Genealogical Gleanings from the Eastern State Penitentiary Moral Instructor's Book A, 1836-1840

GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM THE EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY MORAL INSTRUCTOR’S BOOK A, 1836-1840 contributed by Valerie-Anne Lutz* S even volumes of Eastern State Penitentiary records are held at a library other than Eastern State Penitentiary itself or the Pennsylvania State Archives. These are at the American Philosophical Society (APS) Library in Philadelphia and include records that range from 1819 to 1892. The most significant of these records held at APS relating to individual prisoners may be found in the admission records: three volumes labeled A, B, and D kept by Thomas Larcombe, moral instructor for the Quaker prison, and two additional admission volumes. The latter volumes typically include prisoner number, name, color, age, nativity (place of birth), occupation, number of convictions, parents living, habits (smoking, drinking, ability to read and write), offense, sentence, county of offense and sentencing, sentence expiration date, religious education, plea, and whether they were pardoned or discharged, or died. The most interesting information, however, may be found in volumes A, B, and D. They include prisoner number, date admitted, name, age, race and skin color (if black), religion (if Catholic or Presbyterian), place of birth or nativity, occupation, location of offense, dates of admittance and end of term, date of discharge, pardon, or death (if one of these occurred), various abbreviations regarding ability to read and write and habits such as smoking and drinking, cell block (this is sometimes difficult to read), and prior convictions, and the prison disciplinarian’s opinion of the prisoner. Most of the descriptions are about a paragraph in length and include the prisoner’s disposition, personal habits, mental health, intelligence, and receptiveness to religious instruction. The original records include notations from which one may be able to determine whether the prisoner is an ancestor or to distinguish between two men of the same name. In addition to the country, state, or Pennsylvania county of nativity and the county in which the offense was committed, many notations include marital status and sometimes number of children, color, and in some cases, religion. Occasionally, notes relating * The contributor is Head of Manuscripts Processing at the American Philosophical Society and is on the board of directors of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 (2014) © Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania 119 120 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 to other family members appear, such as one that states “had a mother & five sisters living in Arch St. off 2nd.” The language here reflects that of the time in which it was recorded. So, for example, the use of “black,” “colored,” “sambo,” and “mulatto” were accepted variations at that time. If no race was indicated, the presumption is that the prisoner was Caucasian. The prisoner numbers listed here provide a link to the records at Eastern State Penitentiary and the Pennsylvania State Archives, many of which list prisoner numbers without names. Online-only addition: The transcription below reflects only a minor portion of what appears in the complete volumes at the APS and appear online at their site. Abel, Carl, age 38 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 November 1838 Page 194, number 1008 Adams, Augustus, age 33, black Offense: Larceny Admitted: 19 March 1835 Page 16, number 498 Note: John McKnight family Adams, Nathan, age 36 Offense: Forgery Admitted: 5 July 1834 Note: Alias Nathan Lewis Page 4, number 263 Albert, Levi, age 26, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 November 1838 Page 193, number 1006 Formerly: Alfred Loadman Albertson, Cornelius, age 54 Born: Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 December 1837 Page 121, number 859 Alexander, Augustus, age 25 Born: Baden, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 January 1838 Page 124, number 866 Alexander, Thomas, age 18, black Born: New York Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 December 1837 Note: Formerly John Thomas Page 116, number 849 Allen, John, age 20, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 June 1839 Page 258, number 1120 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Allen, Reuben, age 34 Born: New York Offense: Larcenies; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 September 1836 Page 44, number 642 Allen, William, age 38 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 October 1838 Page 183, number 987 Anderson, David, age 23, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Murder; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 October 1837 Page 105, number 821 Anderson, Samuel, age 27, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; ; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 June 1837 Page 80, number 762 Anderson, Sarah, age 22, black Born: New Orleans, Louisiana Offense: Robbery ; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 October 1836 Note: Eliza Denby [unclear if this is an alias] Page 45, number 646 Anderson, William, age 27, black Born: Reading, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 April 1839 Page 232, number 1080 121 Anderson, William, age 42 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 November 1837 Page 116, number 848 Anderson, William, age 28, black Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 December 1838 Page 206, number 1033 Andrews, Alexander, age 20, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 June 1837 Page 83, number 771 Andrews, Benjamin, age 20, mulatto Born: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Berks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 August 1837 Page 95, number 795 Angelow, James, age 21 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 March 1839 Page 228, number 1073 Armstrong, Reuben, age 41, dark mulatto Born: Richmond, Virginia Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 December 1837 Page 117, number 851 122 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 Aspey, James, age 24 Born: Ireland Offense: Riot and assault and battery, intent to kill; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 January 1838 Page 133, number 883 Bates, Joseph, age 25 Born: Bradford County, Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 November 1838 Page 201, number 1023 Ayres, William, age 23, black Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Burglary; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 31 July 1838 Page 162, number 944 Note: Runaway slave Beck, Walderman W., age 27 Born: Denmark Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 August 1838 Page 161, number 941 Babb, Samuel, age 34 Born: Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Forgery; committed in Berks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 January 1838 Page 126, number 870 Badger, James, age 16, mulatto Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 December 1835 Page 23, number 553 Baker, Jacob, age 28, mulatto Born: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1838 Page 148, number 914 Barr, James, age 58 Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 August 1838 Page 172, number 964 Beidleman, Henry, age 24 Born: Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny, stealing, arson, breaking jail Admitted: 13 September 1836 Page 43, number 641 Bell, John M., age 32 Born: Maine Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 August 1837 Note: Alias John Cameron Page 95, number 796 Bingham, William, age 44, light black Offense: Robbery; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 August 1835 Note: Alias Charles Huleght Page 13, number 422 Bishop, John, age 50 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 August 1837 Page 89, number 783 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Blackburn, James, age 27, black Born: Bedford County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 October 1837 Page 99, number 807 Blake, William, age 52 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Forgery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 June 1836 Page 36, number 599 Blaxton, Alexander, age 22, black Born: Delaware Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1836 Page 101, number 811 Boar, James, age 21, black Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 November 1838 Page 199, number 1018 Bodder, Henry C., age 38 Born: Hanover, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Monroe County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 May 1838 Page 153, number 926 Boggs, Joseph, age 22, black Offense: Assault and battery with attempt to kill Admitted: 23 September 1834 Page 15, number 495 123 Bonefong, Henry, age 19 Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 March 1838 Page 145, number 909 Booth, Addington, age 30 Born: England Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 September 1838 Page 178, number 976 Boulin, John, age 44 Born: Boston, Massachusetts Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 June 1838 Note: Alias John Bullen Page 156, number 931 Bowen, James, age 25, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 October 1838 Page 186, number 992 Bowen, Samuel, age 36, black Born: Connecticut Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 April 1836 Page 30, number 582 Boyce, Jonathan, age 30 Born: Canada Offense: Larceny; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 December 1837 Page 120, number 857 Boyd, Edward H., age 20 Born: Albany, New York Offense: Horse stealing and forgery Admitted: 8 April 1835 Page 0, number 376 124 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Boyle, Barney, age 36, Irish Catholic Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 December 1835 Page 20, number 542 Bradley, William, age 22 Born: Sligo, Ireland Offense: Murder; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 May 1838 Page 155, number 930 Brady, Patrick, age 45 Born: Ireland Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 January 1838 Page 134, number 885 Note: Gives bad name to 862 [John Hays]. Brandsher, John, age 56 Born: Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 November 1836 Page 51, number 673 Brannon, Thomas, age 29 Born: Virginia Offense: Larceny Admitted: 23 March 1836 Page 29, number 577 Brant, Peter, age 26 Born: Albany County, New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1838 Page 180, number 980 Vol. 49 Bray, Abraham, age 16, black Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 May 1839 Page 245, number 1098 Brill, Peter, age 27, Jew and Catholic Born: Hamburg, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 November 1837 Page 113, number 842 Brinson, Hannah, age 25, mulatto Born: Wilmington, Delaware Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 September 1838 Page 181, number 983 Brinson, Robert, age 30, mulatto Born: New York Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 September 1838 Page 181, number 982 Briscoe, William, age 18, black Born: West Chester, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 March 1838 Page 145, number 908 Bristol, Henry, age 24, sambo Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 December 1838 Page 202, number 1025 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Brown, Abram, age 21, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 April 1839 Page 238, number 1091 Brown, David, age 28, black Born: Maryland Offense: Arson; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 August 1837 Page 98, number 804 Brown, Hannah, age 23 Offense: Larceny Admitted: 25 March 1835 Page 16, number 507 Brown, Henry, age 20, black, Catholic Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 January 1838 Page 131, number 879 Brown, James, age 19 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 April 1838 Page 146, number 911 Brown, John, age 33, mulatto Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny Admitted: 30 June 1836 Page 37, number 603 Alias: William Carpenter 125 Brown, John, age 23, black Born: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Offense: Rape; committed in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 December 1836 Page 55, number 692 Brown, John, age 35, mulatto Born: Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Berks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 January 1837 Note: Alias Jacob Jordan, Gibson, or Wilson Page 60, number 709 Brown, Robert, age 26, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Attempt at burglary Admitted: 31 January 1839 Note: Formerly John Harris Page 211, number 1044 Brown, Stephen, age 29, black Born: Frankford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 April 1837 Page 70, number 736 Brown, Thomas, age 18, mulatto Born: Maryland Offense: Assault and battery with attempt to commit rape; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 November 1835 Note: Slave who ran away from Maryland Page 19, number 532 126 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 Brown, Washington, age 22 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 December 1837 Note: Alias Washington Seems Page 119, number 854 Buchanan, James, age 21, black Born: York County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 November 1836 Note: Alias Benjamin Williams Page 50, number 671 Brown, William, age 23, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 December 1836 Page 54, number 687 Buchanan, Thomas, age 57 Born: Sussex County, Delaware Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Page 141, number 901 Brown, William, age 27, black Born: Washington, District of Columbia Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 May 1839 Page 242, number 1095 Bruch, Petter, age 21 Born: Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 April 1838 Page 148, number 916 Brundage, Curtis, age 19 Born: Columbia County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 January 1838 Note: Real name John Wilson Page 128, number 873 Bryan, Samuel, age 23, mulatto Offense: Assault and battery with attempt to rob and burglary Admitted: 11 March 1835 Page 8, number 359 Buckley, Samuel E., age 25 Born: England Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 April 1838 Page 149, number 917 Burke, Hannah, age 40 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 August 1838 Page 169, number 959 Burks, John, age 39, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 March 1838 Page 144, number 906 Burns, John, age 46, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1837 Page 68, number 733 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A 127 Burns, William, age 30 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 June 1837 Note: Alias William Johnson Page 81, number 765 Butler, Rebecca, age 17, black Born: Bedford County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 August 1838 Page 160, number 939 Burnside, Samuel, age 18, mulatto Born: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Assault and battery with intent to commit rape; committed in Columbia County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 August 1837 Page 96, number 800 Campbell, William, age 20, mulatto Born: Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 April 1838 Page 146, number 910 Burton, Daniel, age 36, mulatto Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Receiving stolen goods; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 April 1839 Note: Formerly Daniel Gray Page 233, number 1081 Carnes, Edward, age 32, Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 January 1836 Page 25, number 559 Butler, Samuel, age 40, sambo Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Disorderly house; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 August 1838 Page 161, number 942 Butler, William, age 24, black Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Robbery; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 August 1837 Page 98, number 803 Carpenter, Levi, age 24 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 December 1838 Page 204, number 1030 Carrell, James, age 36, Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 December 1836 Page 58, number 699 Carrol, Francis, age 29, black Born: Washington, District of Columbia Offense: Larceny; committed in Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 July 1839 Page 258, number 1121 128 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Carver, George, age 36 Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary Admitted: 10 August 1836 Page 40, number 617 Carver, Levi, age 38 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 August 1837 Page 93, number 791 Chapman, Henry, age 12, black Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Arson; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 April 1839 Page 239, number 1093 Chauncey, Henry, age 47 Born: New York Offense: Murder; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 May 1839 Page 240, number 1094 Christ, Jonathan, age 22 Born: Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 January 1839 Page 213, number 1047 Christy, Samuel, age 33, mulatto Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 January 1836 Page 26, number 565 Vol. 49 Clapfer, Christian, age 20 Born: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 April 1835 Page 10, number 375 Clark, William, age 28 Born: Scotland Offense: Murder Admitted: 24 April 1830 Page 1, number 20 Clark, William, age 29, black Born: Centre County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 August 1837 Page 91, number 788 Clarke, Washington, age 19, light black Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 April 1837 Alias: Washington Brown Page 74, number 746 Cole, Robert, age 19 Born: Liverpool, England Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 July 1836 Page 38, number 604 Collar, Benjamin, age 20 Born: Otsego, New York Offense: Forgery; committed in Wayne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 January 1839 Page 212, number 1045 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Collins, Elijah, age 24, black Offense: Burglary Admitted: 17 August 1830 Page 1, number 31 Collins, Patrick, age 40 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 June 1839 Page 255, number 1114 Connolly, Eliza, age 16, mulatto Offense: Poisoning Admitted: 12 October 1835 Note: Alias Eliza Conway Page 18, number 519 Conway, Patrick, age 28, Irish Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 May 1839 Page 246, number 1100 Cooper, Charles, age 32, black Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 November 1838 Page 195, number 1011 Cooper, James, age 29 Born: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 December 1834 Page 7, number 332 Coover, Jacob, age 27 Horse stealing Admitted: 22 January 1835 Page 7, number 349 129 Coover, John, age 29 Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing Admitted: 22 January 1835 Page 7, number 348 Cordner, Joseph, age 32 Born: New York Offense: Forgery; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 April 1837 Page 72, number 742 Cordner, Solomon, age 27 Born: New York Offense: Forgery; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 April 1837 Page 72, number 743 Coston, William, age 32 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 November 1837 Page 112, number 839 Cowanski, Matthias, age 36 Born: Poland Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 December 1837 Page 118, number 852 Cox, Jacob, age 45, German Born: Maryland Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 January 1836 Page 25, number 563 130 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 Coyne, Thomas, age 35 Born: Ireland Offense: Murder; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 August 1838 Page 172, number 965 Davis, Carcy, age 20, black Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 November 1837 Page 109, number 831 Craig, Wilhelmina, age 16, black Offense: Larceny Admitted: 18 March 1835 Page 17, number 511 Davis, Daniel, age 45 Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 May 1835 Page 11, number 395 Cramer, Simon, age 23 Born: Mercer County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 August 1838 Page 163, number 946 Crawford, Robert, age 28 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in West Chester, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 February 1839 Page 219, number 1058 Cromer, Stacy, age 45 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 August 1838 Page 166, number 952 Cunius, Israel, age 25 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 March 1838 Page 143, number 905 Dahoff, Charles, age 22 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 May 1838 Page 150, number 919 Davis, Henry, age 36, mulatto Born: Port au Prince, Haiti Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 August 1838 Page 174, number 969 Davis, John, age 24 Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 February 1838 Page 140, number 898 Davis, Samuel, age 40, mulatto Offense: Rape Admitted: 14 December 1830 Page 2, number 58 Davis, William, age 48 Born: Connecticut Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1837 Page 100, number 809 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Dawson, John, age 40, black Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 June 1839 Note: Also known as John Dorsey Page 255, number 1115 Dawson, John, age 27, black Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny Admitted: 17 February 1836 Page 28, number 575 Day, John, age 37 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary and larceny Admitted: 1 October 1835 Page 0, number 445 Defoe, John, age 47 Born: West Indies Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 April 1837 Page 71, number 740 Defranca, Charles D., age 37 Born: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Tioga County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 October 1838 Page 186, number 993 Derry, Elizabeth, age 17, mulatto Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 June 1839 Page 257, number 1119 131 Derry, Loudon, age 26, black Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 July 1839 Page 259, number 1123 Dill, Samuel, age 37, black Born: Sussex County, Delaware Offense: Larceny and prison breaking Admitted: 21 November 1834 Page 0, number 326 Dillmore, George, age 25, black Born: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 October 1836 Page 48, number 658 Divinny, Daniel, age 30 Born: York County, Pennsylvania Offense: Putting stones on railroad; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 November 1838 Page 192, number 1005 Dixon, Joseph, age 20, black Born: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 December 1836 Page 54, number 686 Dorsey, Jonathan, age 30, black Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 20 April 1837 Page 74, number 747 132 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 Downs, John C., age 28, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 January 1839 Page 210, number 1041 Field, Henry, age 25 Born: South Carolina Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 May 1838 Page 154, number 928 Doyle, Jeremiah, age 23, Catholic Born: Ireland Offense committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 November 1837 Page 111, number 837 Fink, Rachel, age 25 Born: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Offense: Misdemeanor; committed in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 September 1838 Page 177, number 975 Eckart, Peter, age 35 Offense: Robbery; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 August 1835 Page 13, number 420 Eckfelt, Jacob, age 26 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 November 1838 Page 189, number 999 Eldred, Abraham, age 42 Born: Long Island, New York Offense: Larcenies; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 April 1836 Page 33, number 591 Evans, William, age 33 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 March 1839 Note: Formerly William Chamberlain Page 227, number 1071 Finney, Joseph, age 22, black Robbery Admitted: 13 March 1835 Page 10, number 368 Fisher, Robert, age 27, mulatto Born: Hartford, Connecticut Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 April 1839 Note: Alias Josiah Fisher Page 233, number 1082 Fitzgerald, David, age 18, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 20 May 1839 Page 249, number 1102 Fitzpatrick, Edward, age 24 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 August 1837 Page 97, number 802 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Flaherty, James, age 27 Born: Goshen, New York Offense: Horse stealing, assault and battery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 October 1836 Page 47, number 651 Foley, Thomas, age 32, Irish Catholic Born: Ireland Offense committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 January 1838 Page 130, number 877 Fortner, James, age 29, black Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 May 1837 Page 77, number 754 133 Frazier, Joseph, age 38, mulatto Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 June 1837 Page 79, number 760 Freden, M. Oden, age 38, mulatto Born: Washington, District of Columbia Offense committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 January 1838 Note: Formerly Win Wallace, calls himself “Duce” Page 124, number 865 Furley, Robert, age 48 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 April 1836 Note: Alias Richard Furley Page 32, number 587 Foster, Amos, age 23 Born: Providence, Rhode Island Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1838 Page 180, number 981 Gale, James, age 33, Catholic Born: Rockland County, New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 July 1837 Page 88, number 781 Francis, John, age 25, black Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 April 1839 Page 234, number 1083 Gallagher, John, age 36, Irish Catholic Offense: Horse stealing and larceny Admitted: 11 November 1835 Page 18, number 529 Franklin, John, age 15, Indian extraction Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Assault and battery with intent to ravish; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 May 1838 Page 153, number 925 Garman, David, age 45 Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 December 1838 Page 203, number 1028 134 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Genners, Michael, age 23 Born: Ireland Offense: Murder; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 December 1837 Page 115, number 847 George, Eliza, age 28, mulatto Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 February 1839 Pages 220 and 221, number 1060 Ghien, William, age 24 Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Assault and battery with intent to ravish; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 August 1837 Page 92, number 790 Gibbs, John, age 21, very light mulatto Offense: Burglary Admitted: 12 August 1834 Page 5, number 270 Gilbert, William, age 55 Born: Hartford, Connecticut Offense: Larceny Admitted: 16 February 1839 Note: Formerly Stephen Williams Page 221, number 1061 Gilder, Bernard, age 21, Catholic Offense: Larceny Admitted: 28 September 1834 Page 13, number 437 Vol. 49 Giles, William, age 45 Born: Maryland Offense: Assault and battery; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 August 1838 Page 166, number 953 Godfrey, Charles, age 21 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 August 1837 Page 93, number 792 Godfrey, Charles, age 22 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 May 1839 Page 246, number 1099 Goodwin, Jacob, age 27 Born: New York Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 November 1838 Page 187, number 994 Gordon, Andrew, age 22, black Born: Maryland Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 November 1838 Page 199, number 1019 Gordon, George, age 22 Born: Ireland Offense: Cheating by false pretenses; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 November 1837 Page 107, number 825 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Gray, Thomas, age 38 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 June 1839 Page 254, number 1113 Green, Jacob S., age 17, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 May 1838 Page 152, number 924 Green, Joseph, age 30 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 March 1839 Page 229, number 1074 Grey, James, age 35 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 August 1838 Note: Alias James Clark Page 164, number 949 Griffis, James, age 25 Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Tioga County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 January 1838 Page 131, number 880 Grimes, Charles, age 27 Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 May 1837 Page 78, number 757 Gross, John, age 27, German Born: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larcenies; committed in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Page 136, number 890 135 Gruber, John, age 29 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 January 1839 Page 216, number 1053 Hagerman, Aaron, age 32, mulatto Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 December 1838 Page 206, number 1034 Hagerman, Elizabeth, age 28, dark mulatto Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 December 1838 Page 207, number 1035 Hagerty, Dennis, age 49 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 October 1838 Page 184, number 988 Haines, Joseph, age 33 Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 October 1838 Note: Alias Joseph Carnitz. Real name Joseph Cunins, brother to Israel Cunins Page 184, number 989 Haines, William, age 27 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 October 1838 Note: Alias William Sutton Page 185, number 990 136 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 Hamilton, William, age 25 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 November 1838 Page 197, number 1015 Haunte, Christian, age 50 Born: Wurttemberg, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Columbia County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 April 1839 Page 236, number 1088 Hammitt, John, age 40 Born: Ireland Offense: Burglary; committed in Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 December 1835 Page 21, number 543 Hawk, Peter A., age 36 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Forgery; committed in Union County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 February 1837 Page 62, number 717 Hanson, Charles, age 19, black Born: Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 May 1839 Page 250, number 1105 Hapan, John, age 23, Irish Catholic Offense: Murder; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 January 1835 Page 7, number 342 Hark, George, age 24 Offense: Burglary and larceny Admitted: 17 March 1835 Page 9, number 363 Hartz, Frederick, age 45 Born: Saxony, Germany Offense: Burglary; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 August 1838 Page 164, number 948 Harvey, John, age 45 Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 March 1837 Page 63, number 721 Hays, John, age 37 Born: Ireland Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 January 1838 Page 123, number 862 Heater, Frederick, age 24 Born: Saxony, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 31 October 1837 Page 108, number 827 Heath, David, age 50 Born: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Offense: Counterfeiting; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 June 1839 Page 257, number 1118 Heinline, David, age 29 Born: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 January 1838 Note: Alias William Moore Page 122, number 860 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Helwig, Andrew, age 33 Born: Union County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Union County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 December 1838 Page 208, number 1037 Hicks, Norris, age 27, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 August 1837 Page 94, number 793 137 Hilton, George A., age 21 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 November 1837 Page 108, number 829 Hitchins, Roberts, age 20, mulatto Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 March 1837 Page 63, number 722 Hill, John, age 26 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 31 August 1838 Page 171, number 963 Holland, Joseph, age 34 Offense: Burglary and larceny Admitted: 13 March 1835 Alias: Joseph Reece Page 9, number 361 Hill, John, age 26 Born: Stockport, England Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 May 1837 Page 78, number 756 Holmes, Hall, age 32, mulatto Born: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny Admitted: 9 August 1836 Page 42, number 621 Hill, Sam C., age 23, black Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 August 1836 Page 42, number 632 Holvis, William, age 49 Born: Cologne, France Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 May 1839 Page 248, number 1101 Hill, Samuel, age 23, sambo Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 January 1838 Page 122, number 861 Hoover, Jacob, age 23 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1837 Page 67, number 730 138 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Hopper, James, age 26, mulatto Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 August 1838 Page 162, number 943 Houlton, Patrick, age 20 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 January 1839 Page 217, number 1055 Vol. 49 Jackson, Thomas, age 25, mulatto Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Page 138, number 894 Jacobs, Peter, age 28, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 December 1836 Page 52, number 683 How, Alexander, age 21 Offense: Horse stealing and larceny Admitted: 8 August 1833 Page 2, number 181 Jacobs, William, age 22, black Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 December 1838 Page 202, number 1026 Hull, Samuel, age 35 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 June 1837 Page 82, number 769 Jenkins, William, age 29 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 June 1838 Page 157, number 933 Jackson, Hannah, age 24, black Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 December 1838 Page 203, number 1027 Jobes, William, age 52 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 November 1838 Note: Formerly William Knowles Page 194, number 1009 Jackson, Henry W., age 23 Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 May 1838 Page 150, number 921 Jackson, James, age 18, black Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 August 1837 Page 94, number 794 Johnson, Alexander, age 18, black Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Page 214, number 1049 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Johnson, Ann, age 31, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 August 1838 Note: Alias Ann Davis Page 165, number 950 Johnson, Ann, age 22, mulatto Born: Virginia Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 January 1836 Page 24, number 557 Johnson, Charles, age 18, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 September 1838 Page 182, number 984 Johnson, Charles, age 28 Offense: Passing counterfeit money Admitted: 5 July 1834 Page 4, number 264 Johnson, George, age 26, black Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 February 1836 Page 27, number 569 Johnson, George, age 32 Born: Virginia Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 September 1838 Page 176, number 973 139 Johnson, James, age 36, black Born: Maryland Offense: Receiving stolen goods Admitted: 2 April 1836 Note: Alias Peter Hercules Page 31, number 585 Johnson, James, age 21, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 January 1839 Page 216, number 1054 Johnson, John, age 35, black Born: Delaware Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 November 1836 Page 49, number 664 Johnson, John, age 36, black Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 December 1836 Page 57, number 696 Johnson, John, age 22 Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted 10 August 1837 Note: “Real name Sinclair, of a wealthy and respectable family” Page 91, number 787 Johnson, John, age 31, mulatto Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 February 1838 Page 135, number 888 140 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Johnson, Thomas W., age 26 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Tioga County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 January 1839 Page 211, number 1043 Johnson, William, age 23, black Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 March 1837 Page 66, number 728 Johnson, William, age 21 Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 January 1838 Page 129, number 875 Jones, Frank, age 24, mulatto Born: Virginia Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 August 1838 Page 167, number 955 Jones, Henry, age 22, mulatto Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 February 1838 Page 137, number 892 Jones, John, age 42 Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 May 1838 Page 152, number 923 Vol. 49 Jones, John, age 25, black Born: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 January 1837 Note: Alias George Boggs Page 59, number 702 Jones, John, age 38, mulatto Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 April 1839 Note: Alias Samuel Williams Page 234, number 1084 Jones, Mealy, age 19, black Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 May 1838 Page 151, number 922 Jones, Moses, age 19, black Born: Delaware Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 May 1839 Page 251, number 1107 Jones, Sewell, age 26, sambo Born: Kent County, Delaware Offense: Horse stealing and larceny; committed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 March 1838 Page 143, number 904 Jones, William, age 26, black Born: Princeton, New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 February 1838 Page 140, number 899 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A 141 Jordan, John, age 33, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary Admitted: 2 October 1837 Note: Alias John Borden Page 104, number 819 Kelly, John, age 28 Born: Philadelphia Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 June 1839 Page 187, number 995 Jordan, William, age 39, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 February 1838 Page 139, number 896 Kelly, Patrick, Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 April 1837 Page 73, number 745 Kaufman, Samuel G., age 28 Born: York County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 November 1838 Page 191, number 1002 Kelsey, Hiram, age 26 Born: New York Offense: Burglary; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 January 1838 Page 128, number 874 Keeny, Eli, age 22 Born: Buffalo, New York Offense: Cheating by false pretenses; committed in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 November 1837 Page 110, number 833 Kelsey, Jesse, age 18, black Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 January 1838 Page 123, number 864 Kelley, George Noble, age 25 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 March 1838 Page 142, number 903 Kelly, John, age 42 Born: England Offense: Murder; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 November 1838 Page 187, number 995 Kinly, Thomas, age 28 Born: England Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 31 July 1837 Page 90, number 784 Knight, Isaac, age 18 Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 May 1835 Note: Alias Isaac Saunders. “Stepson to 395 [Daniel Davis]. Endeavours to cast the blame on his Father and 397 [Benjamin Nickles].” Page 12, number 396 142 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 Koenig, Henry, age 26, German Catholic Born: Hanover, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 November 1837 Page 113, number 841 Lains, James, age 26, black Born: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 May 1838 Page 157, number 934 Kromer, Abraham, age 25 Born: Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Receiving bank note stolen from mail; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 December 1836 Page 56, number 695 Laird, Joseph, age 25 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 February 1839 Page 217, number 1056 Kromer, William, age 31 Born: Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Stealing a letter from U.S. Mail Admitted: 23 December 1836 Page 56, number 694 Krumbach, Livingston, age 21, black Born: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 20 January 1838 Page 133, number 884 Kunkle, George, age 24 Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 31 July 1838 Page 160, number 940 Lambert, Benjamin, age 47 Born: New Jersey Offense: Forgery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 June 1838 Page 158, number 936 Lambkin, John, age 24 Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Forgery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 November 1838 Page 197, number 1014 Lane, Harriet, age 17 Born: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1838 Page 177, number 974 Latimer, Augustus, age 20, mulatto Born: New York Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 April 1836 Note: Alias Augustus Montanye Page 31, number 584 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A 143 Lawrence, John, age 42 Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 November 1838 Page 191, number 1003 Lentz, Oliver, age 35 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 March 1837 Page 64, number 724 Lawrence, William, age 20 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary Admitted: 13 March 1835 Note: Alias William Glover Page 10, number 366 Leonard, William M., age 29 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 August 1838 Page 168, number 956 Lee, William Henry, age 27, black Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 November 1836 Note: Alias Jeremiah Lee Page 55, number 690 Lemon, Elizabeth, age 20 Born: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Perjury; committed in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 January 1838 Page 127, number 872 Lemon, Nathaniel, age 27, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Attempt at burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 December 1837 Page 120, number 856 Lennox, Eliza, age 20, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 December 1838 Page 207, number 1036 Lernon, Hosea, age 30, black Born: Wilmington, Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 September 1836 Page 44, number 643 Lerue, Isaac, age 21 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 November 1838 Page 198, number 1017 Lichty, John, age 37 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 November 1837 Note: Alias John Loudenslager Page 114, number 843 Lindsay, David, age 46 Born: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny Admitted: 11 August 1836 Page 40, number 618 144 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Little, Priam, age 30, mulatto Offense: Assault and battery with attempt to rob and burglary Admitted: 11 March 1835 Page 8, number 358 Lloyd, William, age 20, black Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Rape; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 August 1837 Note: Alias Littleton Lloyd Page 99, number 806 Loller, James, age 33 Born: Virginia Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 January 1838 Page 130, number 878 Lomison, Isaac, age 17 Born: Columbia County, Pennsylvania Offense: Forgery; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1838 Page 179, number 979 Lott, John B., age 28, sambo Born: Lamberton, New Jersey Offense: Larcenies; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 February 1838 Page 141, number 900 Loyd, Joseph, age 33 Born: Lancashire, England Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 March 1837 Page 65, number 726 Vol. 49 Luff, Hester, age 23, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 February 1839 Page 214, number 1050 Lyas, Susan, age 35, mulatto Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 January 1839 Page 209, number 1039 Magor, John, age 40 Born: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 March 1839 Page 225, number 1069 Maguire, James, age 18 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Adams County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 August 1838 Page 174, number 968 Maguire, Michael, age 26, Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 June 1837 Page 86, number 776 Malone, John, age 52 Born: Ireland Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 November 1836 Page 51, number 675 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A 145 Marshall, Charles H., age 24, black Born: Washington, District of Columbia Offense: Larceny Admitted: 10 August 1836 Page 41, number 620 McClarity, Archibald, age 40 Born: Ireland Offense: Murder; committed in Centre County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 April 1838 Page 149, number 918 Marshall, John, age 67 Born: Ireland Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 August 1838 Page 169, number 958 McClinton, Robert, age 24, mulatto Born: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 December 1836 Page 56, number 693 Martin, Samuel, age 25, mulatto Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 September 1837 Page 104, number 818 McConnell, James, age 38 Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Centre County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 January 1839 Note: Formerly Daniel McConnell Page 215, number 1051 Mason, Charles, age 26, black Born: Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 October 1836 Page 47, number 654 Matthewz, Joseph, age 40, black Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 March 1836 Note: Alias Joseph West Page 28, number 576 McCarty, John, age 37 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 August 1838 Page 173, number 966 McCoy, John, age 24, mulatto Offense: Assault and battery with attempt to rape another in Walnut Street Prison and intent to kill Admitted: 5 November 1830 Page 15, number 492 McCurdy, James, age 47 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 January 1837 Page 57, number 698 McGauw, Jacob, age 22 Born: New Jersey Offense: Rape; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 June 1837 Page 83, number 770 146 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine McGowen, Patrick, age 25, Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 October 1838 Page 189, number 998 McGuken, James, age 25 Born: Ireland Offense: Riot and assault and battery, intent to kill; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 January 1838 Page 132, number 881 McGuken, Patrick, age 23 Born: Ireland Offense: Riot and assault and battery, intent to kill; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 January 1838 Page 132, number 882 McLaughlin, William, age 22 Born: Delaware County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Centre County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 January 1839 Page 215, number 1052 McLaughlin, Daniel, age 25 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 January 1839 Page 256, number 1116 Meixel, John, age 47 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 November 1835 Page 22, number 548 Vol. 49 Millar, Milford, age 18 Born: Norristown, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 May 1839 Page 243, number 1096 Miller, David, age 56 Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Passed counterfeit money; committed in Northern Liberties, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 September 1837 Page 102, number 813 Miller, John, age 31 Born: Washington, District of Columbia Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 August 1837 Page 89, number 782 Miller, Robert, age 26, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 March 1837 Page 65, number 727 Miller, William, age 18 Born: New Jersey Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Berks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 January 1838 Page 127, number 871 Miller, William, age 27, black Born: Salem, New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 October 1837 Page 106, number 823 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Minus, Alfred, age 25 Born: Delaware Offense: Burglary; committed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 September 1837 Page 96, number 799 Mitchell, Charles A., age 37 Offense: Forgery Admitted: 5 July 1834 Page 3, number 262 Mitchell, Henry, age 35, black Born: Maryland Offense: Murder; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 November 1838 Page 200, number 1021 Mitchell, William, age 35 Born: Delaware Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 June 1836 Page 34, number 594 Moore, Barney, age 30 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 January 1838 Page 125, number 867 Moore, John, age 38, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 November 1838 Page 188, number 997 Moorehouse, John, age 30 Born: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Offense: Passed counterfeit money; committed in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 August 1836 Page 43, number 639 147 More, John, age 21, mulatto Born: Maryland Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 December 1835 Note: Alias Steton More Page 19, number 540 Morgan, Thomas, age 21 Born: Delaware Offense: Assault and battery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 September 1837 Page 102, number 812 Morris, John, age 29 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1837 Page 67, number 731 Morris, Mary, age 25, bright mulatto Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 March 1839 Page 226, number 1070 Morse Jr., Philo., age 38 Born: Connecticut Offense: Larceny; committed in Wayne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 January 1839 Page 212, number 1046 Mullin, Hugh, age 35, Irish Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny Admitted: 11 July 1836 Page 38, number 607 148 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Murray, Nancy, age 17, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Receiving stolen goods; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 June 1837 Page 82, number 767 Murray, Perry, age 21, black Born: Smyrna, Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 November 1836 Page 52, number 682 Vol. 49 Nugent, John, age 37 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 January 1838 Page 129, number 876 Obery, John, age 38 Born: Spain Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 April 1836 Page 32, number 586 Myers, Anthony, age 24 Born: Alsace, Germany Offense: Malicious mischief Admitted: 12 December 1838 Page 205, number 1031 O’Brien, William, age 24 Born: Cork, Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 April 1838 Page 155, number 929 Nameless, John, age 31 Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 April 1838 Page 147, number 913 O’harra, Thomas, age 28 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 June 1837 Page 80, number 763 Nasha, Jacob, age 27 Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 June 1837 Page 79, number 761 O’Neil, John, age 40 Born: Ireland Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 August 1838 Page 165, number 951 Nickles, Benjamin, age 39 Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 May 1835 Note: Convicted with 395 (Daniel Davis) and 396 (Isaac Knight) Page 12, number 397 Palmer, George, age 26, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 August 1838 Page 159, number 938 Nixon, Robert, age 20, black Offense: Horse stealing Admitted: 18 November 1834 Page 5, number 322 Parker, George, age 23, dark mulatto Offense: Burglary; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 April 1835 Page 11, number 379 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Parker, Nathaniel, age 43 Born: New York Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 January 1837 Page 61, number 710 Parkes, Lyman, age 53 Offense: Engraving and having in possession WSB notes Admitted: 1 March 1835 Note: Alias James Wilson Page 11, number 392 Parks, Thomas, age 35, Irish Presbyterian Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Murder Admitted: 9 November 1833 Page 3, number 195 Patterson, John, age 42, light black Offense: Burglary Admitted: 22 April 1834 Page 3, number 244 Patton, James, age 28, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 June 1837 Page 86, number 777 Payne, Thomas, age 62 Born: Liverpool, England Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia Admitted: 27 September 1836 Page 45, number 644 Pearce, Jacob, age 23, black Born: Virginia Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 March 1838 Page 144, number 907 149 Penrose, John, age 34 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 March 1839 Page 227, number 1072 Peoples, Samuel, age 23 Born: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny and prison breaking; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 February 1836 Page 27, number 568 Peters, William, age 30 Born: Alsace, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Wayne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 August 1838 Page 173, number 967 Poltis, Grier, age 23, mulatto Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 February 1838 Page 139, number 895 Potter, Samuel B., age 48, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 February 1838 Page 137, number 893 Poulson, James, age 21, black Born: Virginia Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 April 1836 Page 30, number 583 150 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Pratt, Joseph, age 40, mulatto Born: Mobile Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 June 1837 Page 85, number 774 Preston, William, age 24 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 July 1839 Page 259, number 1122 Vol. 49 Ray, John, age 23 Born: Connecticut Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 August 1837 Page 90, number 786 Rex, Levi, age 25, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 December 1835 Page 20, number 541 Price, John, age 23, black Born: Guinea, Africa Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 January 1836 Page 24, number 556 Rice, Jacob, age 49, mulatto Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 August 1838 Page 167, number 954 Purcell, James, age 22 Born: Ireland Offense: Murder; committed in Centre County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 April 1837 Page 76, number 751 Richardson, Michael, age 27, black Born: Salem, New Jersey Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 December 1837 Page 117, number 850 Quantrill, Jesse D.C., age 27 Born: Hagerstown, Maryland Offense: Forgery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 July 1837 Page 88, number 780 Riggs, Simon, age 43 Offense: Assault and battery with attempt to rob and burglary Admitted: 11 March 1835 Page 8, number 360 Rady, Patrick, age 27 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 December 1837 Page 121, number 858 Roberts, George M., age 26 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 June 1836 Page 37, number 602 Roberts, John, age 24, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 December 1835 Page 23, number 551 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A 151 Roberts, Samuel, age 26 Born: Maryland Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 May 1839 Page 250, number 1104 Rose, John, age 36 Born: Ireland Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 May 1839 Page 251, number 1106 Robinson, Charles, age 27 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny Admitted: 23 February 1839 Page 225, number 1068 Rosenberger, John F.T., age 29 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 February 1839 Page 222, number 1062 Robinson, John, age 22, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 November 1838 Page 190, number 1001 Robinson, Philip, age 23, black Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 December 1835 Page 23, number 555 Rogers, John, age 25 Born: Ireland Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 1 June 1839 Page 253, number 1111 Roland, George, age 40 Born: Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Conspiracy to defraud; committed in Berks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 January 1838 Page 125, number 868 Rosenbush, John F., age 27 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 January 1837 Page 59, number 704 Ross, Richard, age 19, mulatto Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 April 1839 Page 231, number 1078 Ruth, William S., age 24 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Forgery; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 April 1837 Page 75, number 748 Salmon, Robert, age 25 Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 November 1838 Page 195, number 1010 152 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Salter, George, age 22, mulatto Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 October 1836 Page 48, number 656 Vol. 49 Scott, John, age 33, mulatto Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 August 1838 Page 175, number 970 Sanderson, James, age 28 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 July 1838 Page 159, number 937 Scott, Nelson, age 16, black Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1839 Page 229, number 1076 Saunders, Asa, age 21, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 May 1837 Page 77, number 755 Scottin, George, age 24 Born: Delaware Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 January 1838 Page 134, number 886 Scarlet, Richard, age 32 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1837 Page 100, number 808 Serrett, Stephen, age 30, mulatto Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1837 Page 68, number 732 Schank, Charles, age 23, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 April 1839 Page 237, number 1090 Sharp, Thomas, age 20, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 20 May 1839 Page 249, number 1103 Schwartz, Christian, age 30 Born: Saxony, Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 31 October 1837 Page 107, number 826 Sheetz, Michael, age 33 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 February 1839 Page 222, number 1063 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Sheetz, Samuel, age 23 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 February 1839 Page 223, number 1064 Shute, Jacob M., age 24 Born: New Jersey Offense: Burglary and larceny Admitted: 4 August 1836 Page 39, number 614 Siddall, James, age 26 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 May 1838 Page 154, number 927 Siddell, Jesse, age 37 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 October 1838 Page 185, number 991 Siegel, Moyer, age 25 Born: Germany Offense: Conspiracy to defraud; committed in Berks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 January 1838 Page 126, number 869 Simmons, Garratt, age 41 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 June 1837 Page 84, number 773 153 Sinclair, John, age 22 Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 August 1837 Page 91, number 787 Smith, Charles, age 21 Born: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 June 1836 Page 35, number 597 Smith, Charles, age 23, black Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 July 1839 Note: Also Charles Hulet. Also William Jenkins. Page 260, number 1124 Smith, Daniel, age 26 Offense: Burglary Admitted: 17 March 1835 Page 9, number 364 Smith, Edward, age 41, mulatto Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 April 1837 Page 69, number 735 Smith, Eliza, age 23, black Offense: Larceny Admitted: 18 March 1835 Page 17, number 514 Smith, Eliza, age 29 Born: Amsterdam, Holland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 June 1836 Page 36, number 600 154 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Smith, Israel, age 23, black Born: Gloucester, New Jersey Offense: Passing a forged check; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 April 1836 Note: Alias James Smith Page 33, number 588 Smith, James or Smith, Thomas, age 19 Born: Baltimore, Maryland Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill Admitted: 26 January 1839 Note: Formerly James Badger Page 210, number 1042 Smith, James, age 31 Offense: Larceny and prison breaking Admitted: 18 September 1834 Page 14, number 458 Smith, James, age 31, Presbyterian Born: Ireland Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 February 1839 Page 224, number 1067 Smith, John, age 29, black Offense: Burglary Admitted: 9 September 1834 Page 5, number 285 Smith, John, age 20 Born: England Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 April 1837 Page 71, number 738 Vol. 49 Smith, Marshall, age 19, black Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 December 1836 Page 53, number 684 Smith, Peter, age 32 Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 September 1838 Page 175, number 971 Smith, Thomas, age 33 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 June 1839 Page 254, number 1112 Smith, William, age 24, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 October 1838 Page 182, number 985 Smith, William H., age 33 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Tioga County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 March 1839 Page 230, number 1075 Snider, John, age 25 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 November 1838 Page 193, number 1007 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Snowden, Thomas, age 52 Born: Adams County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Adams County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 April 1839 Page 237, number 1089 Snowdon, John, age 23 Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 April 1839 Page 235, number 1086 Solomon, Lewis, age 35, mulatto Born: Marseilles, France Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Page 135, number 889 Sprogel, Edward, age 24 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 October 1836 Page 46, number 649 Stacks, John, age 27 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 May 1839 Page 253, number 1110 Stephens, Robert, age 26 Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 June 1837 Note: Formerly Henry Stephens Page 85, number 775 155 Stevenson, William, age 18 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 September 1838 Page 178, number 977 Stevenson, William, age 18 Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1839 Page 231, number 1077 Stewart, James, age 50 Offense: Selling counterfeit money Admitted: 12 August 1834 Page 4, number 265 Stewart, James, age 32 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 July 1837 Page 87, number 778 Stewart, John, age 34 Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 June 1835 Page 12, number 401 Stiles, Robert P., age 24 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Forgery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 November 1836 Page 50, number 665 Stinson, Noah, age 24, mulatto Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1837 Page 69, number 734 156 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Stocker, Joseph, age 18 Born: Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 April 1837 Page 75, number 749 Strady, Levi, age 23 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 December 1838 Page 205, number 1032 Stuart, William, age 16, light mulatto Born: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 November 1837 Page 112, number 840 Sturgis, William, age 26 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 June 1836 Page 35, number 598 Sturtzman, William, age 18 Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 April 1839 Page 235, number 1085 Sullivan, Michael, age 27, Catholic Born: Ireland Offense: Robbery; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 February 1837 Page 61, number 714 Vol. 49 Sword, Simon, age 20 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 24 November 1838 Page 198, number 1016 Taylor, Thomas, age 25 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 13 November 1837 Page 110, number 832 Terry, Morris, age 38, black Born: New Jersey Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 February 1839 Page 223, number 1065 Thomas, Barney, age 24 Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Page 220, number 1059 Thomas, Edward, age 20 Born: Columbia County, Pennsylvania Offense: Buggery; committed in Columbia County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 August 1838 Page 171, number 962 Thomas, Frederick, age 47 Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 May 1837 Page 76, number 752 Thomas, George Born: Kingston, Jamaica, Barbados Offense: Larceny Admitted: 9 May 1838 Page 150, number 920 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Thomas, Isaac, age 26, black Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1837 Page 101, number 810 Thomas, James, age 55 Born: Delaware Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 July 1837 Page 87, number 779 Thomas, John, age 15 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 September 1838 Note: Lists grandmother’s name as Ann McKeage, age 90 Page 176, number 972 Thomas, William, age 37 Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 August 1836 Note: Alias Bernard Town Page 39, number 611 Thompson, Francis, age 30, black Offense: Burglary Admitted: 15 December 1835 Note: Alias Solomon Beckitt Page 21, number 544 Thompson, James, age 38 Born: Ireland Offense: Murder; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 31 October 1836 Page 49, number 663 157 Thompson, Richard, age 54 Offense: Burglary Admitted: 8 May 1833 Page 2, number 171 Thompson, Samuel, age 23, black Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 October 1837 Page 105, number 820 Tice, Solomon, age 39 Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 August 1837 Page 97, number 801 Tilghman, Alexander, age 27, mulatto Born: Delaware Offense: Misdemeanor; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 12 January 1839 Page 209, number 1040 Tingley, Levin, age 24, black Born: Delaware Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 May 1839 Page 252, number 1108 Trimble, John, age 18 Born: Berks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 November 1838 Page 196, number 1013 158 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 49 Turner, George, age 40, mulatto Born: Virginia Offense: Larceny; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 November 1837 Page 111, number 838 Vanderslice, Thomas, age 50 Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (likely) Admitted: 13 April 1839 Page 232, number 1079 Underwood, Benjamin, age 60 Born: York County, Pennsylvania Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 February 1838 Page 142, number 902 Vezey, London, age 22, black Born: Delaware Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 December 1837 Page 119, number 855 Underwood, Herman, age 43 Born: York County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 January 1839 Page 208, number 1038 Wade, Thomas, age 27 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 April 1837 Page 66, number 729 Van Riper, Gabriel, age 34 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 14 May 1838 Page 156, number 932 Walker, David, age 29 Born: England Offense: Misdemeanor; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 September 1837 Page 103, number 817 Vandan, Paul, age 71 Born: Belgium Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 August 1838 Page 170, number 961 Walton, Ellis, age 21 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Attempt to poison; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 3 October 1837 Page 106, number 822 Vandan, Sophia, age 47 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Passing counterfeit money; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 August 1838 Note: Daughter to Mrs. DeForest Page 170, number 960 Warner, Christopher, age 26 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 April 1837 Page 70, number 737 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A Warran, John, age 25 Born: Bangor, Maine Offense: Passed counterfeit money; committed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 April 1837 Page 73, number 744 Welldon, Peter, age 29 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 December 1835 Page 22, number 546 Welsh, John, age 27 Born: Ireland Offense: Larceny; committed in Adams County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 28 November 1838 Page 200, number 1020 Welsh, John, age 18, mulatto Born: Chester County, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 December 1836 Page 53, number 685 Welsh, William, age 21 Born: Delaware Offense: Larcenies; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 February 1839 Page 218, number 1057 Wendinger, Adam, age 37 Born: Wurttemberg, Germany Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill; committed in Columbia County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 April 1839 Page 236, number 1087 159 Wharton, Humphrey, age 28 Born: England Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 December 1838 Note: Listed as Humphrey Walton at discharge Page 201, number 1024 Whisler, Andrew, age 24 Born: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 16 August 1837 Page 92, number 789 Whitaker, George, age 30 Born: Yorkshire, England Offense: Larceny; committed in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 30 December 1836 Page 58, number 700 Whitcom, Samuel, age 45 Born: New Hampshire Offense: Horse stealing; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 September 1838 Page 179, number 978 White, Charles H., age 58 Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 August 1838 Page 168, number 957 White, Samuel, age 34 Born: Delaware Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 June 1836 Page 34, number 595 160 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Whitley, William, age 33 Born: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 19 February 1839 Page 224, number 1066 Wilhide, Solomon, age 35 Born: Frederick County, Maryland Offense: Burglary; committed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 5 April 1838 Page 147, number 912 Williams, Charles, age 25 Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Assault and battery with intent to rape; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 April 1839 Page 238, number 1092 Williams, George, age 32, mulatto Born: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 December 1837 Page 115, number 846 Williams, George, age 21, mulatto Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 29 January 1838 Page 139, number 897 Williams, George, age 18 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 26 June 1837 Page 84, number 772 Vol. 49 Williams, Hugh, age 42 Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 February 1839 Note: Alias Alexander Boyer Page 213, number 1048 Williams, Isaac, age 25, black Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 18 March 1834 Page 14, number 482 Williams, Isaac, age 36, black Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 February 1838 Page 136, number 891 Williams, John, age 20, mulatto Born: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 January 1837 Page 60, number 708 Williams, John, age 30 Offense: Burglary; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 9 May 1839 Page 243, number 1097 Williams, John, age 26, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 23 March 1836 Page 29, number 579 2014 Eastern State Penitentiary Book A 161 Williams, John, age 23, light black Born: Maryland Offense: Larceny Admitted: 22 March 1837 Note: Formerly Isaac WIlliams Page 64, number 723 Wilson, David, age 22 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Manslaughter; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 2 November 1838 Page 188, number 996 Williams, John, age 30, black Born: Virginia Offense: Larceny; committed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 May 1838 Page 158, number 935 Wilson, George, age 30 Offense: Robbing U.S. Mail Admitted: 25 October 1830 Page 1, number 56 Williams, John M., age 30 Born: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 October 1836 Page 46, number 648 Williams, Samuel, age 27 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 21 June 1837 Page 81, number 764 Williams, Samuel E., age 18 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 11 December 1838 Page 204, number 1029 Wilson, Anna, age 48 Born: Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 10 November 1838 Note: Formerly Ann Morgan Page 190, number 1000 Wilson, John, age 29 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 6 October 1838 Note: Alias James Heath Page 183, number 986 Wilson, Robert, age 26 Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania Offense: Arson and larceny Admitted: 9 August 1836 Page 41, number 619 Wilt, Julia, age 37 Born: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania Offense: Robbery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 25 May 1839 Page 252, number 1109 Wood, Benjamin, age 21, mulatto Born: North Carolina Offense: Assault and battery with intent to kill Admitted: 30 November 1837 Page 114, number 845 162 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Wood, William, age 23 Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Offense: Burglary and larceny; committed in Chester County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 4 February 1836 Page 26, number 567 Worley, Lewis, age 45 Born: York County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 August 1838 Page 163, number 947 Wray, John, age 29 Born: Ireland Offense: Assault and battery; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 27 September 1837 Page 103, number 816 Wright, William, age 26 Born: New York Offense: Larceny; committed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 15 February 1837 Page 62, number 718 Vol. 49 Yeager, Caspar, age 23 Born: Germany Offense: Larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 7 November 1837 Page 109, number 830 Young, Catharine, age 24, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 17 November 1838 Page 196, number 1012 Young, Josiah, age 40, black Born: Delaware Offense: Larceny; committed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Admitted: 22 December 1837 Page 118, number 853 Zeigler, Alexander, age 25 Born: York County, Pennsylvania Offense: Larceny; committed in York County, Pennsylvania Admitted: 8 November 1838 Page 192, number 1004 (concluded)