This index refers to files housed at the State Library and Archives. Known as Record Group 261, the Pardons and Paroles records are extensive. The 2,339 files for this period of the early 20th century typically contain the letter or petition submitted by the inmate, along with a copy of their discharge papers and the certificate of pardon or parole.
Use quotes for an exact search. ex. "J. W."
| View Entry | Name(s) | Last Name | Database - TN Research | Parole or Pardon | Prisoner # | County of Trial | Year Recd at Prison | Year of Pardon or Parole | Penitentiary | Box # | Crime | Notes |
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| View Entry | Joseph | Rigsby | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 9793 | Campbell | 1917 | 1919 | Box 30 | Housebreaking & Larceny | ||
| View Entry | James F. | Riley | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9016 | Hamilton | 1916 | 1919 | Box 30 | Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | J. F. | Roberts | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 9643 | Unicoi | 1917 | Box 31 | burglary |
Escaped |
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| View Entry | Joe | Robertson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | Shelby | 1919 | 1921 | Box 31 | Violation of “Bone Dry” Law | |||
| View Entry | John Lee | Robinson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11425 | Cannon | 1921 | 1923 | Box 31 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | James | Robinson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 12963 | Hamilton | 1924 | Box 31 | larceny |
served time out |
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| View Entry | Jody | Robinson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Lawrence | Box 31 | forgery | ||||||
| View Entry | James | Robinson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 11820 | Lincoln | 1922 | 1923 | Box 31 | Aiding Prisoner to Escape | ||
| View Entry | Jim | Roerts | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 9642 | Unicoi | 1917 | 1925 | Box 31 | burglary |
Escaped |
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| View Entry | John | Rogers | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 10600 | Hamilton | 1920 | 1923 | Box 31 | grand larceny | ||
| View Entry | John | Rogers | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 10916 | Shelby | 1920 | 1922 | Box 31 | Assault to Commit Rape | ||
| View Entry | Jack | Rose | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 11373 | Claiborne | 1921 | Box 31 | larceny | ||||
| View Entry | Joe | Rose | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 10702 | Shelby | 1920 | 1923 | Box 31 | larceny | |||
| View Entry | John | Rucker | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8777 | Hamilton | 1918 | 1920 | Box 31 | burglary | ||
| View Entry | Jim | Rucker | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9787 | Hamilton | 1917 | 1922 | Box 31 | Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | Jim | Russell | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 7745 | Marshall | 1914 | 1921 | Box 31 | murder | ||
| View Entry | John | Ryan | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 9271 | Shelby | 1917 | 1920 | Box 31 | forgery | ||
| View Entry | Jesse | Sharp | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | Rhea | 1919 | 1919 | Box 32 | Carrying a Pistol | |||
| View Entry | J. M. | Shawhan | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11825 | Davidson | 1922 | 1924 | Box 32 | forgery | ||
| View Entry | Jim | Sherrill | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | Cumberland | Box 4 | larceny |
1 year, got paroled after 6 months; With record for James Bruce. |
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| View Entry | John | Simerly | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Blount | 1921 | Box 32 | Assault & Resisting Arrest | |||||
| View Entry | Joe | Sims | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 1650 | Shelby | 1903 | 1920 | Box 32 | murder | ||
| View Entry | Jesse | Smith | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 10247 | Clay | 1919 | 1921 | Box 32 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Jim | Smith | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 3709 | Davidson | 1907 | 1920 | Box 32 | Burglary, Assault, Murder | ||
| View Entry | Jim | Smith | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 10838 | Hamilton | 1920 | 1924 | Box 32 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Jesse | Smith | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8089 | Shelby | 1915 | 1916 | Box 32 | Assault to Commit Voluntary Manslaughter | ||
| View Entry | J. A. B. | Smith | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9377 | Shelby | 1917 | 1921 | Box 32 | Housebreaking & Larceny | ||
| View Entry | J. C. | Sparks | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 7865 | Davidson | 1914 | 1919 | Box 33 | forgery | ||
| View Entry | John | Spoon | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Hamblen | 1922 | Box 33 | Transporting Whiskey |
With record of John Moore |
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| View Entry | Jackson | Stamps | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Davidson | 1921 | Box 33 | ||||||
| View Entry | James | Stancel | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9877 | James | 1918 | 1919 | Box 33 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | John | Stevenson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8305 | Bradley | 1915 | 1917 | Box 33 | Assault to Commit Murder in 2nd Degree |
Parole # 587 |
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| View Entry | James | Stewart | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8756 | Lauderdale | 1916 | 1918 | Box 33 | voluntary manslaughter |
Parole # 1044 |
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| View Entry | Jesse | Stewart | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 5414 | Madison | 1910 | 1918 | Box 33 | Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | J. E. | Stewart | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Madison | 1921 | Box 33 | Storing Whiskey | |||||
| View Entry | John | Stokes | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11792 | Tipton | 1922 | 1924 | Box 33 | bigamy | ||
| View Entry | Julius | Stone | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9810 | Hamilton | 1916 | 1918 | Box 33 | arson | ||
| View Entry | Jim | Story | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 2470 | Davidson | 1918 | 1919 | Box 33 | voluntary manslaughter |
Petition |
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| View Entry | John | Sullivan | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9638 | Shelby | 1917 | 1920 | Box 33 | Assault to Commit Murder | ||
| View Entry | Joe | Swan | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 7959 | Hamilton | 1914 | 1920 | Box 33 | burglary | ||
| View Entry | Joe | Sykes | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 6713 | Knox | 1919 | Box 33 | Murder in 2nd Degree | ||||
| View Entry | Jim | Talley | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9894 | Dickson | 1918 | 1921 | Box 34 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | J. | Tarvis | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9523 | Madison | 1922 | 1922 | Box 34 | Housebreaking & Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Jeff | Taylor | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | Elizabethton | 1922 | Box 34 | Aiding & Abetting in the Sale of Whiskey | ||||
| View Entry | John | Taylor | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11735 | Haywood | 1920 | 1924 | Box 34 | Removing Railroad Tracks | ||
| View Entry | J. H. | Taylor | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 7995 | Knox | 1914 | 1918 | Box 34 | forgery | ||
| View Entry | John | Temple | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8199 | Obion | 1915 | 1917 | Box 34 | Housebreaking & Larceny | ||
| View Entry | John | Thomas | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8626 | Shelby | 1916 | 1918 | Box 34 | larceny | ||
| View Entry | Joe | Thomison | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11745 | Lincoln | 1923 | 1924 | Box 34 | Assisting Prisoner to Escape | ||
| View Entry | Joe | Tiller | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 10389 | Campbell | 1919 | 1921 | Box 34 | grand larceny |
