Court records : petitions, judgements, and depositions, 1780-1835, bulk 1781-1801.

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Court records : petitions, judgements, and depositions, 1780-1835, bulk 1781-1801.

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Collection consists of court records for the Jefferson and Christian County Circuit Courts. These legal documents begin in 1780 when the counties were still a part of Virginia. They continue through 1835. The court records include petitions, judgements, depositions, deeds, lawsuits, and pleas of defendents. Some of the crimes that were recorded pertain to theft, assault, trespassing, "carnal knowledge", and the justice of slavery. There is an appeal to the court because of a vague verdict. Other documents include: compensation for damages, contracts, and obligations of payment. There is a wide varity of court records in this collection.

171 items.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky. Circuit Court (Jefferson County)

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Kentucky. Circuit Court (Christian County)

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Christian County was created in 1796 as Kentucky's nineteenth county and named for Colonel William Christian. Hopkinsville is its county seat. The courthouse burned in 1864. The Circuit Court is the highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction within Christian County, and serves as the appellate court for many cases arising from lower courts. Lower courts now include the District Court and have included the County, Justice's and Quarterly Courts. The circuit court ha...