Nevada

Nevada Prisons & Convicts

Nevada state prison
inmate case files 1863 – 1972

Nevada Outlaws & Criminals

Thayne Archibald
Thayne Archibald was executed at the Nevada State Prison on August 23, 1961. He was convicted for the crime of murder. Archibald was a native of Utah and at the time of his death was 22 years old

Nevada Court Records

Nevada Supreme Court Cases
Numerical list of Nevada State Supreme Court Cases in the State Archives. The cases 1865-1997 are indexed in Volume 45 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS).

Territorial Records Carson County, Utah Territory
County Court, 1855-1861

Court, Government, & Criminal Records
Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.

Nevada Executions

Executions in Nevada
1862 – 1979

Nevada State Prison Inmates Executed by Gas
1924 – 1979

Floyd Loveless
He was the youngest person ever to be executed at the Nevada State Prison, he was 17 years old.

An outline of captial punishment in Nevada