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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 150
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (14th Circuit : Jackson County)
	Title, Dates:	Probate records, 1826-1936.
	Amount:	12.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	By record type, then chronological.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Jackson County was created by an act of the Legislative Council on August 12, 1822. One of the four origional counties in the territory, Jackson has undergone four boundary changes since inception. In 1832 the boundary between Jackson and Calhoun Counties was altered and fixed (Chap. 32, Laws). Jackson County land was annexed into Calhoun County in 1845 (Chap. 29, Laws). In 1847, boundary changes were made for the creation of Holmes County (Chap. 180, Laws). Finally in 1893, boundaries were further defined between Jackson and Washington Counties (Chap. 4236, Laws). Jackson County's courthouse was destroyed by fire on November 30, 1848. 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 microfilm copy of the probate records of Jackson County, Florida from 1826 to 1936. The series contains record of estate books and indexes (1840-1893), records of wills (1905-1921), estate files (1826-1885)and estate inventories (1899-1936). Probate records concern the estate or property of a deceased person. The records list an inventory of the property owned by the deceased, the value of the property, administrators to the estate, family members, dependent family members, guardians and legal transfers of taxes and debts. A will is a legal instrument by which a person declares how they wish their property or estate to be disposed of after their death. Wills usually contain direct statements of relationship between the deceased and his family and denote ownership of specific property and goods.
	Finding Aids:	Microfilm listing available.
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	Reproduction Note:	Microfilm.
	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Circuit Court, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Jackson County. Office of the Clerk. Marianna, Florida.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Probate records Florida --Jackson County Probate records. aat Territorial records. aat Wills. aat Estate inventories. aat Jackson County (Fla.)
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