuck Sherrill, by e-mail at: books4histry@cs.com
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