Old Chesterfield Jail
Old Jail
Side View of Old Jail
Jail Steps from Old Court House
Katherine Ward Rivers Braswell: When I was a child, there were beautiful lilac bushes in front of the jail, and it smelled wonderful when you walked by.
Elizabeth Ann Gaddy Rivers: When my father had a grocery store downtown, grocers submitted bids each month for the business of supplying the jail with food and supplies for the month. My father often had the low bid, and I sometimes took items to Margie Chewning Hill, who prepared the prisoners' food. I never went into the cell area, but I remember once she took me upstairs to see the quarters for female prisoners. Her husband was Sheriff Don Hill, and this was their family's home.