Jackson County court records, 1787-1924

Summary

Creator:

Georgia. Superior Court (Jackson County)

Date:

1787-1924

Extent:

12 Linear Feet (30 document boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Jackson County court records, ms68, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of loose papers numbering several thousand official court records of Jackson County, Georgia. Included in these records are bonds, petitions, fi fas, pleas, and wills.

Biographical / historical:

Jackson County, in northeast Georgia, is the state's twenty-second county, created in 1796 from part of Franklin County on land formerly held by the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) nations. It was named for James Jackson, who was a general in the Revolutionary War. Jackson County lost territory when portions of it went to the formation of Barrow, Clarke, Madison, and Walton counties.

Arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Wills -- Georgia -- Jackson County.
Municipal bonds -- Georgia -- Jackson County.
Petitions -- Georgia.
Liens -- Georgia -- Jackson County.
Public records -- Georgia -- Jackson County.
Slavery -- Georgia -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Georgia
Civil court records.

Names:

Georgia. Superior Court (Jackson County) -- Records and correspondence

Places:

Jackson County (Ga.)

Terms of access:

This collection is in the Public Domain. No Copyright – United States: Collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ For additional information, please contact the Special Collections Libraries at sclib@uga.edu.

Preferred citation:

Jackson County court records, ms68, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.