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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 60
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit : Leon County)
	Title, Dates:	Chancery records, 1825-1945.
	Amount:	200.00 cubic ft. 67.00 microfilm reel 35 mm
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	Organization/Arrangement:	By record type, then the case files are numerical by case number. In some instances, duplicate case numbers were issued.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Leon County was created by an act of the Legislative Council of Florida on December 29, 1824 (Laws). It was formed from the eastern half of Gadsden County. The boundaries of Leon County underwent several changes through out the years. When Wakulla County was created in 1843, the southern boundary of Leon County was changed. The boundary between Leon County and Jefferson County was altered several times (1829, 1831, 1832 and 1881) before it became permanent. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
	Summary:	This series consists of the chancery records maintained by the County Court of Leon County, Florida from 1825 to 1945. The series includes case files (1842-1945), chancery order books (1829-1889), and an index to chancery cases (1825-1935). Chancery or equity are terms used to describe court proceedings pertaining to impartial justice between two parties which claim conflict. In chancery cases a person seeks to compel someone to do something or to stop or refrain from doing something. Chancery courts handle divorces, foreclosures of liens, receiverships, partitions, trusts, real property controversies, etc. The case files in this series primarily concern divorces and injunctions.
	Finding Aids:	Microfilm and box listings available. There is also a folder listing for the case files located in the series file.
	Additional Physical Form:	Case file packets nos. 1-1508 are also available on microfilm.
	Reproduction Note:	The order books and index are available only on microfilm.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Order books and Index: Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County. Office of the Clerk. Tallahassee, Florida.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Court records Florida --Leon County Equity Florida Divorce records Florida --Leon County Injunctions Florida Judicial records. aat Leon County (Fla.)
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