Prisoners of Lawrence County, Ohio

Index of Lawrence County, Ohio Prisoners Incarcerated in State Penitentiary in Columbus, OH 1834-1898

© Martha J. (Kounse) Martin, 2003

These Lawrence County, Ohio, Prisoners were abstracted from the Ohio Penitentiary’s Register of Prisoners at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio. Some entries were nearly impossible to read, and there were human errors.

As with any source, please check the original record for accuracy. My book goes up to 1905 and has additional Lawrence County, Ohio, Prisoners, which are not included in this index but are available in my book. You can purchase this book through amazon here.

Almost all Lawrence County, Ohio Prisoners have information which may include: When received, When and how discharged, Age, Nativity, Occupation, Height, Color of Eyes, Complexion, General Appearance, Scars, Marks, Education, Property Owned, Whether Temperate, and Relatives, and where they live.

Next to the following, last names denote their race was African-American

Prisoner Surname	Firstname	Sen.	Crime Committed	Year of Term Court

ADAMS	James	3 yrs	Shooting/intent to wound	Jun 1881
ADKINS	George	15 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
ADKINS	Richard	3 yrs	Burglary	May 1886
ALLENSWORTH	Milo	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Nov 1880
AMBROSE	Daniel	3 yrs	Attempting to pass counterfeit	Feb 1860
ANDERSON	Frank	Life	Murder 2nd Degree	May 1876
ANDERSON	Wm.	2 yrs	Burglary	Nov 1888
ARBAUGH	Amos A.	2 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
BAKER	James	1 yr	Shooting with intent to wound	Sep 1869
BALL	Walter	2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
BALLARD	Isaac	5 yrs	Burglary	May 1869
BALLARD	Stephen	3 yrs	Stabbing w/int kill	Sep 1850
BARE	James	1 yr	Burglary & Larceny
BARE	Richard	2 yrs	Larceny	Nov 1887
BAY	Thomas	Life	Murder, 2nd Degree	Feb 1866
BAYES	James	5 yrs	Shooting w/intent to kill	Feb 1879
BEALS	James	10 yrs	Shooting with intent to kill
BEALS	James	10 yrs	Shooting w/intent to kill
BEAR	James (2nd term)	4 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
BECK	Solomon	7 yrs	Burglary	March 1886
BELL	William	3 yrs	Passing counterfeit	Feb 1861
BENNETT	John (James)	20 yrs	Shooting w/intent to kill	Feb 1879
BLANKENSHIP	Andrew	3 yrs	Intent to kill	Apr 1844
BLANKENSHIP	William F.	3 yrs	Intent to kill	Apr 1844
BOLDING	Wesley	1 yr	Burglary & Larceny
BOLING*	Wesley	1 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
BONIFIELD	Leonidas	1 yr	Grand Larceny
BOSTER	Daniel J.	5 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
BOSTER	Elmer	15 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
BOYD	Ewell	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Oct 1870
BRAGG	Jacob	5 yrs	Horse Stealing	May 1850
BRANHAM	Richard	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	May 1862
BRANHAM	Richard	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	May 1862
BRANHAM	Stewart	Life	Murder, 2nd Degree	May 1867
BRASSFIELD*	Jefferson	2 yrs	Burglary	Mar 1880
BRASSFIELD*	Jefferson	3 yrs	Arson	Nov 1888
BROUGHTON	William	5 yrs	Manslaughter	Jan 1873
BRUCE	Washington	5 yrs	Perjury	Oct 1859
BURGESS	Reuben D.	5 yrs	Assault w/intent to kill	Mar 1882
BUTCHER	George	5 yrs	Assault w/intent a Rape	Jun 1879
CAMPBELL	John	7 yrs	Burglary	Apr 1889
CAMPBELL	Thomas	3 yrs	Cutting w/intent to kill	Mar 1882
CARR	John	2 1/2 yrs	Cutting & stabbing to kill & wound
CARR	Michael	4 yrs	Manslaughter	Sep 1875
CLARKSON	Samuel	3 yrs	Possession counterfeit money	Oct 1843
COFFER	John	1 yr	Stabbing w/intent to wound	Feb 1883
COLLIER	Ambrose	3 yrs	Intent to kill	Apr 1844
COLLIER	William	3 yrs	Intent to kill	Apr 1844
COLLINS	James	3 yrs	Burglary	Oct 1878
CONAWAY	Charles	1 yr	Bigamy
CONWAY	Jacob	6 yrs	Horse Stealing	Apr 1846
COOK	Julius	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Feb 1879
COONWALL	David	5 yrs	Shooting w/intent to wound	May 1880
COOPER	James*	1 yr	Burglary	Feb 1862
COPELAND	Sandy	8 yrs	Cutting w/intent to wound	Feb 1877
CORNWELL	David	3 yrs	Burglary	May 1876
CRADDIC	Kyle	2 yrs	Burglary	March 1887
CRAWFORD	Anthony H.	3 yrs	Murder 2nd Degree	Feb 1861
CRAWFORD	James	5 yrs	Burglary	May 1885
CRAWFORD	James	7 yrs	Burglary	April 1889
CRIPPS	James	1 yr	Shooting w/intent to wound	Sep 1872
CROSS	Frederick	5 yrs	Horse Stealing	May 1865
CURRANS	Hugh	1 yr	Picking Pockets	May 1885
DEISER?	Richard	1 yr	Stabbing w/intent to kill	Oct 1855
DELANEY	Wm.	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Mar 1878
DENEY	Lewis	1 yr	Assault w/int kill	May 1862
DENEY	Lewis	1 yr	Assault w/int kill	May 1862
DENNISON	Hiram	2 yrs	Burglary	March 1885
DILL*	Joseph	1 yr	Bigamy	Jun 1881
DILLON	Harvey Martin	2 yrs	Forgery	March 1887
DOUGLAS	William	2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
DOYLE	Harry	5 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Nov 1894
DUNCAN	Clorin	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Feb 1857
DYER	Joshua	1 yr	Grand Larceny	Mar 1878
EGLER	John	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Sep 1857
ELDRIDGE	James	3 yrs	Burglary	Feb 1879
ELLIOTT	Robert	2 yrs	Horse Stealing	Oct 1879
ELLIS	Lewis	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Sep 1867
FARLEY	Henry	4 yrs	Assault w/intent to kill	Jun 1851
FARLEY	Henry	4 yrs	Assault w/intent to kill	Jun 1851
FILGROVE	Charles	1 yr	Manslaughter	Feb 1878
FISHER	William C.	2 yrs	Assault w/intent to commit a rape	November 1885
FOSTER	Albert C.	7 yrs	Placing obstruction on track of Scioto Valley Railway Co.	Jun 1882
FRANCISCO	Elihu	4 yrs	Manslaughter	Nov 1883
FRENCH	Jeremiah	8 yrs	Robbery
FRILEY	John	3 yrs	Burglar & Larceny	Feb 1878
FRILEY	Ruben	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Oct 1877
GHRIST	Elias		Assault w/Int Rape	Apr 1853
GIBSON	John	5 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
GILDEA	James	5 yrs	Stabbing w/Int to Wound	May 1863
GILDEN	Thomas	3 yrs	Stabbing w/int to wound	May 1863
GILLILAN	John	6 yrs	Horse Stealing	Apr 1847
GILMORE	Alonzo	1 yr	Stabbing with intent to wound	Oct 1870
GILMORE	Francis	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Feb 1877
GILMORE	Joseph	1 yr	Stabbing with intent to wound	Sep 1871
GILMORE	Marion	1 1/2 yrs	Shooting at to wound
GLENN	Wm. W.	2 yrs	Bigamy	Jan 1871
GOLDEN*	Benjamin	5 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Nov 1894
GORDON	Willis	1 yr	Burglary & Larceny
GOSSETT	James	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Jan 1871
GRAVES*	Thomas	2 yrs	Cutting w/intent to kill	Nov 1881
GREEN	William	4 yrs	Arson	Mar 1882
HAGERTY	Frank	3 yrs	Perjury	Jun 1881
HALL	Jesse	3 yrs	Shooting w/intent to wound	Nov 1888
HAMMOND	Thomas	5 yrs	Assault w/intent to kill	Mar 1880
HAMPER	George	Life	Murder in 2nd Degree	May 1872
HARLEY	John	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Jun 1870
HARPAREE	Monteville	1 yr	Sodomy	Nov 1885
HARRIS	Charles	1 yr	Picking Pockets	May 1885
HARRIS	William	1 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
HAWKINS	Charles	1 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
HAYNES	John S.	5 yrs	Bigamy	April 1889
HEITZ	Geo. I.	1 1/2	Manslaughter	Jan 1873
HERRON	Henderson	1 yr	Grand Larceny	Feb 1867
HILL	Lewis	1 yr	Shooting w/intent to wound	Sep 1869
HILL*	Maria	10 yrs	Arson	Feb 1863
HILL*	Silas	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Jan 1871
HOG	Hugh	1 yr	Malicious Stabbing	Jul 1850
HOWELL	James D.	1 1/2 yrs	Forgery
ISNOGLE	Albert	2 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
JACKSON	Chas.	4 yrs	Burglary	Oct 1878
JACKSON	Henderson	2 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
JACKSON	Wm.	3 yrs	Forgery	Sep 1865
JACKSON*	Henderson	1 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Nov 1894
JEFFERS	William	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Nov 1882
JOHNSON	James B.	1 yr	Grand Larceny	May 1858
JOHNSON	Robert	7 yrs	Manslaughter	Feb 1864
JOHNSON	William	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Sep 1873
JOHNSON	Wm.	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Sep 1865
JOHNSON*	Charles	4 yrs	Grand Larceny	Jun 1879
JONES	Jesse	5 yrs	Burglary	May 1885
JOSEPHS	Marian	3 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
KAVANAUGH	John	1 yr	Bigamy	Oct 1879
KEATLY	Henry	3 yrs	Burglary	Oct 1845
KEISER?*	George	1 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
KELLEY	Robert	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Mar 1877
KELLY	Henry	3 yrs	Maiwing?	Jul 1846
KELLY	Wm.	2 yr	Cutting w/intent to wound	Apr 1883
KENNEDY	A.J.	2 yrs	Selling counterfeit coins	May 1879
KIDD	John Scott	5 yrs	Manslaughter	Feb 1876
KIDWELL	Caroline	1 yr	Bigamy	March 1885
KIGER	Peter	5 yrs	Burglary	Nov 1886
KINGERY	Geo.	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Sep 1865
KINGERY	George	2 yrs	Stabbing with intent to wound	Apr 1871
KIZER*	Peter	3 yrs	Burglary	Feb 1877
KNOCKINGOST	George	4 yrs	Manslaughter	Nov 1883
LACKEY	James	Life	Murder 2nd Degree	May 1860
LANDER	Nathaniel	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Sep 1867
LANE	James	4 yrs	Arson	Nov 1880
LARGE	Lafayette	4 yrs	Grand Larceny	Mar 1877
LARGE	Lavinia	1 yr	Arson	November 1884
LARGE	William	4 yrs	Arson	Mar 1882
LAWSON	John	2 yrs	Bigamy	Oct 1877
LEARY	Michael	2 yrs	Shooting w/intent to kill	Mar 1881
LEFTRIDGE	Ellsworth	2 1/2 yrs	Burglary
LEMLEY	Jacob	1 yr	Killing cow value $35.	Nov 1883
LESHER	Charles	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Sep 1869
LEWIS	Alexander	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Jun 1858
LEWIS*	John H.	1 yr	Burglary & Larceny	Nov 1894
LOCEY	David	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Nov 1859
LOGAN	William	7 yrs	Burglary	Apr 1889
LOSEY	Charles	3 yrs	Burglary	Feb 1879
LYONS	Frank	2 yrs	Shooting w/intent to wound	May 1880
MARINER	Charles	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	March 1887
MARINER	Chas.	2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Sep 1876
MARINER	Chas.	10 yrs	Burglary	Oct 1878
MARKIN	Amos	10 yrs	Horse Stealing
MARKIN	John W.	3 yrs	Robbery	Mar 1882
MARKINS	Francis M.	2 yrs	Burglary	Feb 1876
MARTIN	Alexander	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Mar 1877
MARTIN	Francis Edward	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Mar 1877
MARTIN	Henry	5 yrs	Horse Stealing	Nov 1889
MARTIN	Henry	10 yrs	Horse Stealing
MARTIN	Samuel	4 yrs	Burglary & Robbery	Sep 1875
MASSIE	Jephta	1 1/2yrs	Burglary & Larceny	1 May 1882
MASSIE	Robert	1 1/2yrs	Burglary & Larceny	1 May 1882
MAYS	James	1 yr	Arson	May 1885
MAYS	Parker	4 yrs	Grand Larceny	May 1860
McCARTY	Peter	1 yr	Manslaughter	Sep 1863
McCOY	Pearson	Life/ 7 yrs	Murder 2nd Degree	Nov 1887
McDONALD	John	1 yr	Grand Larceny	Jun 1857
McELHANEY	William F.	1 1/2 yrs	Bigamy
McGOWN	John	3 yrs	Stabbing with Intent to Kill	Mar 1857
McKEE	William	3 yrs	Stabbing w/int kill	Sep 1850
McLAIN	James	4 yrs	Burglary & Grand Larceny	Jun 1856
McLAUGHLIN	Samuel	5 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Oct 1849
MIDDLETON	William	15 yrs	Blackmail/Forgery	Nov 1894
MILLER	John	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Oct 1877
MILLIRON??	Geo. W.	12 yrs	Rape	Mar 1851
MITCHELL	Ellis*	Life	Rape on daughter	Sep 1846
MITCHELL	James	1 yr	Burglary	November 1884
MORRIS	Clawson	1 yr	Burglary	Oct 1878
MORRIS	James	3 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Oct 1876
MORRIS	Robert	4 yrs	Burglary	May 1876
MORRISON	Charles	5 yrs	Burglary & Grand Larceny	Jun 1856
MORRISON	Charles	5 yrs	Burglary & c	Oct 1871
MORROW	James	1 yr	Pocket picking
MOSBEY*	William	1 yr	Bigamy	Mar 1878
NANCE	Nathaniel	2 yrs	Burglary	November 1885
NEAL	Scott	5 yrs	Burglary	March 1885
NEAL	Wm.	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Sep 1865
NORRIS	Harry	1 yr	Cutting to wound	Feb 1896
NOTHERCUTT	George W.	1 yr	Forgery	Feb 1888
OLIVER*	John	3 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Jun 1879
OMISH	Joseph	1 yr	Shot w/Int wound	Oct 1868
OSBORNE	Samuel	12 yrs	Robbery	Oct 1878
OSENTON	George	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	March 1885
OWENS	John	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	June 1887
OWREY	Susana	2 yrs	Receiving Stolen Goods	Nov 1887
PAGE*	Jackson	3 yrs	Manslaughter	Feb 1876
PAGE*	Jackson	5 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Jun 1879
PANCAKE	Henry	2 yrs	Burglary	Nov 1888
PEUINNG?	Valentine?	6 yrs	Rape	Oct 1846
POOL	Shed	1 yr	Shooting w/intent to kill
PORTER	Hezekiah	4 yrs	Grand Larceny	May 1860
PRITCHARD	Morgan	5 yrs	Horse Stealing	Nov 1886
PROVO	Edward	5 yrs	Assault & Intent to commit a rape	Feb 1883
QUIGLEY	James	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Mar 1878
QUIGLEY	James	5 yrs	Manslaughter	March 1885
RATLIFF*	Abraham	2 1/2 yrs	Burglary
RAYBOLD	William H.	7 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
RIGGER	Harry	2 yrs	Burglary
RIGNEY	Monroe	1 yr	Assault w/intent to wound	Mar 1880
RILEY	George W.	2 yrs	Shooting w/intent to kill	November 1885
RILEY	James	1 yr	Stabbing with intent to wound	Sep 1871
RODGERS	Morris	5 yrs	Assault w/intent to kill	March 1887
ROSE	Rachel	10 yr	Manslaughter	Sep 1863
ROSEBROUGH	Hiley	10 yrs	Manslaughter
ROSS	John	1 1/4 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
RUTLEDGE	Maggie	8 yrs	Perjury/Blackmail	Nov 1894
SALYARDS	John	2 yrs	Burglary	June 1887
SAMPSON	Jno.	3 yrs	Manslaughter	Sep 1858
SAMPSON	Thornton	6 yrs	Manslaughter	Mar 1870
SCHEELER	George	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Feb 1888
SCOTT*	George	6 yrs	Robbery	Nov 1880
SEAMON	John	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Oct 1859
SHARP	Beverly	3 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Mar 1869
SHARP	John	1 yr	Cutting w/intent to wound	Oct 1878
SHEPARD	Clark	2 yrs	Bigamy	Feb 1878
SHEPARD	Samuel	5 yrs	Burglary	May 1876
SHINDLER	Wenzeslan	Life	Murder, 2nd degree	Feb 1878
SHORT	Alma	1 yr	Horse Stealing	May 1880
SHORT	Dow	2 yrs	Burglary	Mar 1882
SHORT	Frank	1 YR	Horse Stealing	May 1880
SHORT	Henry or Peter	2 yrs	Burglary	November 1885
SINNOTT	Thomas	1 yr	Forgery
SLAVENS	John	5 yrs	Manslaughter	Jan 1873
SLAVENS	John alias John Cavan	7 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Apr 1889
SLOAN	John	5 yrs	Horse Stealing	May 1862
SLOAN	Patrick	1 yr	Assault intent to mane	Apr 1848
SMITH	Charles	1 yr	Shooting w/intent to kill	November 1885
SMITH	Frederick	1 yr	Shooting w/intent to wound	Mar 1882
SMITH	Henry	5 yrs	Burglary	May 1860
SMITH	Henry	3 yrs	Manslaughter	May 1868
SMITH	Joshua	5 yrs	Burglary	May 1876
SMITH	Phillip	1 yr	Assault w/intent to kill	Nov 1882
SMITH	Sarah E.	3 yrs	Procuring an abortion	Mar 1878
SMITH	Thomas	1 yr	Stabbing with intent to wound	Apr 1871
SMITH	William	7 yrs	Stabbing with Intent to Kill	Sep 1856
SNYDER	John	1 1/4 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
SNYDER	Wm.	2 yrs	Forgery	March 1887
SOUDER	George W.	7 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Apr 1889
SPEARS	Alfred	Life	Murder 2nd Degree	November 1883
SPEARS	Charles	1 yr	Burglary & Larceny
SPEARS	John	3 yrs	Horse Stealing	Sep 1848
SPENCER*	Frank	2 yrs	Cutting	Nov 1881
SPHEARS	Andrew	Life	Murder, 2nd Degree	Feb 1869
SPRADLING	James H.	2 yrs	Burglary	Feb 1876
STEPHENSON	Milton J.	5 yrs	Shooting w/ int to kill	Feb 1865
STEVENS	John	1 yr	Throwing stones at railway cars	Nov 1888
STEWART	John	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Feb 1874
STEWART*	James	2 yrs	Assault w/intent to kill
SULLIVAN	Michael	6 yrs	Rape	March 1886
SUTTON	William	2 yrs	Assault w/intent to commit a rape	November 1885
SWARTSWOOD	Benjamin	2 yrs	Aiding/abetting manslaughter	Oct 1870
SYKES	Christopher	5 yrs	Burn a Stable	Oct 1868
TENROY	Henry	6 yrs	Grand Larceny
THOMPSON	Wm.	1 yr	Horse Stealing	November 1884
TURNER*	Washington	2 yrs	Burglary	Jul 1872
VEST	Samuel	Life	Murder 2nd Degree	Jun 1848
WADDLE	Joel	Life	Murder, 2nd Degree	Oct 1878
WAGONER	Philip, Jr.	10 yrs	Manslaughter	Nov 1880
WAITS	William	1 yr	Pocket picking
WALKER	William	4 yrs	Burglary	May 1869
WALL	Charles	1 yr	Cutting w/intent to wound	Mar 1878
WALLS	Elijah	2 1/2 yrs	Shooting to wound
WALLS	John	3 yrs	Grand Larceny	Feb 1876
WARD	Hugh D.	2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
WEBB	Amos	1 yr	Burglary & Larceny
WEBB	Green	1 yr	Burglary & Larceny
WEBB	James	3 yrs	Burglary	Sep 1846
WENDELL	Frank	2 yrs	Cutting w/intent to wound	May 1881
WEST	Charles	2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Jun 1879
WHITE	Jno.	5 yrs	Selling counterft coin	Sep 1858
WHITE	John	1 yr	Shooting w/intent to kill/wound	Feb 1878
WHITE	Samuel	Life	Murder 2nd degree	Apr 1871
WHITE*	William	4 yrs	Grand Larceny	Jun 1879
WHITT	Hezekiah	15 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
WHITTAKER	Berlew	1 1/2 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
WILKINSON	William	2 yrs	Grand Larceny	Sep 1860
WILLIAMS	Richard	4 yrs	Grand Larceny	Feb 1857
WILLIAMS	Richard	3 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Mar 1869
WILLIS	James alias James M	7 yrs	Burglary & Larceny	Apr 1889
WILLIS	Randolph	1 1/4 yrs	Larceny & receiving stolen goods
WILLOCH	John W.	2 yrs	Horse Stealing	March 1885
WILSON	Scott	2 yrs	Pocket picking
WILSON	Thomas	3 yrs	Burglary & Larceny
WORKMAN	Meredith	8 yrs	Burglary & Grand Larceny	May 1878
ZEEK	William	15 yrs	Assault w/intent to commit a rape	Nov 1882

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