. unearthed in an ex-cellent state of preservation. The old court-house was built between the years 1786 and 1794. It wascommenced in the former and completed in the latter year. The old stonejail, on the northeast corner of Second and Market Streets, was erected be-tween the years 1786 and 1798. It was under roof in 1791, but not finishedbefore 1798. The first jailer was Owen Aston, who lived in a small framehouse east of the prison. Previous to the erection of the stone jail, an oldlog jail occupied the same site. In the yard attac
. unearthed in an ex-cellent state of preservation. The old court-house was built between the years 1786 and 1794. It wascommenced in the former and completed in the latter year. The old stonejail, on the northeast corner of Second and Market Streets, was erected be-tween the years 1786 and 1798. It was under roof in 1791, but not finishedbefore 1798. The first jailer was Owen Aston, who lived in a small framehouse east of the prison. Previous to the erection of the stone jail, an oldlog jail occupied the same site. In the yard attached to this building, acouple of convicts were hung at an early day. After the completion of thestone building, a couple of negroes were executed from a platform which ex-tended into the yard from one of the back windows. These executions, withthe hanging of a man named Thomas McKean, about the year 1807, on the hillnear the academy, are the full number of all that have occurred in the executions in Franklin County were briefly: (1) John Hanna and.
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