PLEASE NOTE :  TSLA will search the two published volumes of Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary, 1831-1870 for a listing of a name.  The entries in these two volumes are verbatim transcripts of the original records. E-mail TSLA and we will check to see if there is a listing for the subject in the index. There is no charge to check this published index, and TSLA will notify you of the cost to make a copy of the record if found. If the individual was in the Tennessee State Penitentiary after 1870, you will need to submit a written request for a search for the name.  TSLA will not accept e-mail requests to search penitentiary records dated after 1870. Instructions for ordering copies of entries found in the following index, as well as ordering a search of the later Tennessee State Penitentiary records, can be found in our section on services available by mail (listed under "State Penitentiary and Record Groups").