Lunacy Records
Desoto Co
FLGenWeb Project
Book 1
June 12, 1899
- April 22, 1913
This page
contain the first 100 entries in the
oldest lunacy book at the Desoto Co
Courthouse. The information consists of
the patient name; date of
petition; names of the
petitioners (including at least one
blood relative); evaluating
physicians; physicians findings
(probable cause or hallucinations);
judges name, ruling, and date.
Page
1
Name:
Lanier, Martha Mrs.
Date: 12
June 1899
Petitioners:
J. L. Durrance, Wm H. Hart,
W. H. Hollingsworth, J. W.
Smith,
W. O. Skipper, Stephen
Skipper
Physicians:
G. E. Wright, D. D. Kinney,
David H. Skipper
Evaluation:
Menopause or Change of life
Congriation of the brain
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 16
June 1899
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 51
Name:
Blair, Wilsie
Date: 14 Dec
1907
Petitioners:
W. S. Ingram, J. C. Hickman,
J. J. Heard,
J. F. Stonebaker, J. W.
Craig
Physicians:
Kirby H. Smith, J. A.
Simmons,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Chronic; Hereditary
Hallucination: Thinks she is
being persecuted and
robbed
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 12
Dec 1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 2
Name:
Blackburn, Ella
Age: 20
years
Date: 11
July 1899
Petitioners:
Benj. L. Blackburn, W. M.
Jernigan,
Wm. Waterson, W. R. Mahon,
H. A. Ware
Physicians:
J. C. Matthews, W. C.
Hayman,
L. M. Richardson
Evaluation:
Malarial/Menostatis
Hallucination: Refuses to
talk
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 11
July 1899
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 52
Name:
Blair, Wilsie
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Continued from page 51
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Page 3
Name:
Blair, Wilsie
Date: 21 Nov
1899
Petitioners:
Claude L. Carlton, J. L.
Jones, H. E. Carlton
C. C. Chollar, Z. King
Physicians:
C. H. Smith, E. A. Thomas,
W. L. Mahon
Evaluation:
Grief & Religious
Excitment/Abused and
Ill treated
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 21 Nov
1899
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 53
Name:
Mercer, Jane
Age: 70
years
Date: 01 Jan
1908
Petitioners:
J. C. Edmund, J. Russ, R. W.
Rhode,
John Lewis, Peter McClelland
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, P. W. Hayward
Sr.,
R. L. Cline
Evaluation:
General Paresis
Ruling &
Date: 01 Jan 1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 4
Name:
Houge, J. A.
Age: 49
years
Date: 07 Dec
1899
Petitioners:
J. B. Bunch, R. A. Mills, P.
S. Pearce,
Eugene Greene, James Phelon
Physicians:
James Macfie, W. H. Sharp.
G. J. Lawton
Evaluation:
Dementia/Failing Health &
abuse of drugs
Hallucination: His being
stabbed & the killing of the
party robbing
him/Sleeplessness
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 07
Dec 1899
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 54
Name:
Morgan, Mary
Age: 37
years
Date: 04 Jan
1908
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, Mrs. Mollie
Hashum,
Mrs. Bertha Hampton, Will
McDonald,
Henry Best
Physicians:
D. N. McQueen, Kirby H.
Smith,
Clayton Porter
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Fear of
injury by others
Ruling &
Date: Temporary Insanity; 09
Jan 1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page
5
Name:
Polk, Henry
Age: 30
years
Date: 02 Jan
1900
Petitioners:
O. F. Whidden, C. m.
Johnson, N. H. Keen,
J. E. Lackleor, H. E. Wild
Physicians:
James Macfie, T. J. Lawton
Evaluation:
Dementia/Fidgit & Nervous
Debility
Hallucination: Enemies are
lying in what for his life
Ruling &
Date: Dementia Insanity; 02
Jan 1900
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 55
Name:
Goldwire, Ben
Age: abt. 50
years
Date: 09 Jan
1908
Petitioners:
T. D. Powell, F. Morques, L.
D. Hardy,
F. W. Hays, Albert E.
Bennett
Physicians:
Same as above petitioners
Evaluation:
Unknown
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 10
Jan 1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 6
Name:
Tinnerman, Henry L.
Age: 47
years
Date: 08 Jan
1900
Petitioners:
Z. King, M. L. Williams, T.
B. King,
F. M. Waldron, C. C. Chollar
Physicians:
Ed Green, N. M. Sauls, W. H.
Green
Evaluation:
Poresis/Mental Resbitude
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page was struck out
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Page 56
Name:
Stokes, Mary Ellen
Date: 03 Apr
1908
Petitioners:
S. M. Hayward, Harry Cross,
D. T. Carlton,
John M. Lanier, E. F.
Campbell
Physicians:
Same as above petitioners
Evaluation:
Syphilis
Hallucination: Fear of
burning
Ruling &
Date: Acute Mania; 03 Apr
1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 7
Name:
Tinnerman, Henry L.
Age: 35
years
Date: 18 Jan
1900
Petitioners:
Ira J. Powell, F. W. King,
M. G. Mills,
F. T. Buchanan, Wm Tinnerman
Physicians:
G. J. Myers, J. R. Windham,
H. L. Crawford
Evaluation:
Brain trouble caused by long
protracted
bad general health
Hallucination: Imagining all
kinds of things & wild
talk and actions
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 19
Jan 1900
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 57
Name:
Higgins, Hattie H.
Age: 56
years
Date: 23
June 1908
Petitioners:
W. S. Shelton, Grace C.
Shelton, W. H. Rice
Harry Stanfield, Mrs. S. C.
Cochran
Physicians:
J. E. Garner, Y. E. Wright,
T. K. McRae
Evaluation:
Nervous dibelety anf stomach
trouble
Hallucination: Wanders
around seeking employment
Ruling &
Date: Paranoi; 25 June 1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 8
Name:
Galley, William D. Rev.
Date: 18 Jan
1900
Petitioners:
H. L. Cowart, P. C. Altman,
W. H. Peeples,
S. E. Roberts, R. D. Moore
Physicians:
T. J. Myers, F. T. Buchanan,
Oscar Knight
Evaluation:
Long strain on the nervous
system and
high nervous excitement
Hallucination: Physical
condition & wild imagination
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 19
Jan 1900
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 58
Name:
Brown, Nanie
Age: abt. 60
years
Date: 11 Aug
1908
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, L. B.
Currie, J. A. Silcox,
Charles A. McLane, Charles
H. Gill
Physicians:
Kirby Smith, D. N. McQueen,
S. I. Huffman
Evaluation:
Released
Ruling &
Date: No Insanity; 08 Sept
1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 9
Name:
Morgan, Mary
Age: 35
years
Race:
Colored
Date: 03 Nov
1900
Petitioners:
W. S. Stetson, W. B. Hardee,
J. P. Jones,
Jas. A. Newsome, J. E. Lewis
- brother
Physicians:
J. M. Samuel, Geo. W.
McLane,
L. T. Blochsome
Evaluation:
Veterine affection
Hallucination: Fear of
others
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 07
Nov 1900
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 59
Name:
Murdock, L. C. Mrs.
Age: 57
years
Date: 18
Sept 1908
Petitioners:
J. L. Knight, J. S. Wise, J.
Jernigan,
G. S. Campbell, J. R.
Windham
Physicians:
J. R. Moore, D. H. Vaughn,
N. M. Bryan
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: a religious
comm. from her father-ie God
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 26
Sept 1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 10
Name:
Loper, Jack
Age: 40
years
Date: 24 Dec
1900
Petitioners:
J. H. Bowman, Jas. A.
Newsome, J. B. Cox,
C. E. Davis, B. Bassett, W.
H. Johnson
Physicians:
J. M. Samuel, Geo. W.
McLane,
A. C. Freeman
Evaluation:
Indecency and wanting to be
going about
Hallucination: Obscure
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 27
Dec 1900
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 60
Name:
Roberts, W. A.
Age: abt. 40
years
Date: 14 Oct
1908
Petitioners:
F. R. Blount, S. I. Huffman,
I. A. Silcox,
Geo. W. McLane, Clayton
Porter
Physicians:
Kirby Smith, H. W. Smith, D.
N. McQueen
Evaluation:
Drug Rehab
Hallucination: Fears injury
from others
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 19 Oct
1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 11
Name:
McGehee, Dora R.
Age: 40
years
Date: 05 Feb
1900
Petitioners:
J. H. Kinsey, F. Morquos, E.
H. McQuady,
Elam B. Carlton, N. C. Platt
Physicians:
J. C. Matthews, J. N.
Hollingsworth,
T. L. Bates
Evaluation:
Female disorder
Hallucination: Cruelty to
her children
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 04
Feb 1901
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 61
Name:
Smith, Mrs. Marshal
Date: 28 Oct
1908
Petitioners:
C. M. Johnson, C. W. Pearce,
J. C. Hickman
H. W. Pearce, Jake ??
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, R. L. Cline,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: None
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Dementia; 31
Oct 1908
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 12
Name:
Bowens, Charles
Age: 40
years
Date: 22 May
1901
Petitioners:
F. A. Smith, R. R. Russell,
F. T. Brown,
W. B. Crews, M. B. Crews
Physicians:
J. M. Mathis, T. J. Lawton,
T. Gaskins
Evaluation:
Low wines from turpentine
still and
physically very bad
condition
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page was struck out
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Page 62
Name:
Davis, Grover (Samuel)
Age: 21
years
Date: 15 Feb
1909
Petitioners:
H. W. Smith, J. H. Rasch, E.
B. Fortson,
S. H. Morton, J. M. Deiver
Physicians:
C. H. Smith, D. N. McCullen,
J. R. Sandlin
Evaluation:
Perverted inclination &
general hilarity
Hallucination: Hysterical
phenominal hilarity
Ruling &
Date: Weak Mind; 20 Feb 1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 13
Name:
Love, William H.
Age: 83
years; draws $12.00 pension
from US Gov.
Date: 31 May
1901
Petitioners:
F. E. Felder, Thos. J.
Pepper,
Frank Waldron, W. W.
Bateman,
T. W. Harward
Physicians:
Ed Greene, T. J. Lawton, D.
T. Swan
Evaluation:
Living a lonely life
Hallucination: Someone is
haunting him and tormenting
him at all hours
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 01
June 1901
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 63
Name:
Coram, Mrs. Julia
Age: 39
years
Date: 08 Mar
1909
Petitioners:
T. S. Knight, S. P.
Jennings, M. S. Roberts
F. M. Larrison, C. L.
Roberts
Physicians:
D. N. McQueen, K. H. Smith,
T. S. Knight
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Religion
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 08 Mar
1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 14
Name:
Mix, Lawrence W.
Age: 58
years
Date: 02
Sept 1901
Petitioners:
E. L. Richardson, S. J.
Townsend,
B. F. West, Joseph Bell, Wm.
F. Daughtrey
Physicians:
James Macfie, E. L.
Richardson,
Aaron Bennett
Evaluation:
Monomania
Hallucination: Jealousy that
his wife is habitually
untrue to him
Ruling &
Date: Monomania Insanity; 17
Sept 1901
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 64
Name:
Futral, Mary S.
Age: abt. 48
years
Date: 26 Feb
1909
Petitioners:
S. B. Hogan, N. M. Sauls, S.
A. Cox,
J. M. Walston, P. D. Sauls
Physicians:
J. R. Moore, D. H. Vaugn, T.
R. Starke
Evaluation:
Hallucinations
Hallucination: Perversion
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 15
Mar 1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 15
Name:
Watson, John W.
Age: abt. 32
years
Date: 01 Nov
1901
Petitioners:
W. E. Robertson, J. A.
Hampton, E. F. Smith
D. C. Douglas, P. F.
Richards
Physicians:
K. H. Smith, S. J. Simmons,
J. D. Thompson
Evaluation:
Religion
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 01 Nov
1901
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 65
Name:
Ferguson, Alex
Date: 08
July 1909
Petitioners:
D. L. O'Neal, W. E. Burton,
E. A. Jones,
A. W. Rabon, Sam Whitney
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, R. L. Cline,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Epileptic
Hallucination: Religious
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 13
July 1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 16
Name:
Hunter, Hampton
Age: 57
years
Date: 10 Dec
1901
Petitioners:
Addie Hunter, A. B. Coleman,
Chas. Wright
David Dwight, Henry Cassedy
Physicians:
J. M. Samuel, Geo. W.
McLane,
Ed. M. Earnest
Evaluation:
Obscure
Hallucination: Violence
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 13
Dec 1901
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 66
Name:
Mason, William A.
Age: 50
years
Date: 20
July 1909
Petitioners:
Cyril Baldwin, T. K.
Dishong, F. W. Hays,
Sam Pohakoff, W. A. McBride
Physicians:
C. H. Smith, J. A. Simmons,
T. D. Powell
Evaluation:
Injury to head
Hallucination: That he is
being cut or abused by one
Will Wright
Ruling &
Date: Dementia; 20 July 1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 17
Name:
Mathis, John
Age: 35
years
Race:
Colored
Date: 07
July 1902
Petitioners:
C. H. Smith, J. L. Jones, A.
S. Shelfer,
Geo. R. Parker, W. L.
McDowell
Physicians:
Luby L. Smith, J. E.
Kreider, Thos. Gaskins
Evaluation:
Religion
Hallucination: Thinks he is
sent by God to kill any
and everything
Ruling &
Date: Melancholia Insanity;
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 67
Name:
Higgins, Hattie Mrs.
Age: abt. 60
years
Date: 13
Sept 1909
Petitioners:
F. Y. Hanna, H. E. Cline, M.
D. Shelton,
Mrs. S. C. Cochran, W. H.
Rue
Physicians:
H. E. Cline, Y. E. Wright,
J. C. McEwen
Evaluation:
Arterio Sclerois
Hallucination: Wandering
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 25
Sept 1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 18
Name:
Lewis, Marion G.
Age: 30
years
Date: 29 Jan
1902
Petitioners:
R. L. Earnest, Ed. M.
Earnest, B. Lewis (X),
Jas. A. Newsome, M. J.
Rickman
Physicians:
J. M. Samuel, Geo. W.
McLane, A. Rowe
Evaluation:
Obscure
Hallucination: To seclude
himself from others and hide
his face by keeping
handkerchief over
his eyes
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 30 Jan
1902
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Page 68
Name:
Lowe, Sallie Miss
Age: 26
years
Date: 26 Oct
1909
Petitioners:
J. C. Edmrendoz MD, M. G.
Carlton,
John Woods, W. M. Lowe, B.
Chardkoff
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, R. L. Cline,
J. M. Alderman
Evaluation:
From a severe illness which
she had about
15 years ago
Hallucination: That her
mother & brothers are trying
to
kill her & that she must
kill them in
self defence
Ruling &
Date: Epileptic Mania; 29
Oct 1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 19
Name:
Baxter, Elizabeth
Age: 85
years
Date: 31
July 1902
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, N. N.
Wakefield,
A. B. Guthrie, R. L.
Earnest, L. Oliver
Physicians:
J. M. Samuel, G. B.
Stephenson,
Geo. W. McLane
Evaluation:
Obscure
Hallucination: Fear
ecspecially at night
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 31
July 1902
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 69
Name:
Dearth, Regina
Age: 30
years
Date: 04 Nov
1909
Petitioners:
D. O. Rogers, Mrs. J. H.
Bowman,
Mrs. E. F. Bostick, Mrs. J.
D. Southerland,
Mrs. J. A. Brunson
Physicians:
H. E. Cline, Y. E. Wright,
J. C. McEwen
Evaluation:
Epilepsy
Hallucination: Wandering
away from home
Ruling &
Date: N/A; 08 Nov 1909
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 20
Name:
Midgett, Maude
Age: 9 years
Date: 31
July 1902
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, Charles E.
Midgett,
L. F. Blockstone, J. S.
Goff, J. L. Goff
Physicians:
J. M. Samuel, R. L. Earnest,
Geo. W. McLane
Evaluation:
Obscure
Hallucination: To wander
away
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 31
July 1902
Judge: A. E.
Pooser
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Page 70
Name:
Turner, Charles C.
Age: 52
years
Date: 09 Apr
1910
Petitioners:
M. R. W. Albritton, A. Y.
Teachy,
R. B. Armstrong, J. L.
Jones, R. M. Marler
Physicians:
C. H. Smith, D. L. McSwain,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Heat stroke & Chronic
dementia
Hallucination: Chronic
eczema
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 09
Apr 1910
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 21
Name:
O'Neil, J. M.
Age: 31
years
Date: 27 Feb
1905
Petitioners:
B. Bassett, Bishop Mason, C.
C. Challor,
J. H. McQueen, E. A.
Houston,
Jacob Burkhort
Physicians:
R. H. Smith, C. H. Smith, J.
J. Sweoringin
Evaluation:
Mental Aberation
Hallucination: Some disorder
of the brain
Ruling &
Date: Mental Aberation; 27
Feb 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 71
Name:
Murphy, Mary Mrs.
Age: abt. 50
years
Date: 10 May
1910
Petitioners:
L. L. Morgan, P. H. Honsh,
A. C. Freeman,
T. D. Powell, J. W. Whidden
Physicians:
K. H. Smith, J. A. Simmons,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Trying to be
assaulted & persecuted
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Dementia; 11
May 1910
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 22
Name:
Silcox, W. O.
Date: 24 Mar
1905
Petitioners:
A. B. Coleman, H. O. Silcox,
A. W. Walker,
Wm. Jones, J. M. Underhill
Physicians:
G. M. Vincent, D. S.
McGreen,
R. T. Blockson
Evaluation:
Excessive drinking and
mental strain and
worrying
Hallucination: Constant fear
of bodily injury from
imaginary persons
Ruling &
Date: Not Insane; 28 Mar
1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 72
Name:
Whaley, Bessie
Age: 15
years
Date: 18
July 1910
Petitioners:
J. W. Farr, V. L. Smith, J.
A. Williams,
J. F. Roberts, Owen Knight,
J. D. Whaley
(father)
Physicians:
M. L. Crum, H. E. Cline, J.
W. Rainey
Evaluation:
Epilepsy
Hallucination: An
inclination to wander &
divest
herself of all clothing
following a
seizure
Ruling &
Date: Periodic Insanity; 01
Aug 1910
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 23
Name:
Simon, Celelia
Date: 23 May
1905
Petitioners:
Rev. S. D. Houston, A. B.
Coleman,
D. Ingraham, H. W. Walker,
W. H. Lockwood
Physicians:
McSwain, Kirby Smith, J. J.
Myer
Evaluation:
None
Ruling &
Date: Not Insane; 26 May
1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 73
Name:
Daniels, Vannie
Age: 11
years
Date: 07 Oct
1910
Petitoners:
W. D. Lowe, Dave Summeralls,
John North,
Walter Bond, Thos. Lowe
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, J. A.
Simmons,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: None
Ruling &
Date: Epilepsy; 13 Oct 1910
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 24
Name:
Griffin, Benjamin
Age: 68
years
Date: 26 May
1905
Petitioners:
Wm. S. Davenport, M.
Donaldson,
J. L. Jones, Carl Hayman, J.
H. Hendry
Physicians:
Ed Green, Kirby Smith, R. B.
Campbell
Evaluation:
Malnutrition and exposure
Hallucination: None
Ruling &
Date: Dementia Insanity; 26
May 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 74
Name:
Hayes, John
Date: 08 Nov
1910
Petitioners:
E. S. Yelvington DDS, Harry
Cross,
S. F. Stonebroker, T. D.
Powell, John King
* No
further information
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Page 25
Name:
O'Neil, J. M.
Age: abt. 45
years
Date: 09
June 1905
Petitioners:
Sam Powell, J. E. Best, H.
N. L. Mortin,
Chas. W. Daniels, Sam
Howkins
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, C. H. Smith,
W. W. Carlton
Evaluation:
Lifhemia
Hallucination:
Disease-Cystitis
Ruling &
Date: None; 10 June 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 75
Name:
Nurburn, W. H.
Age: abt. 73
years
Date: 21 Mar
1911
Petitioners:
A. O. Jones, G. S. Marsh, H.
D. Cameron,
J. R. Windham, A. C.
Beauchamp
Physicians:
M. L. Crum, J. G. Caile, W.
R. Minor
Evaluation:
Senility aggrevated by renal
disease
Hallucination: General
mental incompatance
Ruling &
Date: Probably Temporary
Insanity;
23 Mar 1911
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 26
Name:
Vining, Georgia
Date: 17
June 1905
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, R. L.
Earnest, L. Allen Jr,
C. A. McLane, J. R. Elliot
Physicians:
D. N. McOwen, G. M. Vincent,
F. R. Blount
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Nothing
particular
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 20
June 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 76
Name:
Hall, Dan
Date: 03 Apr
1911
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Notes.... See next page
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Page 27
Name:
Cason, Elizabeth
Age: abt. 42
years
Date: 20
Sept 1905
Petitioners:
S. I. Huffman, B. M. Wade,
E. A. White,
R. L. Earnest, J. R. Saudlin
Physicians:
D. A. McQueen, G. M.
Vincent,
F. M. Cooper
Evaluation:
Unknown to us
Hallucination: Fear of
poison administered by
others
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 22
Sept 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Name:
Hall, Dan
Age: 21
years
Date: 03 Apr
1911
Petitioners:
L. W. Whitehurst, A. Yancy
Teachy,
C. E. Lanier, W. J. Wingate,
L. Underhill
Physicians:
H. E. Cline, Y. E. Wright,
J. C. McEwen
Evaluation:
Congenital
Hallucination: Idiot
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 28
Apr 1911
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Name:
Cassidy, Beulah E.
Date: 21
Sept 1905
Petitioners:
E. J. Hardee, W. C. Cassidy,
J. M. Edwards,
Joseph Wilson, F. B. Rooney
Physicians:
J. M. Beeson, J. E. Gomer,
W. W. Payne
Evaluation:
Despondency over her present
condition
Hallucination: The dread of
the house burning and also
of the Judgement
Ruling &
Date: Evident Insanity; 22
Sept 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 78
Name:
Lewis, Hinkley
Age: 21
Date: 14 Apr
1911
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, C. G. Davis,
J. J. MCann,
S. J. Huffman, J. F. Corbett
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, H. P. Bevis,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
**see note on bottom of this
page
Hallucination: None
Ruling:
None; 18 May 1911
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Name:
Collins, D. B.
Date: 19 Oct
1905
Petitioners:
W. H. Seward, H. E. Wild, F.
M. Alderman,
S. J. Carlton, R. B.
Armstrong
Physicians:
C. H. Smith, R. L. Cline, W.
A. Hull
Evaluation:
Alcoholic drinking
Ruling &
Date: Committed; 19 Oct 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 79
Name:
Pelham, Ace
Age: 58
years
Date: 25 Apr
1911
Petitioners:
J. E. McRae, E. S. Alderman,
W. T. Moore,
A. B. Moore, J. L. Brandan
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, R. L. Cline,
T. S. Carlton
Ruling &
Date: Not Insane; 27 Apr
1911
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Name:
Powell, Florence
Age: 7 years
Date: 12 Oct
1905
Petitioners:
B. M. Bean, G. M. Allen,
Mrs. B. M. Bean,
R. L. Cline, J. L. Jones
Physicians:
C. H. Smith, R. L. Cline, E.
T. Campbell
Evaluation:
Transmitted which we believe
yeild to
proper care and medical
treatment for
nervous disease
Hallucination: A sympathy
for others
Ruling &
Date: Temporary Insanity; 23
Oct 1905
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 80
Name:
Pelham, A. C.
Age: 56
years
Date: 10 May
1911
Petitioners:
J. S. Noble, J. R. Griffin,
J. W. Lowe,
F. M. Griffin, Luby Coker
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, H. P. Bevis,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Paresis
Hallucination: None in
particular
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 12
May 1911
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Name:
Skipper, John L. Jr.
Age: abt. 35
or 40 years
Date: 19 Feb
1906
Petitioners:
G. R. Collins, Z. H.
Simmons, W. T. Lamb,
I. D. Robinson, B. S. Booth
Physicians:
G. E. Wright, J. B. Mobley,
J. H. Cousey
Evaluation:
General disability and
nervouness
Hallucination: Despondant,
ressless, sleeplessness
and threating life of family
Ruling &
Date: Complete Insanity; 19
Feb 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Name:
Gaulding, Marina
Age: 48
years
Date: 27
July 1911
Petitioners:
J. T. Griggs, W. M.
Driggers, S. H. Cauthen,
R. Smith, M. W. Gaulding
Physicians:
D. N. McQueen, Geo. S.
Stone,
M. V. Williams
Evaluation:
Pellagra
Hallucination: Worms in the
head
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 31
July 1911
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Name:
Caughman, Eliza
Date: 24 Feb
1906
Petitioners:
R. C. Sparkman, Andrew
Williams,
Noah Whidden, J. L. Hicks,
E. M. Putman
Physicians:
D. N. McQueen, G. M.
Vincent,
M. V. Williams
Evaluation:
Extreme old age
Hallucination: Looking after
cattle (?), not violent but
requires some restraint to
keep her from
running from home and being
injured
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 03
Mar 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Name:
Golden, Marina Mrs.
Age: 48
years
Date: 07 Aug
1911
Petitioners:
W. M. Driggers, J. R. Piner,
Alan Whitaker,
E. Wotitzky, J. W. Davis
Physicians:
D. N. McQueen, Geo. S.
Stone,
Geo. W. McLane
Evaluation:
Pellagra
Hallucination: Full of worms
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 09 Aug
1911
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Name:
Veevers, Robert
Date: 08 Mar
1906
Petitioners:
C. E. Hinson, G. L. Cason,
W. H. Koyton,
Joseph Wilson, J. D.
Southerland
Physicians:
G. E. Wright, J. M. Beeson,
W. J. Bailey
Evaluation:
Religious Mania
Hallucination: That he must
confess some great crime
to God and hence the
confession to the
killing and burning of the
Kirby family
* This
page was struck out
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Name:
Wheeler, James A.
Date: 16 Nov
1911
Petitioners:
W. H. Stiles, G. C.
Culberson, H. C. Parsons
R. O. Bowden, O. C. Vaughn
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, J. A.
Simmons,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
A blow on head several years
ago
Hallucination: None
Ruling &
Date: Dementia; 18 Nov 1911
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Name:
Veevers, Robert
Date: 08 Mar
1906
Petitioners:
C. E. Hinson, G. L. Cason,
W. H. Koyton,
Joseph Wilson, J. D.
Southerland
Physicians:
G. E. Wright, J. M. Beeson,
W. J. Bailey
Evaluation:
Religious Mania/Living alone
without any
associates
Hallucination: That he must
confess some great crime
to please God, hence his
confession to
the killing and burning of
the Kirby
family
Ruling &
Date: Religious Mania; 12
Mar 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 84
Name:
Daniels, Vannie
Age: 11
years
Date: 18 Nov
1911
Petitioners:
J. W. Hampton, Jos. J.
Coker, T. L. Hughes
R. M. Stidham, J. A.
Albritton
Physicians:
N/A
Evaluation:
Idiocy
Ruling &
Date: N/A; 29 Nov 1911
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 35
Name:
Parsons, Will
Age: 35
years
Date: 18 Apr
1906
Petitioners:
J. T. Sauls, J. Nemor, A. D.
Davis,
John Duse, S. M. Register
Physicians:
R. L. Cline, Ed Green, J. F.
Stonebroker
Evaluation:
None
Hallucination: Very
indifferent to every being
Ruling &
Date: General Pocecir
Insanity; 21 Apr 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 85
Name:
Shockley, James B.
Age: 45
years
Date: 13 Dec
1911
Petitioners:
Walter Hart, S. Wintbrofe
Sargent JP,
W. S. Butler, H. E. Coy,
Geo. F. Smith
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, H. P. Bevis,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Religion
Hallucination: That he is
not worthy of food to
sustain
life
Ruling &
Date: Dementia; 14 Dec 1911
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 36
Name:
Hutchinson, Raymond
Date: 05
June 1906
Petitioners:
T. J. Watkins, R. E.
Watkins, C. W. Johnson
W. M. Smith, M. A. Rhyne
Physicians:
L. M. McSwain, R. L. Cline,
J. J. Meyer
Evaluation:
Unknown
Ruling &
Date: Idiocy; 06 June 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 86
Name:
Cofieland, D. C.
Age: 48
years
Date: 11 Dec
1911
Petitioners:
H. J. Downing, J. B. Carter
MD, Ira J. Fowler
J. R. E. Kennedy, Ben
Aydelott
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, H. P. Bevis,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Nothing
special
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 15
Dec 1911
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 37
Name:
Jackson, Rhoda
Date: 05
June 1906
Petitioners:
B. M. Wade, G. D. Perkins,
John H. Capo,
C. G. Davis, R. B.
Singletary
Physicians:
Kirby Smith, D. A. McQueen,
R. C. Blount
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Fear of being
hoodover?
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 19
June 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 87
Name:
Goldwire, Benjamin
Age: abt. 50
years
Date: 28 Dec
1911
Petitioners:
T. D. Powell, T. S. Carlton,
Jas. Green,
A. C. Freeman, P. W. Harward
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, H. P. Bevis,
P. W. Harward
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Unknown
Ruling &
Date: Dementia; 01 Jan 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 38
Name:
Lancaster, Nellie
Date: 02
June 1906
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, M. J.
Martin, J. A. Ivey,
R. B. Singletary, G. R.
Godwin
Physicians:
Kirby Smith, D. A. McQueen,
R. C. Blount
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Fear of
injury from others
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 19
June 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 88
Name:
Pelham, A. C.
Age: 50
years
Date: 08 Feb
1912
Petitioners:
J. L. Griffin, R. L. Lowe,
Luby Coker,
Alex Brady, J. R. Griffin
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, Rufert Smith,
H. P. Bevis
Evaluation:
Christianity & bad health
Hallucination: The workings
of God
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 08
Feb 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 39
Name:
Nicholson, Joe
Date: 05
July 1906
Petitioners:
J. L. Jones, L. G. Bryan, J.
J. Meyer,
O. B. Williford, F. C. Ralls
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, R. L. Cline,
J. F. Stonebroker
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Reforming
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 05
July 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 89
Name:
Pace, Isaac
Age: 60
years
Date: 10 Mar
1912
Petitioners:
Y. C. Wright, W. H. Kayton,
J. C. Barker,
B. T. Wigging, W. K. Gentry
Physicians:
D. T. Carlton, J. A.
Simmons, H. P. Bevis
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Destruction
of his property by killing
orange trees
Ruling &
Date: Dementia; 11 Mar 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 40
Name:
Holmes, Jane
Age: 70
years
Date: 14
July 1906
Petitioners:
N. C. Herndon, T. J.
Cochran, J. A. Osteen,
J. P. Prevatt, J. M.
Prevatt, H. E. Jarvis
Physicians:
G. E. Wright, W. A.
Southerland,
J. M. Beeson
Evaluation:
Senile decline
Hallucination: Seeing
visions and religous mania
Ruling &
Date: Complete Insanity; 16
July 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 90
Name:
Redding, Gertrude
Age: 26
years
Date: 17 May
1912
Petitioners:
H. H. Petteway, M. L.
Morrison, H. E. Cline
L. E. Johnson, D. E. Gillett
Physicians:
H. P. Bevis, J. A. Simmons,
Guy Harward
Evaluation:
Religion & chronic morphine
eater
Hallucination: N/A
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 27
May 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 41
Name:
Keene, Mary Mrs.
Age: abt. 50
years
Date: 25
July 1906
Petitioners:
P. D. Sauls, Robt. L.
Hopson, F. L. Bryan,
M. C. Jones, Hosia Albritton
Physicians:
T. J. Myers, W. S. Hort, T.
R. Storke
Evaluation:
A protracted illness and
break down of the
nervous system
Hallucination: Seeing
strange sights and wanting
to do
deeds of violence to the
members of her
family
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 27
July 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 91
Name:
Driscoll, John
Age: 30 to
35 years
Date: 19
June 1912
Petitioners:
J. W. Boatright, E. H. King,
W. H. Hooker
Geo. W. Mulford, T. D.
Powell
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, H. P. Bevis,
J. H. Jones
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: going ahead
Ruling &
Date: Dementia; 20 June 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 42
Name:
Lovett, Sidney
Age: abt. 28
years
Date: 24
July 1906
Petitioners:
C. L. Carlton, O. E. Webb,
L. Y. Bryan,
Wm. S. Davenport, J. W.
Craig
Physisicians: L. M. McSwain,
R. L. Cline. C. C. Chollor
Evaluation:
Excitement
Hallucination: Being
tortured
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 27
July 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 92
Name:
Watson, A.
Age: 88
years
Date: 25 Oct
1912
Petitioners:
F. E. Parker, W. H. Hooker,
W. R. Mansfield
Tom Carlton, R. J. Blount
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, R. L. Cline,
Cyril Baldwin
Evaluation:
Pelegra
Hallucination: None
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 29
Oct 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 43
Name:
Cauphman, Eliza Mrs.
Age: 80
years
Date: 17 Aug
1906
Petitioners:
A. J. Williams, R. S.
Windham, O. S. Ross,
W. C. Hayman, Noah Whidden,
W. A. Duval
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, Ed Green, D.
T. Carlton
Evaluation:
Old age
Hallucination: Wandering
away from home under the
impression she is going home
Ruling &
Date: Parisen Insanity; 30
Aug 1906
Judge: J. B.
Cochran
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Page 93
Name:
Bryan, Caroline
Age: abt. 45
years
Date: 22 Nov
1912
Petitioners:
C. E. McRae, B. B. Smith, L.
T. Alford,
J. F. Baldwin, J. A.
Campbell
Physicians:
H. P. Bevis, D. L. McSwain,
D. T. Carlton
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: No special
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 23
Nov 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 44
Name:
Vining, Georgia
Date: 22 Jan
1907
Petitioners:
J. O. Shelfer, C. C.
Carlton, T. B. Watkins,
Ed Tippins, R. B. Campbell
Physicians:
Ed Green, Kirby H. Smith, P.
W. Haward Sr.
Evaluation:
Family troubles
Hallucination: Afraid of
being poisoned and burning
up
household goods
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 22
Jan 1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 94
Name:
Williams, Sallie
Age: 35
years
Date: 14 Dec
1912
Petitioners:
W. H. Williams Jr., W. R.
Cain, R. L. Lowe,
M. J. Martin, J. W. Davis
Physicians:
D. N. McQueen, G. S. Stone,
R. R. Seward
Evaluation:
Pelegra
Hallucination: That she is
burning up
Ruling &
Date: Permanent Insanity; 17
Dec 1912
Judge: A.
Yancy Teachy
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Page 45
Name:
Arrington, Catherine
Date: 15 Mar
1907
Petitioners:
J. L. Griffin, J. B. Strand,
W. G. Cowart,
G. W. Dawson MD, T. F.
Griffin
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, P. W. Harward
Sr.,
R. L. Cline
Evaluation:
Jealousy
Hallucination: Quarrelsome
and telling falsehoods
about husband and other
woman
Ruling &
Date: Dementia; 25 Mar 1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 95
Name:
Chadwick, C. H.
Age: 45
years
Date: 19 Oct
1912
Petitioners:
Geo. W. McLane, Francis K.
Adams,
S. J. Huffman, C. H.
Stewart,
Jas. K. McClelland, Mrs.
Julia Chadwick
Physicians:
G. S. Stone, Eugene R.
Whidden,
F. M. Cooper
Evaluation:
Domestic trouble
Hallucination: Murder,
especially that of children
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 20 Jan
1913
Judge: W. D.
Bell
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Page 46
Name:
Maulden, William I.
Age: 38
years
Date: 28 Mar
1907
Petitioners:
E. W. Pooser, W. E.
Robertson,
S. R. Semple, H. M. Whidden,
A. B. Williford
Physicians:
Kirby Smith, Ed Green, R. B.
Campbell
Evaluation:
Study of hyponotism
Hallucination: Hypnatism and
clairvoyance
Ruling &
Date: Mental Abstration; 28
Mar 1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 96
Name:
Pullan, Arthur
Age: abt. 40
years
Date: 22 Jan
1913
Petitioners:
C. S. Dishong, J. L.
Dishong, D. E. Gillett,
J. T. Bush, B. R. King
Physicians:
R. L. Cline, D. L. McSwain,
Wilbur Whitehurst
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Religion
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 22
Jan 1913
Judge: W. D.
Bell
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Page 47
Name:
Morgan, Mary
Age: 35
years
Date: 04 Mar
1907
Petitioners:
V. J. Jordan, T. D. Perkins,
John H. Capo,
J. L. Go----?, A. M. McGehee
Physicians:
D. L. McSwain, R. L. Cline,
T. H. Harward
Evaluation:
Ruling &
Date: Not Insane; 04 Mar
1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 97
Name:
Waldo, Dave
Age: 48
years
Date: 07 Feb
1913
Petitioners:
C. L. Coleman, J. A. Price,
H. T. Carlton,
K. R. Carlton, R. L.
Matthews
Physicians:
H. P. Bevis, A. B. Stroud,
W. H. Baggett
Evaluation:
General debility
Hallucination: No special
cause
Ruling &
Date: Chronic Insanity; 08
Feb 1913
Judge: W. D.
Bell
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Page 48
Name:
Lanier, E. Mrs.
Age: abt. 30
years
Date: 24 Apr
1907
Petitioners:
E. Lanier, N. W. Sauls, N.
M. Bryan,
D. H. Vaughan, M. R. Gill
Physicians:
M. R. Gill, W. R. Minor, D.
H. Vaughan
Evaluation:
No apparent reason
Hallucination: Poison in
water, tunneling under house
flash lights, sparks falling
about the
house at night
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 27 Apr
1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 98
Name:
Alderman, W. V.
Age: 26
years
Date: 10 Feb
1913
Petitioners:
G. H. Gill, B. H. Devan, A.
J. Stewart,
W. W. Rich, J. F. Mann
Physicians:
C. A. Gavin, M. L. Crews, W.
A. Hendry
Evaluation:
Heriditary taint
Hallucination: An abnormal
desire to trade & traffic
without due regard to value
involved
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 12 Feb
1913
Judge: W. D.
Bell
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Page 49
Name:
Boole, Sam
Date: 17 May
1907
Petitioners:
Albert W. Gilchrist, C. M.
Denbam,
R. S. Earnest, E. Watitzky,
D. M. Cooper
Physicians:
G. W. Woods, D. M. McQueen,
Geo. W. McLane
Evaluation:
Meloncholia
Hallucination: That he is
the victim of some terrible
calamity or fate
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 20
June 1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 99
Name:
Ganns, A. P. Mrs.
Age: 58
years
Date: 08 Mar
1913
Petitioners:
K. W. Mahon, R. Stroble, J.
T. Baxley,
J. G. Johnson, J. L. Dishong
Physicians:
J. A. Simmons, R. L. Cline,
B. Y. Clark
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Serving God
Ruling &
Date: Acute Mania; 08 Mar
1913
Judge: W. D.
Bell
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Page 50
Name:
Frazelle, Chas.
Age: 38
years
Date: 23
Sept 1907
Petitioners:
G. E. Bryan, B. A. Wachob,
E. Watitzky,
W. S. Whitaker, Charles
Simmonds
Physicians:
Kirby Smith, D. M. McQueen,
George W. McLane
Evaluation:
Unknown
Hallucination: Fear of being
injured by someone
Ruling &
Date: Temporary Insanity; 24
Sept 1907
Judge: R. E.
Brown
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Page 100
Name:
Addison, Victor
Age: 40
years
Date: 18 Apr
1913
Petitioners:
S. H. Morton, A. F. Dewy,
Chas. Cochran
Chas. Simmons, Grover
Cochran
Physicians:
G. S. Stone, E. K. Whidden,
W. E. Mobley
Evaluation:
Pelegra
Hallucination: Little birds
eating him
Ruling &
Date: Acute Insanity; 22 Apr
1913
Judge: W. D.
Bell
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