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(L-R) Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Velma (Sasser) Grant in Simmons Drugstore in downtown Monticello. (The building later became an annex for Farmers and Merchants Bank.

Stairs leading to the cells on the top floor.

One of two cells used for white inmates in Jefferson County.

Mauma, a Partridge family slave, was brought to South Carolina on a slave ship from Africa. She came to Jefferson County with John and Eliza Partridge in the 1830's, and was Frances Weston Partridge's nurse. Frances later married Charles Thomas…

Watson served as Jefferson County Sheriff from 1967-1971.