Morris County Court of Common Pleas account book, 1775-1794.

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Morris County Court of Common Pleas account book, 1775-1794.

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The Morris County Court of Common Pleas account book records cases dating from 1775-1794 and contains entries for the plaintiff, defendant, date, fees and their costs. The judge's quota of these fees, the plaintiff attorney's name and the New Jersey Supreme Court cases are indicated. The judges who ruled these cases included Samuel Tuthill, John Jacob Faesch (1729-1799), William Hart, William Woodhull (1741-1824), Joseph Lewis, John Chetwood, and Andrew Kirkpatrick.

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Woddhull, William.

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Ford, Jacob

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Chetwood, John, Jr

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Kirkpatrick, Andrew, 1756-1831

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Tutthill, Samuel.

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New Jersey. Court of Common Pleas (Morris County)

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Morris County was established on March 15, 1738/1739 and was named after the Governor of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris (1671-1746). The first Morris County court met at Morristown on March 25, 1740. Jacob Ford and Samuel Tuthill were the first judges appointed by the county in 1776. The attorney general acted as the Prosecutor of the Pleas before 1824, and if he was absent the court appointed a lawyer to perform his duties. A County Court of Common Pleas heard cases between two people as oppo...

Faesch, John Jacob, 1729-1799

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