Natchez Trace Legal Records Collection, 1778-1934
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NATCHEZ TRACE LEGAL RECORDS COLLECTION, 1778-1934. See TARO record at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/03923/cah-03923.html (134 ft.) This collection is open for research use. Cite as: Natchez Trace Legal Records Collection, 1778-1934, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. [AR 85-311]: ______________________________________________________________________________ BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE: The Natchez Trace Legal Records Collection documents the history of the lower Mississippi River Valley with special emphasis on legal matters and local government. The collection consists largely of county-level court and government records from Mississippi and Louisiana and deals with such topics as territorial expansion, statehood, trade on the Mississippi River, slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Included are materials that document day-to-day court activities at both original jurisdiction and appellate levels. These consist of judgements, writs of execution, protests, declarations, pleas, proceedings, indictments, and correspondence, etc. Many records of financial transactions requiring legal sanction, such as deeds, bills of sale, articles of agreement, mortgages, loans, leases, bonds, and land surveys, are also present. Probate records, including wills, receipts, accounts, and documents of administration and litigation form a significant portion of the collection. Accompanying the court documents are those that deal with local government and administration in Warren County, Mississippi and other nearby counties. They consist of petitions, allowances for infrastructural development and county expenses, proceedings, orders, appointments and oaths, correspondence, reports, coroner inquests, and records concerning schools, taxes, and elections. The government materials originate initially with various courts, and later with such bodies as the county Board of Police and Board of Supervisors. Materials are in English, French, Spanish, and German. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History 1 December 20, 2016 INDEX TERMS: Subjects (Persons) Marschalk, Andrew, 1767-1838 Bruin, Peter Bryan, d. 1827 Hunt, Abijah, d. 1811 Davis, Joseph E. (Joseph Emory), 1784-1870 Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873 Poindexter, George, 1779-1853 Subjects (Organizations) Warren County (Miss.). Board of Supervisors Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals Subjects Slavery--United States--History Slave trade--United States--History Cotton trade Decedents’ estates Plantation Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877) Probate courts Appellate Courts Criminal Courts Local government--United States Places Mississippi River Valley--History Louisiana--History Mississippi--History United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Warren County (Miss.) Adams County (Miss.) Jefferson County (Miss.) Claiborne County (Miss.) Issaquena County (Miss.) Hinds County (Miss.) Concordia Parish (La.) West Feliciana Parish (La.) East Feliciana Parish (La.) Parish of Feliciana (La.) Iberville Parish (La.) Vicksburg (Miss.) Natchez (Miss.) Port Gibson (Miss.) New Orleans (La.) Vidalia (La.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Dolph Briscoe Center for American History 2 December 20, 2016 INVENTORY: 2E658A Warren County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors Minutes, [circa 1916] Roads, Mills and Bridges Department of Highways Bridge Fund Allowances, 1923 Maintenance Allowances, 1923 Road Construction Accounts, 1923 Correspondence, 1916 Petitions, 1916 Bids, 1916 Contract, 1916 Allowances, 1902-1923 Court Records Allowances 1900-1902 1913-1916 1921-1923 Courthouse and Jail Allowances, 1902-1923 County Relief Petitions, 1916 Clerk’s Correspondence, 1916 Election Records Returns, 1916 Miscellaneous Overseer of the Poor Reports, 1916 Orphan’s Papers, 1916 Livestock Vaccination and Tick Eradication Accounts, 1916, 1923 Reports, 1916, 1923 School Records Superintendent of School Reports, 1916 Tax and Fiscal Erroneous Assessments, 1923 Correspondence, 1916 Release from Taxes, 1916 Improper Land Assessments, 1916 Treasurer Reports and Balances, 1916 Coroner Inquests, 1902 2E659B Warren County, Mississippi Circuit Court The State v. Sam, a slave, 1848-1849 Board of Supervisors Allowances July 1900 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History 3 December 20, 2016 August 1902 October 1907 Reports and Petitions, 1913 Bills and Miscellaneous, 1923 2E660C Warren County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors Summons, 1914 Minutes, [circa 1900-1918] Bonds, Oaths and Commissions Officials Bonds, 1870 Election Records Petitions, 1918 Military and Pension Militia Rosters, 1914 Militia Bonds, 1914 School Records Superintendent of Education Reports, 1914-1918 Tax and Fiscal Correspondence, 1907, 1917, 1924[?] Reports, 1917-1918 Improper Land Assessments, 1901-1914 Release from Taxes, 1901, 1907 Petition to Retail Spirituous Liquors, 1901 Receipts, undated List of Unpaid Taxes, 1917 Roads, Mills, and Bridges Contracts, 1901-1918 Correspondence, 1907 and undated Construction and Survey Orders, 1924 Bids, 1901-1914 Road Overseer Reports, 1901-1918 Petitions, 1907-1918 Allowances, 1895-1917 Court Records Allowances, 1892-1917 Contracts, 1901-1914 Petitions, 1901-1914 Reports, undated County Health Officer, 1914, 1918 Miscellaneous, 1901-1918 Clerk’s Correspondence, 1903-1918 Proposals, 1914, 1918 Courthouse and Jail Allowances, 1895-1917 Miscellaneous Livestock Vaccination and Tick Eradication Allowances, 1914 Reports, 1914-1918 Coroner Dolph Briscoe Center for American History 4 December 20, 2016 Inquests, 1894-1917 Circuit Court The State v. William Underwood, 1842 The State v. William Rogan, Patrick Tompkins and James Billett, 1843 The State v. Richard Rullison, 1916 General, 1901-1918 2E661D Warren County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors Minutes, 1878 Roads, Mills and Bridges Bids, 1873, 1894 Allowances, 1869-1923 School Records Allowances, 1894-1903 Superintendent of School Reports, 1901 Tax and Fiscal Erroneous Assessments, 1918 Treasurer Warrants, 1876-1884 Court Records Allowances, 1874-1923 Accounts Transferred, 1905-1906 Courthouse and Jail Allowances, 1894-1918 Bids, 1878 Clerk’s Correspondence, 1858, 1895 Coroner Inquests, 1912, 1918 Criminal Court The State v. Caspar Lutz, 1837 The State v. John Gillipa, 1842 The State v. Henry Boadman, 1867 The State v. Bill Laney, 1869 The State v. Edward Fogarty, 1868 The State v. George Washington, alias Williams, 1869 The State v. Joseph Johnson, 1869 The State v. Elijah Williams, 1869 The State v. John A. Marsh, 1838 The State v. William Brumfield, 1861 The State v. John Wilson, 1861 The State v. Mike Mahon, 1861 The State v. Monroe Bryson, 1866 The State v. Jim Black, 1867 The State v. Jordon Allen, alias Jordan Hullum, 1869 The State v. John Lynch and John Davis, 1869 The State v. Huston Holmes, 1869 The State v. Austin Yaoter, 1869 Superior Court Joseph Ferguson v. James Long, 1819 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History 5 December 20, 2016 Patrick Sharkey v. James Gibson, et al., 1819 Smyth v. Trimble, 1819 Jacob Beard v. John and Thomas Stephens, 1819 Ann Daniel v. Sampson Dees, 1819 Joseph Ferguson v. James Long, 1819 Thomas Sheridan v. Payton Sims, 1819 David M. Tucker v. Burwell Vick, 1819 Jesse B. Wilkinson v. William Brown, 1819 William Booker v. Charles H. Hamar, 1819 John Anthony assign of Richard Groves v. Nathan Bradford, 1813 Circuit Court David Hunt v. Burwell Vick and Gray Vick, 1810-1824 D. J. Shlenker v. A. V. Ry CO., 1902 City of Vicksburg v. Philip Feld, 1908 The State v. Katie Brown, 1908 W. C. Splawn v. George Long, 1880 The State v. T. J. Hossley, 1880 The State v. A. Waltenmyer, 1880 The State v. Scott Johnson, 1908 The State v. Jake Smith, 1910 The State v. Mrs. M. D. Hill, 1880 The State v. William Cox, 1846 The State v. E. W. Folkes, 1871 Superior Court of Law and Equity Jonathan Anthony v. Nathan Bradford, 1814 Comfort Pratt v. John W. Thompson, 1816 George Ralston, administrator Marmaduke Simms v. Howell Leay, 1816 Loae Baker v. Royal Pace, 1816 George Locker and Co. v. John G. Jones, 1812 M. Tiernan and Co. v. Henry D. Downs, 1812 County Court James. D. Brackenridge v. Andrew Glass, 1816 Justices Court The State v. Charles Alston, 1873 Miscellaneous Mississippi, Louisiana, and elsewhere Accounts, 1865 Will, 1892 Concordia Parish, Louisiana Parish Court Hammond and Brown v. Burwell Vick, 1819 2E662E Warren County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors Allowances, 1901, 1923 Minutes, [circa 1890] Reports, 1896, 1913 Clerk’s Correspondence, 1891-1913 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History 6 December 20, 2016 Petitions, [circa 1878] Accounts Transferred, 1905-1914 Courthouse and Jail Accounts, 1901, 1923 Roads, Mills, and Bridges Road Overseer Appointments and Resignations, 1896 Bridge Contract, 1894 Conveyance, [circa 1880] Bids for Roads, Mills, and Bridges, 1893-1900 School Records Accounts, 1901, 1923, 1926 Bids, 1896 Superintendent of Education Reports, 1896 Tax and Fiscal Erroneous Assessments, 1896 Improper Assessments, 1913 Release from Taxes, 1876, 1896 Cancelled County Warrants, 1891 Circuit Court The State v. Lewis, a slave, 1847 The State v. Warren Cowan, 1880 The State v. Henry Swanson, 1880 The State v. Julius Scott, 1908 The State v. Isaac Brown, 1882 The State v. Dave Herman, 1883 The State v. S. Baer, 1882 The State v. Isaac Hirsch, 1883 The State v. J. Schlenker, 1882 The State v. W. H. Smith, 1882 Miscellaneous, 1852-1913 Superior Court of Law and Equity James Gibson, et al. v. Seth