Ready for Occupancy
Knoxville Sentinel – …The jail cost the county about $8,000. It is a three story structure, equipped with steel cages, modern systems of locks, peep holes, sanitary appliances, etc. There is little danger of a..
Under Construction
Knoxville Sentinel – The accompanying picture gives a perspective view of the county jail now in the course of construction at this place. The building is to be thirty-three feet, eight and one-half inches by..Sullivan’s New Jail Under Construction
Movement to Secure New Jail
The Journal and Tribune – A movement has been started to secure a new jail at Blountville.
Blown Up with Dynamite
Morristown Republican – On Saturday Will McCracken, a prisoner in the Blountville jail, who was assisting excavating for the new jail foundation, was blown up by dynamite. His clothing and flesh were torn by flying..Blown Up with Dynamite
Sullivan County Prison a Disgrace
Chattanooga Times – The biggest jail delivery that has ever been known in Sullivan County, Tenn., was made at Blountville this week.* The old hull, which is a disgrace to this county, contained about a..Old Sullivan County Prison Hull a Disgrace
Prisons We Have, Asylums are Scarce
Bristol News – …He has been taken to Blountville Jail. Alas for the legislation of the present day. Prisons we have, but asylums are scarce. Those whose reason has been dethroned, must go to jail..
New Jail Completed
Bristol News – The new jail at Blountville has been completed. It supplies the place of one burned during the war.
Sullivan County Jail to be Rebuilt
The Sweetwater Forerunner – The Sullivan county jail, which was destroyed during the war, is to be rebuilt soon. The brick for the building are being burnt.
1795 -1863 Sullivan’s First Jails
Historic Sullivan – The jail was placed in the rear of the court-house. It was in the same year, 1795, Blountville became the county seat… Three jails have been build to accompany the court house..Historic Sullivan
