Scope and Contents This series consists of a single bound volume documenting the civil and criminal complaints filed before the court for the inclusive dates listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of litigants (2) date and term of court in which the complaints were filed (3) case number (4) disposition of case (5) an enumeration of the principal, interest and court costs involved (only for civil complaints) (6) names of jurors. The civil complaints involve property matters such as...

Scope and Contents This series consists of the minutes of the Commissioners Court for Georgia. Entries frequently cite the names of Militia District 531, DeKalb County. The minutes give the date of the meeting and the names of those commissioners present. Entries frequently cite the names of the the overseers of particular roads and occasionally cite the names of hands working on particular roads. The most common business conducted was the assessment of fines and the sentencing of jail terms for defaulting on...

Scope and Contents This series is composed of a single bound volume containing the minutes of the court for the inclusive dates listed below. Information presented in this volume consists of civil and criminal complaints filed in the court and includes the (1) names of litigants, (2) date and term of court, (3) an enumeration of the amount of principal, interest and court costs involved (only in civil cases), (4) type of charge complained of and (5) judgement rendered. Most of the civil complaints involved...

Scope and Contents This series of records is in card form. Information contained on the card includes name and address of the person applying for homestead tax exemption. Included also is information on the property: number of acres, land lot number; district number; street or road; market value, land and building; size of lot; street name and number; kind of house; number of rooms; date of purchase; from whom; kind of deed or conveyance; recorded: book and page; purchase price land and all improvements to...

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This series consists of miscellaneous unbound correspondence and other papers that were found in the bound volumes comprising this Record Group. Most were taken from the volume in Series 6 whose contents deal with applications for citizenship.

Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume that documents the criminal complaints filed in the court for the inclusive dates listed below. Information presented in this volume includes (1) name of attorneys involved, (2) names of defendants, (3) type of charges made against defendants, (4) remarks, (5) date and term of court, (6) number of case and (7) disposition of case or judgement rendered. The charges made against these defendants include that of burglary, gambling, forgery and assault and...

Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which contains petitions to the court to be declared a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. Information presented in this volume includes (1) name, date and place of birth and marriage status of applicant, (2) affidavits of petitioner and witnesses, (3) oath of allegiance, (4) order of court admitting or denying petitioner, (5) naturalization number and date granted. and (6) a brief physical description of the applicant. There is no...

Scope and Contents Writ dockets contain legal orders issued by the court commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act. This series is composed of bound volumes containing such orders associated with civil complaints filed in the court. The supporting papers are also included. Information presented in these volumes documents (1) names of litigants, (2) date writ was recorded, (3) a description of the charge complained of, (4) orders to specified county...

Scope and Contents This series is composed of bound volumes which contain the names of property owners in the count for the date listed. The volumes also contain blueprints of the county's streets and roads. Information presented in these volumes includes the names of the residents of a particular street or road and the degree of development in the area. Entries are arranged in chronological order by district number and then by land lot number. Some of the entries include the value that a particular resident's...

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound volumes of tax digests which document the names of property owners residing in this county for the inclusive dates listed below and the type or and amount each owned. These volumes contain many schedules showing the value of different kinds of property. This inventory will only list the schedules used the most by the Commissioner, and those include (1) name of tax payer, (2) number of Georgia Militia District in which each resided (3) total number of acres of...