Tennessee Prisons & Convicts
Inmates of the Tennessee state penitentiary
1817 Petition for a Penitentiary
Tennessee Outlaws & Criminals
Machine Gun Kelly
George “Machine Gun” Kelly Barnes was born in Chicago Illinois in 1900, but raised in Memphis Tennessee
Wayne County
Various outlaws, crooks, criminals, and rebels
Robert Clay Allison
Born in Tennessee 1840
Ed O. Kelley
Ed Kelly was born in Tennessee in October, 1857, of parents born in North Carolina. He killed the man who killed Jesse James.
Cullen Baker
Cullen Baker was a bad man. And it seems he always was. His family came to Texas from Tennessee in 1839.
Tennessee Court Records
Bedford County, Tennessee Court Records
Links and information
Bradley County, Tennessee Court Records
Civil Court Case File Index: 1880 – 1900
Chancery Court Case Files Index: 1880 – 1900
Clay County, Tennessee Court Records
Links and information
Dekalb County, Tennessee
Court records
Bedford County Court Records
various court records
Carroll County Tennessee
Court Records
Court Proceedings Index 1819-1829
Munroe County
Chancery Court Loose Records
Polk County
Court Minutes VOL. 1 1840-1844
Circuit Court Witness Docket Book For 1820
Sevier County
Chancery Court Files Pre-1900
Lost Records
Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee
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.
Tennessee Executions
Executions in Tennessee
1782 – 1960
Tennessee executions
1916 – 2009