Freedmen's Bureau Report

of an Inspection of the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Walker County.

List of Freedwomen and Men Confined in Texas State Penitentiary
at Huntsville, Walker Co. giving name of convict and particulars in
each case as stated by them

Freedwomen
Name	County	Offense	Sentence	Remarks
Carnie Petty	Smith	Stealing 3 dresses	5 years	Has babe - accuser took her dresses and then Carnie took accusers.
Freedmen
Name	County	Offense	Sentence	Remarks
Phil Yarbver	Smith	Stealing 24 ears of corn	2 years	Fed it to his steers
Frank R. Douglas	Smith	Stealing pistol	2.5 years
Chas. Nixon	Smith	Stealing $24.00	2 years	Denies it.
Hank Walls Chas. Richardson	Smith	Stealing 2 bales of cotton	5 years 4 years	These two say they were hired to haul cotton by white man and did not know anything about it being stolen cotton.

Statement Showing the Counties from which Convicts (freed people)
have been received at State Penitentiary with number and sex from each

County	Females	Males
Smith	1	5

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