Court records : indentures, lawsuits, depositions, and wills, 1780-1840.

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Court records : indentures, lawsuits, depositions, and wills, 1780-1840.

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This collection consists of legal documents, appeals, letters of complaint, deeds, land grants, summons, and judgements for the county of Greenup in the state of Kentucky. Legal documents pertain to court cases concerning land transactions, trespassing, stealing, divorce, and other civil matters such as failure to repay promissory notes. Included are other court records from other counties. The counties are: Fayette, Lewis, and Garrard. Also included in the collection are architectural drawings for a train station that was to be built in Greenup County. The documents range in date from 1780 to 1940.

.5 cubic ft.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7392649

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky. Circuit Court (Fayette County)

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Fayette County was formed by Virginia in 1780 as one of the three original counties of the Kentucky District. It was named for General Lafayette. Lexington is the county seat. There was one courthouse fire in 1803, and another in 1897. The Circuit Court is the highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction within Fayette 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 ...

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