Good morning everyone... I have listed below a brief list of Sullivan Co., TN offenders from the early Tennessee penitentiary records index (from 1831), which has now been put on-line at www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/inmate1.htm. More importantly, the detailed abstracts from these records were compiled in one book by Chuck Sherrill, Tennessee Convicts, Early Records of the State Penitentiary (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee: privately published, 1997). I have a copy and wouldn't be without it. Well worth the dollars! You can e-mail Chuck on-line [email protected] for current ordering information. For information on other counties, click the above url. Happy searching! Shelia Hunt ********************** The Tennessee State Penitentiary opened in 1831. Prior to that offenders were held in county jails. Surviving records of the Penitentiary are housed at the State Library and Archives as Record Group 25. The following list of inmates is found in ledger volume 86 of those records. The ledger also includes the date received in the Penitentiary, the prisoner's state of birth, and the date discharged. Copies of entries are available upon request by mail (listed under "State Penitentiary and Record Groups"). SULLIVAN COUNTY offenders: Brandstutter, Frederick, aged 28, petit larceny Doane, Joseph, aged 18, grand larceny Jones, James, aged 17, horse stealing Lucas, Garland G., aged 42, grand larceny Moore, John, aged 45, grand larceny Perdew, John, aged 20, petit larceny Phillips, George, aged 33, petit larceny Sherrod, Thomas, aged 23, passing counterfeit Surber, Samuel, aged 39, assult with intent to kill Thomas, George, age n/a, grand larceny Thomas, Robert, age n/a, grand larceny