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Legal documents

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Augusta Common Law Bar docket

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-036
Scope and Contents

An Augusta-based Common law and motion docket, dated 1857-1869. This docket primarily covers common law and equity cases in Richmond County.

Dates: Created: 1857-1869.; Other: Date acquired: 02/26/1979

Augusta Common Law bar dockets

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-030
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of two volumes of the Augusta Common Law bar docket from 1866-1868.

Dates: Created: 1866-1868; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979

Augusta Debtors docket

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-031
Dates: Created: 1857-1871; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979

Augusta-Richmond County Charter Commission records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-056
Scope and Contents This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, drafts of legal papers, newspaper clippings, informational booklets, working papers, and other materials related to the Augusta-Richmond County Merger Charter Committee that attempted to merge the city of Augusta and Richmond County into a single governmental entity during the 1970s. The collection tracks the development of the strategic plan to merge the city with the county, along with vital documentation that tracks the major...
Dates: Other: Date acquired: 05/15/1979; 1972-1976

Berckmans family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-224
Scope and Contents

The collection is a combination of photocopied documents and original photographs  Material is in English and Dutch

Dates: Created: 1850-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1972; Other: Date acquired: 04/12/1996

Boykin Wright papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-002
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the personal papers of Boykin Wright. Collection materials include business, financial, and personal correspondence, financial records, legal records from Wright's work as a judge, as well as maps and newspaper clippings. The majority of the collection is comprised of Wright's correspondence with family members, particuarly during WWI.

Dates: Created: 1882-1932; Other: Majority of material found in 1917-1932; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/1979

Burke County legal records & correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-395
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of miscellaneous legal records and correspondence relating to individuals and families in Burke County, Georgia. The majority of documents relate to the buying and selling of real estate, and includes deeds, trust deeds,  and plot maps describing property lines. Also included are indentures, and letters related to these legal arrangements.

Dates: Created: 1782-1856; Other: Majority of material found in 1800-1856

Coleman and Catlett family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-233
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of materials relating to the Coleman and Catlett families, collected by Dr. Warren Soleman in the course of geneaolgical research into the families. Collection materials include financial records, legal documents, and correspondence from various members of the Catlett and Coleman families, as well as the later materials of Dr. Warren Coleman, including his geneaology research materials, and correspondence relating to his genealogical research.

Dates: Created: 1798-1941; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/2001

Common Law Court Docket

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-035
Scope and Contents

Augusta-based court docket that contains common law, equity, appeal, motion, Garnishes, Claims & Illegality Courts. From 1869-1870.

Dates: Created: 1869-1870; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979

Criminal Court Docket

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-047
Scope and Contents

A City of Augusta court docket that documents criminal cases, dates, and actions of the court.

Dates: Created: 1893-1894; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1978

Davenport Family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-435
Content Description

A collection of letters, degrees and certifications, legal and financial documents, and general paperwork of the Davenport family.

Dates: 1890s-1950s; Other: Date given to Dr. Caldwell: 5/27/2011; Date donated to Augusta University SPEC & IA: 10/13/2025

Eli D. Whitaker Jefferson County Indenture , 1835

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

An indenture between Eli D. Whitaker and the state/county in which Whitaker paid $200 for a plot of land in Sumter County, Sc.

Dates: 1835

Equity Court docket

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-037
Scope and Contents

An Augusta-based equity court docket from the years 1855-1869. Contains case numbers, the parties involved, documents filed, and their filing dates.

Dates: Created: 1855-1869; Other: Date acquired: 02/26/1979

Ezekiel Harris House Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-064
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises of official documentation, governement and financial documents, land deeds, research materials, photographs, and tours and events ledger book relating to the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society's rehabilitation and acquisition of the Ezekiel Harris House "White House".

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 12/1983; 1930-1960

Georgia Revolutionary War Claim

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-076
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single Georgia Revolutionary War Claim, dated 1836. The document is a retrospective account of Matthew St. Clair Clarke's case, in which he demands to be compensated for the extensive damanges to his hosuse and property during the Revolutionary War.

Dates: Created: 1836; Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Georgia Superior Court Middle District Docket of Appeals

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-033
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single court docket that documents Court appeals in the Georgia Superior Middle District from 1828-1866. The book documents parties involved, description of the appeal to the court, and the verdict of the cases.

Dates: Created: 1828-1866; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1978

Hamburg, South Carolina documents, 1853-1868

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

A collection of four financial and legal documents related to the African American settlement of Hamburg, South Carolina.

Dates: 1853-1868

Harris family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-152
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single folder of materials related to the Harris family, especially Sophia Harris. Materials include correspondence, certificates, and legal documents.

Dates: Created: 1842-1867; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Henry Bry and John Kellam land grant

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-177
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single item: a land grant from the United States of America to Henry M. Bry and John H. Kellam in Ouachita, Louisiana.

Dates: Created: 1820; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2019

John Milledge deed

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-159
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single land deed conveying lots of land from John Milledge to Thomas Flournoy.

Dates: Created: 1812; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019