Old Jail Museum

Please come out and help support our counties local history. The Old Jail Museum offers a unique perspective into the history of Lawrence County. Many Items are on display at the museum and cover a wide range of Lawrence County's past. There are many Items on display at the museum, Items at the Museum: Military: 250 General Hugh P. Harris - four uniforms and other items, Lt. General Stotser's unif

orm, Vice Admiral Ellis Perry's uniform, Civil War camp table and chair, other Civil War items, 48 Star Flag from the USS West Virginia, 45 Star flag, WWI items, WWII items, Military patch collection, WWII POW Camp photos and dug items, Bataan Death March US Army Ribbons, Silver Star Award signed by General John "Black Jack" Pershing, SGT. John Gwin's uniform WWII, David Crockett items from 1817 to 1822, Local History items, primitive tools, primitive home items, 1847 and 1848 Land Grants, Vaughan Music items including the original songbook binder, four mill stones from early 1800s, 1871 German Homestead Association Map, Patti Hearst FBI wanted poster, original flyer for the "March on Washington" 1964, Political Items including signatures of George McGovern, Edward Kennedy, President Ronald Regan, Congressman Jack Kemp, Senator Howard Baker, Senator Fred Thompson, Senator Jim Sasser, Senator Bill Brock, campaign collectables,