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Alice Lovett Signing Papers
Mrs. Alice Lovett accepts her appointment as sheriff of Jefferson County after the death of her husband, Sheriff Jessie Lovett. Her successor, J.B.…
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Public Faces and Private Spaces: The Monticello Old Jail Museum
The 1841 Legislative Council of Florida determined “that the peace and security of the country demand that a good and...
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Main Cell Block - Monticello Jail
The main cell block, nicknamed "the bullpen," is located on the jail's top floor.
State and Federal agents after the raid on a still
Standing L-R: Joe Powell (A&TT), Don Perry (A&TT), Bernard Jones (State Bev.), Homer Hathrock (State), Carl Wilson (State), William George McMullen…
Portrait of Lamar Sledge
Accompanying note: “Lamar 1932
Lamar William Sledge got a coconut cake for being the ugliest man in Jefferson County”
He was sheriff of Jefferson…