CLARK COUNTY, INDIANA
DEATHS
SHOWS THE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF
PRISONERS DECEASED SINCE
THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1848, TO THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1849*
1. James Luther, Janeiro
27, 1849.
2. William Camron, March 13, 1849.
3. John Green, February 24, 1849.
4. Lyman Rich, February 12, 1849.
5. Silas Horren, February 23, 1849.
6. William Dee, March 28, 1849.
7. James Freeman (negro), July 13, 1849.
8. William Sermon, September 3, 1849.
9. Thomas Powell, September 28, 1849.
10. Samuel Pegg, September 30, 1849.
11. James McFadden, November 14, 1849.
12. Joiner, (negro), November 26, 1849.
In 1849, the state prison was in Jeffersonville, in Clark County. It
was moved to Clarksville, in the same county, and in 1859, moved to
Michigan City (LaPorte County), where it remains today.
* Doc No. 6 Part II. Fourth Annual Report Of The Warden Of the
State Prison, for The Year Ending November 30, 1849, To The General
Assembly Of the State Of Indiana, p. 195