PERRY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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JAIL HOUSE

Document of April, 1827

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Bloomfield, April Sessions 1827

We the Members of the Grand Jury of Perry County have obey'd the Directions of the Honorable Court in viewing the Prison of said County & find the House in Good Condition, the Prisoners are well pleased with their treatment & say they receive no liquor but their provisions are good ___ like were have viewed the Jail yard & find it not sufficeint we therefor  recommend the Commissioners of the County to erect a sufficient wall of stone & lime & to extend the wall as far as the ground will admit on the Jail lot.  

John Chisholm, forman
William Cook; Fred'k Rinehart, Jr.; John Rhinemsith; Allen Nesbitt; Joseph Me___; Wm Linn; James Beard; John ____; Christian Young; Robert Gealey; Jacob Barnhisel; John Harper?; William Sower; Bailey Long; John Ulsh; Jacob ____; John Wil___; Geo. W. Albert; George Arnold; Philip ___; Philip Leonard.

 


 

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