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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 55
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit : Gadsden County)
	Title, Dates:	Probate records, 1827-1946.
	Amount:	17.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	By record type.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Gadsden County was created by an act of the Legislative Council on June 24, 1823. Originally part of Jackson County it encompassed "all that part of the Territory east of the Apalachicola and West of the Suwanee and Alapaha rivers." The county boundaries were changed several times until 1909. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records. Many of the earliest records of Gadsden County were destroyed when the courthouse burned in November, 1849. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of probate records.
	Summary:	The series consists of microfilmed copies of probate records of Gadsden County, Florida, from 1827 to 1946. The series includes will records (1827-1903); letters testamentary (1906-1933); general estate records (1832-1889); orders and judgements (1867-1903); estate inventories and appraisals (1834-1946); administration and guardianship records (1838-1938); homestead records (1874-1928); and an index to administration and guardian bonds and old settlements and appraisements. Some of the records contain an internal index as well. Probate is the transfer of property title and rights and of legal responsibility for payment of taxes or custody from the deceased to another party, from a person judged incompetent or insane, or from a minor to an appointed guardian. Probate records document the administration and distribution of an individual's estate after death.
	Finding Aids:	Microfilm listing available. Item listing available. The probate records are described by the titles assigned by the Genealogical Society's camera operator; in most cases he did not film the cover of the volumes, to permit comparison between his description and the county's own title for the records. The significance of the numbers in brackets ascribed to many of the volumes (see item listing) is unknown.
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	Reproduction Note:	Microfilm.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Gadsden County. Office of the Clerk. Quincy, Florida.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Homestead exemptions Florida Probate records Florida --Gadsden County Guardian and ward Florida --Gadsden County Insurance, Surety and fidelity Florida Guardianship Property appraisal. Probate records. aat Wills. aat Estate inventories. aat Letters of administration. aat Gadsden County (Fla.)
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