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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 306
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit : Jefferson County)
	Title, Dates:	Chancery records, 1885-1936.
	Amount:	1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Jefferson County was created from the eastern portion of Leon County on January 6, 1827 by an act of the Legislative Council. Jefferson's northwest boundary with Leon County and its northeast boundary with Madison County changed slightly several times throughout the 1800s. 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 a microfilm copy of the chancery records of Jefferson County, Florida, from 1885 to 1936. The series includes a chancery progress docket (1885-1924) and a chancery court book (1921-1936). Chancery is a court proceeding pertaining to impartial justice between two parties which claim conflict. In chancery cases a person seeks to compel someone to action or to refrain from action. Chancery courts handle divorces, foreclosures of liens, receiverships, partitions, trusts, real property controversies, etc. Although titled differently, the two books in this series contain the same type of information. Each court action taken on a case is listed with the date and costs involved. Most of the cases involve divorce and foreclosure. Each book contains an index. Other Jefferson County court records may be found in series L346 Miscellaneous court records.
	Finding Aids:	Microfilm listing available.
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	Reproduction Note:	Microfilm.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Jefferson County. Office of the Clerk. Monticello, Florida.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Circuit courts Florida Court records Florida --Jefferson County Divorce records Florida --Jefferson County Foreclosure Florida Equity Florida Dockets. aat Jefferson County (Fla.)
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