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Transcribed by Jan Johnson Barnes
©1999
Source:
TSL&A County Clerk Minutes Rolls #55 & #56
County Clerk Minutes, pages 519-520, 103-105, 234-235
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Roll #55
Sumner County Clerk Minutes
Page 519-520
October Term, 1902
The annual report of the Commissioners of the Poor was read in open Court and ordered spread upon the Minutes of this Court and is as follows,
To the Hon. County Court Sumner County Tenn.
October Term 1902, We the undersigned Poor House Commissioners report as follows for the year 1902 the present inmates in the County are as follows,
White Males
J.B. Gilbert 47 Epilepsy
John Eliman 86 Old age, feeble
James Brinkley 33 Idiocy
Will Jones 24 Idiocy
James Barber 42 Idiocy
William Crabb 74 Blindness
Willie Addison 4
Thos. Dennis 72 Idiocy
William Cheek 63 Idiocy
James Wilks 54 Idiocy
Chas. Shoemaker 62 Old age, feeble
White Females
Fannin Hesson 73 Fits
Lillie Griffin 18 Scrofula
Ruth Crabb 74 Old Age
Frances Addison 31
Lizzie Addison 11
Mary Rippy 64 Idiocy
Rosie Wilks 47 Idiocy
Jane Young 88 Old age, Blind
Lizzie Shoemaker 65 Old age
Sarah Carver 50 crippled
Infant of Frances Adams, 2 months old
Colored Males
Green Carver 75 old age
Peter Wickware 60 Paralysis
Peter Glover 67 Paralysis
William Hall 13 Crippled
Colored Females
Ann Barber 45 Insane
Adline Vertress 59 Insane
Total Inmates, White males 11, White Females 11
Total Whites 22, Total Colored males 4, Colored Females 2
Total Colored 6, Grand Total White & Colored 28.
T.W. Wright
Jno M. Guthrie
G.W. Wise Comsnrs.
Roll# 56
Sumner County Clerk Minutes
Pages 103-105
October Term, 1903
The Commissioners of the Poor presented their annual report as follows:
To the Hon. County Court of Sumner County Tennessee, We the undersigned Commissioners of the Poor for Sumner County do hereby present to your Hon. Body our report for the year 1903 as follows,
White Inmates
Wm Crabb 75 Blind
Mrs. Ruth Crabb 75 Feeble
Fannie Hesson 56 Fits
Taylor Gregory 65 Crippled
Lizzie Gregory 55 Old age
Mary Rippy 65 Lunacy
Rhoda Black 19
Infant babee Rhoda Black
William Jones 25 Idiot
James Barber 43 Crippled
Ben Gilbert 51 Epilepsy
Thos Dennis 65 Idiot
Alice Jones 24 Idiot
Joe Ruff 67 Crippled
Wm Cheek 63 Lunatic
Dora Borders 39 Insane
J.W. Brown 50 Crippled
Henry Eidson 14 Idiot
Flora Silivan 30 Pregnant
Dug Graves 69 Crazy
Jim Brumley 36 Idiot
Total White Inmates 21
Colored Inmates
Peter Sarver 48 Deaf mute
Will Hall 14 crippled
Peter Gleaves 68 Paralytic
Moses Talley 77 old age
John Peyton 65 Deaf mute
Eliza Farlan 35 Crazy
Ann Barber 42 crazy
Green Carver 75 old age
Adeline Vertrees 64 Epilepsy
Total Colored Inmates 9
Grand Total white and colored - 30
T.W. Wright
G.W. Wise
J. Miller Harris Comisrs.
Roll #56
October Term, 1904
Pages 234-235
The following report of the Commissioners of the Poor for year ending October the 1st 1904, was read in open Court and ordered spread upon the minutes of this Court and is as follows,
To the Hon. County Court of Sumner County Term of the Oct Term 1904, We the undersigned Commissioners of Sumner County Poor Farm offer the following report to wit
List of paupers, White
J.B. Gilbert 51 Epilepsy
James Brumley 30 Idiotic
Will Jones 26 Idiotic
Tom Hardin 70 Idiotic
Harry Eidson 16 Idiotic
Mary Rippy 69 Old age
Rosa Wilks 47 Idiot
Lizzie Bell 70 Old age
Jim Barber 43 Cripple
Total White 9
Colored:
Green Carver 58 Rheumative
Peter Wickware 61 deaf & dumb
Will Hall 14 Cripple
James Peyton 68 deaf & dumb
Moore Tally 78 Old age
Ann Barber 40 Insane
Eliza Farland 32 Insane
Rachaul Braskin 73 Old age
Total colored 8
Admitted during the year 16, Disposed of and left 16, Deaths, white 6, Colored 3 total 9
No. of paupers sustained during year . .. 42
T.W. Wright
J.W. Albright
J. Miller Harris Cominrs.
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