Description: This 189-page publication is a word-for-word transcription of the eighth Minute Book of the Stewart County, Tennessee County Court (Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions), covering the court terms from November 1828 through August 1831. These minutes have been microfilmed, but have never been available in print form until this publication. County Court Minutes include, but are not limited to: • Summaries of legal cases, both civil and criminal • Road crew orders (an excellent source for pinpointing where someone lived in the county) • Jury lists and appointment of both County Court and Circuit Court juries • Recording of livestock marks (a predecessor to branding) • Probate of deeds (the actual deeds being recorded in separate Deed Books) • Probate of wills (the actual wills being recorded in separate Settlements and Bonds Books) • Delinquent tax lists and tax exonerations • Elections/appointments of county officials About the Compiler: Jim Long has been doing genealogical work in Stewart County records for over 39 years. He is a volunteer at the Stewart County Archives, is the County Coordinator of the TNGenWeb Stewart County web site (tngenweb.org/stewart), and is a Board Member of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society. He has previously published fifteen books of genealogical research material on Stewart County. Table of Contents Introduction • County Court Minutes, November 1828 – August 1831 • Index Please note that you can preview the index for this book before choosing to purchase by visiting the Stewart County Archives website, scrolling to the bottom, and opening the flyer for this book.
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Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
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