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116/01. Superior Court

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 116/01

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Appearance Bond Book

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-024
Scope and Contents This bound volume contains information which documents the names of the defendants involved in criminal cases appearing before the court for the date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of the principals and their securities recorded as being bound to the Governor; (2) the amount of the bond; (3) the type of charge brought against the defendant; (4) the date the bond was recorded, and (5) the term of court in which the defendant was scheduled to appear. The...
Dates: Created: 1898-1919

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Appearance Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-023
Scope and Contents This series is composed of bound volumes which documents the names of the parties involved in civil complaints filed in the court for the dates listed. Information presented includes: (1) names of attorneys involved; (2) case number; (3) names of the parties involved; (4) type of case; (5) disposition of case or judgment rendered, and (6) date and term of court. The type of complaint usually involves property matters such as suits for payment of promissory notes or accounts, assumptions and...
Dates: Created: 1889-1914

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Bench Warrant Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-029
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of a bound volume which documents bench docket cases appearing before the court for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) name of defendant; (3) date warrant was returned to sheriff; (4) date of arrest, if any; (5) date committed to prison, chain gang or penitentiary (often not given), and (6) date of execution of bond.

Dates: Created: 1897-1910

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Bond Forfeiture Books

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-025
Scope and Contents This series is composed of bound volumes which contain documentation of the names of the defendants who were scheduled to appear at the court to answer charges brought against them but who forfeited such bonds. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) the date and term of court; (2) name of principal; (3) names of the sureties; (4) date the principal and sureties became bonded; (5) the charge the State of Georgia presented against principal; (6) amount of money obligated to the...
Dates: Created: 1904-1963

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Cash Books (Accounts Payable and Receivable)

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-033
Scope and Contents This series consists of bound volumes which document the receipts and disbursements of the Clerk for the date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) the name of the payor or receiver; (2) an enumeration of the amount of money involved; (3) specifications for the purpose of the transaction, and (5) date of payment. Some of the entries were for the recording of divorces, deeds, mortgages and other liens, the cancellation of mortgages or liens and the results of other...
Dates: Created: 1906-1959

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Clerk's Fee Book

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-031
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a bound volume which documents the fees received by the Clerk for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) names of plaintiffs and defendants; (2) the charge or type of case (often not given); (3) the date recorded (often not given), and (4) an enumeration of the fees. Often a remark would be written across the face of the entry.

Dates: Created: 1896-1898

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Criminal Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-001
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of bound volumes that document the criminal complaints filed in the Superior Court for the date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) case number; (3) names of defendants; (4) the offense they were charged of committing; (5) the disposition of the case, and (6) names of attorneys.

Dates: Created: 1889-1936

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Criminal Subpoena Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-019
Scope and Contents This series is composed of bound volumes which document the criminal complaints filed in the Superior Court for the date span listed. These volumes provide information which includes: (1) names of parties involved; (2) names of plaintiff's witnesses and the date the subpoena was issued to them; (3) name of person who delivered subpoena (usually the Sheriff); (4) names of defendant's witnesses and the date the subpoena was issued to them; (5) name of person who delivered the subpoena, and...
Dates: Created: 1907-1925

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Execution Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-014
Scope and Contents Execution dockets are used by the court to document the execution of judgments in civil cases. The bound volumes comprising this series contain information that includes: (1) names of attorneys involved; (2) names of the parties involved; (3) an enumeration of the judgment and cost of the case including that of principle, interest, attorney's fees, Clerk's costs and Sheriff's costs; (4) the date the fifa (fieri facias) was handed to the Sheriff for collection; (5) remarks; (6) the case...
Dates: Created: 1889-1953

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Federal Crop Mortgages

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-027
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of a bound volume which contains documentation showing the names of the various applicants and recipients of loans from the United States of America for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) date mortgage was agreed to; (2) name of mortgagor; (3) amount of money involved in loan; (4) a description of the property so mortgaged; (5) name of witness, and (6) the date the agreement was filed with the court.

Dates: Created: 1931

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Financial Records

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-034
Scope and Contents

This series consists of unbound papers found in the bound volumes comprising Series 33 of this record group. These records consist mostly of notes, letters, flyers, and other miscellaneous data.

Dates: Created: 1907-1960

Bulloch County - Superior Court - General Execution Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-015
Scope and Contents General execution dockets are used to document the execution of judgments in civil cases decided by the Superior, Justice and City courts (including a few cases from courts outside Bulloch County affecting residents from Bulloch County). Information presented in these bound volumes includes: (1) names of defendants and plaintiffs; (2) type of court in which judgment was obtained and case number, if given; (3) date of judgment; (4) date of execution; (5) an enumeration of the principal,...
Dates: Created: 1890-1932

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Index to Deeds

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-005
Scope and Contents

This series consists of bound volumes of the general indexes of deeds filed in the office of the Clerk of Court and provides documentation for information that includes: (1) names of grantees and grantors; (2) date of signature of deed; (3) date the deed was recorded, and (4) the book and page numbers where deed was recorded.

Dates: Created: 1895-1911

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Indexes to Deeds and Mortgages

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-059
Scope and Contents

The bound volumes which comprise this series are indexes to the names of the mortgages and mortgagors recorded in Series 3 and 5 of this Record Group. The material presented includes: (1) the names of grantees and grantors; (2) the type of instrument used, that is, deed, mortgage or other; (3) date of instrument, and (4) date of record and book and page number in which the instrument was recorded.

Dates: Created: 1796-1934

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Issue Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-018
Scope and Contents Issue dockets are often called claim dockets. They contain information which documents the claims of individuals against the property of other litigants. This series is composed of bound volumes which provide documentation of such claims for the date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of litigants and attorneys; (3) nature of case; (4) disposition of case, and (5) case number. Most of these cases involve civil complaints...
Dates: Created: 1882-1929

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Jury Script Receipt Books

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-012
Scope and Contents

The bound volumes comprising this series are bank stub books that documents the names of jurors who served on the Grand and Traverse Juries for the date span listed and who received compensation from the Bulloch County Superior Court for such services. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) the name of juror to whom the check was issued; (2) date of issue; (3) the amount of money involved; (4) the check number, and (5) the date and term of court in which the juror served.

Dates: Created: 1927-1934

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Lists of Grand and Traverse Jurors

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-010
Scope and Contents The Act of October 17, 1879 authorized the various Judges of the Superior Courts to appoint Jury Commissioners for the counties in their respective circuits. The commissioners' major duty would be to revise the jury list every two years from the books of the Tax Receiver for the purpose of choosing a Traverse Jury and a Grand Jury. This series is composed of bound volumes which documents the names of the Traverse and Grand Jurors of Bulloch County for the period listed. These volumes contain...
Dates: Created: 1910-1958

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Lists of Grand and Traverse Jurors, Unbound

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-011
Scope and Contents

The unbound records comprising this series came from the Jury Script volumes of Series 12 of this record group. The type of records found in this series are lists of Traverse and Grand Jurors and a few checks that were issued through error and were, in effect, cancelled. Some of the lists are identified concerning whether the jurors served on a Traverse or Grand Jury and some are dated.

Dates: Created: 1927-1934

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Mortgages

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-003
Scope and Contents This series consists of recorded copies of mortgages filed with the Clerk. Most of the mortgages are for chattels although some real estate mortgages are included. Information provided in these volumes includes: (1) name of mortgagor; (2) name of mortgagee; (3) a description of the mortgaged property; (4) names of witnesses; (5) date of mortgage; (6) the amount of money loaned and interest stipulated, and (7) a cancellation of the mortgage written across the face of the instrument. In most...
Dates: Created: 1912-1957

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Motion Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-017
Scope and Contents Motion dockets are dockets containing all cases pending in its respective court related to motions which are to be decided by the judge without intervention of a jury such as applications for the granting of a corporate charter, applications for dower, motions to set aside a Sheriff's sale or motions for a new trial. The bound volumes constituting this series provide documentation for the motions made by the court for the date span listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1)...
Dates: Created: 1889-1928

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Register for Posted Lands

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-030
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of a bound volume which documents the names of persons posting their land for the inclusive date span listed. Information presented in this volume includes: (1) name of registrant and witnesses; (2) date of registration; (3) description of lands so posted, and (4) the Georgia Militia District number in which the lands were located.

Dates: Created: 1903-1956

Bulloch County - Superior Court - School Tax Books

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-028
Scope and Contents

This series is composed of bound volumes which document the names of the persons and businesses paying school taxes for the dates listed. Information presented in these volumes includes: (1) name of taxpayer; (2) amount paid; (3) date of payment, and (4) name of school district in which taxpayer paid tax.

Dates: Created: 1921-1926

Bulloch County - Superior Court - Writ Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 116-01-007
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. The bound volumes in this series document the issuance of these orders and contain other additional information including: (1) names of plaintiffs and defendants; (2) the term of court in which case was held; (3) issues involved in case, and (4) disposition of case. The cases presented are all of a civil nature and usually involve...
Dates: Created: 1882-1967