Hi folks, I found this while looking for some other information in the 1900 Smith County, TN US Census. It seems that Mr. Rufus L. Scruggs was the Sheriff and he had a bunch of prisoners on hand when the census taker came visiting. Here is Sheriff Scruggs' household and prisoners. __________ Smith County District #1 SCRUGGS, Rufus L., white, Born May 1864, Married 16 yr., Born in TN, Both parents born in VA, He was the Sheriff. SCRUGGS, Callie, Born Sept. 1870, Born in TN, both parents born in TN. SCRUGGS, William O., Born July 1886, Born in TN, both parents born in TN, Son of Rufus and Callie. SCRUGGS, James B., Born June, 1888, Born in TN, Son of Rufus and Callie. SCRUGGS, Bessie L., Born July 1898, Born in TN, Daughter of Rufus and Callie. SCRUGGS, V., (female), Born March 1892, Born in TN, Daughter of Rufus and Callie. SCRUGGS, M., (female), Born September, 1895, Born in TN, Daughter of Rufus and Callie. SCRUGGS, Rilla, Born June, 1898, Born in Tennessee, Daughter of Rufus and Callie. SCRUGGS, Carrie, Born Oct. 1899, Born in Tennessee, Daughter of Rufus and Callie, Twin to Fannie. SCRUGGS, Fannie, Born Oct. 1899, Born in Tennessee, Daughter of Rufus and Callie, Twin to Carrie. STANLEY, James, (white), Born Nov. 1874, Married 5 yrs., Born in TN, Both parents born in TN, Prisoner. WADDLE, Regan, (white), Born Sept. 1869, Married 5 yrs., Born in Tn, Both parents born in TN, Prisoner. WILLIAMS, Frank, (black), Born Jan. 1850, Married 16 yrs., Born in TN, Both parents born in TN WILLIAMS, William, (black), Born March, 1881, Born in TN, Both parents born in TN, Prisoner. LILLARD, Dick, (black), Born Aug. 1876, Married 2 years, Born in TN, Both parents born in TN, Prisoner. KERR, Hayden, (black), Born Mar. 1881, Born in TN, Both parents born in TN, Prisoner. MYER, Harrison, (black), Born Sep. 1855, Married 8 yrs., Born in TN, Both parents born in TN., Prisoner. PRICE, Thurman, (black), Born June, 1873, Born in TN, Both parents born in TN, Prisoner, STANFORD, William, (black), Born March 1880, Born in TN, Both parents born in TN, Prisoner. __________ Maybe this is the closet that holds one of your family skeletons. We hope you can find this useful. Thanks for being the ROOTWALKER family. Sincerely, Stan Magnesen ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator