Butts County - Misc. County Officials - Superior and Probate Court Minutes
Scope and Contents
The bound volumes comprising this series consists of minute books which document some of the civil and criminal complaints filed in these two courts for the inclusive date span listed and other official county matters. Information presented in these volumes involving civil and criminal complaints includes: (1) date and term of court; (2) names of parties in action; (3) the name of the alleged charge; (4) the name of the court the complaint was filed in, and (5) disposition of the case. Information presented involving court and county business includes: (1) names of jurors; (2) presentments of Grand Jurors, and (3) appointments of individuals to deal with county business affairs such as Roads and Revenue Commissioners and Land Processioners.
Dates
- Created: 1849-1880
Creator
- Butts County (Ga.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Extent
0.90 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Entries are arranged and listed in chronological order by date and term of court. Types of charges filed in civil cases usually involved property matters such as collection of promissory notes, fifas or mortgages. Charges filed in criminal complaints includes those of assault and battery, murder and rape.
- Title
- Butts County - Misc. County Officials - Superior and Probate Court Minutes
- 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