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Butts County - Justice of Peace Court - Civil Dockets

 Series
Identifier: 118-04-003

Scope and Contents

The bound volumes comprising this series document the civil complaints filed in this court for the inclusive date span listed. Information in them includes: (1) names of plaintiffs and defendants; (2) type of case included; (3) date of issue of summons; (4) case number; (5) date and term of court; (6) disposition of case or judgment rendered; (7) names of attorneys involved (usually not given), and (8) number of the Georgia Militia District in which the court was located. Most of these cases involved actions concerning accounts, promissory notes, mortgage foreclosures and other property matters.

Dates

  • Created: 1842-1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

4.90 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Entries are arranged and listed in chronological order by date and term of court and thereunder by case number. A few of the volumes have an index in which the plaintiffs are listed in alphabetical order by the initial letter of their surname. The volumes are listed in chronological order.

Title
Butts County - Justice of Peace Court - Civil Dockets
Author
Georgia Archives
Description rules
Local
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States