Newly discovered Arkansas State Penitentiary books, located in the Saline County Courthouse

State Penitentiary Indexes, were found in a corner of the Saline County, AR courthouse. Submitted by Deb Robinson.

The books found are the Arkansas State Penitentiary Governor's books, covering the years of 1918 - 1970s, with several years missing. Some of the books are very detailed with information, while a few are not, and every county in the state is included.

Many of the records did not survive the moves throughout the years, so they may not exist. If anyone wants to contact the prison:
    1800s - 1995 - - call either Gean Yelverton or Sheila Moses at the Arkansas Department of Correction, 1-870-267-6425. They will look for the file and if it exists, they will make copies at $.75 a page.
    1995 - present - call Gail Ramsey at Central Records at Pine Bluff,
1-870-267-6684. The cost will be the same.

NAME			Prison#   County	Book Source		Book Year
Bates			17727	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Bates, Jessee		17726	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Brown, Weaver		20107	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Cole, Raymond		18525	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Hughes, H. M.		18912	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
James, Jim		15412	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Kendrick, William	17337	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Logan, Winifred		18913	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Nicholson, Luther	16023	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Outler, Buck		19301	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Pettit, Olin		17728	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Sims, Marshall		19302	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Smith, Tobe		15445	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Smith, A.		19544	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Thomas, Clarence	19303	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Thomas, Ben		19304	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920
Weldon, Jim		15411	Montgomery Co.	AR State Penitentiary	1918-1920

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