GEORGIA- COURT Georgia prison records 4/24/1856-6/20/1857 prisoner #1494-1573 (partial listing) Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: June Edwards jandjedwards@hotmail.com Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia, Board of Corrections Inmate Administration Division Central Register of Convicts Record Group 21 Sub-group 3 Series 27 Vol 1 - 1817-68 (partial listing - one page) This volume lists 1) prisoner's name 2) age 3) physical characteristics 4)county where convicted 5) occupation 6)state where born 7) crime 8)when received 9)date sentence expired and 10) remarks. This volume is similar to Vol 2 in that it contains the same names in the same order. However, Vol 1 has some pages missing. Is not the same size in measurement and does not contain the same amount of information as Vol 2. Vol 1 is arranged strictly in a chronological fashion by date prisoner was received. Begins with #1494 - 1573 1494 John Willis 20x 6' 1/2" Fair Sandy Gray Charlton none So Ca Manslaughter Apr 24,1856 Apr 24, 1860 1495 George Winters 21 5' 9" Fair Auburn Gray Union Baker Georgia Larceny from Home May 16,1856 May 16,1860 1496 John Anderson 60 5' 11.5"Fair Gray Blue Habersham Farmer So Ca Kidnapping May 19,1856 May 19,1860 1497 Charly Henoward? 28 5' 10" Fair Dark Blue Decatur Dr. Canada Accessory to Murder May 26,1856 May 26,1861 1498 Aureline W. McGandier 27 5' 10" Fair Dark Brown Decatur Home Cooking?Georgia Stabbing May 26,1856 May 26,1858 1499 Harrison Ragan 25 5' 8" Fair Dark Black Randolph none Georgia Simple Larceny May 30,1856 May 30,1861 1500 David I. Moody 25 5' 9" SwarthyBlack Brown Randolph none So Ca Simple Larceny May 30,1856 May 30,1861 1501 Ulycis C. Mitchell 20 5' 10" Fair Dark Auburn Hazel Bibb none Georgia Cheating & Swindling May 30,1856 May 30,1861 1502 Abner Sweat 28 5' 6" Dark Dark Blue Crisp? none Ohio Mayhem June 2,1856 June 2,1859 Pardoned January 21,1857 1503 John Gladden 26 5' 9" Fair Auburn Blue Crisp? none No Ca Accessory to Murder June 2,1856 June 2,1860 1504 Nehemiah G. Dickenson 27 5' 8"` Fair Dark Auburn Gray Gwinnett Farmer Georgia Forgery June 14,1856 June 14,1862 1505 Thommy Sorrell 19 6' Fair Auburn Gray Bibb Farmer Georgia Murder June 18,1856 Life Escaped the 16th [unreadable text] 1506 Franklin Curtis 19 5' 9" Fair Sandy Blue Gordon Farmer Georgia [blank] June 21,1856 June 21,1859 Pardoned Dec. 29th,1856 1507 David Richie 24 5' 7" Fair Auburn Gray Muscogee Engineer Penn. Simple Larceny June 26,1856 June 26,1859 1508 George W Averill 20 5' 5" Fair Auburn Brown Chattham Clerk Georgia Forgery July 8,1856 July 8,1861 1509 Wm. A. Herring 24 5' 9" Fair Auburn Gray Butts Farmer Georgia Simple Larceny Aug 16,1856 Aug 16,1864 1510 Morton M Mitchell38 5' 9" Fair Dark Dk Brown Hancock none So Ca Simple Larceny Aug 22,1856 Aug 22,1860 Cocafied? Died [?] 1511 Gibron Southern 32 5' 10" Fair Auburn Blue Lumpkin none So Ca Mayhem Sept 13,1856 Sept 13,1858 Died,March 29th,1857 1512 Wm. O Wilson 23 5' 8" Fair Auburn Brown Jackson Carpenter Georgia Larceny from Home Sept 15,1856 Sept 15,1858 Pardoned,Oct 21,1857 1513 Lafayette Johnson 29 5' 8" Fair Auburn Blue Sumter none Georgia Vagrancy Sept 26,1856 Sept 15,1860 Sept 26,1858 [1st date written between 1512 &1513] 1514 Milton Fullon/Pullon 38 5' 11" Fair Auburn Brown Hart none So Ca Larceny from Home Oct 7,1856 Oct 7,1861 1515 Thomas M Hogan 23 5' 7" Fair Black Gray Campbell none Georgia Robbery Oct 7,1856 Oct 7,1859 1516 Henry C Clayton 32 5' 8" Fair Auburn Gray Cobb none Maryland Simple Larceny Oct 7,1856 Oct 7,1859 1517 Raiden R. Collins 34 6' 1/2" Fair Sandy Blue Wilkinson Farmer Georgia Accessory to Murder Oct 17,1856 Oct 17,1858 1518 Wm. D. Loney 35 5' 4" Fair Dark Gray Carroll Farmer Georgia Simple Larceny Oct 23,1856 Oct 23,1861 1519 Warren Sullivan 18 5' 9" Fair Sandy Brown Whitfield none Georgia Larceny from Home Oct 30,1856 Oct 30,1859 1520 Noah Benjamin Elrod 19 5' 6" Fair Auburn Blue Cherokee none Georgia Larceny from Home Nov 1,1856 Nov 1,1859 1521 Solomon R. Sumner 38 5'9" Fair Dark Hazel Cherokee none So Ca Simple Larceny Nov 1,1856 Nov 1,1860 1522 William P Holder 24 5' 7" Fair Auburn Blue Rabun none No Ca Passing Counter [unreadable] Nov 6,1856 Nov 6,1858 1523 John Smith 54 5' 11" Fair Dark Hazel Habersham [unreadable] No Ca Larceny from Home Nov 6,1856 Nov 6,1858 1524 Wm. H Love 54 6' Fair Dark Gray Habersham none No Ca Larceny from Home Nov 6,1856 Nov 6,1862 1525 Nancy Walker 17 5' Fair Light Brown Hazel Franklin Spinster Georgia Vagrancy Nov 6,1856 Nov 6, 1858 Pardoned May 12th, 1857 1526 Elizabeth Leow 18 5' Fair Light Brown Gray Franklin Spinster Ohio Voluntary Manslaughter Nov 6,1856 Nov 6,1860 1527 James M. Boothe 23 5' 8" Sallow Dark Brown Tattnall none Georgia Mayhem Nov 11,1856 [blank] 1528 Wm. Beekman 23 5' 3" Sallow Dark Brown Hazel Richmond baleker? Georgia Involuntary Manslaughter Nov 15,1856 Nov 15,1859 1529 Napoleon B Jordan 20 5' 5" Fair Dark Brown Blue Richmond none Georgia Stabbing Nov 15,1856 Nov 15,1858 1530 Thomas Burton 23 5' 6.5 Fair Auburn Gray Richmond machinist Georgia Stabbing Nov 15,1856 Nov 15,1858 1531 James Welsh 27 5' 6.5" Fair Sandy Blue Richmond merchant Ireland Misdemeanor Nov 15,1856 Nov 15,1859 Pardoned Dec. 29th,1856 1532 Dennis Sharpe? 22 6' 1/4" Fair Black Brown DeKalb none No Ca Simple Larceny Nov 19,1856 Nov 19,1859 Pardoned March 14th,1859 1533 James A Thompson 3221?6' Fair Auburn Hazel DeKalb none No Ca Simple Larceny Nov 19,1856 Nov 19,1859 Pardoned January 29,1857 1534 Louisa Secton 49 5' 4" Fair Black Blue Fulton Seamstress Georgia Aggrivated Riot Nov 19,1856 Nov 19,1857 Pardoned May 12th, 1857 1535 Sarah Mitchell 31 5' 3" Fair Auburn Gray Fulton Seamstress So Ca Aggrivated Riot Nov 19,1856 Nov 19,1858 1536 Jacob Jordan 48 6' Dark Dark Gray Wilkinson none Georgia Voluntary Manslaughter Nov 27,1856 Nov 27,1859 Pardoned Oct 21st, 1857 1537 David Crawley 18 5' 9" Fair Auburn Brown Spaulding none Georgia Simple Larceny Nov 29,1856 Nov 19,1858 1538 Raiford Watkins 32 5' 7" SwarthyDark Blue Charlton none No Ca Simple Larceny Dec 5,1856 Dec 5,1861 Escaped 11th July 1857 1539 Elias Wood 33 5' 10.5"Fair Brown Hazel Muscogee none Georgia Having in [unreadable] Dec 19,1856 Dec 19,1858 Pardoned 3d July, 1857 1540 William Blanchet 48 5' 7" Dark Dark Gray Bibb Carpenter Georgia Bigamy Dec 19,1856 Dec 19,1860 1541 William Knight 43 5' 10" Light Sandy Blue Bibb painter Georgia Simple Larceny Dec 19,1856 Dec 19, 1861 1542 Henry W Barkim aka Van Brown 34 5' 7.5" Fair Dark Brown Hazel Bibb painter No Ca Forgery Dec 19,1856 Dec 19,1861 1543 Samuel Long 27 5' 4" Dark Dark Black Butts none Mississippi[blank] [blank] [blank] No P??? Esca 1544 John Boothe Sen 55 5' 9.5" Sallow Dark Brown Liberty none Georgia Larceny from Home Jan 3,1857 Jan 3,1860 Died Nov 21st,1857, was pr on the 5th Nov,but confined to the hospital till his death 1545 John Boothe Jun 22 5'10.5" Sallow Dark Brown Liberty none Georgia Larceny from Home Jan 3,1857 Jan 3,1860 1546 Presley Hampling 21 5' 10" Fair Dark Brown Clinch none Georgia Simple Larceny Jan 16,1857 Jan 16,1860 1547 Jesse Cohran 53 5' 6" Fair Black Brown Wilkes none Georgia Voluntary Manslaughter Jan 23,1857 Jan 23,1861 1548 Zephanin [?] McGuffee 22 5' 8" Fair Black Hazel Floyd none So Ca Voluntary Manslaughter Feb 23,1857 Feb 23,1861 1549 James T Harrison 25 5' 8" Fair Sandy Gray Floyd none So Ca Larceny from Home Feb 23,1857 Feb 23,1860 1550 James Coffman 27 5' 10" Fair Dark Gray Floyd Tanner Tennessee Forgery & [unreadable] Feb 23,1857 Feb 23,1862 1551 John Anthahm ? Fleming alias John Ander ? Watson 18 5' 8" Fair Dark Brown Columbia none Georgia Voluntary Manslaughter Mar 12,1857 Mar 12,1860 Escaped 16th May, retaken June 3rd 1857 1552 John Heath 25 5' 9" Fair Light Sandy Blue Crawford none Georgia Forgery Mar 16,1857 Mar 16,1859 1553 James L D Register 27 5' 6" Fair Auburn Brown Chattham Editor Georgia Forgery Mar 16,1857 Mar 16,1862 1554 Michael Cline 27 5' 8" Sallow Dark Auburn Hazel Cherokee none Georgia Voluntary Manslaughter Mar 18,1857 Mar 18,1861 1555 Bryant King 22 5' 8" Fair Light Sandy Blue Randolph none Georgia Accessory to Murder Mar 21,1857 Mar 21,1862 Escaped 11th July, retaken same day 1556 Clarence M Dean 22 5' 9" Fair Auburn Brown Newton none Virginia High Misdemeanor ? Mar 23,1857 Mar 23,1864 1557 David Simpson 23 5' 9" Fair Auburn Blue Crisp? none So Ca Larceny from Home [?] Mar 24,1857 Mar 24,1860 1558 Pleasant Belton 24 5' 11" Fair Auburn Brown Newton none Virginia Larceny from Home [?] Mar 28,1857 Mar 28,1859 1559 W. I. B. Elliott 45 5' 10" Fair Brown Bald Gray Gordon none Canada Forgery Apr 3,1857 Apr 3,1861 1560 Thomas Lensey 23 5' 10" Fair Sandy Blue Paulding none Georgia Simple Larceny Apr 21,1857 Apr 21,1860 1561 William Warnock 23 5' 9" Fair Auburn Blue Laurens none Georgia accessory to Attempted MurderApr 29,1857 Apr 29,1862 1562 John A Chisholm 18 5' 7" Fair Dark [blank] U S Court none Alabama Robbing the Mail Apr 29,1857 Apr 29,1867 1563 Edw'd V P Hawes 33 5' 6.5" Fair Auburn right right eye grey left eye brown Richmond none Georgia Assisted on attempt to kill May 18,1857 May 18,1864 1564 Henry Brown 32 5' 9" Fair Auburn Brown Richmond carpenter Germany Larceny from the House May 18,1857 May 18,1860 1565 William Evans 23 5' 9" Fair br Hazel Gilmer none Georgia Stabbing May 22,1857 May 22,1858 1566 John Harden 21 5' 7.5" Fair Auburn Gray Gilmer none N.Carolina Stabbing May 22,1857 May 22,1859 1567 Henry Sims 39 6' 2.5" Fair Auburn Brown Troup none Georgia Simple Larceny May 27,1857 May 27,1861 1568 Joseph Geiger 23 5' 4" Fair Auburn Blue Burke boot maker Bermuda Simple Larceny June 1,1857 June 1,1864 1569 Richard Maas 24 5' 3.5" Fair Light AuburnBlue Burke carpenter Germany Simple Larceny June 1,1857 June 1,1862 1570 Shieldvick Brown 18 5' 8.75"Fair Sandy Blue Spaulding none Georgia Voluntary Manslaughter June 10,1857 June 10,1861 1571 William Jones 33 5' 8" Fair Auburn Blue Muscogee Rail layer? N.Carolina Simple Larceny June 20,1857 June 20,1859 1572 William H Gum 22 5' 9" Fair Light Gray Muscogee none Georgia assault & Attempt to Murder June 20,1857 June 20,1860 Pardoned October 21st,1857 1573 John B. Myers 38 5' 6" Fair Gray Brown Muscogee none Penn. Shooting June 20,1857 June 20,1862