Collection: Hancock County - Sheriff's Office - Receipts

Scope and Contents

This series consists of bound volumes which document the receipts collected by the Sheriff's Office as a result of civil and criminal complaints filed in the various courts of Hancock County. Information presented in these volumes includes the (1) name of litigants involved, (2) name of Sheriff, (3) amount of money involved and (4) date of appearance before the court.

Dates

Created: 1869-1908

Creator

Hancock County (Ga.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Entries are arranged and listed in chronological order by the collection date the Sheriff made as a result of the issuance of the FiFa (Fieri Facias) to satisfy a debt. A fieri facias is a writ of execution usually levied upon goods to satisfy a debt owed the plaintiff. Most of the FiFas in these civil complaints involved collection of taxes and foreclosure of chattel mortgages. The criminal complaints include those of assault and battery, simple larceny and execution of warrants.