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Historical
Marker:
Coke County
Jail
Successor to county's
first one-room jail of rough lumber built about 1891, this building
was erected 1907 by Southern Structural Steel Company, San
Antonio. Officials who let the contract were P.D. Coulson, county
judge; C.M. Barger, S.W. Gaston, T.J. Goss, M.C. Jones, Commissioners.
At least seven early sheriffs lived downstairs, acting as jailkeepers.
The prisoners averaged about four a month, jailed only for short terms
for minor law violations. Coke County never has had a felon assessed
the death penalty. The gallows on second floor were never used.
Visit Robert Lee,
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Coke County Jail
historical marker
Photo coutesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2009 |
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