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The state archives and the FamilySearch Library have: | The state archives and the FamilySearch Library have: | ||
{{Block indent|1=*''New Jersey, Supreme Court, Index to Supreme Court Cases Before and After the Revolution, 1709 to 1842.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|17533|title-id|disp=film 1028304-305}}.) <br>|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*''New Jersey, Supreme Court (Burlington County), Early Index to Supreme Court Minutes, 1681-1842''. Not Published Bibliofilm, 1938. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|478749|title-id|disp=film 016538 item 2}}). <br>|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|See also [[New Jersey Index to Supreme Court Cases, 1704-1844|New Jersey Index to Supreme Court Cases, 1704-1844]] <br>}} | |||
{{Block indent|*The state archives has the actions-at-law, 1709 to 1842; minutes, 1681 to 1820; judgements, 1704 to 1866; dockets, 1681 to 1873; and docket books and indexes, 1842 to 1947. The case files, 1842 to 1947, are in the possession of:}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''Clerk of the Superior Court'''<br>R. J. Hughes Justice Complex<br>CN 971<br>Trenton, NJ 08625-0971|2}} | |||
'''1684-1696, 1705-1947:'''The Court of Chancery was a statewide court that gradually received civil and equity jurisdiction over matters such as mortgage foreclosures, lis pendens (probate disputes over land title), land partitions, the enforcement of the payment of debts, probate suits, lunacy inquisitions, naturalizations, divorces, and child custody. These functions are now handled by the superior courts. The largest collections of New Jersey court records at the state archives and the FamilySearch Library are the chancery court records. These include: | '''1684-1696, 1705-1947:'''The Court of Chancery was a statewide court that gradually received civil and equity jurisdiction over matters such as mortgage foreclosures, lis pendens (probate disputes over land title), land partitions, the enforcement of the payment of debts, probate suits, lunacy inquisitions, naturalizations, divorces, and child custody. These functions are now handled by the superior courts. The largest collections of New Jersey court records at the state archives and the FamilySearch Library are the chancery court records. These include: | ||
{{Block indent|1=*''Chancery Court Cases, 1743-1845.'' (beginning with FamilySearch Library microfilm {{FSC|19655|title-id|disp=1032125}}.) These are indexed by plaintiff.|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*''Enrolled Decrees, 1825-1850''. There is an ''index to enrolled decrees, 1825 to 1854.'' (beginning with FamilySearch Library film {{FSC|18359|title-id|disp=1032124}}.) The usual way to access records is to use the C''hancery Docket Books, 1824 to 1900.'' (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|44683|title-id|disp=films 1023876-81}}.), and ''dockets, 1824 to 1900'' (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|44683|title-id|disp=films 1023882-84}}, and {{FSC|44683|title-id|disp=1024050-62}}). Case files and indexes from 1850 to 1947 are at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court. <br>|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*''Chancery Register, 1781-1894.'' (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|416834|title-id|disp=films 1018599-608}}.) <br>|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*''Court Executions, 1810-1900.'' (On 84 Family History Films films beginning with {{FSC|296775|title-id|disp=1019886}}.) <br>|2=1}} | |||
'''1693-1947:''' Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery were county courts that had jurisdiction over all crimes committed within the county except for the capital offenses of treason and murder. Records are found at the county clerks' offices. | '''1693-1947:''' Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery were county courts that had jurisdiction over all crimes committed within the county except for the capital offenses of treason and murder. Records are found at the county clerks' offices. | ||
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