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Butts County (Ga.)

 Organization

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Butts County - City Clerk / Jackson - Civil and Criminal Subpoena Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-20-063
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of a bound volume that documents the criminal and civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed and the subsequent subpoenas that were issued. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of parties involved; (2) names of plaintiff's and defendant's witnesses; (3) date subpoena was issued; (4) term of court, and (5) name of officer to whom subpoena was delivered.

Dates: Created: 1912-1943

Butts County - City Clerk / Jackson - Civil Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-20-065
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume that documents the civil complaints filed in the City Court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of attorneys; (2) case number; (3) names of parties involved; (4) type of case, and (5) remarks concerning disposition of case.

Dates: Created: 1911-1913

Butts County - City Clerk / Jackson - Criminal Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-20-060
Scope and Contents This series is composed of a bound volume that documents the criminal charges filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of attorneys; (2) case number; (3) name of defendant; (4) type of complaint charged against the defendant; (5) remarks (usually, guilty or not guilty), and (6) date of term of court. The complaints charged against the defendants include those of cheating and swindling, assault and battery and selling...
Dates: Created: 1911-1913

Butts County - City Clerk / Jackson - Criminal Subpoena Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-20-061
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume that documents the criminal charges filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of defendant; (2) names of plaintiff's witnesses; (3) date subpoena was issued; (4) name of officer subpoena was delivered to (always the Sheriff); (5) date and term of court; (6) names of defendant's witnesses, and (7) date subpoena was issued to them.

Dates: Created: 1911-1913

Butts County - City Clerk / Jackson - Sheriff's Criminal Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-20-064
Scope and Contents The bound volume comprising this series documents the criminal complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court (often not given); (2) names of attorneys (often not given); (3) name of defendant; (4) charges against defendant; (5) verdict of court and date rendered (often not given), and (6) case number. Some of the charges complained of include simple larceny, selling liquor and cheating and...
Dates: Created: 1911-1912

Butts County - City Clerk / Jackson - Sheriff's Subpoena Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-20-062
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume which documents the criminal charges filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed below and the subpoenas issued by the court as a result of such charges. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of defendant; (2) name of court; (3) names of witnesses; (4) designation of either plaintiff or defendant requesting subpoena; (5) date subpoena was received; (6) date subpoena was served, and (7) name of person serving subpoena.

Dates: Created: 1911-1913

Butts County - County Treasurer - Orders

 Series
Identifier: 118-10-043
Scope and Contents This series is composed of a bound volume which documents the orders drawn on the County Treasurer for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date order was issued; (2) name of person or officer (usually the Probate Judge) who issued order; (3) name of recipient of order; (4) name of account on which the order was issued; (5) the amount of money involved; (6) date order was registered; (7) date paid; (8) name of person to whom paid; (9) amount...
Dates: Created: 1881-1885

Butts County - Justice of Peace Court - Civil Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-04-003
Scope and Contents The bound volumes comprising this series document the civil complaints filed in this court for the inclusive date span listed. Information in them includes: (1) names of plaintiffs and defendants; (2) type of case included; (3) date of issue of summons; (4) case number; (5) date and term of court; (6) disposition of case or judgment rendered; (7) names of attorneys involved (usually not given), and (8) number of the Georgia Militia District in which the court was located. Most of these cases...
Dates: Created: 1842-1940

Butts County - Justice of Peace Court - Criminal and Civil Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-04-006
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume documenting the civil and criminal complaints filed in this court for the inclusive date span listed which are similar to those found in Series 3 and 4 of this Record Group. Information presented includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of defendants and plaintiffs in civil cases; (3) type of complaint charged against defendant; (4) judgment rendered or disposition of case; (5) enumeration of court costs; (6) names of witnesses for the State (in...
Dates: Created: 1887-1889

Butts County - Justice of Peace Court - Criminal Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-04-004
Scope and Contents The bound volumes comprising this series document the criminal charges filed in this court by the State of Georgia for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) names of attorneys (only for 1902-1904); (2) names of defendants; (3) type of case; (4) judgment rendered or disposition of case; (5) enumeration of the bill of costs; (6) remarks; (7) date and term of court, and (8) name or number of the Georgia Militia District in which the court is...
Dates: Created: 1896-1939

Butts County - Misc. County Officials - Common Law Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-12-037
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume which contains documentation of the common law complaints filed in the two courts for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of attorneys involved; (3) names of litigants; (4) type of charge complained of; (5) disposition of case and, (6) case number. Some of the civil complaints filed include those concerning debt, divorce and assumpsit.

Dates: Created: 1868-1887

Butts County - Misc. County Officials - Misc. Unbound Records

 Series
Identifier: 118-12-008
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of miscellaneous correspondence, depositions, promissory notes and similar material found in the bound volumes that is a part of this Record Group. These records have been placed in this temporary series until the proper series to which they belong have been created. At that time each record will be interfiled into its proper series.

Dates: Created: 1855-1934

Butts County - Misc. County Officials - Sheriff's Subpoena Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-12-025
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the criminal and civil charges filed in the courts for the inclusive date span listed and the subpoenas issued by the courts as a result of such charges. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of parties to action; (2) name of court involved; (3) names of witnesses; (4) designation of either plaintiff or defendant or both requesting subpoena be issued; (5) date subpoena was received; (6) date subpoena was served, and (7)...
Dates: Created: 1892-1900

Butts County - Misc. County Officials - Superior and Probate Court Minutes

 Series
Identifier: 118-12-027
Scope and Contents The bound volumes comprising this series consists of minute books which document some of the civil and criminal complaints filed in these two courts for the inclusive date span listed and other official county matters. Information presented in these volumes involving civil and criminal complaints includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of parties in action; (3) the name of the alleged charge; (4) the name of the court the complaint was filed in, and (5) disposition of the case....
Dates: Created: 1849-1880

Butts County - Probate Court - Appearance Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-02-007
Scope and Contents This series is composed of a bound volume which documents the civil complaints filed in this court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) the date and term of court; (2) case number; (3) names of parties involved; (4) type of complaint charged, and (5) disposition of case. The type of charges filed were mostly those involving property such as debt, assumpsit (that is, an assumption of ownership of a form of property), case number, complaint...
Dates: Created: 1840-1861

Butts County - Probate Court - Cost Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-02-039
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume which documents the court costs involved in civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of attorneys involved; (3) case number; (4) names of litigants; (5) an enumeration of court costs, and (6) date of disposition of case (not always given).

Dates: Created: 1854-1863

Butts County - Probate Court - Permits to Retail Spirituous Liquor

 Series
Identifier: 118-02-005
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the names of the persons receiving permits to sell spirituous liquors in the various parts of the county. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of applicant receiving permit; (2) address of area in which applicant wishes to conduct business (sometimes not given); (3) length of time the permit will be in force; (4) amount of money applicant paid into the County Treasury as a license fee, and (5) the date the permit was...
Dates: Created: 1874-1881

Butts County - Probate Court - Pony Homestead Records

 Series
Identifier: 118-02-030
Scope and Contents Pony Homesteads are small homesteads that are exempt from property taxation. The records comprising this series are bound volumes containing petitions to the Probate Judge to obtain such exemptions and schedules of property to be so exempted. Information presented in these volumes includes the petitions from applicants which includes a list of each applicant's children (usually given), a list of all property to be exempted and an enumeration of the value of each item, the date of the...
Dates: Created: 1871-1925

Butts County - Probate Court - Register for Posted Lands

 Series
Identifier: 118-02-042
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume which provides documentation of the names of the registrants of posted lands for the inclusive dates listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of registrant; (2) name of person witnessing such registration; (3) a brief description of such registered land (especially names of neighbors); (4) date of registration; (5) Georgia Militia District number in which land is located, and (6) land lot number.

Dates: Created: 1903-1911

Butts County - Sheriff - Sheriff's Cost Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-09-021
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume which documents the fees the Sheriff received for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) parties to action; (2) term and date of court, and (3) an enumeration of fees received by the Sheriff (only a few listed).

Dates: Created: 1898-1898

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Civil Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-029
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of attorneys involved; (3) case number; (4) names of parties in action; (5) type of charge complaints were of, and (6) judgment rendered. The type of cases include trover (the remedy to recover damages for the conversion of personal property) and rule nisi (an exparte order...
Dates: Created: 1866-1869

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Common Law Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-036
Scope and Contents

This series consists of bound volumes which contain documentation of the common law complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of attorneys involved; (3) names of litigants; (4) type of charge complained of; (5) disposition of case, and (6) case number. Some of the civil complaints filed includes those concerning promissory notes, rents and mortgages.

Dates: Created: 1884-1894

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Criminal Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-013
Scope and Contents

This series consists of bound volumes that document the criminal complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in them includes: (1) name of attorneys; (2) name of defendant; (3) charges made against the defendant; (4) remarks; (5) date and term of court, and (6) case number. The charges made against these defendants include simple larceny, carrying concealed weapons, and assault and battery.

Dates: Created: 1866-1902

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Criminal Subpoena Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-014
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume that documents the criminal complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of defendant; (2) names of plaintiff's and defendant's witnesses; (3) date subpoena was issued; (4) name of person to whom the subpoena was delivered; (5) Sheriff's returns and remarks (not often listed), and (6) term of court (not usually listed).

Dates: Created: 1901-1902

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Execution Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-034
Scope and Contents Execution dockets are used by the court to document the execution of judgments in civil cases. This series is composed of a bound volume which provides documentation for the civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive dates listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of attorneys; (2) names of litigants; (3) an enumeration of the principal, interest, court costs, sheriff's costs, judge's costs, and attorney's fees involved; (4) date of disposition of case; (5)...
Dates: Created: 1866-1902

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Minutes of Meetings

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-026
Scope and Contents This series consists of bound volumes of minutes which document some of the civil and criminal complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed and other official county matters. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of parties in action; (3) a brief description of the charge complained of; (4) disposition of case; (5) names of jurors (not always given); (6) presentments of Grand Juries, and (7) appointments of Land...
Dates: Created: 1866-1890

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Promissory Notes

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-035
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume (Execution Docket) which also contains a few recorded promissory notes entered into for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in these promissory notes includes: (1) the date the indenture was agreed on; (2) the names of the borrower and lender; (3) the amount of money involved; (4) a description of the property used to secure the loan; (5) the date the indenture was recorded, and (6) the signature of the person who recorded the...
Dates: Created: 1871-1875

Butts County - State / County / City Court - Sheriff's Civil Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-03-019
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed and the judgments resulting from such complaints. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of attorneys; (2) names of parties; (3) an enumeration of court costs; (4) remarks (an explanation and description of the property seized to render judgment), and (5) date case was recorded. The charges listed in this volume are all concerned with property...
Dates: Created: 1887-1891

Butts County - Superior Court - Appeals Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-023
Scope and Contents

This volume is used to document the appeals the litigants filed in the court and the judgments resulting from such claims. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of parties in action; (3) names of attorneys involved; (4) case number; (5) name of complaint charged, and (6) disposition of case. Some of the charges complained of include those involving debt, assumpit, divorce and trepass.

Dates: Created: 1831-1876

Butts County - Superior Court - Appearance Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-018
Scope and Contents This series is composed of a bound volume which documents the civil complaints filed in this court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) case number; (3) names of parties involved; (4) type of complaint charged; (5) names of attorneys, and (6) date of and disposition of case. The type of charges complained of were those involving property such as debt, assumpsit (that is, an assumption of ownership of a form of...
Dates: Created: 1828-1845

Butts County - Superior Court - Civil and Criminal Cost Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-020
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the court costs resulting from civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information contained in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court (often not given); (2) names of attorneys involved; (3) names of parties to action; (4) charges made by plaintiffs; (5) an enumeration of Clerk's costs; (6) an enumeration of Sheriff's costs (usually not given); (7) witness fees (rarely given); (8) remarks, and...
Dates: Created: 1896-1901

Butts County - Superior Court - Civil and Criminal Subpoena Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-016
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of a bound volume that documents the civil and criminal complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed and the subsequent subpoenas that were issued. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of parties involved in case; (2) date and term of court; (3) type of charge involved (usually not given); (4) disposition of case, and (5) names of witnesses. Some of the charges complained of include those of bastardy, assumpsit and murder.

Dates: Created: 1845-1888

Butts County - Superior Court - Civil Subpoena Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-015
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of a bound volume that documents the civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed below and the subsequent subpoenas that were issued. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) name of plaintiff and defendant; (3) names of plaintiff's and defendant's witnesses; (4) date subpoena was issued to each witness; (5) name of the officer (Sheriff) who delivered subpoena and, (6) Sheriff's return and remarks.

Dates: Created: 1886-1935

Butts County - Superior Court - Claim Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-031
Scope and Contents

A claim docket contains information which documents the claims of individuals against the property of other litigants. These dockets are similar to other civil cases except they are limited to claims cases. The bound volumes comprising this series contain information which includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of litigants; (3) case number, and (4) disposition of case.

Dates: Created: 1857-1889

Butts County - Superior Court - Clerk's Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-047
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the civil and criminal complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented includes: (1) names of attorneys involved (in civil cases); (2) case number (not always given); (3) date and term of court in which case was docketed (not always given); (4) names of litigants; (5) type of complaint charged; (6) disposition of case, and (7) names of witnesses (in criminal cases). Criminal complaints included...
Dates: Created: 1877-1914

Butts County - Superior Court - Costs Bills

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-046
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the court costs involved in civil and criminal cases filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed and a ledger which records receipts the court paid to certain individuals. Information presented in the case file portion includes: (1) date and (sometimes) term of court; (2) names of litigants; (3) an enumeration of the costs and type of service rendered, and (4) the case number. The ledger portion includes the date of receipt,...
Dates: Created: 1877-1887

Butts County - Superior Court - Criminal Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-010
Scope and Contents

The bound volumes comprising this series document the criminal cases filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. The information presented in these volumes includes: (1) the date and term of court; (2) name of attorneys; (3) case number; (4) name of defendant; (5) type of complaint charged against the defendant, and (6) disposition of case. The charges filed against the defendants includes larceny, arson, attempted rape and assault and battery.

Dates: Created: 1876-1909

Butts County - Superior Court - Criminal Subpoena Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-011
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of bound volumes that document the criminal charges filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in these dockets includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) name of defendant; (3) names of witnesses; (4) date subpoena was issued and, (5) name of person subpoena was delivered to summon defendant (usually the sheriff).

Dates: Created: 1900-1943

Butts County - Superior Court - Equity Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-032
Scope and Contents Equity cases are supplementary to cases tried under statute law but they allow courts to render judgments that are more flexible and more humane than judgments allowed under common or statute law. The bound volumes comprising this series document the civil complaints concerning equity matters filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of litigants; (3) names of attorneys; (4) nature of...
Dates: Created: 1831-1888

Butts County - Superior Court - Execution Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-038
Scope and Contents

Execution dockets are used by the court to document the execution of judgments in civil cases. This series is composed of bound volumes which provide documentation for the civil complaints filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of attorneys involved; 3) case number; (4) names of litigants; (5) an enumeration of court costs, and (6) date of disposition of case.

Dates: Created: 1831-1931

Butts County - Superior Court - Filing Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-041
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of bound volumes which document the names of the mortgagors and mortgagees recorded in the court for the inclusive dates listed below and is very similar to Series 2 of this Record Group. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) name of grantor; (2) name of grantee; (3) type of instrument used in transaction, that is, deed, lien or mortgage, and (4) date and hour the transaction was recorded by the court.

Dates: Created: 1890-1953

Butts County - Superior Court - General Docket

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-045
Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the names of the litigants involved in civil complaints before the court for the inclusive dates listed and is very similar to other civil dockets of this court. Information presented includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of attorneys involved; (3) case number; (4) names of litigants; (5) type of charge complained of; (6) remarks (concerning disposition of case), and (7) final disposition of case. The type of charges complained...
Dates: Created: 1870-1887

Butts County - Superior Court - Grand Jury Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-009
Scope and Contents The bound volumes comprising this series document some of the criminal cases filed in the court for the inclusive date span listed. The information presented in these volumes includes: (1) name of defendant; (2) names of State's witnesses; (3) names of defendant's witnesses; (4) type of complaint charged against the defendant; (5) date and term of court; (6) disposition of case, and (7) case number. The charges filed against these defendants include adultery, carrying concealed weapons and...
Dates: Created: 1895-1933

Butts County - Superior Court - Homesteads

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-058
Dates: Created: 1867-1874

Butts County - Superior Court - Index to Contracts Between Employers & Freedmen

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-017
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a list of persons who made contracts with freedmen and provide documentation of similar information. It is not known where these contracts are located but they presumably were recorded in the Clerk's office. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of employer; (2) name of freedman (surname usually not given); (3) date contract was recorded, and (4) number of contract (or page).

Dates: Created: 1866

Butts County - Superior Court - Index to Loose Case Files

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-044
Scope and Contents

This series consists of one bound volume which documents the names of the litigants appearing in this court. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of plaintiffs and defendants and (2) the box numbers of the Woodruff boxes (supposedly) in which the loose case files are located.

Dates: Other: no date known

Butts County - Superior Court - Indexes to Mortgage Records

 Series
Identifier: 118-01-002
Scope and Contents

Indexes to the names of the mortgagees and mortgagors recorded in Butts County mortgages. Information recorded includes: (1) the names of mortgagees and mortgagors; (2) type of transaction, that is, mortgage, lien or note; (3) date of transaction; (4) date recorded and, (5) book and page number. Please see RG 118-01-001, Butts County Mortgages.

Dates: Created: 1898-1912