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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 42
	Creator:	Florida. Superior Court (Middle District : Jefferson County)
	Title, Dates:	Case files, 1828-1845.
	Amount:	9.00 cubic ft. 16.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Alphabetical.
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	Biographical/Historical:	In 1828, the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida passed an act to establish a superior court in Jefferson County for the Middle District of Florida. The court was to meet on the fourth Mondays of May and November in Monticello. The Superior Courts had jurisdiction in all criminal cases and exclusive jurisdiction in all capital cases and original jurisdiction in all civil cases of the value of one hundred dollars. Any appeals arising out of the Superior Courts decisions were referred to the Territorial Court of Appeals. When Florida became a state in 1845, the Superior Courts were abolished and any pending cases were transferred to the respective Circuit Court of that county.
	Summary:	The series contains the files of cases heard before the Superior Court of Jefferson County for the Middle District of the Territory of Florida from 1828 to 1845. The files contain complaints; summons; petitions; orders; depositions and affidavits; decrees, verdicts and judgments rendered; and bills of costs.
	Finding Aids:	Folder listing and microfilm listing available.
	Additional Physical Form:	Microfilm. Scans of microfilm produced by FamilySearch available at the Archives.
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	Associated Materials:	Other Jefferson County Superior Court records may be found in series L346, Miscellaneous court records, 1828-1955 (11.75 cubic feet).
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	Subject Access Fields:	Circuit courts Florida Court records Florida --Jefferson County Territorial records. aat Judicial records. aat Jefferson County (Fla.)
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