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.
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| 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 | Robert | Goff | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Giles | Box 15 |
Petition |
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| View Entry | Ross | Graves | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 10688 | Madison | 1920 | 1922 | Box 15 | Assault to Commit Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | Roy | Green | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 7753 | Shelby | 1914 | 1919 | Box 15 | grand larceny | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Harper | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 8535 | Hamilton | 1915 | 1922 | Box 13 | Murder in 1st Degree |
protest letter; 2 files |
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| View Entry | Ralph | Harter | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Montgomery | Box 13 |
Letters |
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| View Entry | Robert | Hazelwood | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | Shelby | 1923 | 1924 | Box 14 |
letters; Petition |
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| View Entry | R. A. | Hickman | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 12739 | Sullivan | 1923 | 1925 | Box 14 | Transporting Liquor |
served out sentence |
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| View Entry | Robert | Hicks | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Davidson | 1919 | Box 14 | Violation of “Bone Dry” Law | |||||
| View Entry | R. L. | Hill | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Madison | Box 14 | Carrying a Concealed Weapon |
Petition |
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| View Entry | Robert | Horton | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 7785 | Hamilton | 1914 | 1922 | Box 16 | burglary |
served out time |
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| View Entry | Robert | Houston | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Claiborne | 1921 | Box 16 | Petty Larceny |
Petition. With record for Newt Robinson |
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| View Entry | Robert | Howell | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9446 | Shelby | 1918 | 1919 | Box 16 | Assault to Commit Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | R. D. | Hull | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9529 | Shelby | 1918 | 1919 | Box 16 | voluntary manslaughter | ||
| View Entry | Ralph | Hutchinson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 12089 | Knox | 1922 | 1925 | Box 16 | grand larceny | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Hyde | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8721 | Davidson | 1916 | 1919 | Box 16 | Murder in 2nd Degree |
Petitions |
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| View Entry | Russell | Johnson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9460 | Hamilton | 1918 | 1919 | Box 18 | larceny | ||
| View Entry | Raymond | Johnson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 10049 | Loudon | 1919 | 1922 | Box 18 | Housebreaking & Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Johnson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8417 | Obion | 1915 | 1918 | Box 18 | larceny | ||
| View Entry | Roy | Johnson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 7900 | Shelby | 1914 | 1918 | Box 18 | Burglary & Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Johnson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 7974 | Shelby | 1915 | 1920 | Box 18 | Burglary, Larceny, & Grand Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Jones | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 6952 | Shelby | 1913 | 1922 | Box 18 | Housebreaking & Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Richard | Jones | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8277 | Shelby | 1915 | 1922 | Box 18 | robbery | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Jordan | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 6637 | Hamilton | 1910 | 1918 | Box 18 | Carnal Knowledge of a Female Under 18 | ||
| View Entry | Robert | King | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11570 | Davidson | 1921 | 1923 | Box 19 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Roy | Kinney | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11648 | Hardeman | 1922 | 1924 | Box 19 | Violating Age of Consent | ||
| View Entry | Raymond | Lester | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 8807 | Hamilton | 1913 | Box 20 | burglary |
Escapee |
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| View Entry | Richard | Lewis | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11887 | Lauderdale | 1922 | 1923 | Box 20 | bigamy | ||
| View Entry | R. W. | Mahaney | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 10905 | Cumberland | 1920 | 1923 | Box 21 | Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | Rans | Mahaney | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Cumberland | 1920 | Box 21 | Murder in 2nd Degree | |||||
| View Entry | Riley | Marchbank | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 11565 | Benton | 1921 | 1922 | Box 21 | Assault to Commit Incest | ||
| View Entry | Robert | McKinney | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11290 | Weakley | 1921 | 1923 | Box 22 | grand larceny | ||
| View Entry | Robert H. | Meddlin | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 10397 | Blount | 1919 | 1920 | Box 23 | Transporting Liquor | ||
| View Entry | R. H. | Medlin | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 10397 | Blount | 1919 | 1920 | Box 23 | Transporting Liquor | ||
| View Entry | Reuben B. | Miller | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Cocke | 1922 | Box 23 | Manufacturing Whiskey |
Petition for removal of fine |
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| View Entry | R. L. | Milligan | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 12072 | Hamilton | 1922 | 1925 | Box 23 | forgery | ||
| View Entry | Ronnie | Mixon | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11977 | Madison | 1922 | 1925 | Box 24 | Receiving Stolen Property | ||
| View Entry | Rich | Murphy | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11249 | Davidson | 1921 | 1922 | Box 24 | Assault to Commit Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | Red | Murray | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8752 | Lauderdale | 1916 | 1918 | Box 24 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Nelson | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 8340 | Shelby | 1915 | Box 25 | Housebreaking & Larceny | ||||
| View Entry | Richard | Nevils | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 8236 | Obion | 1915 | 1924 | Box 25 | Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | Riley | Parm | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11592 | Polk | 1921 | 1923 | Box 27 | Petty Larceny | ||
| View Entry | Roy | Parrott | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | McMinn | Box 27 | Violated “Four-Mile” Law | ||||||
| View Entry | Rich | Payne | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | 9264 | Shelby | 1917 | Box 27 | grand larceny |
died 1920 |
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| View Entry | Robert | Phillips | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11165 | Lauderdale | 1921 | 1925 | Box 28 | Attempted Murder in 1st Degree | ||
| View Entry | Raymond | Poindexter | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Box 28 |
letters |
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| View Entry | Roy | Rankin | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 9780 | Rutherford | 1917 | 1923 | Box 30 | Murder in 2nd Degree | ||
| View Entry | Ross | Reed | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11268 | Dyer | 1921 | 1923 | Box 30 | grand larceny | ||
| View Entry | Raymond | Remine | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 10778 | Greene | 1922 | 1923 | Box 30 | robbery | ||
| View Entry | Robert | Richards | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Pardon | 11162 | Knox | 1921 | 1921 | Box 30 | Committing a Felony | ||
| View Entry | Roy | Richman | Pardons and Paroles 1904-1925 | Parole | 11341 | Trousdale | 1921 | 1923 | Box 30 | Assault to Commit Murder in 2nd Degree |
