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From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle

101   SHILOH


March 18,1892--The people of District 19 have been raised to a pitch of excitement. Klu-Klux, or white caps as they are called, have gone over the district whipping such men as they thought needed punishment. So far Israel Robertson, John Powers, and Burton Dortch, colored, have been their victims. It is reported a band has collected on the Mineral Railroad near Marion.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

102   PALMYRA


January 22,1900--A wholesale jail delivery took place last night at Palmyra, when seven prisoners confined at that place, members of the county chain gang, succeeded in making their escape. They were: Minor Quarles, Will Harris, Henry Mimms, Bob Tinsley, Charley Caldwell, Robert Buckner, and Alf Pollard.
The escape was effected about 6:00 just as it was getting fairly dark outdoors. Officer Stone had employed them in cleaning out the jail where they were confined, and for that work had taken off the balls and chains which are commonly attached to them. After the house had been thoroughly cleaned out, he locked the door on them and went away to get the balls and chains to put on them again. As soon as his back was turned the jail birds proceeded to carry out a plan for which they have been preparing for some time. They quietly slipped out a panel in the opposite door, and crawled through to the ground and made tracks pointing away from there. It was only a few minutes until their escape had been discovered, but in the meantime the darkness of the night had swallowed them up, and chase by sight was out of the question.
A hasty consultation was held by the officers, which resulted in Officer Stone taking one train toward Clarksville and Deputy Hussey taking another train toward Cumberland City. Mr. Stone got down at the further end of Clarksville bridge, and walked back down the track keeping a sharp lookout for his men. No trace of them was discovered however, until he reached Steele�s, where he ran plump upon Bob Tinsley and Robert Buckner.
�I want you, boys,� said the officer as he brought his gun to the front.
"All right boss, we�s jes a lookin� for you!" was the rejoinder, and the two took up their march for Palmyra.
Mr. Hussey left the train at Cumberland City and walked on down the track to Erin. There in the engine yard, he found four of the escaped prisoners in an engine crouched up together to keep as warm as cab would permit. They had been attracted by the warmth thrown out by the dying embers in the grate. Mr. Hussey got the drop on them and brought them back on the train this morning. They were: Alf Pollard, Charley Caldwell, Minor Quarles, and Henry Mimms. They thought Will Harris was making his way to Guthrie.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

103   ROUND POND


September 7,1900--Yesterday afternoon the directors in the Round Pond Colored School met at the schoolhouse near Cherry Grove in the 17th District for the purpose of deciding upon a teacher for that school for the ensuring year. With them met almost the entire colored population of that particular school district.
The school has been taught for a number of terms by a colored man named Will Coke, a peaceable citizen and well qualified for the job. About 3/4 of the people in the district wanted him reelected. There was a stubborn minority, however, that insisted on raising trouble and having another man elected. Words led to blows and within about three minutes after it being called to order, the meeting adjourned for a free-for-all fight. Sticks, stones, fists, pocket knives, and any old thing that came to hand first went. It lasted about five minutes and then the wounded were toted off the field by the survivors. Several were quite badly hurt. No arrests have been made. Another meeting will have to be called to finish the election of a teacher for Round Pond Colored School. Gatling gun arguments will probably be used.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

104   SHILOH


January 8,1940--The year-old lawsuit filed by Hugh Underwood of Shiloh against Diamond Nolen and James Baggett involving the purchase by the plaintiff of a mule from the defendants which he claimed was unsatisfactory, has been settled with the defendants paying $65 and court costs.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

105   HACKBERRY


July 15,1926--Four barrels of sour mash were seized on a farm near Hackberry Wednesday night on a raid staged by Sheriff Oscar Douglas Johnson, Deputies Joe Stalls, Roy Grant, and H.C. Walker. No one was about the still and no arrests were made. The mash, which measured about 200 gallons, was poured out and the barrels burned. The sheriff had received information that the beer was at that place Tuesday night a week ago. It would have fermented for some 15 or 20 days.

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From: Clarksville Jeffersonian

106   NEW PROVIDENCE


July 12,1854---We learn that an interesting and spicy little fight came off in New Providence yesterday, between Mr. Jones and S.O.W. Brandon. It was quite a pleasant affair, no weapons being used. The weather was quite favorable to the performance, it went off very much to the satisfaction of some of the parties who had stock in the concern.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

107   HEMATITE


June 13,1921--The arrival of the owner of two gallons of white corn whiskey found Sunday morning by Dr. R.L. Norris in a partially wrecked buggy in front of his house near Palmyra, is awaited by Sheriff Oscar Douglas Johnson, who, with Deputy H.C. Walker, confiscated the liquor Sunday afternoon.
The overturned buggy, hitched to a rather complacent mule, was discovered by Dr. Norris, who notified the officers. Later in the morning the young man who is alleged to have deserted the mule and buggy before day Sunday morning, sent for the outfit and thus his identity was learned, but his whereabouts were not ascertained. His father, however, promised the officers to bring the young man to Clarksville today to face a charge of violating the bone dry law.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

108   DISTRICT 22


June 13,1921--W.W. Clark and his son, W.C. Clark, farmers of District 22, executed bonds of $1,000 each Sunday afternoon and were released to await preliminary hearing on a charge of felonious assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree, for an alleged attempt to dynamite a house on the farm of Ramey Dickson occupied by Henry Smith.
The men were arrested at their home Sunday morning by Sheriff Oscar Douglas Johnson on warrant issued by Esquire John B. Osborne on affidavit of Smith, who claimed that the attempted dynamiting occurred last Monday night.
Ill feelings, said by Smith to have resulted from a recent lawsuit between himself and the Clarks while he was a tenant on the Clark farm, was the motive for the alleged attempt to dynamite the house to which Smith had moved following the lawsuit.
Two sticks of dynamite, one at either end of the house, one directly under Smith�s bedroom, with the fuse slightly burned, were found Tuesday morning. Smith alleges that he was disturbed Monday night by someone around his house, and that upon going to the door with his gun, he saw W.W. Clark running, and attempted to shoot at him, but his wife prevented him from firing.
Lack of familiarity with the use of dynamite, and the failure to split the end of the fuses, Sheriff Johnson says, was all that prevented the explosion, as the fuses had burned only a short distance. The dynamite was kept by Smith and turned over to the sheriff Sunday.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

109   CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS


September 1,1919--Miss Lillian McCarver, aged 21, who resided with her brother, William, on Current St., South Clarksville, was shot and almost instantly killed at 9:20 Saturday night. The tragedy occurred just above the railroad bridge on Front St., near Gracey�s shed. The young lady was walking home from the theater, accompanied by her finance, Davis Davenport, of Marion.
William Baggett, age 47, step-father of the young lady, who was arrested at 10:00 Saturday night, confessed to Sheriff Welker in the county jail Sunday morning that he committed the murder, stating that it was accidental, as he was only shooting to frighten Davenport, because of the objections to his attentions to the girl. The weapon used was a .32-calibre pistol. One shot was fired, entering the girl�s back just below the right shoulder blade. Death was almost instantaneous. The girl fell into Mr. Davenport�s arms, exclaiming: �Lord have mercy, I�m shot.� According to Davenport, who carried her to the home of John B. Hogue, a few yards from the scene, these were the only words the girl spoke, death occurring within four or five minutes after the shot.
Officers and neighbors of Baggett believe that the shooting grew out of jealousy on the part of Baggett, who had reared the girl, having married her mother when the girl was quite young. The mother died in May of 1918, and since that time up to about three weeks ago, Miss McCarver had remained in the home of her step father, leaving then to live with her brother, William. Baggett stoutly denies that he wanted to marry the girl, stating that he objected to Davenport�s attentions because he feared their courtship was of an improper character. It is understood that Mr. Davenport and Miss McCarver were to have been married Sunday. This, it is believed, came to the knowledge of Baggett, prompting him to commit the terrible crime through jealousy.
Baggett has lived in Clarksville and Montgomery County off and on during his entire life. He worked on M.W. Elder�s farm for seven years, two years with the Red River Iron Works, and lately was employed trucking freight at the L. & N. freight depot.
Mr. Davenport came to Clarksville Saturday and accompanied her to the moving picture theater. It is said that earlier in the evening the couple met Baggett twice on the downtown streets. Baggett, after seeing the couple on the streets, went to the scene of the crime and concealing himself in a secluded spot, waited for the couple to past.

See article #47 in The Courthouse Square

See Death Notices for obituary


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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

110   HACKBERRY


December 23,1924--Clay Lyle of Hackberry who was arrested Thursday morning on a charge of petit larceny in connection with the alleged theft about two months ago of blankets from the rooming house on Commerce Street operated by O.H. Hand, was released Friday afternoon when Hand, who has been absent from the city several days, declared that he has got the man who secured lodging in his rooming house and whom he suspected of the theft. Clay Lyle maintained upon being arrested that he was not the man wanted, declaring that he has a double in name. An employee of the boarding house called at the time to look him over was not positive that he was the man wanted.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

111   STILL


July 10,1923--The still destroyed last Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Oscar Douglas Johnson, was on the Stewart and Montgomery County line, two miles from Sailor�s Rest.

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From: Clarksville Jeffersonian

112   STABBING


August 9,1854---We learn that a black man belonging to Mr. Bagwell, was stabbed or rather cut at McAdoo camp ground, last Sunday morning, by an overseer for John Dortch, by the name of Campbell. The wound inflicted was a sever one, and will perhaps prove fatal. It was made upon the side of the neck and face.
Note: Nothing was found in the paper as to whether the lived or died.

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From: Clarksville Jeffersonian

113   CLARKSVILLE


October 18,1854---An affray occurred on Friday morning last, in front of the �Hotel�, between Mr. Joseph Thomas, Telegraph Operator, and a Mr. Brumbough, who was an assistant in the Foundry, in which the latter sustained some damage in having the lower part of his hand shot off, also receiving a flesh wound in the thigh, Brumbaugh made an attempt to shoot his antagonist, but missed him, when he advanced and struck Mr. T. with his pistol on the forehead, inflicting a pretty severe wound. Mr. T. left the city immediately after the unfortunate occurrence.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

114   SOUTHSIDE


July 24,1933--With the arrest of Robert Cunningham and John Winters in the Southside Community Saturday night, it is believed that other arrests will be made which will solve a number of robberies committed in this section.
Following the robbery of W.S. Nix�s general merchandise store of the Stayton community on Monday night a week ago, officers were able to get trace of a truck, which came in the direction of the Southside Community. Over $500 worth of clothing, flour, candy and dry goods were taken from the Stayton store, which is located in Dickson County.
A Dickson county man observed a truck at the home of Sterling Hagewood who lives in the Southside Community. Believing the truck was the one used in the recent robbery, Deputy Sheriff J.S. Mayberry came to Clarksville Saturday afternoon and obtained a search warrant from Magistrate Bowman Slaughter Meriwether. Deputy Mayberry accompanied by Constable Polk Broome went to the Hagewood home where they found and arrested Robert Cunningham. A considerable number of tags and clothing labels were found in the truck, all pieces of candy and traces of flour, but none of the stolen loot.
None of the women at the house nor Cunningham knew whom the truck belonged to, he said. The officers went to Pleas Dill�s residence, which is nearby, in search of Dill. While there, they observed a man walking towards the Hagewood residence. Not finding Dill they returned to the truck and in a casual way asked Winters whose property the truck was. He, not suspecting that the men were officers, said that the truck belonged to him.
Winters was searched after being arrested.

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From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf

115   CORBANDALE


July 8,1887--There was quick justice in the case of Jim Appleton, a tough, whose patriotism being stimulated by red liquor, interfered with the peaceable progress of the picnic at Corbandale Monday. Some young men took him into custody and found a pistol on his person. Esquire George Armstrong and Attorney-General Savage being on the grounds, a court was held under the spreading branches of an oak tree.
Appleton was tried on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, convicted, put on a freight train, brought to Clarksville and lodged in jail all in the course of an hour. He gave bond yesterday and was released from custody. He is said to be a clever young man when not drinking.

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From: Leaf Chronicle

116   SHILOH


July 1,1902--Reece Bedwell, the 16-year-old white boy who was lodged in jail last Saturday on a charge of assault and battery upon his stepfather, George Powers, in District 20, succeeded in securing bond yesterday. His bond was reduced to $500, the old man being a great deal better. It was thought at first that he had been fatally injured. Reece�s examining trial has been continued.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

117   PALMYRA


November 13,1923---A 75-gallon capacity still said to be one of the most complete ever found in this county was confiscated in District 19 by Sheriff Oscar Douglas Johnson and deputies late Monday afternoon on the old Dr. Wickham farm now owned by Charles Davis. The still was concealed in underbrush in a sinkhole about 150 to 200 yards from the kiln used for cooking the whiskey. Five barrels of mash found near the still were destroyed. No arrests were made. People living on the Davis farm found the still early Monday morning and reported it to the officers who immediately went to the farm.

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From: As told by Robert Davidson (Duck's Journal)

118   ORGAIN�S CROSSROADS


October 11,1887--A bold and successful robbery occurred near Orgain�s Crossroads last Wednesday night between nine and ten. Doc Heggie, a well known citizen of that vicinity, while returning from his tobacco barn saw three men whom he supposed to be �possum hunting sitting by the road in the woods. As he came up they jumped before him and demanded his money, which he refused to give up. The large one sprang at him and cut at him, cutting his vest. Heggie backed a few steps, drew his pistol and fired when the man fell to his knees. Just then Heggie received a shot in the right arm from one of them and lost his pistol. He was then overpowered, robbed of his money and having fainted, left for dead. When he recovered, he crawled home and gave the alarm, but the robbers have not yet been caught.

SOUTHSIDE


November 2,1888--A number of our readers remember that about a year ago, one night as Dock Heggie, a responsible citizen living in the 17th District, was returning from his barn where he had been firing tobacco, was attacked by several men and badly beaten and cut, though he recovered from his injuries.
Wednesday night as Mr. Heggie and a younger brother, a lad, were returning from the same barn, Mr. Heggie was attacked by men in ambush. The lad was riding a few paces in front of his brother when his mule was frightened by shots in his rear and ran away throwing the boy. As quick as he ran back to the barn additional shots were fired. As he walked back to see what the fate of his brother was, his approach frightened three men from the prostrate form of Mr. Heggie, whom they had chocked almost to insensibility. Mr. Heggie also was found to be shot in the leg. His pockets had been rifled and $28.00 taken. The mule he road when the shooting was done had been shot in the shoulder. His assailants were not identified, but a razor was picked up where the fight occurred which may lead to their detection.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

119   CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS


August 21,1930--Seeking to avenge himself of alleged unfaithfulness of his wife, Freeman Suiter, about 30 years of age, farmer of District 13, fired the contents of his single barrel shotgun into the right side of his sleeping six-year-old child, J.W. Suiter, who was instantly killed about 9:00 Wednesday night.
Unaware that he had shot and killed his innocent child while he slept in the bedroom of J. Wesley Motes, 26, at Suiter�s home. Motes was a hired man on Suiter�s farm and who he was attempting to kill, Suiter, his gun smoking, chased Motes from his home and fired twice more. One of the shots took effect in Motes� face and body and the wounded man was found lying bleeding and suffering in a gully on the farm of Lonnie Hogue, a neighbor, by members of a posse nearly an hour later, led by Constable W.T. Perry of District 13.
Motes� was conveyed to the hospital here immediately, and Suiter was placed in the county jail on a charge of murder. Upon order of Judge John Talley Cunningham, Suiter�s bond was fixed at $2,000, which he executed. His bondsmen are John Yarbrough, R.D. Meek, C.I. Karns, and Homer H. Suiter.
It was a story of love and tragedy in which the innocent child was the victim of older people. The story as told by Constable W.T. Perry to whom Suiter surrendered and to whom the defendant explained his side of the tragedy, which claimed the life of his son, is pathetic.
Suiter, according to Perry, had hired Motes, son of Mrs. J.H. Mote, of District 13, to help him with his crop. Motes had been with Suiter perhaps a week. He was given a room in Suiter�s little home while employed on the farm. In this room, the tragedy was enacted.
Suiter went to his watermelon patch to guard his melons early Wednesday night. His wife and their three children went to prayer meeting at the Otterbein United Brethen Church. Before it was time for the services to be over, Suiter said he saw his wife and Motes return home. Suiter returned to the house and he said he heard disorder in the bedroom of Motes. He left his gun on the porch and went to the outside window of Motes bedroom.
Pulling aside the curtain by inserting his hand in a broken windowpane, Suiter struck a match and what he saw drove him mad with jealousy.
Freeman Suiter contended, the officer said, that his wife and Motes, both clad in their nightclothes, were in each other�s arms.
Rushing to the front of the house, he seized his single barrel shotgun and battered down the door to Mrs. Suiter�s room. He met her coming from Motes� bedroom, it is alleged, and saw Motes, clad in his underwear, and barefooted making for the door. He fired pointblank at Motes, who dodged as he fired. The shots entered the body of his sleeping child, who was lying at the foot of Motes� bed. The sleep of the innocent was instantly converted into the sleep of the dead.
Not knowing that his child had paid the price for his jealousy, Suiter continued out of the door after Motes, who was said to have been clad only in his underwear with most of his other clothing in his hands. Motes fled for his life. Making out the form of the fleeing man, Suiter re-loaded his gun and fired again. Still continuing the chase, losing the form at times and again seeing it, Suiter followed the man he claims to have wronged him, between the homes of Walker Ward and Lonnie Hogue. Again he fired. He saw no more of Motes.
The man then returned to his home, anger still flowing in his heart. Here was where the crashing blow of the night came. He was told that he had shot and killed his boy. Half-crazed from grief, Suiter stumbled to the home of Constable Perry and in incoherent sobs told the officer he had killed his boy accidentally.
The Constable, in the meantime, had been awakened by Henry Whitlow, who told him �somebody was shot up�. The Constable, at once, called Sheriff G.S. Abernathy and Coroner H.C. Welker. While the officer was dressing, Suiter came to his house and surrendered.
Suiter asked permission to go to the home of John Woolard, his father-in-law, and said he would be waiting for him there. Perry and Whitlow continued on to Suiter�s home where they found Mrs. Suiter and her grandmother, Mrs. Laura Ward, in hysterical tears in the yard with the little corpse in the room of the tragedy. The officer entered to room and saw the body. Neighbors by this time had begun to assemble and a posse was organized to hunt Motes.
Constable W.T. Perry went to the home of Motes, and with Robert Motes, J. Wesley�s brother, returned to Hogue�s home. Neighbors then began a systematic search for the wounded man. He was found in a gully on Hogue�s place, bleeding profusely from gunshot wounds in the left side of his face, across his forehead, and in the rear of his left shoulder. W.R. Fain Jr., Bailey Arms, and Henry Whitlow conveyed the wounded man to the hospital.
From his bedside in the hospital this morning, Motes told a different story. He denied any improper relations with Mrs. Suiter and said he came home with her from church on her request, she being ill.
The son was buried at Antioch Church Cemetery. The service conducted by the Reverend W.T.S. Cook. After the service, Mr. Freeman Suiter went to his mother�s home, Mrs. Repps Suiter of District 13. Mrs. Nellie Suiter went with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Woolard.
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From: As told by Robert Davidson (Duck�s Journal)

On January 26,1931--The second-degree murder trial was postponed for a later date which has not been set. I have not found this later date as of this writing. I do know that Freeman and Nellie did stay together.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

120   HEMATITE


March 23,1900--The joke this time is on Deputy Sheriff Bob Black. Yesterday a warrant was placed in his hands for the arrest of Bill Brown, charged with stealing a pair of shoes. The officer learned that his man had started down towards Hematite and took the train to that point.
The alleged thief was said to be wearing a pair of light tan shoes. The very first man he met after getting off the train at Hematite was the man he was after, but his shoes were white with lime he had stepped in, which threw the officer off, and he passed him by. He hunted around for a while and was finally told by someone that his man had walked on down the track.
Accordingly, he took the train for Palmyra, and walked back up the track, only to learn when he reached Hematite that his man had taken another route. However, he started out after him and about 9:00 last night overtook the man who was at that time accompanied by his wife, arrested him and walked him back to Clarksville.
This morning Brown was tried before Squire Smith, found guilty, and fined, paid his fine, and was released. But that walk yesterday explains why Mr. Black is limping today.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

121   SOUTHSIDE


July 3,1922--Tom Murphy, 22 year old, of near Southside, was brought in by Deputy Sheriff W.O. Wall, and committed to jail this afternoon on the charge of murder for the alleged stabbing to death with a pocket knife of Bailey Hand. The cutting is said to have occurred Sunday afternoon about sundown on the road near Hand�s home, not far from Southside, and is alleged to have been the result of a quarrel between the men over the use of some water.
Three physicians were summoned for Hand, but he died as a result of his wounds, it is claimed, at 6:30 this morning. The fatal wound was said to be one near the heart. Hand was about 26 years of age. Both were married.

July 5,1922--Announcement that preliminary hearing on a charge of murder will be given Tom Murphy, young white man, before Wiley J. Smith, Justice of Peace, at 11:00 next Friday morning, is made today. Murphy is held for the alleged stabbing to death of Bailey Hand late Sunday afternoon near the latter�s home on Mayfield Brothers farm near Southside. Hand died about 6:30 Monday morning, it is said, as the result of internal bleeding from one of the knife wounds inflicted below the heart.
A number of friends and neighbors of Hand attended his funeral which was conducted at the home at 11:00 Tuesday by the Reverend L. Hosale, Pastor of the Southside Methodist Church. Interment was made in the Southside burying grounds.
It is alleged, according to reports that the cutting of Hand was occasioned by a quarrel over the use of water from a cistern or well on the Mayfield farm. Both men lived on the farm, in houses on the opposite sides of the road. It is said, according to reports, that Murphy went to Hand�s home early Sunday morning, it is said that the quarrel over the water began then and was ended momentarily by Hand telling Murphy to come back.
The two men, it is said, met in the road late Sunday afternoon and the quarrel was renewed, and the cutting followed. Three physicians attended Hand.
Hand is 28 years old, and is survived by his wife and two children, a boy and girl.
Murphy is also married. He has retained W.M. Daniel as his counsel.

July8,1922--Tom Murphy was required to post bond in the amount of $2,000.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

122   PALMYRA


May 20,1938--Even a �wink� doesn�t warrant a husband in cutting another man�s throat in the opinion of General Sessions Judge Ridley R. Goodpasture, who late Thursday afternoon held Carter Sowell, 34, of Palmyra, to the grand jury on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill.
Sowell told the court that he saw Elbert Jones wink at his (Sowell�s) wife on Third Street and again on Madison Wednesday when unable to control himself longer, he overtook Jones, of Southside, and proceeded to slash him on the neck, nose, chest and arm.
The irate husband said he had come to Clarksville after instructing his wife to stay home. Upon reaching here he was annoyed to see Mrs. Sowell in Clarksville.
The wife partially corroborated her husband by saying Jones winked at her once. She said she had never seen him before however.
Jones denied he had �winked� at all and said he had never seen Mrs. Sowell before he was by coincidence walking near her Wednesday afternoon when the surprise attack occurred.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

123   HE�S IN THE WORKHOUSE NOW


April 23,1929--In addition to attempting to cash a forged check for $16 in connection with which he has been placed in the county workhouse to serve a suspended sentence imposed for another offense, Enloe Powers of the Palmyra Community represented himself to be Jim Nesbitt, son of Charles Bailey Nesbitt of the Palmyra Community and Nephew of Dr. H.A. Nesbitt of this city.
Powers was arrested here on Tuesday, April 16 when he attempted to cash the check to which it is alleged he had forged the name of Harden Wickham. He had used the name of Jim Nesbitt as payee of the check, so endorsed it and gave that name to the Chief of Police J.E. Robinson, who arrested him.
When arrested Powers was placed in the city jail and his deception was discovered by Sheriff George S. Abernathy when he took custody of him. The sheriff says Powers admitted he had used Jim Nesbitt�s name and had a laugh about it. He was shortly thereafter committed to the workhouse to serve the suspended sentence.
The Leaf-Chronicle is glad to clear up the matter, considerably embarrassed in the matter.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

124   LONE OAK


January 7,1897--At 2:00 this morning, James Beard, of Lone Oak on the Mineral, was lodged in jail by Constable Bob Black of the 18th District.
Forshee charges that Beard has threatened the lives of himself and also of members of his family. The origin of the trouble was not known by the informant for this paper, but it is thought to be some family affair.
Beard is the man who was accused of wrecking a train on the Mineral railroad a year or more ago, but who was tried and acquitted of the charge.

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From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle

125   HARD-HEAD


October 24,1891--Charles Hampton, the negro who brained Charles Gibbons with a bar of iron on the Mineral Road about two weeks ago, surrendered this morning. Gibbons is recovering, but it is very near laying him out.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

126   STEELE SPRING


July 24,1911--A case that attracted considerable notice from the country negroes of the Steele Spring section was tried today before Esqs. Joe Jarrell and W.J. Smith. Saturday was a day of festivity at Bladen, a negro church in that community and as usual they continued into the night, at which time the �festibul� gets in full swing and generally something is doing. Upon this occasion they had all started home and as the crowd was on the public road, trouble arose, Doc and Allen Britt on one side and Bill Baggett on the other. Words brought on blows and finally the knife was brought into play, and Bill received some ugly cuts on the face and head. It seems about this time there was some shooting done, presumably to warn the crowd that there were guns and to keep a look out. Willie Roberts and Epps Dixon were arraigned for carrying concealed weapons at the same time. There was quite an array of witnesses and after the examination of several the court decided that all parties were guilty and fixed the bond of Doc Britt at $1,250 and Allen and Bill Baggett at $1,000 and Willie Roberts and Epps Dixon at $250 each to await the meeting of the criminal court.

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From: Semi-Weekly Leaf Chronicle

127   SAILOR�S REST


May 1,1896--Pleadings will be filed in the Circuit Court in May in a suit, the style of which will be John Lyle vs. W.K. Phillips Steamer. The plaintiff, through his attorney, Fort & Scales, will sue for $5,000 damages. The trial will probably not come off until September. Lyle, who lives at Sailor�s Rest, alleges that on a specified date he boarded said steamer at Sailor�s rest at 11:00 at night, and on asking for a state room, the Captain sent a man to wake up a negro musician aboard the boat, who was told to vacate his bed for Lyle. The latter indignantly protested, saying that he didn�t propose to occupy the negro quarters. The boat authorities, he claims, told him he would occupy the quarters tendered him or none. This he refused to do and sat up all night. At breakfast time, Lyle alleges, he was given the choice of refreshing himself at the table provided for colored people or do without. He did the latter. Hence the suit. Lyle is a farmer by occupation.

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From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf

128   SAILOR�S REST


July 2,1895--Fishermen and sportsmen generally will remember the new game law in reference to fish which are not allowed to be taken from the streams of Montgomery County any other way than with a hook.
A few days ago, Sheriff Collier and Deputy Sheriff Marable arrested two men, J.S. Williams and William Sturdevant, near the mouth of Yellow Creek above Sailor�s Rest, charged with taking fish with nets. The information was given by Reed Bowers, who is the ferryman at York's and who sold the nets to Williams and Sturdevant.
This morning, Williams and Sturdevant were brought before Judge Charles W. Tyler on a writ of habeas corpus and the 1st trial of this kind under the new law. There were several witnesses, the most damaging of whom was the ferryman Bowers who testified to having seen the men raise the nets but did not see any fish.
After hearing all the testimony, Judge Charles W. Tyler held the prisoners over to await the action of the Criminal Court placing their bonds of $200 each, in default of which they were remanded in jail.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

129   HACKBERRY


January 23,1897--Last Friday week, Robert Rainwater and John Underwood, both living in District 18 of the county, fought a battle with shovels while engaged in working a new road in that district. Reports of the affair brought to the city were that the difficulty was the outcome of a case in the Criminal Court here, in which Rainwater was defendant, the charge being larceny, and Underwood was one of the witnesses at the trial. It appears from what can be learned that Rainwater and Underwood have not been on good terms and that on the day of the difficulty, Rainwater invited a fair fight to settle the difference and the men used their road shovels as weapons. Rainwater broke his shovel during the affray, and afterward was quite badly injured, it is alleged. Both had warrants sworn out against each other, the charges being assault and battery with intent to kill.
The case came up for trial before Squire Smith in the grand jury room at the Court house beginning at 11:00 today. After one witness was examined, both sides mutually agreed to waive examination and both gave bond for their appearance before the Criminal Court.

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From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf

130   GRAND LARCENY


December 20,1889--Clarence Hollins and Cole Jordan brought to this city yesterday W.J. Bullock and J.L. Allen, of District 1, and lodged them in jail on a charge of grand larceny. Both are white.
Yesterday evening about 6:00 J.L. Allen jumped from the third story of the county jail to the ground, fully 40 feet below, landing on a brick pavement. But for a projecting porch roof that broke to the force of his fall the life would have been crushed out of him. As it was his right leg just above the ankle was crushed to a jelly.
Allen was put in jail yesterday morning, charged with horse stealing by parties in District 1. He told a LEAF man he heard Sheriff Charles W. Staton�s little daughter say yesterday afternoon that her father was going away that night. He thought Mr. Staton feared the jail would be visited by a mob and was leaving it to avoid its consequences, and he at once determined to save himself if he could. So with a piece of plank he managed to prize one of the bars of his window aside, making a hole about 61/2 inches in width. Through this it was impossible for him to go with his clothing on. So he stripped himself to his shirt and drawers, squeezed through the opening and took the fearful leap. Finding his leg broken by the fall, he crawled into the coal house near by , hardly knowing what to do. Mrs. Staton heard him fall and sent up town for policemen, who found him in the coal house and returned him to the jail. Dr. Norfleet Lynn Carney was attending to his injuries. The break is a complicated one.

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From: Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle

131   


October 14,1891--Mr. Jones, a fortune teller and his wife, an aged couple living on the Collinsville Road on the south side, were brutally assaulted last night by five negroes who had been at work on the Mineral Railroad. They went into the house and asked for something to eat. The old gentleman went to the kitchen accompanied by three of the negroes while two remained in the house with Mrs. Jones. The latter two suddenly grabbed a trunk and started for the door, Mrs. Jones resisted when one of the negroes pulled a pistol and fired the ball striking her right below the right breast. The bullet struck a rib and glanced round. The wound, though painful, is not serious. The old man was then beaten by the other three who beat him on the head with a powder can and when done, stamped him on the face. They made their escape and in their flight left the trunk at the front gate. Parties are looking for them.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

132   NIGHT RIDERS


August 11,1908--It is not always the heavyweight men that are the brave ones, but they too are sometimes made to tremble in their boots. This was demonstrated Sunday night when night riders were going into the village of Palmyra. Their route led by the home of J.B. (Doug) Powers, and he having been out later than usual, was just entering his premises when he discovered a body of men coming in his direction. He hastily concealed himself and as they came nearer, they seemed to grow in number until they seemed almost innumerable. He began to attempt the wonderful feat of reducing the 20 avoirdupois into nothingness or to sink into the earth and for the time almost ceased to breath, he began at first to count the men, but he found the number, in his imagination, too great and for hours he waited for them to pass. As soon as they were well beyond his sight, he rushed to the house and told the family a great army of men had passed and he had secreted himself for hours to see them pass.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

133   HACKBERRY


July 19,1927--Charged with stealing milk and butter from a spring on the farm of Isham Baggett, near Lone Oak, Ivy Hollis faces a preliminary hearing before W.B. Corlew, Justice of the Peace, at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. Hollis was arrested Sunday morning by Deputy Tom Huggins after it was said he was seen with the milk and butter. For some time complaint has been registered among the neighbors of that community that milk and butter have been stolen from their premises, but no clue had been left.

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From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf

134   HORSE THIEF CAPTURED


August 3,1880--Allen Thompson, a notorious, worthless character, living on the south side of Cumberland River in this county, was captured in Nashville last week in possession of a horse and two fine mules-not his own. The horse was stolen from Mr. Charlie Matthews, and the mules from Mrs. Chadwick and her son, William, all in the same neighborhood. Thompson had sold the mules to a livery stable man for $85 each. The price was so very low that the purchaser suspected that they were stolen, and paying Thompson only $5, put him off until the next morning for the balance on the pretext that the banks were closed and he couldn�t get the money until next day, and when Thompson called for the money, Matthews and Chadwick were there to �take him in�. Thompson was brought to Clarksville Thursday evening and lodged in jail.

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From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

135   SHILOH


February 7,1939--Thieves took a small amount of common tobacco from the barn of Claude Mickle in District 20 sometimes during Thursday night and left no clue. Sheriff William Egbert Beaumont reported today. He estimated �about one or two hundred pounds� were taken and thought that the thieves carried it away in an auto.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

136   PALMYRA


April 13,1911--Frank Rankhorn was this morning given a jail sentence of eleven months and 29 days for robbing the Southern Express Co. office at Palmyra two years ago. The case was to have come up for trial in the Montgomery County Criminal Court this morning, but by agreement of the counsel, State�s Attorney Lyle and a representative of the Express Co., he took the one year jail term.
Rankhorn, it is alleged, broke into the office at Palmyra about two years ago, and stole eight quarts of whisky. He escaped to Warren County and had lived there until located about two weeks ago by Montgomery County officers. A large number of witnesses for both sides were here today from Palmyra, but on account of the compromise were not needed.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

137   SAILOR�S REST


June 21,1901--The aged Mr. I.D. West, who was murderously assaulted on his farm near Sailor's Rest some weeks ago by William Johnson, is in town today having been subpoenaed before the grand jury to testify against his assailant who is now in jail. Mr. West affords eloquent evidence of the brutal assault, his face being frightfully bruised and discolored.
The pistol wound in the right cheek is healing fast thanks to its being only a glancing shot. His injuries, however, were caused principally by the beating he received with the bludgeon. He states that his escape from death was a little short of miraculous, as he was taken utterly by surprise and was entirely powerless to defend himself.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

138   LIVERWORTH


November 21,1931--One man was arrested and another, possibly two others, escaped in a Pontiac Sedan here Friday night as a result of 24 half pints of liquor being discovered cached along Madison Street. The man arrested was Jack South, 32, of Liverworth Community. He is in jail and preliminary hearing has not been set.
Receiving information on the cache late Friday, Prohibition Agent, W.M. Pugh and Sheriff William Egbert Beaumont went to the place and concealed themselves awaiting the arrival of the owner. Presently, a Pontiac Sedan appeared and stopped. South left the car and was in the act of picking up a half pint at the first cache when he was arrested by Sheriff William Egbert Beaumont.
The liquor was cached over a distance of 200 yards or more. It was in half pint bottles which had been sacked and planted under leaves along the side of the street.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

139   HACKBERRY


January 9,1932--Sheriff William Egbert Beaumont, George Harris and W.G. Russell, Hackberry merchant, were in Kentucky today for the purpose of seeing if they could recover nearly 100 chickens stolen Thursday night and which are believed to have been sold to a merchant living six miles out of Russellville Friday.
Early Thursday night, a thief stole 75 white Leghorn Chickens from Mr. and Mrs. Harris near Hackberry, and on the same night, it is believed, the thief stole more than a dozen chickens from W.G. Russell. These were not missed until this morning. Mr. Russell recalled a man who kept his face concealed most of the time stopped at his store about 8:30 p.m. Thursday and purchased some gasoline. A few minutes later, he heard the motor of the car racing noisily for quite a while. He thought little of the incident until he discovered some of his chickens were missing.

January 11,1932--Two men are in jail charged with larceny as a result of two stands of lard and 75 chickens stolen in this county being identified and recovered by Sheriff William Egbert Beaumont Friday night. The pair, Silas Finney, alias Ed Davis, alias Ed Jones, and H.D. Finney, brother, were arrested following a series of thefts in this county in which chickens, lard, and pork were stolen in various communities.
The brothers are believed to have been engaged in a wholesale theft program. It was said that several hundred chickens were running loose at the home of the Finney�s and also a number were in coops ready for delivery.

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From: The Leaf Chronicle

140   HACKBERRY


December 5,1902--Constable Wickham yesterday arrested Mike Jackson, a young white man of that neighborhood on an indictment returned by the November Grand Jury charging him with violating the age of consent law. The parents of the girl claim she was only 17 years of age. Jackson claims he is not guilty. He gave bond in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance in the Criminal Court.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

141   CUNNINGHAM


October 24,1931--Thieves entered the home of Dotson Neblett Sunday night while they were at church and stole all their lard, sugar, and a number of other things.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

142   PROHIBITION


March 6,1933--A temporary injunction was served on Gracey Appleton, Lee Sexton and Harrell Shelton, operators of a filling station on state highway 48, Saturday night by U.S. District Marshal S.F. Anderson and Prohibition Agent W.M. Pugh. The three men were cited to appear in federal court at an early date to give reasons why a permanent injunction should not be issued.
Officers serving the injunction found one and one-half pints of liquor on the premises outside the filling station and a number of empty bottles in the station and on the premises.
The temporary injunction was served as a result of the arrest of the trio February 4th when 12 pints and a quart of liquor were taken from the place. If any of the trio is apprehended selling liquor, there is a likelihood that the filling station will be padlocked.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

143   LONE OAK


June 28,1918--Following an altercation between himself and father E.L. Brown, at the home of the latter in District 18 near Lone Oak yesterday afternoon, Henry Brown was arrested at 6:00 p.m. by Deputy Sheriff Oscar Douglas Johnson and Constable J.R. Harper at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. Schmittou in District 22 about 7 miles from where the trouble occurred.
Officers state that from the best information they can gather, Henry Brown, who had been cropping with his father, left his crop a short while ago following words with his father. It is said young Brown had a fine crop of wheat and oats which the father requested him to return and harvest, the father in the meantime trading with another man to continue cultivation of the remainder of the crop.
According to officers, Henry Brown returned to his father�s home yesterday just as the new man was moving in and that a difference arose in which he shot his father using a 12 gauge shotgun. It is said that the father then shot at the son and later the son, according to information, slipped up on his father, firing another load at him which took effect. Dr. Rogers attended the wounded man and removed 18 shots from his body. The wound was not regarded as fatal.
Henry Brown, who has a wife and two children, was placed in jail last night to await preliminary trial which will be held before Esq. John B. Osborne as soon as the wounded man is able to appear.

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From: Memorabilia of Clarksville

144   FIRST RECORDED MURDER TRIAL


March 30,1807--The first recorded murder trial in Montgomery County was of Moses, a negro slave accused of killing Samuel Minott. He pleaded not guilty, but was found guilty and decreed by the Judge to be hung by the neck until dead. The Judge then instructed the Sheriff to take Moses to the flat land between Franklin and Main and to hang him, then cut off his head and place it on a pole on the corner of Main and Fourth until the sun had rotted the flesh off the head and the skull was bleached white. The sentence was carried out by the Sheriff immediately.

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145   FIRST LEGAL LYNCHING OF A WHITE MAN


June 19,1885--The first legal lynching of a white man in Clarksville was for killing a black worker of his named Dech Overton. There had been over four legal lynchings in Clarksville, all Black males, before this; there were also two illegal lynchings, both Black males.
The first illegal lynching was William Gray, Black male, taken from a tobacco warehouse near Trice's Landing by citizens of New Providence, who improvised a twelve man jury who found him guilty of an unknown crime, then hung him.
The second illegal lynching was in 1878. Winston Anderson, old Black male, attempted unsuccessfully to rape a white woman then fled to Robertson County. He was pursued and caught and put in the Clarksville jail. A mob of 200-300 took him out of jail and lynched him about two miles out on the Nashville Pike.

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From: The Nashville Republican

146   MURDER


November 23,1869-- John Barton cut the throats of his wife and three children; they lived on the Clarksville Pike near Nashville, formerly of Clarksville; he was a saddler. The murder took place before daylight on Sunday.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

147   CUNNINGHAM


October 24,1931--Thieves entered the home of Dotson Neblett Sunday night while they were at church and stole all their lard, sugar, and a number of other things.

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From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

148   MCALLISTER�S CROSS ROADS


August 1,1885--Mr. James D. McCurdy states that he left his smoke house door unlocked a few nights ago for the first time since Christmas and someone went there without disturbing or breaking him of his night slumbers, and borrowed one half dozen very large hams. Guess they will keep them for hard times. Jimmie has a name of being a big eater and I guess they were afraid he would eat them up if they let them stay there.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

149   FIRE IN HIS CELL


December 26,1929--Laboring under the impression that he was about to freeze to death, R.B. Beard, who lives near Palmyra and who was confined in a cell at the police station on a charge of public drunkenness, proceeded to scramble up the lattice of the cell and tore away a portion of the ceiling which he used for kindling to start a fire in his cell.
Herschell Ventrees, Negro cellmate of Beard on a similar charge, stamped out the fire amid yells of alarm which finally attracted the attention of Patrolman A.D. Curtis, who had just entered the station and the patrolman found means of discouraging further attempts on behalf of Beard to warm himself.
As a reward for his efforts in preventing further defacing of city property, Ventrees was fined $5 instead of the customary $10 for drunkenness by Judge Callis Tate this morning, while Beard was fined $10 for being drunk and $5 for defacing city property.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

150   HACKBERRY


May 8,1936--Deputies sheriff who returned after an extensive investigation late Thursday afternoon reported no worthwhile clues in connection with the three robberies in and around Hackberry Community during the past three days when two men, a farmer and a merchant, lost large quantities of fertilizer and a wheel and tire was taken from another's automobile.
At the home of Mrs. Emily Yarbrough Wednesday night, the thieves tore a hinge from the garage door and, entering, they jacked up the left front axle and took the wheel and a comparatively new Firestone Oldfield regular tire. The garage is located about 15 feet from Mrs. Yarbrough's house, but she was not aroused by any noise made by the intruders, she told the officers.
Thieves who entered a barn on the farm of Clarence Yarbrough, which was not locked, took about 500 pounds of fertilizer. Officers said they traced the robbers around a hundred yards from the barn to the highway through small amounts of fertilizer, which leaked from one of the bags. Footprints indicated that more than one man was involved it was said. The trail was completely lost at the highway; the thieves probably entering a car or truck.
On Tuesday night about 600 pounds of fertilizer belonging to W.G. Russell, former Hackberry merchant, was stolen from the box car used as a freight depot at Hackberry. Mr. Russell said he had neglected locking the car the day before. A number of used tires and an odd amount of fertilizer also stored in the car were not taken.

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From: The Weekly Chronicle

151   SHOOT OUT


November 1,1879--On Wednesday evening last a serious shooting affair occurred at Fentress & Heggie�s sawmill near Palmyra between Tobe Heggie and Mr. Emmett Powers. They had a dispute about some trivial matter and then came to blows and from that to shooting. We learn that Heggie fired three times (all the contents of his pistol) and then called to Powers to stop firing, as his pistol was empty; but Powers continued to shoot and as Heggie undertook to shelter himself behind a tree or some other obstruction, he was shot down. Powers then fired one or two more shots when they were separated. Heggie was shot in two or three places, and was badly, if not fatally, hurt. He was, however, alive yesterday morning and there was some hope of his recovery. Powers was not injured at all. He has been arrested and we learn is now in jail.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

152   SOUTHSIDE


March 26,1929--Felix and Gracey Appleton of Southside, were taken into custody on the Dotsonville road about 10:30 Saturday night when the defendants mistook the identity of the officers. The men who were escorts for three young women, halted their car when they saw the automobile in which the officers were riding approaching and walked boldly into the road and demanded that the car stop. It did.
Quite a breezy scene followed when Gracey Appleton drew a hammer and it was promptly knocked out of his hand. Felix rocked the officers� car. When it dawned upon the men who they were attacking they became more hospitable and apologized saying they were not aware �it was the law�. When J.R. Harper, Justice of the Peace, finished with the pair in his court at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, they realized more fully that �it was the law�. Each pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $10 and cost which was paid. The officers making the arrests were deputies R.R. Pursell, Tyler and L.D. Abernathy, and Bowman S. Meriwether.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

153   HEMATITE


September 22,1928--A 15-gallon copper still in full operation was captured by Sheriff George S. Abernathy and Deputies G.A. Davis and R.R. Pursell on the farm of Tom Channell in District 18 late Friday afternoon. The operator escaped when he saw the officers approaching, but left his hat and pipe which they will use as clues in an effort to identify him. The officers were unable to tell whether the man was black or white.
For a number of days the officers have had knowledge of the operation of the still but have been waiting an opportune time to raid it, hoping to catch the operator with it.
It was only by accident that the man escaped from the officers. They were at a disadvantage in reaching the still which was located in a large gully, as they were compelled to cross a bare hill and be in full sight of the still about three or four hundred yards from it. Luckily for the moonshiner, he got up from his dug-out seat in the bank of the gully to do something about the still as the officers were crossing the hill and spied them, immediately taking to his heels. The officers gave chase but to no avail.
The apparatus was battered to pieces by the officers and the remains hauled to the jail for evidence in event the operator is arrested later. With the still, the officers found a half-gallon fruit jar and a pint bottle of whiskey, newly made and bottled for the market, two barrels of mash almost ready for distillation, and an empty fermenter. The still was in a ten-foot gully and was covered with a tarpaulin. Each part of the still was fastened by wire to a log across the top of the gully, apparently to keep it from being washed away during a heavy rain.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

154   SAILOR�S REST


July 29,1931--Joe Land, Sailor�s Rest Community farmer, is in jail under a $1,000 bond as a result of his arrest this morning by prohibition and county officers when it was said he was in the act of emptying ten gallons of plum wine from jugs and jars into bottles.
Hearing for Land is set for 2:00 tomorrow afternoon before U.S. Commissioner W.C. Smith on a charge of possessing intoxicating liquors. He was arrested by Prohibition Agent W.M. Pugh, U.S. Deputy Marshals S.F. Anderson and John Anderson, and Constables Clyde Trinkle and Herschel Walker.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

155   DISTRICT 13


November 16,1914--A cutting scrape which was stopped in District 13 Saturday evening came near being a serious affair for George Johnson, colored, against whom it seems that Julian Vance, also colored, cherished an old grudge. At a late hour Saturday evening, Johnson came to town to see Sheriff Welder and swore out a warrant for Vance�s arrest. Sheriff Welker at once sent Johnson to a doctor to have some ugly wounds on his face and back attended to while he proceeded to get Vance. Knowing that Vance was likely to make a get away, the Sheriff proceeded to �lay� for him. About the hour of midnight, Vance came down to the river and crossed in a canoe but he was not wary enough to escape the majesty of the law and soon Sheriff Welker had him in tow. Thus did Sheriff Welker get another boarder. Vance will have a preliminary trial Tuesday.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

156   LONE OAK


February 17,1932--A raid made by federal and county officers in the Lone Oak community Tuesday resulted in the arrest of one man and the seizure of three pints of liquor, a still, 30 gallons of beer and distillery accessories.
Sherman Underwood of Lone Oak community is to face a hearing before U.S. Commissioner W.C. Smith at 5:00 p.m. today on a charge of owning and operating a still for the purpose of manufacturing liquor.
Underwood was arrested at his home near Lone Oak when a search of the premises revealed three pints of liquor in the attic of the home, a Thump Keg, one worm in the kitchen, a 30 gallon capacity still, one fermentor, and 30 gallons of beer in the smokehouse.
The raiding officers included Prohibition Agent William M. Pugh, U.S. Deputy Marshall S.F. Anderson, John Anderson, K.T. Pugh, Sheriff William Egbert Beaumont, and Deputies Tom Huggins and H.E. Baggett.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

157   FUGITIVE CAUGHT


August 19,1931--After being a fugitive since the spring of 1930, James Simmons, a white man, was jailed here Tuesday night by Federal Posseman John Anderson and Constable C.C. Trinkle following his arrest at the home of Riley Dawson in this county.
Simmons escaped federal officers in the spring of 1930 when Calvin Rankhorn, Epp Lyle, and Oscar Powell were arrested in the operation of a still. The other three have been convicted and have served jail terms.
Simmons is said to have spent much of his time since the still raid in Lawrence, Kansas.
He is charged with owning and operating a still and possessing liquor and property designed for the manufacture of liquor.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

158   LIVERWORTH


August 3,1931--Two white youths, William Mackey and Elmer Coke, were this morning fined $5 and costs each by S.W. Kelley, Justice of the Peace, for assault and battery in connection with an attack Sunday on Elmer Jones.
The altercation took place near the Liverworth Church of God and was alleged to have disturbed public worship in progress there. The two defendants were also held to the state by Magistrate Kelley on a charge of disturbing public worship and place under bonds of $250 each.
They entered pleas of not guilty to both charges and a large number of witnesses testified in the hearing this morning.

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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

159   RUM DAVIS A RUM SCAMP


July 24,1900--Yesterday evening Chief of Police J.E. Robinson arrested a white man named Rum Davis, who has been living near Palmyra with a woman, who, it is alleged, was not his wife. This morning the case came to trial before Squire Smith, the woman in the case having also been brought into court.
The defendant�s own statement was to the effect that he had left a wife and four children in Lee, Butler County, Kentucky, and came here about ten months ago with this woman, whose name is given as Sallie Renfro. He had lived on a little piece of land he bought near Palmyra, and has a child, now about five months old, by the woman.
After hearing the evidence in the case, Squire Smith imposed upon him a fine of $10 and costs for lewdness, which was paid. It is understood that Davis will leave the county.

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160   MOONSHINING


June 13,1921--W. Reid Bowers, who was arrested Sunday morning by Constable Joe Stalls, at York, a short distance below Corbandale, is held for preliminary hearing on a charge of violating the liquor law, as the result of the finding Saturday afternoon by Sheriff Oscar Douglas Johnson and Deputy H.C. Walker of a 15 gallon copper still and a small quantity of mash in the smokehouse at a place on the Cumberland River bank, near the city ferry, from which Bowers moved Saturday afternoon.
No whiskey was found, but the officers say they have proof that Bowers had been making liquor for several weeks, and it is thought that the run made earlier in the week had been completely disposed of.
Claude Suiter, city ferryman, was also arrested in a charge of drunkenness. It is said that Suiter had boarded with Bowers and that he and Bowers had decided to move to the house furnished by the county for the ferryman and that Bowers was moving when the still was found. It was brought to the jail.
Bowers was present when the still was taken but was allowed to go until further proof could be gotten. Officers say they were successful in getting proof necessary to warrant his arrest but when they sent for him Saturday afternoon, Bowers had gone.
It is said Bowers walked to Hematite where he caught a train and went to Corbandale.

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161   SHILOH


January 2,1941--Three grown men who were charged with literally wrecking the interior of the Dunbar school in District 20 for no reason at all Sunday night were held to the grand jury in General Sessions Court Wednesday afternoon.
The trio, who pled guilty to a charge of housebreaking and destruction of public property were Lee Williams, 34; Joe Allen, of Districts 19 and 20 respectively; and Raymond Davenport, 19, of Houston County. Their bonds were set at $250 each.
They were accused of breaking into the white school and smashing dishes used in the free lunch program for poor children, scattering cooking vessels and table hardware around the building, upsetting the stove, and smashing out window panes.

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162   LOUISE


March 14,1893--Onie Brake, who lives near Louise on the Southside, is charged this morning with a pretty serious piece of business. Some time ago he brought a stationary engine to the Clarksville Foundry and had some repairs put on it. While the engine was in the hands of the foundry company, it was attached for some court costs which was held here against Brake. He appeared at the Foundry a few days ago and wanted the engine. Wesley Drane told him he could not let it until the attachment was satisfied. Brake went away but this morning early he appeared at the Foundry, hitched a pair of horses to the engine and drove off with it.
As soon as the action became known by Mr. Drane, he notified the officers, and Deputy sheriff Turner was dispatched to overtake Brake and his engine and bring them back. Brake crossed the Searcey�s Ferry about 8:00 this morning.
Officer Turner came up with Brake near Searcy�s Ferry, but found that the case had been slightly misrepresented, unintentionally, to the officers. The amount for which the engine had been attached was $18.55 and Brake held a receipt for $17 which he had paid on the claim. He had not been authorized, however, to take the engine away, and since the above was put in type it has been learned that Brake took the engine from the Foundry last night instead of this morning, carrying it out to South Clarksville where the Foundry people could not see it. In as much as Brake agreed to give a mortgage on the engine until the balance of the costs were paid, the officer allowed him to carry it home.

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163   SOUTHSIDE


September 21,1894--The Southside is agog over a huge sensation. Bill Durham, a respected white man, who lives near Collinsville in District 16, is accused of poisoning Sam Price, a negro, who worked on his place. Durham was in the city yesterday morning and was very much worked up over the matter. He said that on Saturday he came to Clarksville and, at the negro�s request, bought him some whiskey. When he went home Saturday night, fearing the negro would get drunk, he gave him only one drink and hid the other in a corn crib on the place. Monday, the negro asked him for another drink and he told him where he could find it. The negro found the whiskey, took a drink and died of convulsions in an hour. Durham said the negroes over there were openly accusing him of poisoning the negro. The body was kept out of the ground for an autopsy. Later in the day, the negro�s wife came to town and stated her side of the case. She said that her husband did not request Durham to buy any whiskey for him. That the two men had had some trouble getting along and her husband�s time was out yesterday and he had intended to leave on that day. Durham owed him some money and had poisoned him to keep from paying it.
Judge Charles W. Tyler issued a bench warrant for Durham, charging him with murder in the 1st degree and Sheriff Collier left immediately for the scene of the sensation.
Durham had just left the city when the sheriff started pursuit. He reached Collinsville just ten minutes ahead of the sheriff, and when the officer made known his business, he came to town without resistance. The body of the negro was also brought in last night. The stomach and heart were taken out by Doctors Marable and Branau, and the rest of the body was returned for interment. The stomach and heart will be examined by an expert chemist. A Leaf-Chronicle reporter called on Durham at the jail this morning. He was looking through the bars talking to his attorney when approached and asked to make a statement. He talked freely of the matter and seemed to be satisfied that he would come clear of the charge, although it was rather humiliating to have to be locked up. Durham is 33 years old and has a wife and 3 children. He has the appearance of a hard working man and seems to be a man above the average intelligence.
He said the statements he was said to have made and as given above were erroneous. The real facts in the case were these:
On Monday last, he came to Clarksville and bought a quart and a half pint of whiskey. When he went home that night he met Sam Price at the ford of Parson�s Creek and gave him a drink of whiskey. He had not bought the whiskey for Sam but for himself. He passed the barn where he had another negro firing tobacco for him and gave him a drink also. The next morning he got up and went to the barn before breakfast to see about how the tobacco was curing up. On his way back to the house he met Sam Price and he asked him for another drink of whiskey. He told him he didn�t have any with him but he could find the same bottle he drank from the night before down at the stable in the loft. He never saw Sam anymore. Later he (Durham) went to the stable, took a drink of the bottle of whiskey and carried the bottle to the house. He had not been at the house long before a negro boy came by on a horse riding at a break neck speed and upon inquiry said he was going for a doctor, that Sam Price had a very bad spell. He went immediately to where Sam had been chopping, and when he reached there the negro was dead. He had been taken suddenly with convulsions soon after drinking the whiskey. Tom Tinsley, on whose farm Durham was living, was present when the negro was taken. He threw up his hands with a convulsive stare and called to Tinsley to come to him, Tinsley was afraid at first that the negro was crazy and wouldn�t go near him.
Afterwards the negro said he was going to die and wanted to tell him something. Tinsley then went nearer and Price told him he had been poisoned by the whiskey and was going to die. He died in a short time.
Squire Baxter Watkins summoned a jury of inquest, the verdict of which was the negro had come to his death from some unknown cause. The jury took the fatal bottle of whiskey and it will be preserved as evidence in the case.
Durham has employed Lyle and Gholson to defend him. When asked by a reporter what motive his accusers assigned for the killing, he said the only thing he knew that they could charge was that yesterday was settling day and he wanted to put Price out of the way. He had his books, however, to show the account between him and Price and was ready to settle with him or his wife.
There are rumors afloat which implicate Price�s wife in the matter. They had not lived agreeably together for some time and had agreed to separate when Sam�s time was out at Durham�s. That was on Wednesday, the day after he died. The affair has created a great sensation and the examination of the stomach and heart will be awaited with interest.

October 9,1894--Doctors ruled he was poisoned by strychnine.

See article #51 in The Courthouse Square


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From: Clarksville Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf Chronicle

164   PALMYRA


March 29,1892--Near Palmyra Sunday night, Walter Wickham shot and dangerously wounded Arthur Cunningham. The facts as brought to the city by Constable Lyle of District 18 are as follows:
Cunningham was either road overseer or had something to do with road work. Some tools were lost and Wickham was in some way held responsible for them by Cunningham. The former went to the latter�s house to discuss the matter. A quarrel ensued. Wickham left, perhaps with some threat, and returned after dark. He called Cunningham to the door, who at once recognized him. Cunningham jumped back and slammed the door just as Wickham fired. The ball passed through the door and struck Cunningham in the abdomen. The weapon used was a rifle and the wound produced is regarded as dangerous if not fatal.
At last account Wickham had not been apprehended, but officers were after him.

March 30,1892--Sheriff C.W. Staton and Dorrell Suiter left the city about noon today for Palmyra on a hunt for Walter Wickham, who shot Arthur Cunningham last Sunday. People from Palmyra today stated that Wickham is in hiking in the vicinity of Montgomery Furnace and that he can be arrested if the proper effort is made. Others, however, say that he is in Arkansas, having left for that state soon after the shooting. The news from Cunningham is to the effect that he is better and that hopes are entertained for his recovery.

April 5,1892--Authur Cunningham, who was shot by Walter Wickham a week ago, is worse and the physicians have little hope for his recovery. Mr. Cunningham�s brother was in the city this morning and stated that inflammation had set up and that there was some appearance of gangrene about the wound.

July 12,1892--Chief-of-Police A.C. Stafford arrived in the city on the 7:25 train this morning, having in charge Walter Wickham, who is charged with shooting Arthur Cunningham near Palmyra several weeks ago, an account of which was published in the Leaf Chronicle at the time. The facts leading to the detection and arrest of Wickham are briefly told. Some time ago, Mr. Stafford received a letter from a man giving his name as McKane about a man who had been arrested there and it was believed that he was wanted in Tennessee for an attempted murder. Mr. Stafford replied that he knew of no man by that name who was wanted here, but sent the officer the description of Wickham. The Kentucky officer answered promptly that they had Wickham and sure enough, the right man had been caught. He was brought to the city and jailed.
Wickham and Cunningham quarreled about a road scraper and it was said at the time that Wickham went to Cunningham�s house, called him out and shot him with a Winchester rifle. Cunningham�s life was despaired of for some time, but he finally recovered and he is now practically well.

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From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

165   DISTRICT 20


June 23,1883--Tom Craft, who stole a horse from Mr. W.T. Robertson of the 20th District last winter, was recently apprehended at Troy, Obion County. Sheriff Sam Harris went after him and brought him back to Clarksville Thursday. He is now in jail awaiting trial in the Circuit Court.

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166   LOUISE


May 21,1894--The case of W.C. Saunders, by next friend, W.M. Saunders vs. the Gracey-Woodward Iron Company, set the trial in the circuit court today, was postponed.
This is a suit for $10,000 damages. Young Saunders, while engaged in hauling ore from the ore beds to the washer near Louise, was run over by one of the cars on an incline and had his leg badly mangled. The accident occurred in May 1892 and young Saunders' leg has not entirely healed yet.
The plaintiff is represented by Col. John F. House, Col. T.L. Yancey and Dancey Fort, while Burney & Gholson represent the defendant.

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167   CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS


March 7,1930--Buford Cotter of District 13 was placed in the county jail in default of a $1,000 bond set this afternoon in connection with the shooting of John Rye of District 13 which occurred in the Steele Springs Community Friday night. Rye is recovering in the Clarksville Hospital from a bullet wound in his shoulder and left jaw. He is seriously but not fatally injured.
Cotter will be given a preliminary hearing before J. R. Harper, Justice of the Peace.

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168   CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS


January 9,1939--A District 13 family row in which "in-laws" on both sides were involved late Saturday night resulted in fines of $25 and costs being assessed in General Sessions Court today against Dexter Davis and his brother, Ed Davis.
The plea of Ed that he was merely playing the "Good Samaritan" in taking his intoxicated brother home from Clarksville failed to save him from a fine. He said he was not drinking and found his brother in a restaurant "pretty full". Dexter asked him to take him home, Ed testified.
When the men reached Dexter's home, Ed claims Mrs. Davis refused to help carry her husband inside. There was an argument. Mrs. Davis said she went inside and that the back door was knocked down. In walked Ed, she said, cursing and threatening her.
Hearing the commotion, Mrs. Davis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thad Kelly, who resided nearby, came on the scene. They said Ed Davis cursed and struck Mr. Kelly whereupon the father-in-law left to get his shotgun. Before he returned, however, the Davis boys had gone. They were later arrested by Constable W.T. Blackwell.
Dexter Davis was charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Ed Davis was charged with disorderly conduct.

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169   SOUTHSIDE


January 1,1937--At the conclusion of the state's proof at noon today, Magistrate John R. Dickson dismissed an arson charge against Arthur Weakley, 50 year-old Southside farmer, in connection with the mysterious burning of a vacant dwelling house early last Tuesday morning, but overruled a motion to discharge his son, J.R. Weakley, 19. The men were accused of maliciously burning a house on the farm of J.B. Hagewood in Tin Cup Hollow.
The two men were arrested Tuesday afternoon by a posse of local officers and a Nashville sheriff after they said a bloodhound taken to the scene of the fire followed a trail in the direction of the Weakley home. The dog, however, did not continue on to the barn on the farm of Charlie Martin where the younger man was stripping tobacco, or to Louise community where the father was employed on a highway job.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Harris said young Weakley's shoe fit into a track found at the back of the burned house and on the trail followed by the bloodhound, and that a metal plate on his heel tallied with an impression in the track. The tracks of two different men were found.
Frank Benton who had been repairing the burned house the day before it was destroyed and who was intending to move in next week, said he was awakened about 2:20 Tuesday morning by a roaring sound. Looking out his window he saw the house in flames. Benton said he and the Weakleys were just like brothers.

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170   DISTRICT 17


January 28,1939--Federal and county officers raided a distillery in full operation in District 17 Friday afternoon. The quartet charged with possessing and operating a still without license and permit include Ben Hampton, 60, his son, Marion Hampton, 35, Raymond Ramey, 36 and Goster Roberts, 36, both Negroes. No charges were brought against James Henry Corlew, 16, a Negro because of his youth. He too was arrested at the still. Deputy Sheriff J. K. Smith, a member of the posse, said the officers swooped down upon the still located in a dugout in the bank beside a small creek and took the quintet by surprise. The 60-gallon cooper still was running at the time and there were about 6 gallons of freshly made whiskey in a zinc tub beneath the spout. Nine barrels containing 350 gallons of mash were destroyed.

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171   HACKBERRY


December 2,1929--A youth, Emery Rye, 17, of the Hackberry Community, is under a $50 bond for his appearance next Monday in city court and a young woman, Miss Agnes Herning, employee of the American Cigar Company, is suffering from several bruises which are not thought serious as a result of a motor mishap at 2nd and Legion Streets Saturday afternoon. Rye, driver of the car which struck Miss Herning, was slated to face trial in city court this morning on charge of failing to stop at an arterial highway, but owing to the condition of the young woman the trial was continued until next Monday.
Rye is said to have told officers that his brakes were not good and he could not stop the car in time to avoid striking Miss Herning. The young woman was knocked down by the wheels but the automobile did not pass over her.
Rye is the son of Dave Rye of the Hackberry Community. Miss Herning is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Herning of the Jordan Springs Community.

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From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

172   MCALLISTER'S CROSS ROADS


July 1,1882--We learn that on Monday last, near McAllister's X Roads, on the south side, two Negro women named Lou Ramey and Sade Jackson, engaged in a difficulty which resulted fatally to the last named. She was stabbed several times with a pocketknife and died in about 5 minutes. It is said that Lou Ramey acted in self-defense, being attacked in a murderous manner in the middle of the road by Sade Jackson. Lou was arrested and taken before a magistrate, but was discharged on the facts in the case. We did not learn the origin of the difficulty.

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173   MARION


March 18,1933--One youth of the Marion community is in semi-conscious condition at the home of his parents and another of the same community is in the County Jail on a charge of assault and battery with intent to commit murder as a result of an altercation Wednesday night.
Buford Shelton, about 17, son of Frank Shelton, a farmer, is in critical condition with a fractured skull while Leslie Ferrell, about the same age, son of Frank Ferrell of Marion, is under arrest for the attack.
The altercation is said to have resulted from jealousy over Miss Lorene McCullom, who young Shelton was escorting home. Ferrell, who is said to have attempted to accompany the girl home, despite the fact Shelton had escorted her to prayer meeting at the Methodist Church at Marion, overtook the pair and a quarrel began. It is said Ferrell struck Shelton on the back of the head with a rock.
The girl partially led and conveyed the injured youth home.
Ferrell was arraigned before Magistrate Herbert Allen Thursday, and was held under a $500 bond. At the time the magistrate did not believe the youth was injured seriously and thought it was just a neighborhood brawl. When Shelton continued in a serious condition and when his physician said his chances for recovery were slight, Deputy Sheriff H.E. Baggett arrested Ferrell Friday afternoon, and committed him to jail without bond, pending the outcome of Shelton's wound.

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174   HACKBERRY


July 10,1897--From reports brought to the city today, a band of whitecaps has again commenced operating on the south side in the 18th District. Several nights ago, a young man of that district by the name of Thomas Harvie was called upon by a band of these regulators and peremptory notice was given him to leave the country, but no reason was assigned for the order issued.

July 14,1897--Now news is brought here that several other parties have been summarily dealt with. Thomas Mixon, a man named Swift and another by the name of Crick were taken out by the band and stripped and flogged with hickory switches. The charges are that they belong to an alleged band of petty thieves. It is reported that two men counted the whitecap band as they passed them on the road; that they numbered over 100 men, all armed and determined. It is further reported that the edict has been issued by the whitecappers, the majority of them are said to live in Dickson County, that they have determined to rid the Southern portion of the county of evil doers. Harvie moved out, and considerable excitement is reported from that portion of the county.

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175   SAILOR�S REST


May 2,1933--Gaining entrance by prizing open the back doors, robbers blasted the door completely off the safe in W. S. Minor's Store at Sailor's Rest about 10:30 P.M. Monday and stole $40 in currency. Mr. Minor said that he discovered the robbery about 6 A.M. today when he opened the store. he said the shelving near the safe was torn up considerably. Two off-brand flashlight batteries were found near the safe and he said that he believed they took two from his store. He also believed the thieves took several bags of Bull Durham tobacco which was missing. The clock near the safe had stopped at 10:30 and he said that he thought this was the time the robbery was committed. Mr. Minor said the robbery at his store appeared very much like the robbery that took place at the post office at Cumberland City a few months past. He was told that two strange men crossed the ferry Monday night and these were being traced by the sheriff, he explained.

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176   CORBANDALE


May 27,1882--Our Corbandale correspondent informs us that Will Foster, the mail carrier between that place and Batson's store, who was recently detected in stealing goods from J.D Fletcher's store at Shiloh, was a white man and not a Negro as stated by the Erin Review.
Foster has fled the realm.
Mr. W.Q. VonSchmittou is now the carrier.

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177   MURDER


November 23,1869--Jo Barton cut the throats of his wife and three children. The family lived on Clarksville Pike near Nashville. Mr. Barton, formerly of Clarksville, is a saddler. The murder took place before daylight Sunday.

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178   CLARKSVILLE


June 23,1865--Last fall Daniel W. Poor murdered his niece, Miss Poor, near Clarksville and made escape. A $2,500 reward was posted. He was captured at St. Louis and sent back to Clarksville but has escaped again.

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179   TRICE'S LANDING


Tragedy, in 1846 at Trice�s Landing, Captain Joseph Miller was killed by A.L. Jones. A few days later Jones was killed at Garrettsburg, Kentucky by Thomas Metcalf.

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180   INMATES OF THE TENNESSEE STATE PENITENTIARY 1831 - 1850


A�s


ABBOTT, James M.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 21
ADAMS, Eli; Crime: concealing stolen horses; County: Monroe; Age: 21
AIRWOOD, James; Crime: bigamy; County: Blount; Age: 26
ALEXANDER, John S.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Rutherford; Age: 19
ALEXANDER, Simpson; Crime: horse stealing; County: Weakley; Age: 45
ALFORD, Riley; Crime: felony; County: Grainger; Age: 58
ALLCORN, James; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Jackson; Age: 45
ALLEN, George W.; Crime: larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 18
ALLEN, James; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Davidson; Age: 27
ALLEN, James E.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Dickson; Age: 24
ALLEN, John; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Shelby; Age: 42
ALLEN, Miles; Crime: larceny; County: Wilson; Age: 45
ALLEN, Wiley; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 19
AMOS, Charles; Crime: petit larceny; County: Fentress; Age: 35
ANDERSON, Burrell; Crime: murder in 2nd degree; County: Weakley; Age: 52
ANDERSON, George W.; petit larceny; County: White; Age: 26
ANDERSON, Jacob L.; Crime: larceny; County: Fayette; Age: 24
ANDREWS, Benjamin; Crime: harboring & slave stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 38
ANDREWS, Robert; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 20
ANDREWS, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 38
ANDREWS, William B.; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Maury; Age: 24
ANSON, Orin D.; Crime: bigamy; County: Giles; Age: 32
ANTHONY, Alfred; Crime: murder; County: Bedford; Age: 38
ARMINGTON, Martin; Crime: petit larceny; County: Stewart; Age: 56
ARMINGTON, Martin; Crime: horse stealing; County: Stewart; Age: 60
ARMSTRONG, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Franklin; Age: 35
ARMSTRONG, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 54
ARMSTRONG, Martin; Crime: horse stealing; County: Roane; Age: 40
ARNETT, James; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Davidson; Age: 42
ARP, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 32
ARTIST, Morris; Crime: shooting; County: Madison; Age: 18
ATKINS, George; Crime: larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 40 AUSTIN, Nathaniel; Crime: grand larceny; County: Roane; Age: 50
AVERY, Silas; Crime: bigamy; County: Gibson; Age: 19

B�s


BAILEY, John; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 28
BAILEY, W.C.; Crime: 2nd conviction horse stealing; County: Knox; Age: 29
BAILEY, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bradley; Age: 28
BAILEY, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Johnson; Age: 18
BAILEY, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Johnson; Age: 22
BAKER, Henry; Crime: horse stealing; County: DeKalb; Age: 38
BAKER, John; Crime: felony; County: Grainger; Age: 28
BALDUFF, Henry; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 15
BALDWIN, Joseph E.; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 24
BALDWIN, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Overton; Age: 24
BALLENTIRE, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 30
BALLEW, Francis; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 17
BANKS, Jesse M.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Coffee; Age: 30
BARBEE, Beasley; Crime: shooting; County: Giles; Age: 20
BARGER, Frederick; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Knox; Age: 54
BARKER, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Roane; Age: 17
BARNEY, Jeremiah; Crime: horse stealing; County: Fayette; Age: 17
BARNWELL, Samuel; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Davidson; Age: 36
BASBEE [Barbee?], John; Crime: murder; County: Henderson; Age: 21
BATCHELOR, John; Crime: perjury; County: Maury; Age: 40
BAXTER, Andrew; Crime: felony; County: Bradley; Age: 40
BEAN, George; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Hamilton; Age: 32
BEAUCHUM, Franklin; Crime: grand larceny; County: Overton; Age: 29
BEECHAM, Henry; Crime: larceny; County: McNairy; Age: 23
BELLEW, William; Crime: larceny; & rec'd stolen goods; County: Madison; Age: 27
BENHAM, John B.; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Green[e]; Age: 41
BENINGFIELD, John; Crime: forgery; County: Davidson; Age: 21
BENNETT, John; Crime: negro stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 31
BENSON, Wright; Crime: larceny; County: McNairy; Age: 53
BERRY, John A.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 25
BERTRAM, Cornelias; Crime: horse stealing; County: Rhea Age: 24
BEVIL, Elvis; Crime: horse stealing; County: Grainger; Age: 24
BIAS, James; Crime: larceny; County: McNairy; Age: 22
BIGGS, Thomas; Crime: involuntary manslaughter; County: Hawkins; Age: 17
BIRD, Matthew; Crime: grand larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 60
BIRD, Robert; Crime: robbing U.S. mail; County: Knox; Age: 17
BIRD, Thomas; Crme: larceny; County: Hardin; Age: 21
BLACK, Solomon; Crime: murder County: Washington; 33
BLACKWELL, Jackson M.; Crime: arson County: Roane; Age: 20
BLACKWELL, Jackson M.; Crime: larceny; County: Roane; Age: 24
BLACKWELL, Joel; Crime: concealing stolen horses; County: Monroe; Age: 31
BLACKWELL, Joseph; Crime: petit & grand larceny: County: Shelby; Age: 36
BLACKWELL, Nathan; Crime: stealing a sheep: County: Coffee; Age: 48
BLALOCK, Henry; Crime: bigamy; County: Roane; Age: 37
BLAWN [Blaron?], Geoge L.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 33
BOATMAN, George; Crime: incest; County: Grainger; Age: 70
BOND, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Perry; Age: 24
BOOBY, Frances; Crime: receiving stolen goods; County: Madison; Age: 53
BORDINE, John; Crime: larceny; County: Tipton; Age: 27
BOSTICK, Littleberry; Crime: manslaughter; County: Davidson; Age: 48
BOSTICK, Orlonzo M. D.; Crime: bigamy; County; Benton; Age: 35
BOWLES, Joseph; Crime: attempt to kill; County: Madison; Age: 48
BOWLES, William; Crime: mule stealing; County: Maury; Age: 19
BOWLICE, Alexander; Crime: stealing; County: Lawrence; Age: 29
BOWLIN, Peter R.; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Henry; Age: 51
BOWMAN, Joshua; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Henderson; Age: 24
BOYD, William; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Davidson; Age: 35
BRADFORD, Richard; Crime: not specified by Supreme Court; County: Davidson; Age: 60
BRADFUTE, Archibald; Crime: horse stealing; County: Warren; Age: 16
BRADLEY, Bunell; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 17
BRADLEY, Jacob; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 45
BRAGG, Thomas Jr.; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Fayette; Age: 23
BRAGG, Thomas Sr.; Crime: murder 2nd degree County: Fayette; Age: 53
BRAKE, Sherwood; Crime: felony; County: Bledsoe; Age: 57
BRANDON; John; Crime: house breaking; County: Lawrence; Age: 17
BRANSTUTTER, Frederick; Crime: petit larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: 28
BRAUDON, Edmund; Crime: horse stealing; County: Cannon Age: 22
BRAZEAL, John J.; Crime: assault & battery with intent to kill; County: Henderson; Age: 41
BREWER, Abraham J.; Crime: assault with intent to murder; County: Davidson; Age: 38
BREWER, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 39
BREWER, Malinda; Crime: n/a; County: Knox; Age: n/a
BREWER, Mehala; Crime: petit larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 18
BREWER, Wesley; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Shelby; Age: 20
BREWINGTON, John; Crime: murder; County: Jackson; Age: 27
BRIGHAM, John; Crime: forgery; Stewart; Age: 25
BRIGHAM, Thomas D.; Crime: forgery; County: Stewart; Age: 21
BRILEY, Abraham; Crime: bigamy; County: Henry; Age: 21
BRITT, William G.; Crime: felony; County: Knox; Age: 43
BROCKWELL, Samuel J.; Crime: forgery; County: Giles; Age: 37
BROGAN, Robert C.; Crime: mare stealing; County: Maury; Age: 30
BROGAN Robert C.; Crime: forgery; County: Knox; Age: 27
BROOKS, Bailey; Crime: manslaughter; County: Madison; Age: 68
BROOKS, Robert; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 39
BROUGHTON, Charles; Crime: petit larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 27
BROWDER, Nickolas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 21
BROWN, Absolom; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Henderson; Age: 29
BROWN, G.W.; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 27
BROWN, G.W.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 19
BROWN, Garland; Crime: rec'd stolen goods; County: Wilson; Age: 40
BROWN, George W.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Fentress; Age: 37
BROWN, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 22
BROWN, James; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 32
BROWN, James H.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Carroll; Age: 24
BROWN, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 28
BROWN John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Montgomery; Age: 24
BROWN, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: White; Age: 22
BROWN, Jones; Crime: felony; County: Gibson; Age: 22
BROWN, Joseph; Crime; larceny; County: Williamson; Age; 14
BROWN, Silas; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Washington; Age: 36
BROWN, Thornton; Crime: horse stealing; County: Sumner; Age: 20
BROWN, William; Crime: forgery; County: Monroe; Age: 27
BROWN, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Shelby; 37
BROWN, William; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Davidson; Age: 26
BRUCE, Herod; Crime: bigamy; County: Henderson; Age: 29 BRUCE, John T.; Crime: larceny; County: Fentress; Age: 24
BRUCE, Nathaniel; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 24
BRUMLEY, Isaac; Crime: petit larceny; County: Greene; Age: 19
BRUMMET, Micajah; Crime: horse stealing; County: Carter; Age: 31
BRUNSON, David; Crime: petit larceny; County: Henry; Age: 37
BRYANT, Benjamin; Crime: petit larceny; County: Warren; Age: 35
BRYANT, Joel; Crime: larceny; County: Warren; Age: 26
BRYANT, W.H.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Madison; Age: 29
BUCHANAN, Edward; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 48
BUCKHANNON, Robert; Crime: giving slaves forged papers; County: White; Age: 42
BULLARD, Murdock; Crime: grand larceny; County: Gibson; Age: 45
BULLINGTON, Robert; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 28
BUNCH, Basil; Crime: having & passing counterfeit money; County: Shelby; Age: 23
BUNCH, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 16
BURKE, Robert; Crime: house breaking; County: Jefferson; Age: 25
BURKE, William; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 22
BURKE, William M.; Crime: bigamy; County: Wayne; Age: 38
BURNS, Daniel; Crime: petit larceny; County; Rhea: Age: 57
BURRESS, E.M.D.; Crime: felonious assault; County: Campbell; Age: 28
BURRUS, Cornelius; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bledsoe; Age: 16
BURTON, John; Crime: larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 34
BUTCHER, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 38
BUTLER, James; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 29
BUTRAM, William; Crime: stealing a free child of color; County: Wayne; Age: 24
BUTTS, Cravan C.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Dyer; Age: 20

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CADLE, Jason; Crime: larceny; County: Claiborne; Age: 43
CAGLE, Isham; Crime: larceny; County: Sevier; Age: 27
CAILE, W.H.; Crime: forgery; County: Haywood; Age: 21
CALDWELL, William; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 30
CALDWELL, William A.; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Maury; Age: 24
CALHOUN, Jacob; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Montgomery; Age: 40
CALHOUN, John H.; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 62
CALLAN, Bartholomew F.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Rutherford; Age: 28
CALVIN, John; Crime: larceny; County: Henry; Age: 20
CAMPBELL, Alfred H.; Crime: murder; County: Henderson Age: 31
CAMPBELL, Archibald; Crime: horse stealing; County: Monroe; Age: 23
CAMPBELL, Eli; Crime: petit larceny; County: Carter; Age: 49
CAMPBELL, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 22
CAMPBELL, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 33
CARLISLE, W.G.; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 30
CARLISLE, Willis; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 43
CARMICHAEL, Jack; Crime: larceny; County: Washington; Age: 26
CARR, Frederick; Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 17
CARR, Joseph; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 15
CARRICK, Charles M.; Crime: bigamy; County: Davidson; Age: 37
CARROL, Micham; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 21
CARTER, Fielding; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Johnson; Age: 35
CARTER, Jackson; Crime: grand larceny; County: White; Age: 20
CARTER, William M.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Rhea; Age: 19
CASH, Jefferson; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 24
CASSELLS, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Madison; Age: 27
CATE, Gibson; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: McMinn; Age: 32
CHAMBERLAIN, Samuel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 35
CHAPMAN, John N.; Crime: petit larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 21
CHAPMAN, Josiah; Crime: possession of counterfeit money; County: Fentress; Age: 57
CHAPPEL, Robert; Crime: grand larceny; County: Hickman; Age: 24
CHAPPELL, Riley; Crime: stabbing; County: Maury; Age: 34
CHARLES, Devit; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 42
CHAVIS, Jesse; Crime: petit larceny; County: Campbell; Age: 35
CHEEWITH, [?] J.P.; Crime: bigamy; County: Sumner; Age: 25
CHICK, Reubin; Crime not specified by court; County: Davidson; Age: 27
CHICK, Weakley; Crime: robbery; County: Davidson; Age: 23
CHILDRESS, Ayres; Crime: petit larceny; County: Madison; Age: n/a
CHILDRESS, Henry H.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 31
CHILDRESS, Priscilla; Crime: larceny; County: Giles; Age: 17
CHILDRESS, Samuel; Crime: forgery; County: Monroe; Age: 23
CHILDRESS, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 30
CHUMNEY, Young; Crime: larceny; County: Giles; Age: 27
CHURCHWELL, Fielding; Crime: grand larceny; County: Wayne; Age: 24
CLARK, Burwell; Crime: forgery; County: Madison; Age: 18
CLARK, Edwin; Crime: petit larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 37
CLARK, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Marion; Age: 29
CLARK, Leslie; Crime: perjury; County: Wilson; Age: 19
CLARK, Marian C.; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 28
CLARK, Reuben; Crime: horse breaking; County: Madison; Age: 19
CLARK, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: White; Age: 19
CLASURE, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 53
CLAXTON, David; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Bedford; Age: 30
CLAXTON, James; Crime: murder; County: Davidson; Age: 21
CLEMENT, Willis; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Giles; Age: 30
CLENDENNING, Robert; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 24
CLOPPE, David S.; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Carroll; Age: 19
COATS, Wilson; Crime: murder; pun[?] commuted; County: Woodford, Kentucky; Age: 37
COFFEE, Calvin; Crime: larceny; County: Fentress; Age: 30
COFFMAN, Samuel; Crime: murder; County: Henderson; Age: 24
COHEN, Alexander; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Fayette; Age: 50
COLE, David; Crime: horse stealing; County: Lincoln; Age: 38
COLE, Elisha; Crime: stealing promissory note; County: Wilson; Age: 42
COLEMAN, Daniel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 24
COLEMAN, John B.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Warren; Age: 22
COLEMAN, Oscar S.; Crime: felony; County: Anderson; Age: 37
COLLINS, Andrew; Crime: hog stealing; County: Hawkins; Age: 28
COLLINS, Ezekiel; Crime: hog stealing; County: Hawkins; Age: 34
COLLINS, Jacob; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Lincoln; Age: 47
COLLINS, Jesse; Crime: horse stealing; County: Lincoln; Age: 17
COLLINS, John; Crime: bigamy; County: Wayne; Age: 48
COLLINS, Joseph; Crime: horse stealing; County: Franklin; Age: 28
COLLINS, Owen, Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Claiborne; Age: 45
CONLEY, Abraham; Crime: stealing bacon; County: Knox; Age: 21
CONLEY, Silas; Crime: stealing bacon; County: Knox; Age: 25
CONNER, Isham; Crime: stabbing; County: Gibson; Age: 41
CONNER, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Maury; Age: 28
COOK, A.C.; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Davidson; Age: 30
COOK, Abel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Greene; Age: 28
COOK, George Washington; Crime: stabbing; County: Madison; Age: 21
COOK, Guilford; Crime: larceny; County: Dickson; Age: 48
COOK, Henry; Crime: passing counterfeit bank notes; County: Tipton; Age: 25
COOK, Joseph C.; Crime: forgery; County: Franklin; Age: 23 COOXEY, Samuel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Henry; Age: 18
CORBIN, George, Crime: stabbing; County: Maury; Age: 37
CORLEY, Michael; Crime: forgery; County: Davidson; Age: 26
CORNWELL, John; Crime: keeping & concealing counterfeit money; County: Greene; Age: 40
CORROMAN, Michael; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: n/a
COTTON, Emander; Crime: larceny; County: Overton; Age: 27
COTTRELL, John; Crime: stealing a bank bill; County: Monroe; Age: 18
COURIER, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Overton; Age: 15
COVINGTON, William C.; Crime: slave stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 23
COX, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 28
CRAIRY, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Marshall; Age: 18
CRAWFORD, Robert F.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Knox; Age: 24
CRAWFORD, W.H.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Rhea; Age: 21
CRESONG, Joshua; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bradley; Age: 19
CROCKER, John S.; Crime: perjury; County: McMinn; Age: 25
CROFF, John; Crime: negro stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 37
CROSEN, Elijah; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Maury; Age: 39
CROSS, George W.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 20
CROSS, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 20
CUMMINGS, Uriah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 27
CUMMINGS, Uriah; Crime: larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 31
CUNNINGHAM, William; Crime: n/a; County: Maury; Age: 18
CURRY, Elkanah A.; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Hickman; Age: 18
CURTIS, Andrew; Crime: larceny; County: Maury; Age: 20

D�s


DALE, Isaac; Crime: murder 1st degree; County: Davidson; Age: 62
DALTON, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 29
DANIEL, Perry; Crime: petit larceny; County: Overton; Age: 27
DANIELS, Thomas; Crime: maiming; County: Davidson; Age: 23
DAVIDSON, Thomas; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Davidson; Age: 34
DAVIS, Anthony; Crime: murder; County: Knox;; Age: 30
DAVIS, Arthur J.; Crime: murder; County: Knox; Age: 71
DAVIS, Charles T.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Giles; Age: 20
DAVIS, David; Crime: larceny; County: Madison; Age: 30
DAVIS, Edmund; Crime: grand larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 42
DAVIS, James W.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Maury; Age: 16
DAVIS, John; Crime: murder; County: McMinn; Age: 22
DAVIS, John H[?]; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bradley; Age: 50
DAVIS, Richard; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 36
DAVIS, Samuel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Van Buren; Age: 57
DAVIS, Wesley; Crime: grand larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 20
DAVIS, William; Crime: robbery; County: Shelby; Age: 33
DAY, Lewis; Crime: manslaughter; County: Claiborne; Age: 35
DAYTON, Josiah; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 24
DEAN, John A.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Campbell; Age: 27
DEAN, William; Crime: murder; County: Bedford; Age: 45
DEBRUCE, Alexander; Crime: horse stealing; County: Stewart; Age: 20
DELK, John; Crime: hog stealing; County: Campbell; Age: 40 DEMING, Theadore; Crime: grand larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 32
DENNIS, Benjamin; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 38
DENNIS, [Demis?] John; Crime: grand larceny; County: McNairy; Age: 24
DENTON, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Perry; Age: 24
DICKERSON, James R.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Smith; Age: 26
DICKEY, George W.; Crime: incest; County: Lawrence; Age: 56
DILLIONHAM [Dillingham?], Richard; Crime: negro stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 26
DINHAM, John; Crime: manslaughter; County: Davidson; Age: 37
DOANE, Joseph; Crime: grand larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: 18
DONALD, Charles; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 22
DOOLEN, Joel; Crime: larceny; County: McNairy; Age: 19
DOOLEY, James; Crime: larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 21
DORSEY, Cornelius; Crime: keeping counterfeit coin; County: Shelby; Age: 29
DOSS, William R.; Crime: Bigamy; County: Robertson; Age: 36
DOUGAN, John; Crime: manslaughter; County: Franklin; Age: 45
DOVER, Isaac D.; Crime: seducing a slave; County: Roane; Age: n/a
DOWNING, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Maury; Age: 38
DOXEY, Daniel; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Marshall; Age: 33
DRANE, Robert; Crime: horse stealing; County: Maury; Age: 24
DUKE, William M.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Perry; Age: 30
DUKER, Henry; Crime: murder; County: Hamilton; Age: 22
DUNAVAN, Ephraim; Crime: larceny; County: Anderson; Age: 25
DUNCAN, Andrew; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Marshall; Age: 33
DUNCAN, James W.; Crime: horse stealing; County: McMinn; Age: 25
DUNCAN, Jamison W.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Obion; Age: 38
DUNSTAN, Sanford W.; Crime: larceny; County: Lincoln; Age: 26
DURHAM, James; Crime: manslaughter; County: Davidson; Age: 40
DURHAM, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Stewart; Age: 21
DYER, George W.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 24

E�s


EADS, John S.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 26
EAKIN, Michael; Crime: murder; County: Franklin; Age: 29
EASLEY, Buford; Crime: negro stealing; County; Fayette; Age: 30
EAVANS [Evans?], Williams; Crime: felony; County: Polk; Age: 33
EDDINGTON, Andrew; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 29
EDINS, Leonard; Crime: murder; County: White; Age: 25
EDMANS [Edmonds?], John; Crime: larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 24
EDWARDS, William; Crime: involuntary manslaughter; County: Wayne; Age: n/a
EDWARDS, Williams; Crime: involuntary manslaughter; County: Washington; Age: 37
EDWARDS (Fanning), James; Crime: horse stealing; County: Roane; Age: 30
ELKIN, John, Crime: petit larceny; County: Cocke; Age: 23
ELKINS, Peyton; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 36
ELLIS, Alfred; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: n/a; Age: 19
ELLIS, John; Crime: larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 55
ELLISON, Thomas; Crime: murder; County: Claiborne; Age: 51
ELLIOTT, Ransom; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Shelby; Age: 48
ELOM, Patia; Crime: larceny; County: Overton; Age: 26
ELY, Thomas; Crime: horse stealing; County: Claiborne; Age: 29
ELZEY, John J.; Crime: murder; County: Marshall; Age: 35
EMMETT, Allen, Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 22
ESTEP, Cleveland; Crime: larceny; County: Carter; Age: 19
ESTEP, Daniel; Crime: grand larceny; County: Carter; Age: 40
ESTEP, Enoch; Crime: horse stealing; County: Blount; Age: 35
ESTEP, Squire; Crime: horse stealing; County: Blount; Age: 32
ESTEPP, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Carter; Age: 47
ESTIS, William A.; Crime: murder 1st degree; County: Giles Age: 26
ETHRIDGE, James; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Humphries; Age: 25
EVANS, Harris; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Rhea; Age: 42
EVANS, Joseph; Crime: passing counterfeit coin; County: DeKalb; Age: 46
EVERILL, Parker; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Grainger; Age: 46

F�s


FALLICK, Isaac; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Shelby; Age: 28
FARLEE, Elijah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Wayne; Age: 43
FASTING, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: n/a
FELTER, William E.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 25
FELTS, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 38
FELTS, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Roane; Age: 36
FERGESON, William; Crime: keeping & passing counterfeit money; County: Grainger; Age: 43
FERRELL, Thomas; Crime: stabbing; County: Maury; Age: 35
FIN, William; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Jackson; Age: 33
FINLEY, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 41
FINNEY, Augustus; Crime: arson; County: Shelby; Age: 16
FINNEY, Mary; Crime: larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 23
FISHER, Jacob; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 33
FLEMMING, William; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson Age: 25
FLETCHER, George; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Giles; Age: 23
FLETCHER, James; Crime: passing counterfeit coin; County: Davidson; Age: 25
FLIPPO, George; Crime: horse stealing; County: Lincoln; Age: 19
FOGG, Joseph G.; Crime: forgery; County: Giles; Age: 27
FORBES, Samuel H.; Crime: murder in 2nd degree; County: Shelby; 24
FORD, W.; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 25
FOREST, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 24
FORGUS, John; Crime: having counterfeit bank bills; County: Rutherford; Age: 30
FOSTER, Benjamin T.; Crime: bigamy; County: Hickman; Age: 51
FOSTER, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 27
FOUST, Daniel; Crime: house burning; County: Anderson; Age: 55
FRAZIER, Ermando; Crime: horse stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 25
FREELAND, Joseph; Crime: horse stealing; County: Hawkins; Age: 21
FREEMAN, George; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 45
FRESBEY, Mathias; Crime: grand larceny; County: Johnson; Age: 23
FULLER, Joseph; Crime: forgery; County: Rutherford; Age: 23
FULLERTON, Isaac; Crime: larceny; County: McNairy; Age: 30
FULWARD, Daniel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 21

G�s


GADDESS, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Overton; Age: 19
GADDIS, John; Crime: larceny; County: Overton; Age: 35
GADDY, James; Crime: horse stealing; County: Smith; Age: 19
GAGE, John; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Perry; Age: 46
GAINES, Armstrong; Crime: harboring a slave; County: Rutherford; Age: 33
GAITHER, Richard; Crime: horse stealing; County: Rutherford; Age: 23
GALASPIE, William H.; Crime: Passing counterfeit money; County: Roane; Age: 48
GALBREATH, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Washington; Age: 18
GATEWOOD, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Hardin; Age: 19
GATLING, William; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: n/a
GAWLEY, David; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Gibson; Age: 36
GENOER[?], Riley; Crime: murder in 2nd degree; County: McMinn; Age: 19
GEORGE, David; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 25
GEORGE, Isaac; Crime: grand larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 40
GEORGE, Jeremiah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 17
GIBBINS, James; Crime: Passing counterfeit coin; County: Jefferson; Age: 18
GIBSON, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 43
GIDCOMB, Thomas C.; Crime: larceny; County: Perry; Age: 15
GIDEON, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: White; Age: 18
GILBERT, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hardin; Age: 32
GILBERT, Joseph; Crime: murder; County: Warren; Age: 17 GILL, John; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Giles; Age: 42
GILLALAND, David; Crime: petit larceny; County: Jefferson; Age: 47
GILLIMORE, George; Crime: false token; County: Roane; Age: 19
GILLISPIE, B.M.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Williamson; Age: 22
GLANTON, Benjamin F.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Tipton; Age: 18
GLOVER, Andrew; Crime: larceny; County: Carter; Age: 32
GODSAY, Hiram; Crime: larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 24
GOENS, Levi; Crime: larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 38
GOFF, William; Crime: Passing counterfeit money; County: Bledsoe; Age: 46
GOINGS, Hugh; Crime: bigamy; County: Monroe; Age: 50
GOLLIHORN, Robert; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Blount; Age: 33
GOLORTH [Goforth?], Russell,; Crime: larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 37
GOODWIN, Thomas E.; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Dickson; Age: 27
GORDON, Robert; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 16
GORHAM, James T.; Crime: burglary; County: Robertson; Age: 18
GOSSETT, Hamilton; Crime: horse stealing; County: Rutherford; Age: 20
GOTT [Jott?], Sterling M.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 28
GOULD, Hiram; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 35
GRAGSON, William; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Morgan; Age: 30
GRAHAM, James; Crime: felony; County: Jefferson; Age: 20
GRAHAM, Johnson; Crime: burglary; County: Carter; Age: 25
GRAY, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 23
GRAY, James R.; Crime: felony; County: McMinn; Age: 18
GREEN, Charles; Crime: larceny; County: Madison; Age: 23
GREEN, Frederick; Crime: larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 20
GREEN, John J?; Crime: petit larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 22
GREEN, Josiah; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Maury; Age: 44
GREGORY, Aaron W.; Crime: mare stealing; County: Bedford; Age: 22
GREY, James W.; Crime: felony; County: Knox; Age: 50
GRIFFIN, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 22
GRIFFITH, Oliver; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 33
GROOMS, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 70
GROTE, Elias; Crime: negro stealing; County: Henry; Age: 28
GURLEY, William S.; Crime: larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 31

H�s


HAINES, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Rhea; Age: 41
HALL, Felix S.; Crime: larceny; County: Henderson; Age: 33
HALL, J.M. Crime: larceny; County: Overton; Age: 26
HALL, Jonathan A.; Crime: obtaining goods by false pretence; County: Shelby; Age: 23
HALL, Redding R.; Crime: Passing counterfeit bank bills; County: Tipton; Age: 38
HALL, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Cocke; Age: 14
HAMBLETON, Isaac; Crime: rape; County: Lawrence; Age: 50
HAMBY, Gideon; Crime: mule stealing; County: Bedford; Age: 19
HEMDEN, George; Crime; altering cotton receipts; County: Franklin; Age: 37
HAMILTON, William; Crime: Passing counterfeit money ; County: Rutherford; Age: 29
HAMPTON, Amos; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 18
HANCOCK, William W.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Humphries; Age: 19
HANDLEY, John N.; Crime: slave stealing; County: Wayne; Age: 20
HANKINS, Richard; Crime: incest; County: Monroe; Age: 34 HANNA, John Ezra; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Shelby; Age: 25
HANNER [Hamner?], Logan; Crime: larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 17
HANNUM, Meflin; Crime: horse stealing; County: Robertson; Age: 47
HANSARD, Robert; Crime: n/a; County: Franklin; Age: 17
HARDEN, Henry; Crime: horse stealing; County: Carroll; Age: 19
HARE, Robert; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bedford; Age: 21
HARRELL, Edward; Crime: negro stealing; County: Coffee; Age: 25
HARRELL, Henry; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 33
HARRIS, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Maury; Age: 35
HARRIS, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Greene; Age: 23
HARRIS, Phillip; Crime: grand larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 27
HARRIS, William; Crime: Passing counterfeit money; County: Dekalb; Age: 28
HARRISON, Benjamin R.; Crime: stealing promissory notes; County: Shelby; Age: 25
HARRISON, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 24
HARRISON, Osenberry; Crime: robbery; County: Davidson; Age: 34
HARRISON, Thomas; Crime: robbery; County: Davidson; Age: 31
HARRISON, William G.; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Davidson; Age: 24
HARVEY, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Monroe; Age: 32
HAYNIE, James; Crime: perjury; County: Maury; Age: 27
HAZLETT, Mizay; Crime: receiving stolen goods; County: Davidson; Age: 25
HEATHCOCK, John; Crime: maiming; County: Davidson; Age: 26
HEATHERLEY, William; Crime: larceny; County: Jefferson; Age: 36
HECOCK, John; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 21
HENDERSON, Allen; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 27
HENDERSON, Elizabeth; Crime: larceny; County: Bradley; Age; 22
HENDERSON, John F.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Fayette; Age: 23
HENDERSON, Robert; Crime: grand larceny; County: Lawrence; Age: 21
HENDLEY, Peter W.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Marshall; Age: 50
HENRY, Alexander; Crime: felony; County: Madison; Age; 22
HENRY, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Rutherford; Age: 31
HENRY, James; Crime: larceny County: Shelby; Age: 33
HENRY, James; Crime: horse stealing; County: Henry; Age: 25
HENRY, Lawson; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 37
HENSHAW, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Warren; Age: 19
HENSON, Thomas K.; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Perry; Age: 30
HERE, Patrick; Crime: grand larceny; County: Williamson; Age: 35
HERRILL, Zachariah; Crime: felony; County: Claiborne; Age: 40
HERRON, Jack; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 28
HICKS, Timothy; Crime: larceny; County: Cocke; Age: 44
HILL, Andrew; Crime: petit larceny; County: Rhea; Age: 18
HILL, Eli; Crime: horse stealing; County: Hamilton Age: 29
HILL, Franklin; Crime: larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 20
HILL, John W.; Crime: Release prisoner from jail; County: Fayette; Age: 27
HINDMAN, Sterlingl; Crime: larceny; County: Perry; Age: 23
HINES, Irwin; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 25
HITE, John; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Davidson; Age: 41
HOBBS, A.; Crime: forgery; County: Shelby; Age: 24
HOFFMAN, Daniel; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 23 HOLEMAN, Lewis R.; Crime: manslaughter; County: Bradley; Age: 26
HOLLAND, Charles; Crime: larceny; County; Macon Age: 18 HOLLEY, Caleb; Crime: petit larceny; County: Rutherford; Age: 27
HOLLIDAY, Samuel; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Tipton; Age: 37
HOLMES, Thomas E.; Crime: murder; County: Davidson; Age: 26
HOOD, Henry; Crime: felony; County: McMinn; Age: 19
HOOLON [Hooton?], John Granville; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County; White Age: 18
HOOPER, Nimrod; Crime: negro stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 49
HOOPER, Simpson; Crime: forgery; County: Perry; Age: 33
HOPKINS, Moses Treadway; Crime: horse stealing; County: Hickman; Age: 45
HORN [Hone?], Henry; Crime: petit larceny; County: Smith; Age: 17
HORTON, Jacob K.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Carroll; Age: 31
HOSEA, Levi; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 16
HOSEA, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 17
HOWARD, A.G.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 29
HOWARD, John B.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 31
HOWARD, Thomas; Crime: grand larceny; County: Cannon Age: 28
HOY, Hugh; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 35
HUDSON, Thomas; Crime: burglary & larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 18
HUFFMAN, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Fayette; Age: 19
HUGHES, John A.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Williamson; Age: 27
HUGHES, Richard; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Fentress; Age: 23
HUGHES, Samuel; Crime: obtaining goods under false pretence; County: Davidson; Age: 31
HUGHS, Hiram; Crime: grand larceny; County: Claiborne; Age: 33
HULLET, Joseph; Crime: grand larceny; County: Sumner; Age: 23
HUMBLE, Francis; Crime: grand larceny; County: Gibson; Age: 18
HUMES, Jones; Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 21
HUNT, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Henry; Age: 21
HURST, Pleasant; Crime: attempt to commit rape; County: Sevier; Age: 20
HURT, Zachariah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 20
HUSKY, Blake; Crime: arson; County: Shelby; Age: 31
HUTSON, Richard; Crime: horse stealing; County: Dickson; Age: 28
HUTTON, George; Crime: larceny; County: Wayne; Age: 18

I�s


IRWIN, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Stewart; Age: 36
IVY, James B.; Crime: forgery; County: Monroe; Age: 33
IVY, Willis; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 17
IVY, Willis; Crime: house burning; County: Bledsoe; Age: 20

J�s


JACKSON: Elias; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Jackson; Age: 31
JACKSON, John J.; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Jackson; Age: 24
JACKSON, Joseph; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hardin; Age: 36
JACKSON, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 18
JACKSON, Thomas P.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 33
JACKSON, (Gibney) John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Humphreys; Age: 35
JACOBS, William P.; Crime: forgery; County: Franklin; Age: 21
JAMES, Bennett A.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Wayne; Age: 35
JENKINS, James; Crime: perjury; County: Monroe; Age: n/a
JENKINS, William; Crime: rec'd stolen goods; County: Monroe; Age: 20
JESTICE [Justice?], Robert; Crime: horse stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 31
JOHNSON, Ake; Crime: stealing a beehive; County: Van Buren; Age: 15
JOHNSON, Dempse; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 26
JOHNSON, Henry; Crime: horse stealing; County: Lincoln; Age: 27
JOHNSON, Hyram; Crime: petit larceny; County: Williamson; Age: 30
JOHNSON, Jefferson; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Jackson; Age: 23
JOHNSON, Jeremiah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Wilson; Age: 20
JOHNSON, Lewellen; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Hardin; Age: 25
JOHNSON, Nathan G.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Maury; Age: 22
JOHNSON, Noel K.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Madison; Age: 24
JOHNSON, Richard; Crime: false token; County: Madison; Age: 44
JOHNSON, Talton; Crime: stealing a beehive; County: Van Buren; Age: 67
JOHNSON, William L.; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Rhea; Age: 26
JOHNSTON, George; Crime: petit larceny; County: Obion; Age: 39
JOHNSTON, William; Crime: counterfeiting; County: McMinn; Age: 22
JOLLY, Asberry; Crime: grand larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 24
JONAGIN [Jarnagin?], Allen; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Davidson; Age: 58
JONES, Aaron F.; Crime: mare stealing; County: Wilson; Age: 33
JONES, Charles W.H.; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 30
JONES, Chesley; Crime: bigamy; County: Carroll; Age: 27
JONES, James; Crime: horse stealing; County: Sullivan; Age: 17
JONES, James; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Madison; Age: 30
JONES, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Wilson; Age: 42
JONES, John C.; Crime: larceny; County: Polk; Age: 25
JONES, Miles; Crime: persuading slaves to leave owners; County: Henry; Age: 22
JONES, Sherrod; Crime: selling a free man of color; County: Lincoln; Age: 40
JONES, Thompson; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 55
JONES, Wiley; Crime: selling a free man of color; County: Lincoln; Age: 23
JONES, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Jefferson; Age: 22
JONES, William; Crime: larceny; County: Warren; Age: 33
JONES, William G.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 24
JONSTON [Johnston?], James R.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Blount; Age: 66
JOYCE, James; Crime: shooting; County: Marshall; Age: 36
JULANY, Josiah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Jefferson; Age: 24

K�s


KASLER, Philip; Crime: larceny; County: Madison; Age: 38
KEELIN, Spencer; Crime: horse stealing; County: Carroll; Age: 23
KEER, Samuel; Crime: having and concealing counterfeit money; County: Davidson; Age: 54
KEITH, Haywood; Crime: horse stealing; County: Marshall Age: 25
KELLY, Henry; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Hawkins; Age: 20
KELLY, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 45
KENNEDAY, William; Crime: larceny; County: Morgan; Age: 18
KENNEDY, Samuel B.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Cannon; Age: 26
KESTERSON, Hazard; Crime: petit larceny; County: Anderson; Age: 52
KIDDY, Jourdan; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 30
KILBUCK, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Maury; Age: 23
KILLIAN, Jesse; Crime: receiving stolen horse; County: Hamilton; Age: 34
KING, A.B.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 19
KING, Carrol; Crime: murder; County: Davidson; Age: 19
KING, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Fentress; Age: 31
KING, Samuel; Crime: larceny; County: Overton; Age: 22
KING, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 38
KINNARD, George; Crime: arson; County: Hardaman 32
KIRK, Elvin; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Anderson; Age: 24
KIRK, Elvin; Crime: robbery; County: Anderson; Age: 35
KIRK, Lewis; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hardin; Age: 42
KIRKSEY, Jesse B.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 39
KNIGHT, John; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Anderson; Age: 24
KOLLOGG, James W.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Henry; Age: 50
KYLE, James; Crime: robbing United States mail; County: Davidson; Age: 15

L�s


LACKEY, John; Crime: rape; County: Davidson; Age: 40
LACY, Jacob; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hardin; Age: n/a LAMBERT, John A.; Crime: forgery; County: McNairy; Age: 29
LAMSING, Thomas; Crime: stealing money; County: Davidson; Age: 25
LAND, Edward; Crime: grand larceny; County: Overton; Age: 32
LANDERS, Josiah; Crime: burglary; County: Carroll; Age: 21
LANDRITH, William; Crime: larceny; County: Lincoln; Age: 20
LANE, Cleveland; Crime: petit larceny; County: Overton; Age: n/a
LANE, James, Crime: petit larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 28
LANE, James; Crime: rape; County: Hickman; Age: 26
LANGSTON, George R.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Anderson; Age: 27
LAPIER, Charles; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 21
LARKEY, Samuel; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 30
LASTLEY, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Roane; Age: 17
LAVENDER, John; Crime: forgery; County: Davidson; Age: 31
LAWRENCE, Isaac; Crime: larceny; County: McNairy; Age: 27
LAWRENCE, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Wilson; Age: 47
LAWRENCE, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 50
LAZENBURY, Henry; Crime: maiming; County: Harden; Age: 22
LEATH, Addison; Crime: stabbing; County: Anderson; Age: 25
LEE, James; Crime: stabbing & etc.[?]; County: Giles; Age: 27
LEFEVRE, William; Crime: forgery; County: Franklin; Age: 28
LEGER, Lewis D.H.; Crime: assault to kill; County: Shelby; Age: 29
LEMMONS, Daniel; Crime: murder; County: Polk; Age: 22
LEMON, Narcissa; Crime: petit larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 17
LENOX, Hugh; Crime: horse stealing; County: Haywood; Age: 25
LESTER, Woodford R.; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Davidson; Age: 31
LEWIS, Jackson; Crime: horse stealing; County: Montgomery; Age: 21
LEWIS, John F.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Knox; Age: 37 LICKSTEIN, Daniel; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 25
LINDSAY, Ellmore; Crime: horse stealing; County: Williamson; Age: 30
LINDSLEY, Elisha; Crime: grand larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 25
LISENBY, Thomas; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Henderson; Age: 19
LITTLE, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 31
LIVELY, James; Crime: mare stealing; County: Wilson; Age: 29
LOGAN, Robert; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 35
LOVELL, Tilmon D.; Crime: stabbing with intent to kill; County: Sumner; Age: 24
LOWE, Moses; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 47
LOWE, Samuel C.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Smith; Age: 65
LUCAS, Garland G.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: 42
LYNCH, Michael; Crime: petit larceny; County: Lawrence; Age: 55
LYNEAS, David; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Hawkins; Age: 24
LYONS, Blackwood; Crime: petit larceny; County: Gibson; Age: 21

M�s


MADDIN, George; Crime: stabbing; County: Hawkins; Age: 62
MAHAFFE, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bradley; Age: 23
MAHAFFY, Isaac; Crime: murder; County: Wilson; Age: 39
MAIDEWELL, Isaiah; Crime: petit larceny; County: White; Age: 35
MAIDWELL, Harrison; Crime: grand larceny; County: White; Age: 24
MAINOR, David; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Stewart; Age: 36
MAJORS Nelson; Crime: murder; County: Hardin; Age: 28
MAKELLEY [McKelley?], John; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Coffee; Age: 50
MANLEY, Curtis; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Henderson; Age: 25
MANLEY, Henry; Crime: petit larceny; County: Fayette; Age: 27
MANNING, Calvin; Crime: manslaughter; County: Stewart; Age: 18
MANNING, Clements; Crime: manslaughter; County: Stewart; Age: 20
MANNING, Fountain; Crime: petit larceny; County: Maury; Age: 17
MANNS [Manus/Marrs?], Mark; Crime: grand larceny; County: Henderson; Age: 22
MARCUM, Robert; Crime: obtaining goods under false pretence; County: Lawrence; Age: 40
MARES, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 25
MARLOW, Paris; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Claiborne; Age: 35
MARSH, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: White; Age: 31
MARSHALL, Joseph J.; Crime: obtaining goods under false pretence; County: Bedford Age: 40
MARSHALL, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 29
MARTIN, James; Crime: murder; County: Davidson; Age: 45
MARTIN, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 29
MARTINDALE, Daniel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Overton; Age: 47
MASHON, William G.; Crime: petit larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 25
MASSEY, Ransom; Crime: larceny; County: Anderson; Age: 24
MASSINGIL, David; Crime: felony & larceny; County: Marion; Age: 19
MASTERS, Anderson; Crime: grand larceny; County: Carroll; Age: 17
MATTHEW, Charles; Crime: passing counterfeit coin; County: Coffee; Age: 26
MAY, David; Crime: petit larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 21
MAY, Obadiah; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 60
MAY, William J.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Roane; Age: 45
MAYFIELD, Avery; Crime: petit larceny; County: Warren; Age: 24
MAYFIELD, John; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Hamilton; Age: 28
MCALLISTER, Francis; Crime: petit larceny; County: Henderson; Age: 30
MCBRIDE, John; Crime: counterfeiter; County: Shelby; Age: 39
MCCALESTER, Sutton; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 44
MCCALL, Robert; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Fayette; Age: 43
MCCALLISTER, Francis; Crime: larceny; County: Madison; Age: 35
MCCARPIN, Francis; Crime: grand larceny; County: Maury; Age: 19
MCCARTY, Daniel; Crime: larceny; County: Bradley; Age: 33
MCCARTYN, Daniel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 27
MCCLENNAN, Alexander; Crime: burglary & larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 28
MCCLUSKY, William; Crime: manslaughter; County: Lincoln; Age: 45
MCCOY, Hugh; Crime: petit larceny; County: Gibson; Age: 33
MCCOY, John A.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Shelby; Age: 33
MCCOY, William; Crime: rape; County: Maury; Age: 46
MCCRACKEN, William B.; Crime: forgery; County: Maury; Age: 23
MCCRORY, H.B.; Crime: stealing oxen; County: Davidson; Age: 18
MCCUISTIACE, Andrew; Crime: manslaughter; County: Jefferson; Age: 38
MCCULLOUGH, Franklin; Crime: negro stealing; County: Wilson; Age: 18
MCELYEA, George; Crime: petit larceny; County: Obion; Age: 21
MCGEE, Lutin; Crime: burglary; County: Henry; Age: 21
MCGREW, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Franklin; Age: 19
MCGUIRE, Jackson; Crime: petit larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 24
MCGUIRE, Wesler; Crime: petit larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 21
MCINTYRE, B.F.; Crime: larceny; County: Marshall; Age: Age: 14
MCKAY, Robert; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 33
MCKINLEY, R. R.; Crime: harboring a slave; County: Shelby; Age: 31
MCLENDEN, Green; Crime: murder; County: Davidson; Age: 42
MCLOAD, Jesse J.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Fayette; Age: 23
MCMAHAN, John; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: n/a MCMORRIS, James; Crime: burglary & attempt to commit rape; County: Marshall; Age: 17
MCNEAL, John; Crime: larceny County: Davidson; Age: 26
MCNEELY, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Campbell; Age: 30
MCNEESE, James; Crime: assault to kill; County: Giles; Age: 28
MCNICKOL, Alexander B.; Crime: mare stealing; County: Smith; Age: 35
MCVAY, Daniel; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Claiborne; Age: n/a
MELEE, [?] Lemuel G.; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Lincoln; Age: 42
MELTON, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Wilson; Age: 25
MELTON, Riley H.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Wayne; Age: 19
MERCER, William; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Carroll; Age: 24
MERRILL, William; Crime: stealing money; County: Stewart; Age: 16
MEZELLS, George; Crime: horse stealing; County: Haywood; Age: 32
MIDDLETON, Amos L.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Monroe; Age: 19
MILES, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 32
MILLER, James; Crime: horse stealing; County: Knox; Age: 23
MILLER, James; Crime: horse stealing; County: White; Age: 23
MILLER, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Roane; Age: 19
MILLS, Thomas; Crime: receiving stolen good[s]; County: Shelby; Age: 32
MILLSAP, Jared B.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Blount; Age: 25
MILLWOOD, Simpson; Crime: larceny; County: Tipton; Age: 23
MINOR, Henry; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Lincoln; Age: 15
MINOR, John; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Lincoln; Age: 56
MINTON, Anderson J.; Crime: burglary; County: Obion; Age: 26
MITCHEL, Abraham; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 26
MITCHEL, James; Crime: robbery; County: Shelby; Age: 23
MITCHELL, Charles C.; Crime: hog stealing; County: DeKalb; Age: 28
MITCHELL, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Williamson; Age: 26
MITCHELL, Peter; Crime: burglary; County: Harden; Age: 21
MOBLEY, Aaron; Crime: murder; County: Grainger; Age: 27
MONTGOMERY, Robert L.; Crime: involuntary manslaughter; County: Lincoln; Age: 22
MOON [Moore?], John; Crime: murder; County: Montgomery; Age: 48
MOORE, Alex N.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 24
MOORE, Hugh; Crime: forgery; County: Davidson; Age: 58
MOORE, Jesse; Crime: horse stealing; County: Lincoln; Age: 45
MOORE, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: 45
MOORE, John W.; Crime: forgery; County: Henderson; Age: 26
MOORE, Martin; Crime: murder; County: Carter; Age: 38
MOORE, Samuel; Crime: grand larceny; County: Maury; Age: 40
MOORE, William; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Fayette; Age: 58
MOOREFIELD, Henry Jr.; Crime: murder; County: Johnson; Age: 16
MORAN, Samuel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 24
MORGAN, Henry P.; Crime: forgery; County: McMinn; Age: 17
MORGAN, Joshua; Crime: larceny; County: Greene; Age: 17
MORGAN, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Madison; Age: 22
MORRIS, George W.; Crime: forgery; County: Henderson; Age: 35
MORRISON, John; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Monroe; Age: 54
MORRISON, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Fayette; Age: 16
MORTON, William; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Wayne; Age: 48
MOWRY, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 43
MULLINS, Joshua; Crime: petit larceny; County: Johnson; Age: 45
MURPHY, Matthew; Crime: grand larceny; County: Wayne; Age: 28
MURRELL, John A.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Madison; Age: 28
MURRY, James E.; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Knox; Age: 22
MYERS, Robert; Crime: manslaughter; County: Monroe; Age: 22

N�s


NAPPER, Edmund; Crime: petit larceny; County: Claiborne; Age: 29
NAPPER,; Crime: horse stealing; County: Sumner; Age: 24
NEAL, William; Crime: n/a; County: n/a; Age: n/a
NEAL, William L.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Gibson; Age: 37
NEBAS, Matthew; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 27
NEEDHAM, William B.; Crime: larceny; County: Hardaman; Age: 39
NELSON, Isaac; Crime: rape; County: Knox; Age: 15
NELSON, Moses A.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Cocke; Age: 34
NICHOLS, Berry (alias Ashberry); Crime: counterfeiting; County: Cocke; Age: 31
NIXON, Washington; Crime: horse stealing; County: Knox; Age: 27
NORRIS, Ambrose A.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 25
NORRIS, Jesse; Crime: grand larceny; County: Dickson; Age: 46
NORRIS [Norrie?], Obediah; Crime: manslaughter; County: Claiborne; Age: 25
NORVILLE, J.N.; Crime: negro stealing; County: Fayette; Age: 35
NORWOOD, Henry; Crime: burglary; County: Carroll; Age: 16
NUN, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Claiborne; Age: 53
NUNN, Pascal; Crime: assault with intent to commit rape; County: Sevier; Age: 26

O�s


OAGLE, John; Crime: attempt to kill; County: Davidson; Age: 18
OAKLEY, Jeremiah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Maury; Age: 39
O�BRION, Patrick; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 19
O�DONNELL, John; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 30 OLIVE, Ira; Crime: stabbing; County: Tipton; Age: 40
OLIVER, Spencer; Crime: grand larceny; County: Washington; Age: 33
OMENT [Osment?], David; Crime: felony; County: Haywood; Age: 40
ONEY, James H.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Giles; Age: 23
ORR, James; Crime: mare & money stealing; County: Marshall; Age: 22
ORR, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 31
OWEN, William; Crime: larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 27
OWEN, Zachariah; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 20
OXFORD, Jacob; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bradley; Age: 50

P�s


PADGETT, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Overton; Age: 31
PANTHER, Alexander; Crime: murder; County: Lincoln; Age: 24
PARK, Moses; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Davidson; Age: 20
PARKERSON, Jacob; Crime: larceny; County: Smith; Age: 24
PARKS, Azariah; Crime: negro stealing; County: Haywood; Age: 29
PARKS, Azariah; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Davidson; Age: 41
PARSONS, Williams; Crime: grand larceny; County: Decatur; Age: 40
PASS, Washington G.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Shelby; Age: n/a
PATTENGILL, Samuel; Crime: horse stealing; County: Dickson; Age: 19
PATTERSON, Andrew B.; Crime: murder; County: Gibson; Age: 33
PAYNE, Guilford; Crime: grand larceny; County: Marshall; Age: 27
PAYSON, James W.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Maury; Age: 30
PEARCE, William; Crime: negro & horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 28
PEARCE[?], Wright; Crime: rape; County: Perry; Age: 33
PEARSON, Stephen; Crime: forgery; County: Wilson; Age: 18
PECK, Alexander; Crime: petit larceny; County: Claiborne; Age: 37
PEEK [Peck], Eli; Crime: larceny; County: Jefferson; Age: 36 PENDERGRASS, Robert; Crime: larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 52
PENNEL, Jackson; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 27
PENNINGTON, James; Crime: arson; County: Grainger; Age: 25
PEOPLES, Robert; Crime: obtaining goods under false pretence; County: Johnson; Age: 26
PEOPLES, William; Crime: incest; County: Bradley; Age: 42
PERDEW, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: 20
PERDUE, John; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Coffee; Age: 33
PERRY, Burrill; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 22
PERRY, James; Crime: forgery; County: Hamilton; Age: 26
PERRY, William W.; Crime: rape; County: Stewart; Age: 58
PETTY. John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 21
PETTY, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Cannon; Age: 23
PEW, Samuel West; Crime: petit larceny; County: Lincoln; Age: 70
PHILIPS, Jacob; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Overton; Age: 49
PHILLIP, Nelson; Crime: rape; County: Davidson; Age: 29
PHILLIPS, Culverson; Crime: petit larceny; County: Claiborne; Age: 21
PHILLIPS, George; Crime: petit larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: 33
PHILLIPS, Peyton T.; Crime: murder 1st degree; County: Jackson; Age: 34
PHILLIPS, William; Crime: burglary; County: Bedford Age: 47
PHILLIPS, Elias W.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Weakley; Age: 20
PICKETT, Lacey W.; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Hardin; Age: 25
PILLOW, Gideon; Crime: petit larceny; County: Smith; Age: 23
PLUNKET, Alexander; Crime: Bigamy; County: Hickman; Age: 23
POGUE, Hiram; Crime: petit larceny; County: Fentress; Age: 25
POINDEXTER, Tarleton; Crime: grand larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 19
POINDEXTER, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 20
POOLE, Robert; Crime: manslaughter; County: Marshall; Age: 60
POPE, Squire H.; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Lawrence; Age: 36
POPELASKI, William; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 22
PORTER, Archibald; Crime: horse stealing; County: Hamilton; Age: 21
POSEY, John; Crime: receiving stolen goods; County: Lawrence; Age: 56
POWELL, Abram; Crime: petit larceny; County: Henry; Age: 27
POWELL, Baxter A.; Crime: burglary; County: Robertson; Age: 20
POWELL, William; Crime: petit larcenyl County: Hardeman; Age: 22
POWER, James; Crime: passing counterfeit coin; County: Davidson; Age: n/a
POWERS, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Madison; Age: 20
PRATER, Robert A.; Crime: murder; County: Obion; Age: 20 PRICE, William; Crime: larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 44 PRIEST, David; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 33
PRIOR, John; Crime: murder; County: Jackson; Age: 25
PRITCHARD, Stephen; Crime: rape; County: Carroll; 38
PRUETT, Richard C.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Franklin; Age: 40
PRUETT, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 57
PRUMLEY , William; Crime: murder; County: Marion; Age: 25
PUCKETT, Jesse L.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Warren; Age: 13
PUGH, Samuel D.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Marion; Age: 31
PURTLE, Arnett; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 23

Q�s


QUALLS, John; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Anderson; Age: 23
QUIMBY, William; Crime: mule stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 22

R�s


RAIL, William; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Maury; Age: 30
RAMEY, Robert; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Henry; Age: 48
RANDAL, Thompson W.; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 38
RANDOLPH, John; Crime: larceny; County: Fayette; Age: 22 RANDOLPH, William H.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Stewart; Age: 43
RANSOM, John; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Davidson; Age: 23
RAY, Drury; Crime: horse stealing; County: Madison; Age: 17
RAY, James E.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Williamson; Age: 18
READ, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 42
REAGAN, Nathaniel P.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Sevier; Age: 21
REAGLE, [Reayle?], William; Crime: bigamy; County: Blount; Age: 37
REDMAN, Henry; K.; Crime: passing counterfeit bank notes; County: Tipton; Age: 32
REED, Drury; Crime: mare stealing; County: Bedford; Age: 20
RHEA, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Washington; Age: 31
RHODES, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 24
RIAL, John; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 35
RICE, James S.; Crime: bigamy; County: Grainger; Age: 42
RICHARDS, Henderson K.; Crime: bigamy; County: White; Age: 20
RICHARDS, James H.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Lauderdale; Age: 22
RICHARDS, Jonathon; Crime: seducing a slave; County: Overton; Age: 24
RICHTER, Augustus; Crime: murder; County: Davidson; Age: 47
RICKER, Asa S.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bradley; Age: 31
RIDGEWAY, Richard; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 21
RIMEL, Elias; Crime: perjury; County: Greene; Age: 45
ROACH, William; Crime: larceny; County: Hardiman; Age: 24
ROBERTS, James; Crime: keeping counterfeit coin; County: Perry Age: 49
ROBERTS, Monroe; Crime: larceny; County: Decater; Age: 17
ROBERTS, Smith; Crime: petit larceny; County: White; Age: 19
ROBERTS, Smith; Crime: grand larceny; County: Marion; Age: 23
ROBERTS, William; Crime: larceny; County: Bradley; Age: 37
ROBINSON, John D.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Madison; Age: 20
RODGERS, Thomas; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 40
ROGERS, George W.R.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Giles; Age: 32
ROGERS, Samuel; Crime: involuntary manslaughter; County: Washington; Age: 21
ROMINES, Davenport; Crime: felony; County: McMinn; Age: 20
ROMINES, Godfrey R.; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Henry; Age: 50
ROOKER, George; Crime: robbing U.S. mail; County: Davidson; Age: 15
ROSS, William W.; Crime: robbery; County: Shelby; Age: 19
ROWLAND, Baldwin; Crime: murder; Jackson Age: 40
RUCKER, James H.; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Davidson; Age: 39
RUSSEL, George; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Dickson; Age: 25
RUSSEL, Paris; Crime: recd a stolen calfskin; County: Washington; Age: 35
RYE, (Bradley) Nathaniel; Crime: man stealing & larceny; County: Maury; Age: 49

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SAMPSON, James Thompson; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Stewart; Age: 30
SANDERS, James; Crime: receiving stolen goods; County: Shelby; Age: 27
SANDERS, Redick; Crime: grand larceny; County: Bedford Age: 28
SAPUR, [?] John; Crime: stealing letter from US mail; County: Knox; Age: 19
SARTIN, Eli; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Jefferson; Age: 23
SARTIN, James; Crime: murder; County: Coffee; Age: 44
SATTERFIELD, Hezekiah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Blount; Age: 23
SCOTT, Galel; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 50
SCOTT, James; Crime: negro stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 38
SCOTT, James M.; Crime: felony; County: Hamilton; Age: 29 SCOTT, Thomas; Crime: larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 45
SCOTTS, Martin; Crime: petit larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 25
SEALS, Peter; Crime: assault & battery with intent to kill; County: Dickson; Age: 37
SEARS, Seath; Crime: larceny; County: Stewart; Age: 33
SEXTON, Lewis; Crime: larceny; County: Meggs; Age: 25
SEXTON, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Roane; Age: 25
SEYMOUR, W.H.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 17
SHADDEN, William; Crime: perjury; County: Jackson; Age: 49
SHANNON, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Tipton; Age: 38
SHEETS, Daniel; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 38
SHELTON, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Anderson; Age: 22
SHEPHERD, Lewis; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 26
SHEPPERD, John; Crime: receiving stolen goods; County: Washington; Age: 34
SHERMAN, Charles; Crime: stealing a slave; County: Giles; Age: 26
SHERROD, Thomas; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Sullivan; Age: 23
SHOEMAKER, William; Crime: bigamy; County: Maury; Age: 35
SHOOK, Franklin; Crime: petit larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 20
SHROPSHIRE, Francis; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 32
SHROPSHIRE, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 40
SHROPSHIRE, Joel; Crime: burglary; County: Grainger; Age: 37
SHROPSHIRE, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Grainger; Age: 23
SHROPSHIRE, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 25
SILVERS, Irwin; Crime: grand larceny; County: Washington; Age: 18
SIMMONS, Miller; Crime: buggery; County: Washington; Age: 19
SIMPSON, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 24
SIMPSON, John; Crime: larceny; County: Madison; Age: 22
SIMS, Henry; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 28
SKINNER, B.D.; Crime: bigamy; County: Fayette; Age: 35
SKYLER, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 21
SLAUGHTER, James C.D.; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 30
SLAUGHTER, John; Crime: maiming; County: Fayette; Age: 28
SMITH, Anthony G.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Monroe; Age: 50
SMITH, David; Crime: grand larceny; County: Campbell; Age: 36
SMITH, Francis; Crime: grand larceny; County: Williamson Age: 22
SMITH, Hardy; Crime: horse stealing; County: McMinn; Age: 21
SMITH, Henry; Crime: horse stealing; County: Fayette; Age: 20
SMITH, Jesse; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bledsoe; Age: 35
SMITH, John; Crime: larceny; County: Coffee; Age: 22
SMITH, McDaniel; Crime: bigamy; County: Wilson; Age: 24
SMITH, Nancy Ann; Crime: larceny; County: Bledsoe; Age: 20
SMITH, Peter; Crime: petit larceny; County: Blount; Age: 24
SMITH, Prestley L.; Crime: receiving stolen property; County: Wilson; Age: 27
SMITH, Samuel; Crime: horse stealing; County: McMinn; Age: 22
SMITH, Samuel; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Davidson; Age: 33
SMITH, Stephen; Crime: larceny; County: Giles; Age: 23
SMITH, Warren; Crime: petit larceny; County: Anderson; Age: 18
SMITH, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Carroll; Age: 20
SMITH, William; Crime: obtaining goods under false pretence; County: Shelby; Age: 29
SMITH, William R.; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Anderson; Age: 35
SMOLENSKI, Stanislous; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 49
SNELL, Stephen; Crime: forgery; County: Henderson; Age: 41
SOWELLE, [Souelle?], Riley; Crime: forgery; County: Henderson; Age: 41
SPARKS, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Anderson; Age: 33
SPEARS, Abram; Crime; murder 2d degree; County: Shelby; Age: 20
SPEARS, Alexander; Crime: horse stealing; County: Henderson; Age: 24
SPEARS, Alexander; Crime: grand larceny; County: Bedford; Age: 29
SPEARS, Charles; Crime: petit larceny; County: Lincoln; Age: 25
SPEARS, Charles; Crime: mare stealing; County: Williamson; Age: 28
SPECK, John; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Lincoln; Age: 55
SPECK, Leander; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Lincoln; Age: 25
SPENCER, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Tipton; Age: 26
SPENCER, James; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Davidson; Age: 48
SPOONER, Sanlis; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 43
SPRINGS, Benjamin; Crime: grand larceny; County: White; Age: 22
ST. JOHN, Francisco; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 26
STAFFLE, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Sevier; Age: 24
STAGGS, David; Crime: not specified by Supreme Court; County: Davidson; Age: 42
STALEY, Thomas B.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Hawkins; Age: 22
STANDIFER, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 18
STANMEN[?], Henry; Crime: stabbing; County: Montgomery; Age: 25
STANTON, George; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 20
STEEL, George D.; Crime: maiming; County: Marion; Age: 26
STEPHENS, Andrew; Crime: grand larceny; County: Blount; Age: 18
STEPHENS. W.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Cocke; Age: 21
STEWART, Lewis; Crime: larceny; County; Claiborne; Age: 26
STOBINGH, Joseph C.; Crime: burglary & larceny; County: Henderson; Age: 21
STONE, George W.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Gibson; Age: 23
STONE, James N.; Crime: murder; County: Obion; Age: 39
STOWERS, John; Crime: accessory to murder; County: Macon; Age: 30
STRINGE, Parham; Crime: manslaughter; County: Davidson; Age: 46
SUMMERVILLE, William; Crime: stealing notes; County: Wilson; Age: 25
SURBER, Samuel; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Sullivan; Age: 39
SUTTON, Stanford; Crime: stabbing; County: Wayne; Age: 38
SWAGGERTY, Jackson; J.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Monroe; Age: 25
SWAGGERTY, Stokely D.; Crime: receiving stolen goods; County: Knox; Age: 36
SWANEY, William; Crime: killing bull; County: Cocke; Age: 25
SWANN, Wade; Crime: murder; County: Monroe; Age: 23
SWISEGOOD, Andrew; Crime: horse stealing; County: Knox; Age: 20
SWOFFORD, William; Crime: concealing stolen horses; County: Monroe; Age: 30

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TABOR, Daniel; Crime: persuading slaves from owners; County: Hardeman; Age: 38
TACKET, Hiram; Crime: rape; County: Van Buren; Age: 23
TAGGART, John; Crime: obtaining goods by false pretence; County: Shelby; Age: 26
TALLENT, Mitchel; Crime: larceny; County: Roane; Age: 22
TARLETON, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Roane; Age: 37
TARLETON, James R.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Greene; Age: 31
TARLTON, James W.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Humphreys; Age: n/a
TARRANCE, John; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Roane; Age: 24
TAYLOR, Charles; Crime: larceny; County: Decater; Age: 26 TAYLOR, Daniel; Crime: larceny; County: Jefferson; Age: 22 TAYLOR, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 22
TAYLOR, James; Crime: circulating counterfeit coin; County: Shelby; Age: 49
TAYLOR, Joseph; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 25
TAYLOR, Peter C.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Lincoln; Age: 21
TAYLOR, William; Crime: arson; County: Shelby; Age: 23
TEMPLERS, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Marion; Age: 44
THACKER, Joel; Crime: assault with intent to murder; County: Coffee; Age: 41
THAXTON, Martin; Crime: horse stealing; County: Rutherford; Age: 22
THAXTON, Martin; Crime: attempting to escape; County: Davidson; Age: 26
THOMAS, George; Crime: grand larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: n/a
THOMAS, H.W.; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 47
THOMAS, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Rhea; Age: 33
THOMAS, Jesse; Crime: petit larceny; County: Gibson; Age: 23
THOMAS, Robert; Crime: grand larceny; County: Sullivan; Age: n/a
THOMPSON, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Wayne; Age: 22
THOMPSON, Joseph; Crime: petit larceny; County: Robertson; Age: 25
THOMPSON, Reuben; Crime: larceny; County: Hardeman; Age: 26
THOMPSON, Thomas; Crime: horse stealing; County: Stewart; Age: 19
THOMPSON, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Konx; Age: 18
TIMMANS, William A.; Crime: rape; County: Coffee; Age: 54 TIMMS, Larkin; Crime: horse stealing; County: Stewart; Age: 20
TIMMS, Reubins; Crime: horse stealing; County: Stewart; Age: 26
TINER, Peter W.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Montgomery; Age: 27
TINSLEY, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 26
TIPPER, James Crime: horse stealing; County: Giles; Age: 21
TITTLETON, Bryant; Crime: involuntary manslaughter; County: Henderson; Age: 27
TODD, Samuel H.; Crime: robbery; County: Shelby; Age: 20
TOMLINSON, Elijah; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Shelby; Age: 29
TOOLEY, James; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Giles; Age: 26
TORBETT, Augustine; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Bradley; Age: 30
TOWNSEND, Henry; Crime: assault with intent to kill; County: Tipton; Age: 32
TRANTHAM, Wade H.; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: McMinn; Age: 35
TRIMBLE, Richard; Crime: grand larceny; County: Tipton; Age: 24
TROXLER, Lorenzo D.; Crime: assault & battery / attempted rape; County: Bedford; Age: 24
TRUETT, Henry; Crime: petit larceny; County: Williamson; Age: 55
TUCKER, James H.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Maury; Age: 35
TUCKER, John; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Monroe; Age: 26
TUCKER, Riley; Crime: larceny; County: Lincoln; Age: 18
TURLEY, Alfred; Crime: grand larceny; County: Franklin; Age: 18
TURMAN, Larkin; Crime: petit larceny; County: Giles; Age: 32
TURMAN[?], Larkin; Crime: harboring runaway slave; County: Carroll; Age: 35
TURNER, Jesse S.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Fayette; Age: 19
TURNER, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Jefferson; Age: 15
TURNER, John; Crime: mule stealing; County: Hardeman; Age: 26
TURNER, John; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 44
TURNER, Thomas; Crime: petit larceny; County: Rutherford; Age: 27
TURNER, William; Crime: larceny; County: Konx; Age: 34
TURNER [Tunur?], Bailey; Crime: polygamy County: Warren; Age: 55
TYLER, Edward; Crime: forgery; County: Konx; Age: 54
TYLER, Edward; Crime: forgery; County: Bradley Age: n/a
TYLER, Edward; Crime: larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 63
TYLER, Edward; Crime: larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 70
TYNER, Peter; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 32

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UPTON, Stephen; Crime: manslaughter; County: Overton; Age: 56
USSERY, Nathaniel; Crime: murder; County: Madison; Age: 19

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VALENTINE, Ratchford; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Shelby; Age: 34
VANCE, George; Crime: petit larceny; County: Washington; Age: 28
VAUGHN, Isaac; Crime: forgery; County: Grainger; Age: 25
VENABLE, John; Crime: larceny; County: Williamson; Age: 16
VICKARS, John; Crime: larceny; County: Lincoln; Age: 26
VINES, Alexander; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 37
VINSON, Andrew; Crime: larceny; County: McMinn; Age: 16 VIRGIL, Samuel; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 21

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WAKEFIELD, John; Crime: forgery; County: Haywood; Age: 63
WALKER, Elias; Crime: assault & battery / intent to kill / murder; County: McMinn; Age: 28
WALKER, Elias M.; Crime: felony; County: McMinn; Age: 23
WALKER, Isham; Crime: forgery; County: Bedford; Age: 18
WALKER, James; Crime: petit larceny; County: Macon; Age: 20
WALKER, P.M.; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 32
WALKER, Peter; Crime: manslaughter; County: Shelby; Age: 45
WALKER, Robert; Crime: larceny; County: Campbell; Age: 18
WALTER, Robert; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 26
WALTERS, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Washington; Age: 23
WALTON, Jeremiah; Crime: petit larceny; County: Rutherford; Age: 18
WALTON, William; Crime: forgery; County: Maury; Age: 21 WARD, James; Crime: grand larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 27
WARD, Joseph; Crime: rape; County: Lawrence; Age: 18
WARD, Samuel G.; Crime: obtaining goods under false pretence; County: Tipton; Age: 29
WARFORD, Tobias M.; Crime: incest; County: Hardeman; Age: 37
WARREN, George; Crime: murder; County: Weakley; Age: 30
WARREN, James; Crime: seducing a slave; County: Overton; Age: 31
WARREN, Jesse; Crime: horse stealing; County: Rutherford; Age: 26
WARREN, Westley; Crime: petit larceny; County: Lawrence; Age: 18
WASAHA, ????; Crime: larceny; County: Hamilton; Age: 23
WATKINS, Jarret; Crime: horse stealing; County: Monroe; Age: 47
WATSON, Isom; Crime: horse stealing; County: Maury; Age: 26
WATSON, Thomas M.; Crime: horse stealing; County: Gibson; Age: 24
WEAVER, Peter; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Lincoln; Age: 34
WEBB, Alexander; Crime: murder; County: Bradley; Age: 30 WEBB, Henry; Crime: assault with intent to murder; County: McMinn; Age: 39
WEBB, Jesse; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 28
WEBB, Spencer; Crime: petit larceny; County: Roane; Age: 43
WEBB, Thomas; Crime: grand larceny; County: Knox; Age: 19
WEBB, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Giles; Age: 19
WEBSTER, Allen; Crime: petit larceny; County: Jackson; Age: 25
WEBSTER, John; Crime: larceny; County: Bradley; Age: 27
WHEELER, Peter; Crime: horse stealing; County: McMinn; Age: 25
WHEELER, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: Maury; Age: 20
WHITAKER, William; Crime: petit larceny; County: White; Age: 28
WHITE, Green; Crime: stabbing; County: Davidson; Age: 21
WHITE, John; Crime: horse stealing; County: Jefferson Age: 16
WHITE, John W.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 24
WHITESIDES, Samuel; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 39
WHITLOW, Solomon; Crime: burglary; County: Grainger; Age: 29
WIGGERS [Wiggins?]; Richard; Crime: grand larceny; County: Robertson; Age: n/a
WILKERSON, Thomas; Crime: grand larceny; County: Tipton; Age: 20
WILKINS,(alias) James; Crime: counterfeiting; County: Greene; Age: 37
WILLIAMS, Allen; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 20
WILLIAMS, Caleb; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 23
WILLIAMS, Dillard; Crime: malicious stabbing; County: Sevier; Age: 20
WILLIAMS, Eliza; Crime: bigamy; County: Giles; Age: 36
WILLIAMS, George; Crime: grand larceny; County: Weakley; Age: 18
WILILAMS, Jesse; Crime: perjury; County: Lincoln; Age: 47 WILLIAMS, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 28
WILLIAMS, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 36
WILLIAMS, John Crime: petit larceny; County: Maury; Age: 18
WILLIAMS, John W.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 20
WILLIAMS, Lewis L.; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Montgomery; Age: 23
WILLIAMS, Simon; Crime: arson; County: Polk; Age: 80
WILLIS, Richard; Crime: burglary; County: Grainger; Age: 33
WILILS, Samuel alias B.B.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 21
WILLIS, William; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 29
WILSON, Andrew; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bedford; Age: 34
WILSON, James; Crime: perjury; County: Maury; Age: 23
WILSON, James; Crime: forgery; County: Maury; Age: 50
WILSON, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: Blount; Age: 24 WILSON, John; Crime: petit larceny; County: White; Age: 19
WILSON, John; Crime: larceny; County: Wayne; Age: 26
WILSON, Joseph L.; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Wilson; Age: 32
WILSON, Joshua J.; Crime: murder 2nd degree; County: Marion; Age: 38
WILSON, Richard; Crime: larceny; County: Coffee; Age: 18
WILSON, Samuel; Crme: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 47
WILSON, Silas; Crime: petit larceny; County: White; Age: 22 WILSON, Thomas; Crime: grand larceny; County: Fayette; Age: 16
WILSON, William; Crime: voluntary manslaughter; County: Monroe; Age: 31
WINTERS, Josiah; Crime: mare stealing; County: Monroe; Age: 19
WINTERS, Seabourn; Crime: murder in 2nd degree; County: Davidson; Age: 19
WISE, George; Crime: attempting to pass counterfeit money; County: Shelby; Age: 33
WISEMAN, Davenport; Crime: manslaughter; County: Blount; Age: 40
WITCHER, Lucy; Crime: barn burning; County: Hawkins; Age: 47
WOLF, Moses; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Shelby; Age: 27
WOODRUFF, John A.; Crime: petit larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 22
WRAY, James E.; Crime: murder; County: Bedford; Age: 24
WRAY, William; Crime: horse stealing; County: Bedford; Age: 26
WRIGHT, Andrew J.; Crime: rape; County: Knox; Age: 23
WRIGHT, James; Crime: stabbing; County: Knox; Age: 27
WRIGHT, James M.; Crime: grand larceny; County: Cocke; Age: 21
WRIGHT, John B.; Crime: larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 31
WYATT, Robert; Crime: malicious shooting; County: Stewart; Age: 30
WYETT, Edward; Crime: petit larceny; County: Wilson; Age: 37
WYETT, Samuel; Crime: grand larceny; County: Davidson; Age: 28

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YANCY, Robert; Crime: stabbing; County; Maury; Age: 27
YATES, Charles; Crime: horse stealing; County: Davidson; Age: 19
YATES, John; Crime: Assault with intent to murder; County: Marion; Age: 34
YORK, John; Crime: passing counterfeit money; County: Roane; Age: 27

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ZACHRIE, William; Crime: forgery; County: Tipton; Age: 18

Miscellaneous


--?-- , Bill a negro; Crime: n/a; County: n/a; Age: n/a
--?--, Clarissa; Crime: murder 1st degree; County: Franklin; Age: 36
--?-- , Jim; Crime: obtaining goods under false pretence; County: Madison; Age: 40
--?-- , John a negro; Crime: burglary; County: Sumner; Age: 25
--?-- , Williams; Crime: larceny; County: Shelby; Age: 21


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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

181   DISTRICT 13


November 27,1928---Caught red-handed in the robbery of the poultry house of Jeff Hughes in District 13, Lonnie and Edward Choat, brothers, 16 and 17 years of age, respectively, have been placed under $500 bonds for a grand jury investigation. They are charged with petit larceny.
The henhouse was entered Friday night and four hens taken. The brothers were suspected. The sheriff was called and Deputy G.A. Davis was put on the case. In woods not far from the Hughes' home, the four chickens were found hidden under a tub.
Saturday night, the officer concealed himself near the chickens. A number of times, he said, he saw one of the Choat boys pass on the road nearby and anxiously peer over at the tub. Finally, one came and not long afterwards the other appeared and they proceeded to take the chickens from under the tub. The officer then arrested them and he said both immediately confessed to stealing the chickens.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

182   SOUTHSIDE


November 20,1928---An officer's mistake, coupled with the feeling of a guilty conscience on the part of Russell Devers, 25, of Southside, who had a half-pint of red whiskey in his pocket, Monday resulted in Devers being cited before a magistrate on a liquor charge. He was bound over to the grand jury by Magistrate O.M. Trotter of District 18 and executed a $250 bond.
The arrest of Devers by Sheriff George S. Abernathy at the sawmill of John Weems near Southside, where the Sheriff and Deputy R.R. Pursell were searching for Mose Batson, Negro, under a warrant for assault and battery, came about when Sheriff Abernathy saw Devers approaching at a distance and mistook him for Batson. The men saw each other about the same time. Sheriff Abernathy motioned with his hand for Devers to come to him and saw Devers hesitate and half turn as if about to run. The officer said he then shouted to Devers and said Devers turned, and quickly taking the bottle of liquor out of his pocket, slid it under the leaves.
When Devers reached Sheriff Abernathy, the officers asked him what he had taken from his pocket, and receiving an unsatisfactory answer, accompanied Devers to the place and picked up the whiskey.

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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

183   BUDD'S CREEK


August 7,1869--Joseph Nolan, a boy who was attached to the train sent to the relief of the Budd�s Creek sufferers, was arrested on Friday last for pocketing a watch and $1,000 in money, which Judge Caulkins, of New Orleans, had placed in a pillow on one of the wrecked cars. The identification of the watch led to his arrest and the recovery of $430 of the money, which he had secreted on his person.
Yesterday, he was presented in the city court, but the case was continued for two days for the commonwealth. Bail was fixed at6 $1,200.
Nolan has heretofore borne a good character, and the defense set up will be that the lad found the money, and not knowing the owner, and presuming him dead, thought he had a right to keep it.

See article #166 in Remembrances of Our Past for the complete story.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

184   DISTRICT 18


September 24,1928---O.C. Strother, T.B. Perry and Charlie Campbell, employees of the Christian-Todd Telephone Company, who were repairing a line, telephoned that three men in District 18 were drinking and acting disorderly on the roadside where they were at work.
Deputies R. R. Pursell and G.A. Davis answered the call and arrested Clarence Byard, Sterling Byard and Irvin Sensing near Worthington's store in District 18. The Byards and Sensing made bond of $250 each for disorderly conduct. They face trial before Magistrate Corlew at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
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From: As told by Robert Davidson (Duck's Journal)

185   SALEM


March 6,1886---A shooting affair that is likely to result in the loss of a man's life took place Saturday on the corner of 1st and Franklin Streets, in front of Crusman's Store at 1:30 o'clock. The man who did the shooting was Gus Moody, a farmer who lives in the 17th District of this county, and his victim was Rab Rose of the 13th District.
The two men had been drinking and quarreling all the morning, and several witnesses state that Rose was following Moody and forcing a difficulty with him. The two men came from Louis Michel's Saloon, walking toward Franklin Street. When about � way of Crusman's house, Moody said to Rose, "Don't you follow me, you go the other way." Rose replied, "I'll go where I d___d please."
They then proceeded to the corner. Moody walked in advance of Rose. When they reached this point, Moody said, "What do you keep following me for?"
One witness states that Rose called Moody " a d___d son of a b____", and that the latter drew his pistol and fired. Others say that he fired immediately on making the remark, quoted above, without waiting a reply from Rose.
The ball entered immediately under the left eye and ranged downward at a slight angle. The physicians think it has lodged against the base of the brain. It will be a miracle if he recovers.
The pistol used was a 32 caliber self-cocking six-shooter of the "standard" make.
The wounded man was carried to Dr. Trawick's office and waited on by several physicians.
Officer A.C. Stafford was near by when the shooting occurred and immediately took Moody in custody and carried him to jail.
This is the second time Moody has shot a man. He badly wounded Mr. Lyle several years ago. He was also indicted for beating his wife and heavily fined. His appearance bond was fixed at $3,000.
(Gus Moody died April 23,1899 of gunshot wounds. He is buried at Salem Cemetery.)
Salem Methodist Church Cemetery
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

186   HILLTOP


February 4,1946---Officers seized several cases of bonded whiskey in a raid on Hilltop on Highway 48, Saturday afternoon and Clarence Byard was arrested on two charges of tippling and with possessing whiskey.
At the same time, Ed Williams was arrested on a charge of possessing whiskey when he drove up at Hilltop just as the officers were searching the building. He had two pints and a quart of liquor in his possession, officers stated. Three and a half cases of bonded whiskey were found at Hilltop it is reported.
Making the arrests were Highway Patrolmen L.A. Mayfield and Lee Wood, and Constable Joe Davenport. Both cases will be scheduled for trial this week.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

187   ATTEMPTED MURDER


November 11,1888---Buck Lawson is charged with an attempt to murder his step-daughter by throwing her into a well.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

188   DISTRICT 9


November 26,1888---Bill Carter and Priestly Grider are charged with stealing mules from an old woman out in District 9.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

189   LIQOUR SALE


November 26,1888---Harry Masor has been arrested for indulging in the sale of whiskey at a picnic and will respond to the charges against him.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

190   CLARKSVILLE


November 16,1888---Late yesterday afternoon, the police of Clarksville picked up three boys and two men who were charged with vagrancy and today they were tried on the Tramp Act. The names of the vagrants are: James Johnson, Frank Smith, Mike Quinn, Robert Shields and Joe Locks. Being unable to pay the fines, the entire party was sent to the city rock pile.
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From: Memphis Avalanche

191   CLARKSVILLE


July 26,1867---Nick Carney, who during the war was a member of one of the partisan bands who won the most terrible name in the annals of guerrilla warfare, was shot dead by the barkeeper at Jack Hale's restaurant in Clarksville. The barkeeper fired in self-defense; Carney had been drinking.
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From: Memphis Avalanche

192   CLARKSVILLE


October 4,1866---James Walton was killed near Clarksville by Mike Carney, who made his escape.
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From: The Weekly Chronicle

193   HORSE THIEF


March 11,1876---Last Saturday, Mr. Ben Waller of the south side had a horse stolen from him in this city and, finding traces of the thief, followed him to a point near Eddyville, Kentucky where he succeeded in capturing him and recovering the horse.
The thief proved to be a Negro named Buford Woolridge, an ex-convict from the Kentucky penitentiary. Mr. Waller brought him back to this city and lodged him in jail, where he now awaits his trial.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

194   DISTRICT 19


January 23,1943---L.C. "Buck" Tucker, escaped convict, was arrested last night near Clarksville by county deputies Joe Davenport, J.W. Burney, Tom Rollins and Lewis Powers.
Following notice to Sheriff William Egbert Beaumont from Brushy Mountain Prison, officers went to the convict's former home in District 19, about 10 o'clock last night and found him there with his wife, Mrs. Kate Tucker. The four deputies walked some distance in the dark and surprised Tucker, who made no move to escape.
This is the second time Tucker has escaped from prison and is now imprisoned on a forgery conviction. He is sentenced to 5 years. The escape was made December 21.
A $25 reward will be given the deputies making the capture.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

195   HACKBERRY


November 7,1928---Wanted for escaping from the Labette County, Oswego, Kansas jail after he had been arrested and under sentence for 10 years on a charge of forgery, Carl Timmons, 18 years of age, native of Hackberry Community, was being held in the Clarksville jail today for the Kansas authorities, following his arrest late Monday afternoon near Lone Oak by Deputy Sheriff G.A. Davis and Lannon Abernathy, son of Sheriff George S. Abernathy, who acted as a special deputy.
Timmons did not resist arrest, stating,"I'm tired of hiding out all the time." He calmly accompanied the officers to jail.
The local authorities learned that Timmons had recently been at his parents' home at Hackberry and was still in that vicinity. He was located Monday at a sawmill near Lone Oak Community.
Timmons told the officers that he had escaped with John Majors and said he had left Majors in California where the latter said he contemplated enlisting in the Marines.
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From: Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

196   STABBING


May 10,1861---The community was deeply saddened on Tuesday last by the announcement made about noon that a fight had occurred at the Fairgrounds, one hour or so before, between Bailey Brown and Samuel P. Anderson, both of this city, in which Anderson was almost immediately killed.
The circumstances of this painful affair, as reported by men who were on the spot, are as follows, and are, no doubt, correctly stated:
Anderson and Brown both belonged to Capt. Forbes' company of volunteers, which has been in camp at the Fairgrounds for some two weeks past, and Anderson had been acting as Provisional Orderly Sergeant of the corps. An election of permanent officers was held Tuesday morning, and Mr. Anderson was elected Orderly Sergeant by a very large, if not unanimous, vote. It has been both asserted and contradicted, that Mr. Brown was a candidate for this office. Whether this is true or not we cannot say.
"After the election, Brown indulged in certain ungenerous remarks respecting Anderson and reflecting upon his character, which were reported to the latter and led to an altercation between them, in the course of which Anderson struck Brown with his fist and knocked him down, and was himself knocked down by him, when Brown stabbed him with a pocketknife twice, it is said--once in the side and again in the heart; and Anderson, exclaiming, "I am stabbed to my heart and am a dead man!," fell and in a few minutes expired.
Brown attempted to make his escape, but was taken by some of the camp officers, who, it is said, had to protect him from violence at the hands of some of Anderson's friends. He was brought into town and surrendered to the legal authorities, and on being taken before a Justice of the Peace, he waived examination and was held for appearance at Criminal Court on a bond of $2000. He was discharged.
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From: Daily Leaf Chronicle

197   LONE OAK


January 7,1897---At 2 o'clock this morning, James Beard of Lone Oak, on the Mineral, was lodged in jail by Constable Black of the 18th District. He is to be tried next Monday of charges preferred by J.B. Forshee, of the 17th District.
Forshee charges that Beard has threatened the lives of himself and also members of his family. The origin of the trouble was not known by the informant for this paper, but it is thought to be some family affair.
Beard is the man who was accused of wrecking a train on the Mineral Railroad a year more ago, but who was tried and acquitted of the charges.
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From: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

198   DEPLORABLE TRAGEDY


March 26,1909--A deplorable tragedy occurred on Thursday afternoon about 5:30 in District 15. Wiley Gill, son of Will Gill, a well known farmer of that district, shot and killed Melville Mickle, a cropper on the place. Young Gill came to Clarksville after the shooting and this morning surrendered to Sheriff C.W. Staton. It is understood that he claims self-defense. A forty-caliber Winchester rifle was used and Mickle died about 40 minutes after the shooting, which took place in front of Gill�s home, near the gate leading into the yard.
The particulars of the tragedy as gathered by a reporter are that the trouble started Wednesday, when Wiley Gill approached Mickle about a love letter which the latter had written to Miss Lizzie, young Gill�s 15 year old sister. There is said to have been nothing in the letter of an improper nature. Mickle was about 27 years old, and the effort on the part of Mickle to make love to the young lady, who is a school girl, caused bad feelings. It is understood that Will Gill, the father of Wiley, settled with Mickle and told him to leave the place, as he feared there might be trouble between him and his son. Mickle, it is said, promised to leave the farm at once. The two met Thursday, it is said, at the home of J.H. Pace, but nothing out of the ordinary took place. Wiley Gill left the Pace residence and went home. He was in the stable feeding, it is said to have been followed by Mickle. The two are said to have quarreled in the stable and young Gill went to his home and picked up a forty-caliber Winchester rifle and came out, meeting Mickle, who was passing the house on his way home, near the front gate. Gill fired and Mickle fell mortally wounded. The bullet entered the body two inches above the right nipple and one inch to the outer side, between the hollow of the arm and right nipple, and came out just below the shoulder blade, one and a half inches to the right of the spine. Gill is said to have been standing in the yard and was about thirty steps from Mickle when the gun was fired. Mickle was not armed.
Gill is said to have walked up to Mickle after the shooting, looked at him and returned to the house with his rifle. He went to his room, changed clothes and came to the city.
Mickle was carried to his home, about 400 yards away, where he expired about 40 minutes from the time of the shooting. He made no statement about the killing and only once gained consciousness for a few seconds, when he called to his sister. He was a cropper on Gill�s farm and lived with his two sisters and a brother. It is stated that in going from Pace�s residence it was necessary for him to go by Gill�s home. There were no eye witnesses to the killing. Wiley Gill is about 22 years old and single.

GILL GIVES BOND


Wiley Gill arrived in the city sometime last night and went to the home of a friend, where he remained until about 10:00 this morning, when he surrendered to the authorities. by agreement between Attorney General Lyle and Gill�s attorney�s, Judge Charles W. Tyler fixed the bond at $5,000, which was furnished.

See Death Notices for Obituary.


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From: Clarksville Democrat

199   ROBBERY


July 7,1883--Some bundles were taken from Caldwell & Shelton�s livery stable belonging to Mrs. Wilson, valued at $25, by some unknown person.

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From: Clarksville Jeffersonian

200   BROKE JAIL


January 24,1855---Sunday night the jail was relieved of six negroes. They made their excape by sawing off three of the iron bars of their cell in the back part of the jail and then making a rope out of their bed clothes let themselves down to the ground. The white prisoners in the jail say the negroes took a skiff and went down the river. A few lines were found written upon a slip of paper, in which they defied the jailor to catch them.
The sheriff has offered a reward of $50 each for their detection. Their names are Henry Dickinson, charged with burning the furniture manufacturing establishment of Messrs. McCombs and Corneules last Spring, Jack Cartwright, charged with entering a house in this county in the night, for some widked purpose; Major from Fentress County, charged with rape; Ben Herbert, who killed an old apple woman (colored) in Clarksville, who was sentenced to be hung; and two runaways, Elias and Commodore, from Alabama.
There were ten in the cell, and of the four who remained, one Elias, was charged with rape in Montgomery County, and the other three were runaways - Nashville.
No clue had been obtained yesterday evening to the black rascales ??ulleded to in the above article; and so it appears that Ben Herbert, the notorious murderer, although he failed to escape the sentence of the law is, nevertheless, about to escape its excution.



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