Receipts show convict's name, peace officer's name, receipt date, and keeper's signature. Series is not arranged. Register entries show convict's name, county of conviction, crime committed, sentence, date imprisoned, date released, nativity, physical description, and remarks concerning escapes, transfers, captures, and deaths. Crimes include larceny, murder, assault, arson, riot, burglary, and rape. Convicts include Charity Lamb and Nimrod O'Kelly.
Series is arranged chronologically by date admitted.
Invoices show requestor's name, invoice date, description of purchase, invoice amount, and commission certification. Invoices are for medical care for convicts, prison construction and repair, employee salaries, food and clothing for convicts, and prison advertising and printing. Series is not arranged. Records include bid specifications, bid proposals, field notes, plats, and deeds to penitentiary lots. Series is not arranged.