FIRST -- Prisoner in the Sutton County Jail, Sonora TX
N 30° 34.367 W 100° 38.645
14R E 342339 N 3383407
Not a distinction anyone would want, however it had to attach to somebody.
Waymark Code: WMPPNP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
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The state historic marker in front of the old Sutton County jail lists a few notorious occupants, and the unfortunate first person to spend the night in this stone hoosegow.
The state historic marker reads as follows:
"SUTTON COUNTY JAIL
Soon after Sutton County was organized (1890), the commissioners authorized the Pauley Jail Building and Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis to erect this jail. Construction was begun in Feb. 1891 under the supervision of Judge J. L. Dunagan. Completed in Sept. 1891, the two story native stone building had a jailer's residence in addition to cells for lawbreakers. The first prisoner here was gambler and gunman John Denson, a cousin of outlaw John Wesley Hardin.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1975"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 09/01/1891
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