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These volumes are used to document the appeals of litigants filed in the Superior Court and the judgments resulting from such claims. The information each volume includes (1) term of court, (2) names of attorneys, (3) name of litigants, (4) nature of case and (5) judgment rendered.

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Appearance dockets are used to record civil complaints filed with the court so that the court can document the disposition of the case either by (a) transferring it to the issue docket for trial, (b) dismissing it, or (c) transferring it to the jurisdiction of another court. For each case the following information is given: (1) names of attorneys involved, (names of plaintiff and defendant, (3) type of case involved, (4) disposition of case, (5) entries and (6) term of court.

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These volumes are used to document the appeals of litigants to the Superior or Supreme Courts relating to judgments rendered in the lower courts. Information in each volume includes (1) term of court, (2) names of attorneys, (3) names of litigants and (4)judgment rendered as to whether case was sustained, dismissed or transferred to another court.

Scope and Contents This series consists of bonds, interrogatories, promissory notes, deeds, guardianship appointments, bills for injunctions and other court papers. Almost all these cases involve litigation over debts, missing livestock and other property disputes. Some of these cases originated in the justice courts of Gilmer County. Case files involving the Superior, Probate and County Courts of Gilmer County involving civil and criminal cases may be found in similar series in this record group under their...

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A claim docket contains information which documents the claim of individuals against the property of other litigants. These dockets are similar to other civil cases except they are limited to claims cases. The information included in this volume are the term of court, case number and names of plaintiffs and defendants.

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This series consists of bills of indictment, subpoenas of witnesses, interrogatories and similar court records. Most of these cases involve assault and battery, larceny charges and property disputes. See R.G. 161 - 1 - 11 for case files related to this series.

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Criminal dockets are used by the Superior Court to document criminal charges filed in that court by the state and the judgment resulting from such charges. The volumes which comprise this series include the following information: (1) Date and term of court, (2) parties to action, (3) names of witnesses for plaintiff and defendant, (4) date subpoena was issued and sheriff's return and entries.

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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. Information found in these volumes includes (1) name of litigants, (2) term of court, (3) nature of case, (4) case number and (5) judgment rendered.

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Execution dockets are used by the court to document the execution of judgments in civil cases. Information given about each case includes: (1) names of attorneys, (2) names of plaintiff and defendant, (3) amount of money involved (usually broken down by principal, interest court costs, etc.), (4) date of judgment, (5) date of fifa, and (6) term of court.

Scope and Contents General execution dockets are used to document the execution of judgments in civil cases decided by the Superior Court and Justice Courts. A single case is entered into two dockets: one by name of the plaintiff and one by the name of the defendant. The information included for each case is: (1) the names of the plaintiff and defendant, (2) the court in which case was settled (Superior or Justice), (3) the date of judgement, (4) the date of execution, (5) the amount of money involved, (6) the...

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These volumes are used to document the registrants for fishing and hunting licenses purchased in Gilmer County for the inclusive dates listed below. Information listed in these registers include (1) date of registration, (2) application number, (3) license number, (4) type of license (county, state or non resident), (5) name, address, skin color and age of each registrant and (6) amount paid for license.

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The volumes included in this series contain lists of Grand and Traverse(Petit) jurors arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of each juror's surname. The amount of bjury fees for each term of court is usually listed in the earlier dates but not the later ones.

Scope and Contents This series is composed of Gilmer County grand jury presentments to the citizens of the county concerning the conditions of Gilmer County public business. These presentments include: recommendations concerning specific public improvements, the conditions of public buildings, the financial conditions of public offices, the specific tax to be raised for specific county purposes and specific improvements of business practices that the county officials should make. The grand juries also appoint...

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Issue dockets (sometimes called bench dockets or bar dockets) are used to document civil cases docketed for trial by the court. For each case the following information is given: (1) names of attorneys involved, (2) names of plaintiff and defendant, (3) cause of issue, (4) character of services, (5) remarks and (6) term of court.

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This artificial series has been created for the purpose of collecting the miscellaneous records of the Superior Court of Gilmer County.

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This is an artificial series comprising records created in various courts in Georgia and other states affecting residents of Gilmer County. In cases of out of state counties the State is, of course, indicated after the county name.

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Motion dockets are dockets containing all civil cases pending in its respective court related to motions which are to be decided by the judge such as applications for the granting of a corporation charter, applications for dower, motions to set aside a sheriff’s sale or motions for injunctions. The information each provides includes (1) names of attorneys involved, (2) names of plaintiffs and defendants, (3) nature of motion, (4) verdict and (5) term of court.

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This series consists of promissory notes presented to the court. The notes include: (1) The names of the creditor and debtor, (2) the amount of money involved and (3) the date transaction occurred.

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These registers are used to document names of land owners who registered with the clerk after posting their lands forbidding persons to trespass, hunt or fish on such lands. These volumes include (1) name of registrant, name of witness and date of registration, (2) description of lands and (3) district and land lot numbers.

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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. The volumes in this series document the issuance of these orders and other additional information including (1) the names of plaintiffs and defendants, (2) term of court in which case was introduced, (3) disposition of case, (4) nature of case and (5) number of case.