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Jefferson Countians in the TN State Penitentiary, 1831-1850

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Category: Public Records

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 43 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 (records are listed under "State Penitentiary and Record Groups").

Two published volumes by Sherrill and Sherrill, Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary, 1831-1870, contain verbatim transcripts of the original records.

A complete list of 1831-1850 inmates is available at the TN State Library & Archives Web Site.

Name Crime Age
Burke, Robt. house breaking 25
Gibbins, James passing counterfeit coin 18
Gillaland, David petit larceny 47
Graham, James fellony [sic] 20
Heatherley, William larceny 36
Jones, William grand larceny 22
Julany, Josiah petit larceny 24
McCuistiace, Andrew manslaughter 38
Peek [Peck], Eli larceny 36
Sartin, Eli assault with intent to kill 23
Taylor, Daniel larceny 22
Turner, John grand larceny 15
White, John horse stealing 16

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