Court records
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85033556
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Dadeville, Alabama, Chancery Court records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0390
Overview
Ledger containing records of the Chancery Court at Dadeville, Alabama (the 17th District of the Middle Division of the State of Alabama), from February 1842 to May 1848.
Dates:
1842-1848
Garnett Stancil Bibb County, Alabama, Court Record
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1335
Scope and Contents
Stancil's "Criminal Docket and Fee Book" from the Bibb County, Alabama, Justice Court, 1945-1950. It includes a Justice of the Peace docket, 1950, records, one case, and a list of marriages, 1947-1948.
Dates:
1945 - 1950
Hampstead County, Arkansas Court Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1064
Abstract
Hempstead County, Arkanasas court documents concerning appraisals of estates and charges against estates. The collection also includes guardianship of minors papers, 1823-1827.
Dates:
1823 - 1864
John S. Lackey papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1780
Abstract
Five legal documents, dated 1821-67, from or about Lawrence County, Alabama, three of which pertain to John. S. Lackey.
Dates:
1821-67
Marengo County, Alabama Court records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0906
Overview
Contains court records for Marengo County, Alabama, from 1818-1966
Dates:
unknown
Marshall County, Alabama, Court Minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0916
Abstract
This collection contains records from the Circuit Court, including citations for court appearances, letters of administration, petitions for dismissal from estate administration, and Commissioners court records, including road and ferry overseers, contracts, support of paupers, and other details.
Dates:
1851 - 1859
Midway, Alabama, city records
Collection
Identifier: W-0046
Overview
Handwritten copy of the town charter with all ordinances from 1882 to 1937, court records, and town council minutes for the town of Midway, Alabama.
Dates:
1882-1937
Mississippi Territory court records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0998
Abstract
This collection consists of circuit court records, 1810-1812, the criminal docket of the territorial court, 1810-1816, and the execution docket of the territorial superior circuit court, 23rd district, 1812-1815. It also includes county court minutes, 1822-1850.
Dates:
1810 - 1850; Majority of material found within 1810 - 1816
Pickens County, Alabama, papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3638
Overview
Court documents from Pickens County, Alabama
Dates:
1865-1909
Reporters for the Supreme Court of Alabama: typescript, after 1921
File — Box WSC001: [1006241611], Folder: W0129.11
Scope and Contents
In this twenty-six typescript of his article for an unnamed publication, William H. Brantley gives a brief sketch of each of the Reporters for the Alabama Supreme Court. In his opening paragraph, he calls these men the "unsung and unheralded, but not unappreciated, scholarly and trustworthy men who have prepared the opinions and judgements of the Supreme Court of Alabama for the printers and still had left enough patience to correct the galley, supervise the binding, and finally deliver the...
Dates:
after 1921
Daniel Thomas papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1398
Overview
Contains the records of Judge Daniel Thomas, including the Birdie Davis vs. School Board, Mobile, Alabama records, which was one of his most important civil rights cases based on desegregation, as well as other case records, certificates, and other notes.
Dates:
1940-1960
Wilcox County, Alabama Court Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1554
Abstract
This collection consists of a bound volume, containing a listing of cases, judgements, commissions, and fees for the county, circuit, and chancery courts in Monroe, Montgomery, Mobile, and Wilcox counties, with the bulk of entries relating to Wilcox Count. Also contains entries from the Wilcox County Circuit Court execution docket, 1840-1844.
Dates:
1841 - 1844