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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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

Court documents from Pickens County, Alabama

Dates: 1865-1909

Reporters for the Supreme Court of Alabama: typescript, after 1921

 File — Box WSC001: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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