Butts County - Superior Court - Clerk's Docket
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 murder, public drunkenness and larceny from the house. Civil complaints included petitions for divorce, assumpsit and applications for dower.
Dates
- Created: 1877-1914
Creator
- Butts County (Ga.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Extent
0.40 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Entries are arranged and listed by date and term of court in which the case was docketed but not necessarily by case number. There is no index containing an alphbetical listing of the litigant's surname.
- Title
- Butts County - Superior Court - Clerk's Docket
- Author
- Georgia Archives
- Description rules
- Local
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States