Courthouse tree

Dee Counts Contributor In Jefferson County prior to 1847 a small calaboose was used to incarcerate alleged criminals, white or black, requiring trial or proper disposition of their sentence. This was located in Monticello on the northeast corner of a block bordered by Pearl, High, Cherry and Waukeenah Streets. Jefferson County’s first official jail, a two-story brick building, was built in 1847 on this same block. Directly across Waukeenah Street, on the eastern side of this block was