New Mexico. District Court (3rd Judicial District)

Lincoln County, New Mexico was established in 1869 and formed part of the 2nd Judicial District of the United States Territorial Courts in New Mexico. In subsequent years, Lincoln County was transferred from the 2nd to the 4th Judicial District (1887), from the 4th to the 5th Judicial District (1889), from the 5th to the 6th Judicial District (1904), from the 6th to the 3rd Judicial District (1912), and from the 3rd to the 12th Judicial District (1971). Upon statehood in 1912, the Territorial Courts became the New Mexico District Courts.

From the guide to the Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Courts for Lincoln County, 1870-1957 (bulk, 1870-1912), (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives)

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