Is there anyone that has access to the prison records below maybe on a trip to one of the libraries? I cannot tell if these Thomas and Wilson folks are related to my line. I am not sure when they went to prison and when they got out, if they did get out. I have some missing family members and maybe they were locked up? I found out that one of my Thomas women divorced her husband when he went to prison. I had assumed he had died and now I know, you cannot assume. Thanks, Barb (Thomas) Fitzmaurice Michigan http://www.geocities.com/blynnfitzz/KinshipofJThomas1.html http://www.geocities.com/blynnfitzz/index.html _______________________________ Historical and Genealogical Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- INMATES OF THE TENNESSEE STATE PENITENTIARY 1831 - 1850 : PART 2 ( L - Z and Misc. ) http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/inmate3.htm#t PLEASE NOTE : Record Group 25 -- Prison Records -- has been removed from the stacks to undergo reorganization. During this time, TSLA cannot accept requests to search prison indexes or convict record books. We anticipate that these records will become available again by late spring of 2003. We can still, however, search the two published volumes, Sherrill and Sherrill, Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary, 1831-1870. The entries in these two volumes are verbatim transcripts of the original records. Thomas, George grand larceny Sullivan Co. age n/a Thomas, Robert grand larceny Sullivan Co. age n/a Wilson, John petit larceny Blount Co. age 24 Wilson, William volentory [sic] Monroe Co. age 31 manslaughter