Old Whipping Post - Monroe, Michigan - Michigan Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Description: The old Whipping Post Public whipping for a major crime was a custom brought from New England by Monroe's earliest American settlers. Not general in the midwest, the punishment was administered here cheifly to neer-do-well's who the citizens wished to be rid of. Peter P. Ferry, a former soldier of Napoleans army, served as local justice of the peace. He sentenced many an offender to be lashed in public until the custom was abolished around 1835. The first frame courthouse was built across the street from here in 1817 when Monroe became the county seat. The whipping post was erected in front of it. Parking nearby?: yes D/T ratings: Registered Site #: Monroe County not numbered Historical Date: Not listed Historical Name: Not listed website: Not listed

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