Chatham County Superior Court civil minute book, 1847-1850.

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Chatham County Superior Court civil minute book, 1847-1850.

This collection consists of a microfilm copy of the 1847-1850 civil minute book of the Chatham County, Georgia, Superior Court. This collection is on the same roll as X-1741-01; it appears as the second item on the roll. This minute book was microfilmed by the Georgia Department of Archives and History in 1967.

1 microfilm roll

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SNAC Resource ID: 6936120

Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia. Superior Court (Chatham County)

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For several decades after the American Revolution (1775-1783), Georgia was the only state that did not have a supreme court to review the decisions made by the trial courts. Until then, the courts were divided regionally. The Supreme Court was not established until 1845. George Walton (c.1749-1804) served in many political roles in Georgia during and after the Revolutionary War. He was elected to the Provincial Congress and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1776 where he was one o...