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Prisons - State Prison Commission - Registers of Convicts Received, Etc.

 Series
Identifier: 021-01-014

Scope and Contents

The first volume in this series indicates: (1) the name of the convict; (2) the date of pardon, discharge, death or escape; (3) the name of the camp to which each was assigned; (4) the convict's crime (occasionally). The second volume contains only registers of deaths and discharges showing the convict's: (1) name; (2) race (3) age; (4) county of conviction; (5) date received; (6) date of death or discharge; (7) height, weight and health when received, and (8) the name of the camp to which the convict was assigned. The first volume also contains some extraneous material in the form of the Principal Keeper's copies of approximately fifty Executive Orders granting pardons from the year 1877. These pardons are identical to those found in RGSGSERIES 21-1-15. Likewise, one volume to be found in Series 15 contains some pages recording information rightfully belonging to this series.

Dates

  • Created: 1871-1886

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

0.90 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Neither of the volumes in this series are indexed.

Title
Prisons - State Prison Commission - Registers of Convicts Received, Etc.
Author
Georgia Archives
Description rules
Local
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States