New Mexico. District Court (7th Judicial District)

Socorro County, New Mexico was established in 1850 and formed part of the 3rd Judicial District of the United States Territorial Courts in New Mexico. In subsequent years Socorro County was transferred from the 3rd to the 2nd Judicial District (1868), from the 2nd to the 5th Judicial District (1889), and from the 5th to the 7th Judicial District (1909). Upon statehood in 1912, the Territorial Courts became the New Mexico District Courts.

From the description of Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Courts for Socorro County, 1851-1933 (bulk, 1851-1919). (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37473543