Help us locate the past

Between 1870 and 1896, at least two dozen private convict labor prisons were constructed across Tennessee. The locations of most of them are unknown. Below are the names of the stockades and labor camps we are still searching for. If you have any information about these or other convict labor stockades in Tennessee, please send us an email through our Contact page (or click here)

  • Lone Rock (found)

  • Tracy City (found)

  • Inman (found)

  • Briceville (found)

  • Coal Creek (found)

  • Brushy Mountain (found)

  • Oliver Springs

  • Etna

  • Battle Creek

  • Vulcan

  • Ozone

  • Rockwood

  • Wynn’s Farm

  • Morrow’s Farm

  • Cockrill’s Farm

  • McGee’s Farm

  • General Forrest’s Farm (Presidents Island)

  • Ensley’s Farm

  • J.C. Harlan’s Farm

  • Cincinnati Southern R. R.

  • Memphis & Paducah R. R.

  • Nashville & Chattanooga R. R.

  • Nashville & Northwest R. R.

  • Cumblerand & Ohio R. R.

  • Tatallion N. & C.

  • Cedar Hill

  • Hatsboro

  • Hatton Prison Camp

  • Holston Prison Camp

  • Pikeville Prison Camp

  • Monterey Prison Camp