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These are files of civil and criminal cases of the Inferior Court sitting as a court of law. Mixed in with these records are a few case files of Justice of the Peace Courts. They were partially processed and described by the 1993 Archives' Institute Practicum. The following listing, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the plantiff, is not complete. Approximately 70 cases remain unprocessed and undescribed.

Scope and Contents This series consists of a bound volume which documents the accounts of Ms. Amanda A. Dickson for the inclusive dates listed below. Ms. Dickson was a mulatto, the daughter of Ms. Julia Dickson who was a slave of and head housekeeper for Mr. David Dickson. Mr. Dickson owned a large plantation located in Hancock and Washington counties in the late 19th Century. According to the testimony of November 17, 1885, Ms. Julia Dickson stated that Ms. Amanda was born November 20, 1849, and was the...

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This series is composed of a single bound volume which contains a master index to one of the probate court's execution dockets. Information presented in this volume includes (1) the date and term of court, (2) a list of litigants (both plaintiffs and defendants) and (3) case number. All executions recorded in this volume involved only civil complaints. These execution dockets are found in R.G. 170 - 2 - 17.

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This series consists of a bound volume which is an index to writs records found in reel numbers 121-48 to 121-54 and to numbers 122-1 to 122-3 in our Microfilm Library. Information found in this index includes the (1) name of plaintiff and defendant and (2) alphabetical letter of writ book and page number in which the resume of the case is found. Only some of the title targets of the microfilm reels list these alphabetical numbers.

Scope and Contents This series is composed of bound volumes which documents some of the executions issued by the court for the inclusive dates listed below. The format presented in these volumes differ slightly from one to the other but they all contain the same basic information which includes the (1) name of plaintiff and defendant, (2) date and term of court in which Fi Fa (writ of Fieri Facias) was issued by the court, (3) date and term of court in which the writ was to be returned, (4) an enumeration of ....

Scope and Contents Docketed in this volume are civil cases tried in the Inferior Court. Entries are arranged by term of court and then by case number. The information usually given for each case is: (1) case number, (2) names of the attorneys (but usually only the plaintiff's attorney is shown), (3) names of the plaintiff and defendant, (4) date service of the complaint on the defendant was issued, (5) how case was disposed of (e.q., settled, by judgment, dismissed etc.), (6) names of persons subpoenaed and...

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This artificial series includes folders of various documents, usually small parts of different series that have become separated from their proper files. The dates given are only appropriate.

Scope and Contents This series consists of a few pages containing applications to the court for approval to perform some act relating to county purposes. Examples included are orders to approve burial expenses of a pauper, road reports from specified Georgia Militia Districts, applications to preach the gospel in the county and to qualify as a tax collector. These few pages are found in one of the volumes comprising R.G. 170 - 1 - 68. Information presented includes the (1) date and term of court, (2) number of...

Scope and Contents This series is composed of a bound volume which documents the fees charged by the Probate Court for services rendered during the inclusive dates listed below. Information presented includes (1) name of recipient receiving service, (mostly persons owning estates and persons under care of guardians), (2) type of service rendered, (3) date of such service, and (4) amount of fees charged for such specific service rendered. Some of the services rendered by the court included granting letters of...

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This series consists of bound volumes containing (1) a list of persons who voted, (2) a list of registered voters, and (3) a list of disqualified voters. The first two volumes show the following information about each voter: (1) name, (2) race, (3) militia district of residence and (4) occupation (sometimes not filled in).

Scope and Contents This series consists of bound volumes which document the petitions to the court for the creation of commissions of lunacy to hold hearings to determine the sanity of persons reputed to be lunatics and who were subject to be committed to the Georgia State Sanitarium (now Central State Hospital). Information presented in these petitions includes the (1) name of petitioner, (2) name of reputed lunatic, (3) names of three nearest adult relatives, (4) date of filing of petition in probate court,...