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Crime and Criminal documentation is usually found in county court records.  Certain crimes are considered against the State and usually tried in higher courts.  Crimes against the USA, such as treason, are tried in federal courts.

Black Sheep Ancestors

 
 

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bullet GA:  Convicts of 1893
bullet GA:  Oconee Co. 1900 Convict Camp residents
bullet GA:  Atlanta Fed Penitentiary Index, ca. 1880-1922
bullet GA:  Gangster, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" FLOYD from Bartow Co.  FBI Famous Cases
bullet SC:  1771 Pardon of the back county "Regulators"
A transcription of the royal pardon of the group of men known as "The Regulators" given by Lord Charles Grenville via Captain Montagu, General Governor and Commander in Chief of the Northern area of the State. The document was dated 31 October 1771 and contains the names of the men pardoned.
bullet NC:  Worst Criminal Gang in Alleghany For Years Apprehended in Recent Raid 1934  BROOKS, HOLBROOK and DOUGLAS
bullet TN: Prison Records Folks in re: Roane and Morgan Cos., TN 1831-1842
bullet TN:  Inmates of State Penitentiary 1831 - 1850
bullet TN:  Roane Co. Murder & Mayhem Articles
 

 

 
Murder
Victim

Alleged
Murderer

 Date County State Source
George Washington BROWN Civil War Renegades or Marauders Jan 1865 Fannin GA X
Matison DAVIS P. Jones. GREER Apr 1886 Ashe NC X
  Thomas SHUFFLESTRUTS 1868-1869 Johnson TN X

has other crimes listed as well as murder
  Alexander McQUEEN
  Wiley THOMAS
Fred WARREN
  Alvin TAYLOR
  Jeff PRICE
  Thomas POTTER
  James BROWN
  W.D.  WAGNER
  Clifton BLEVINS
Laura FOSTER Tom DOOLEY 1866 Wilkes NC X
 Sheriff KEITH John HARPER 1908 Murray GA X
           
           
 

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