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submitted by: Linda Harwell

State Prison Records for Kaufman County, TX

A - C

Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

The below prisoners were all listed as residences of Kaufman County, Texas

Adams, Ernest, born 1898, Texas. Mother born Texas. Convicted Oct 28, 1915 for burglary of RR car. Given 4 years. Received Nov 15, 1917. Discharged Dec. 18, 1918
Adams, Lala?, 28 yrs, black, born 1911 Texas. Father born Texas. Mother born Arkansas. Convicted Jul 12, 1939 for Theft from the person. Given 2 yrs. Received Jul 13, 1939. Lived Terrell. Discharged Dec 6, 1940
Aikin, Charley. 33 yrs [white] Born Louisiana July 2nd . Convicted for horse theft August 7th. Given 5 years. Received July 2, 1892. Discharged November 2, 1896
Alexander, Azot, 30 yrs, black, born 1900 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Mar 20, 1930 for Murder. Given 3 yrs. Received May 31, 1930. Discharged
July 7, 1932
Alexander, Steve, 20 yrs, black. Born 1897, Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted December 19, 1917 for Murder. Given 50 years. Living Plainview [sic], Kaufman County. Received January 7, 1918. Discharged Sept. 15, 1951. Full pardoned
Allen, Eddie, 25 yrs, black, born 1909 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Feb 28, 1934 for Burglary. Given 2 yrs. Received Mar 14, 1934. Lived Terrell. Discharged April 7, 1935
Allen, Herbert, 22 yrs, born Apr 11, 1885 Texas. Parents born Alabama. Convicted Jun 24, 1907 for Forgery. He was a Fireman. Given 2 yrs. Received July 11, 1907. Lived Elmo. Discharged April 24, 1909
Anderson, Clarence, 20 yrs, born 1913 Texas. Father born Tenn. Mother born Alabama. Convicted Jan 6, 1933 for auto theft & burglary. Given 6 yrs. Received Mar 11, 1933. Discharged Aug 6, 1937. Cond. Pardon Sep 22, 1934. From Terrell
Anderson, Jim, 30 yrs, black, born 1918 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Dec 22, 1934 for burglary. Given 5 yrs. Received Dec 31, 1934. Discharged May 7, 1938. Lived Terrell.
Anthony, Claiborn, 17, complexion Dark. Born Texas. Convicted: Fall time for cubbing mail bags. Given 1 year. Lived Kaufman County. Received Nov. 26, 1960 from Smith County. Discharged November 26, 1960
Arnold, [unable to read], 21 yrs. Born 1874, Texas. Mother born Louisiana. Convicted Oct. 3, 1895 for Assault to commit rape. Given 2 years. Living Lawndale. Received October 8, 1895 . Discharged Aug 3, 1897
Arthur, Will [black] 19 yrs. Born 1916, Texas. Mother born Texas. Convicted for 2 years for burglary. Received Dec. 18, 1935. Pardoned March 31, 1937.
Atilano, Lee, 21 years, Mexican. Born 1900 Texas. Father born Texas. Mother born Mexico. Convicted July 5, 1921 for theft over $50. & burglary. Given 2 years. Received July 11, 1921. Discharged November 5, 1922
Ayres, John [ex convict No. 3082], 28 yrs, mulatto. Born 1869, Texas. Parents born unknown. Convicted Oct. 3, 1895 for Intent to murder. Given 3 yrs. Received Oct 8, 1895. Discharged June 17, 1898
Ayres, Squire, 22 yrs, black. Born Convicted November 7, 1879 for theft of mare. Given 5 years. Received November 14, 1879. Discharged Sept. 22, 1885
Bailey, Ballard T., Jr. , 30 yrs, white. Born 1915, Texas. Father born Virginia. Mother born Texas. Convicted Aug. 23, 1945 for theft. Given 3 yrs. Received Nov 6, 1945. Discharged Apr 23, 1948
Baker, John, 52 yrs, black, born 1872 Louisiana. Parents born Georgia. Convicted Mar 25, 1924 for Possession of Whiskey. Given 1 yr. Received Mar 28, 1924.
Discharged Jan 26, 1945
Banks, Jim, 33 yrs, black, born 1891 Texas. Parents born Louisiana. Convicted Dec 8, 1924 for Selling & manufacturing liquor. Given 1 yrs. Received Dec 22, 1924.Lived Terrell. Discharged Oct 23, 1925
Banks, Joe, 34 yrs. Born 1843, Texas. Convicted Oct. 2, 1897 for Bigamy. Given 5 years. Received Oct 20, 1897. Discharged Feb 17, 1902
Bartlett, Jobe, 22 yrs, black. Born Jan. 1, 1863, Illinois. Convicted January 20, 1892 for intent to murder. Given 3 yrs. Received Feb. 13, 1892. Discharged Oct. 2, 1894
Bateman, H. G., 19yrs, born Texas. Convicted June 24, 1875 for theft. Given 2 years. Escaped Feb. 4, 1876
Bateman, J. C., 32 yrs, white, born 1917 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted May 8, 1951 for Assault to Murder. Given 5 yrs. Received July 13, 1951. Discharged July 9, 1953. See #129663. Served in the Army
Bateman, J. F., 39 yrs, white, born 1878 Texas. Parents born Alabama. Convicted Apr 6, 1917 for Robbery with firearms. Given 5 yrs. Received Apr 11, 1917. Pardoned June 28, 1919
Bay, Frank, 27 yrs, white. Born Feb. 7, 1881, Tenn. Parents born Tenn. Convicted June 7, 1907 for forgery. Given 2 yrs. Received Jan. 4, 1908. Pardoned June 24, 1910
Bayles, Stacey, 17 yrs, black, born 1906 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Mar 19, 1923 for Burglary. Given 2 yrs. Received Apr 13, 1923. Discharged Oct. 22, 1924
Bennett, A. B., 31 yrs, white, born 1906 Texas. Father born Louisiana. Mother born Tennessee. Convicted Nov 9, 1937 for Forgery. Given 2 yrs. Received Dec 10, 1937. Lived Terrell. Con. Paroled Feb 11, 1939
Bennett, Neal, 35 yrs, black, born 1864 Georgia. Parents born Georgia. Convicted Sep 18, 1899 for Assault to Murder. Given 5-2 yrs. Received Oct 17, 1899.
Lived Terrell. Discharged July 31, 1905
Bivins, J. B., 57 yrs, white, born 1872, Texas. Parents born Tenn. Convicted Jan 29, 1929 for possessing liquor. Given 1 year. Received April 5, 1929. Discharged March 5, 1930
Blue, Irby, 38 yrs, white. Born 1914, Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted May 22, 1952 for cattle theft. Given 2 yrs. Sent from Van Zandt County, lived Kaufman County. Received May 26, 1952. Discharged Sept. 21, 1953
Boles, Izas, 20 yrs, born 1915, Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Aug 30, 1935 for burglary of RR car. Received Dec. 9, 1935. Discharged Jan. 19, 1937
Bragg, S. N., 38 yrs, white, born 1901 Texas. Father born Alabama. Mother born Florida. Convicted Nov. 27, 1939 for Cattle Theft. Received Dec 13, 1939. Lived Mabank. Cond. Parole Oct 13, 1940
Brown, C. B., 21 yrs, black. Born 1902 Oklahoma. Father born Nebraska. Mother born Iowa. Convicted Feb 23, 1924 for Forgery & forged instruments. Given
2 years. Received from Ellis county Feb 27, 1924 . Lived Kaufman county Discharged [date wiped out]
Bowen, Fred. 20 years, black. Born 1893 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Nov 30, 1917 for Burglary. Living Terrell. Received January 7, 1918. Discharged July 28, 1919
Bowen, Henderson, 25 yrs, black, born 1901 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Dec 24, 1926 for Manslaughter. Given 2 yrs. Received Dec 31, 1926. Lived Terrell. Discharged Sept 4, 1928
Broom, R. E., 26 yrs, white, born 1898 Texas. Father born Illinois. Mother born Texas. Convicted Dec 14, 1923 for Forgery. Given 2 yrs. Received Dec 18, 1923. Pardoned Mar 2, 1925
Brown, George, 25 yrs, white, born 1875, Missouri. Parents born Tenn. Convicted Oct. 5, 1900 for burglary. Given 2 yrs. Received Oct 7, 1900. Discharged Aug 3, 1902
Brown, John, aka Joe Lindsey, 42 yrs, black. Born Kentucky. Convicted October 17, 1874 for rape. Given 27 years. Received 1874. Died July 9, 1886
Brown, John, 18 yrs, white, born Texas. Parents born Oct 22, 1874, Texas. Convicted May 18, 1892 for burglary. Given 2 years. Received from Dallas May 29, 1892. Lived Terrell, Kaufman County. Discharged March 25, 1894
Brown, Tom, 30 yrs, black, born 1898 Texas. Convicted Jul 28, 1927 for Transporting liquor. Given 1 yr. Received Jan 3, 1928. Discharged Nov 16, 1929
Broom, R. E., 26 yrs, white, born 1898 Texas. Father born Illinois. Mother born Texas. Convicted Dec. 14, 1923 for forgery. Given 2 years. Received Dec. 18, 1923. Pardoned March 2, 1925
Buck, Henry, aka Henry Procks, 19 yrs, black, born 1896 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Oct 4, 1915 for assault to murder. Given 2 years. Received Nov 15, 1915. Discharged Aug 4, 1917
Buie, Dan, 35 white, born1900 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted April 1, 1925 for sale of liquor & possession of still and mash. Given 1 year. Received April 9, 1925. Pardoned Nov 25, 1925
Burton, Henry aka Henry Perkins, 26 yrs, born 1887 Texas. Father born Alabama. Convicted June 2, 1902 for forgery. Given 2 yrs. Received Jun 21, 1902. Discharged Apr 2, 1905
Busby, Ed, 30 yrs, white, born 1902, Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Nov 17, 1931 for possession of liquor. Given 1 yr. Received Jan 16, 1932. Paroled Sep 4, 1932
Caldwell, Carl, 41 yrs, black, born 1882 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted March 26, 1929 for assault to murder. Given 2 yrs. Received Aor 5, 1929. Discharged Dec 18, 1936.
Campbell, Oliver, 28 yrs, born 1905 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Mar 9, 1933 for V. D. L. Given 1 yr. Received Mar 11, 1933. Discharged Nov. 17, 1933
Canto, Joe aka Tony Canto, 22 yrs, Mexican, born 1894 Mexico. Parents born Mexico. Convicted Sep 29, 1916 for Robbery. Given 5 yrs. Received from Dallas, lived Kaufman Oct 17, 1916. Discharged July 15, 1920
Carlisle, William, 21 yrs, black, born Texas. Convicted Jun 1, 1885 for assault to rape. Given 7 yrs. Received June 1, 1892 [sic]. Discharged Apr 8, 1891
Carr, Bill, 27 yrs, born Missouri. Convicted July 19, 1887 for assault with intent to rape. Received Aug 7, 1887. Discharged May 28, 1893
Carroll, Frank, 24 yrs, born 1909 Texas. Father born Tenn. Mother born Texas. Convicted Mar 8, 1933 for auto theft. Given 2 yrs. Received Mar 11, 1933. Cond Pardon Sep 22, 1934
Carroll, Frank, 30 yrs, black, born 1909 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Apr 24, 1939 for Burglary. Given 2 yrs. Received Jul 13, 1924. Lived Terrell. Discharged Aug 9, 1940. Drug Addict
Carter, Walter, 21 yrs, white, born 1877 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Sept 21, 1898 for theft of horses. Given 4 yrs. Lived Crandall Received Oct 18, 1898. Pardoned April 26, 1900
Casey, W. S., 31 yrs, white. Born 1872 Texas. Father born Texas. Mother born Ark. Convicted Jun 13, 1902 for Rape. Given 7 yrs. Received Jun 13, 1903. Discharged Apr 18, 1909
Champion, Thomas, 17 yrs, black, born 1881 Texas. Parents born Alabama. Convicted April 11, 1898 for theft over $50.00. Given 2 yrs. Received from Hunt County. Lives Kaufman County. Discharged Feb. 11, 1900
Chandler, John, 53, white. Born 1869, Ala. Parents born Alabama. Convicted June 23, 1921 for manufacturing liquor. Given 2 years. Lived Kemp. Received July 7, 1921. Discharged October 24, 1924
Chaney, McKinley, 26 yrs, black, born 1909 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted April 1, 1925 for manufacturing liquor. Given 1 yr. Received January 4, 1926. Discharged Sep 14, 1926.
Chappell, John, 57 yrs, black, born 1865 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted March 3, 1922 for murder. Given 20 yrs. Received Apr 18, 1922. Gen. Parole Nov. 6, 1930
Chism, Ernest. 24 ys [black]. Born 1911 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted December 17, 1935 for Forgery & Robbery. To serve 2 & five years con. Received December 18, 1935. Discharged May 10, 1940
Cisco, Frank, 64 yrs, Mexican, born 1870 Texas. Father born Mexico. Mother born Texas. Convicted Dec 28, 1903 for assault to murder. Given 2 yrs. Received March 7, 1904. Discharged Oct. 28, 1905
Clark, John, 34 yrs, white, born 1864 Texas. Parents born Mississippi. Convicted Dec 22, 1897 for theft of one head of cattle. Received Apr 3, 1898. Pardoned May 12, 1899
Clark, Tom, 27 yrs, black, born 1890 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Mar 26, 1917 for Burglary. Given yrs. Received Apr 11, 1917. Lived Terrell. Discharged Sep 11, 1919
Clay, Horace, 15 yrs, black, born 1909 Louisiana. Parents born Louisiana. Convicted Mar 25, 1924 for burglary. Given 17 yrs. Received Mar 28, 1924. Discharged Jan 9, 1931
Coats, John, 29 yrs, black, born 1896 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Dec 16, 1925 for Possession & sale of liquor. Given 1 yr. Received Dec 22, 1925. Lived Terrell. Pardoned June 16, 1926
Coker, A. T. , white, born 1894, Mississippi. Parents born Mississippi. Convicted Mar 30, 1939 for forgery. Given 3 yrs. Received Mar 31, 1939. Discharged Mar 19, 1947
Coker, A. T., 52 yrs, born 1895 Texas. Parents born Mississippi. Convicted Jan 31, 1947 for forgery. Given 4 yrs. Received Feb 2, 1947. Discharged Jun 8, 1949
Collins, Jim aka John Brown, 27 yrs, born 1977 Louisiana. Mother born Texas. Convicted Jan 12, 1904 for Theft. Given 2 yrs. Received Jan 28, 1904. Died Feb. 29, 1904
Colter, Izell, 19 yrs, black, born 1880 Texas. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Texas. Convicted Jun 21, 1899 for accomplice to writing forged instruments. Given 2 yrs. Received Jul 19, 1899. Discharged Apr 21, 1901
Comminus, Elias, 25 yrs, Mexican, born 1899 Texas. Convicted Mar 10, 1924 for theft. Given 4 yrs. Received from Jackson County Mar 17, 1924. Discharged Dec 8, 1980? [sic]
Conner, Herman, 19 yrs, black, born 1906 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Apr 1, 1925 for Murder. Given 5 yrs. Received Dec 22, 1925. Lived Terrell. Discharged Dec. 17, 1929
Cook, Supid?, 17 yrs, black. Born 1900 Texas. Father born Louisiana. Mother born Texas. Convicted December 12, 1917 for forging instruments. Given 2 years. Received January 7, 1918. Died April 15, 1918
Cooney, Aggers. [black] Born 1895, Texas. Parents born: unknown. Convicted January 2, 1912 for Burglary. Served 2 years. Discharged November 2, 1913
Cooper, A. D., 25 yrs, black, born 1890 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Oct. 21, 1915 for cattle theft. Given 4 yrs. Lived Scurry, Kaufman Co. Received Nov 15, 1915. Pardoned Apr 29, 1918
Cooper, Ad [A. D.], 44, white, born 1885 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Feb 15, 1929 for sale of liquor. Given 2 yrs. Received Apr 20, 1929. Discharged Nov 10, 1930
Cooper, Dan, 22 yrs, white, born 1914 Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted Dec 17, 1935 for Burglary & theft. Given 5 yrs. Received Feb. 14, 1936. Lived Crandall. Discharged Mar 10, 1940
Cooper, Isaac, 61yrs, black, born 1861 S. C. Father born S. C. Mother born Virginia. Convicted Dec 19, 1923 for Manufacturing & Selling Whiskey. Given 3 yrs.
Received Dec 23, 1923. Lived Terrell. Pardoned June 19, 1925
Cornelious, Clyde 25 yrs, Black. Born 1910, Texas. Parents born Texas. Convicted December 17, 1935 for robbery. Given 5 years. Received December 18, 1935. Discharged July 29, 1937
Cortez, Jose, 20 yrs, Mexican, born Mexico. Parents born Mexico. Convicted Jul 5, 1921 for theft over $50 & burglary. Given 2 yrs. Received Jul 11, 1921. Discharged Nov 5, 1922
Craven, Carl, 29 yrs, white, born Jun 21, 1878 N. C. Parents born N. C. Convicted Jan 26, 1907 for Murder in the 2nd Degree. Given 20 yrs. Received Jul 11, 1907. Lived Scurry. Pardoned April 1, 1911
Crenshaw, A., 68 yrs, black, born 1835 Texas. Father born Virginia. Mother born S. C. Convicted Jun 5, 1903 for Rape. Given 5 yrs. Received June 21, 1903. Discharged Oct 7, 1907.
Crockett, Grat, 29 yrs, born 1874, Virginia. Parents born Virginia. Convicted Nov 18, 1903 for Murder 2nd degree & assault to murder. Given 17 yrs. Received Feb 2, 1904. Pardoned Dec. 23, 1912
Crooks, Clarence Marion, 19 yrs, white, born 1933 Oklahoma. Parents born Texas. Convicted Apr 20, 1953 for Burglary. Given 2 yrs. Received Jun 15, 1953. Discharged Mar 19, 1955. Served in the Air Force.
Crouch, Pomp, 24 yrs, born 1879 Texas. Father born Texas. Mother born Arkansas. Convicted July 14, 1903 for manslaughter. Given 2 yrs. Lived Prairieville, Kaufman County Received July 27, 1903. Discharged May 14, 1905
Crow, Amanda, 14 yrs, Mulatto, born Texas. Convicted Oct. 17, 1874 for theft. Given 5 years. Received Feb 19, 1878. Oct. 6, 1879.

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