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Historical
Marker TextCoke
County JailSuccessor
to county's first one-room jail of rough lumber built about 1891, this building
was erected 1907 by Southern Structural Steel Company, San
Antonio. Officials who let the contract were P.D. Coulson, county judge; C.M.
Barger, S.W. Gaston, T.J. Goss, M.C. Jones, Commissioners.
At least seven
early sheriffs lived downstairs, acting as jailkeepers. The prisoners averaged
about four a month, jailed only for short terms for minor law violations. Coke
County never has had a felon assessed the death penalty. The gallows on second
floor were never used.
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Coke
County Jail historical marker
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Gibson, December 2009 | |
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