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The county clerk served as the clerk to the courts of common pleas, oyer and terminer, quarter sessions, special sessions, and circuit court. The records of these courts are usually found at the county courthouse. | The county clerk served as the clerk to the courts of common pleas, oyer and terminer, quarter sessions, special sessions, and circuit court. The records of these courts are usually found at the county courthouse. | ||
Many types of documents may be found in county court records in addition to minutes, dockets, judgments, executions, appeals, and case files. The Family History Library has, for example, microfilms of Hunterdon county court affidavits, liens, indictments, insolvent petitions, recognizances, coroner's inquests, miscellaneous records, and a card index from 1700 to 1900. | Many types of documents may be found in county court records in addition to minutes, dockets, judgments, executions, appeals, and case files. The Family History Library has, for example, microfilms of Hunterdon county court affidavits, liens, indictments, insolvent petitions, recognizances, coroner's inquests, miscellaneous records, and a card index from 1700 to 1900. (Family History Library {{FHL|239186|title-id|disp=films 802468-500}}.) Additional courts and types of court records are described in [[New Jersey Naturalization and Citizenship|New Jersey Naturalization and Citizenship]] and [[New Jersey Probate Records|New Jersey Probate Records]]. | ||
For more information about New Jersey court procedures, see: | For more information about New Jersey court procedures, see: | ||
*Clevenger, William M. and Edward Q. Keasbey. ''The Courts of New Jersey: Their Origin, Composition and Jurisdiction . . . Some Account of their Origin and Jurisdiction''. Plainfield, New Jersey: New Jersey Law Journal Publishing, 1903. | *Clevenger, William M. and Edward Q. Keasbey. ''The Courts of New Jersey: Their Origin, Composition and Jurisdiction . . . Some Account of their Origin and Jurisdiction''. Plainfield, New Jersey: New Jersey Law Journal Publishing, 1903. | ||
=== Federal Courts === | === Federal Courts === | ||