ms_1851.xml Finding Aid to the Chatham County Jail prisoner volumes, 1884-1891 Written by Elizabeth Delmage Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, March 2009 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 1851 Chatham County Jail prisoner volumes 1884-1891 2 volumes (1 cubic foot) Chatham County Jail (Savannah, Ga.) Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
Access restrictions

The collection is open for research.

 Processing information

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 Subject headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Chatham County Jail (Savannah, Ga.) Jails--Georgia--Chatham County. Jails--Georgia--Savannah. Prisoners--Georgia--Chatham County. Prisoners--Georgia--Savannah. Records (documents) Organizational history

The Chatham County Jail was commissioned in 1791 by the Mayor and Alderman of the city of Savannah, Georgia. The first Chatham County Jail was built in 1801 and was located in LaFayette Ward in Savannah. In 1846, a new jail was erected between Whitaker and Barnard Streets and remained there until 1888 when the jail moved to Habersham Street. In 1978, the jail was again moved, this time to Montgomery Street next to the Chatham County Judicial Complex.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains records of the prisoners confined in the Chatham County Jail in Savannah, Georgia from 1884 to 1891. These records list the names of the prisoners, the dates of their confinement and discharge, their offense and term of sentence, whether the prisoner was sent to the penitentiary or the chain gang, and the person responsible for their committal and discharge.

 Arrangement of collection

This collection is arranged into 2 volumes:

Volume 1: 1884-1887 Volume 2: 1888-1891