FYI: Two Coles convicted in 1831 TN
This might help someone:
From the publication of “Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary Vol. 1 1831-1850” by Charles A. Sherrill and Tomye M. Sherrill, published by Charles A. Sherrill, Mt. Juliet, TN in 1997:
Wilson Co., TN
Elisha Cole was received at the penitentiary Oct 31, 1831 after being found guilty of stealing promissory notes at the Circuit Court of Wilson Co., TN and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment. He is 6’ high, 42 years , usually weighs 140 lbs., fair skin, blue eyes, a little inclined to be bald-headed, has a scar on the first joint of little finer of left hand, large nose, round face and good countenance. Born and raised in TN, has a wife and three children living in Wilson Co., TN near his mother in the same county. He had another brother in the penitentiary before him (information not provided about this brothre). His wife’s maiden name was Anderson; her father lives in Wilson Co., also, 7 miles from his wife. He lived within two miles of Big Cedar Creek Meeting House.
Lincoln Co., TN
David Cole was received into the penitentiary Oct. 3, 1831. He is 5’ 7 ½” high, 38 years old, and weighs 145 lbs. He has fair skin, dark hair and blue eyes. (several sentences of physical scars and marks) Cole is not a mechanic of any king. He was born in Sullivan Co., East TN, raised in Wilson Co., West TN, where he has a wife and 5 children, now living, 7 miles from Lebanon and 3 miles from Cumberland River and near Davis’ Mill. His mother lives near the road leading from Nashville to Lebanon, 6 miles from the latter place. A brother in the same neighborhood and a sister, married to a man named Word 15 miles the other side of Lebanon, near Clopton’s Mill. Two brothers live in the Western District of TN, near Brownsville. His wife’s relatives in the same area with his wife. Sentenced to 5 years , from the Lincoln County Circuit Court. David Cole died of cholera July 6, 1835.
More Replies:
-
Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
Michael Cole 9/07/04
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
Carol Hehemann 1/24/05
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
Gary Carson 2/15/08
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
Carol Hehemann 2/15/08
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
Gary Carson 2/15/08
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
Carol Hehemann 2/17/08
-
James Cole of Henderson - Carroll TN
Gary Carson 2/17/08
-
Re: James Cole of Henderson - Carroll TN
Carol Hehemann 2/18/08
-
Re: James Cole of Henderson - Carroll TN
Gary Carson 2/18/08
-
Re: James Cole of Henderson - Carroll TN
Carol Hehemann 2/18/08
-
James Cole of Henderson - Carroll TN
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee
Gary Carson 2/15/08
-
Re: Cole Brothers from Wilson County Tennessee