Title: Wisconsin. Justice of the Peace (Oshkosh): Justice Court Dockets
Inclusive Dates: 1857-1897

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Justice of the Peace (Oshkosh)

Call Number: Winnebago Series 115

Quantity: 6.0 cubic feet (1 flat box and 27 volumes)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Justice dockets of E. R. Colton (1857-1865), J. R. Forbes (1866-1869), Henry Bailey (1868-1871), and others, recording actions taken in civil and criminal cases brought before the justices of the peace. Records note the names of the plaintiff and defendant, and in some cases those of their attorneys, the complaint stated, dates of various actions and proceedings, court costs, a short summary of the case, and the verdict given. The 1884-1885 docket includes a marriage register, 1885-1886.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-winn0115

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Chronological by date of first entry for cases; volumes are in order roughly by year although there is some overlap between volumes.

Winnebago Series 115 Volume   1	1857-1859, Justice E. R. Colton
Volume   2	1858-1865, Justices A. C. Osborne and E. R Colton
Volume   3	1859-1861, Justice E. R. Colton Note: Contains an index.
Volume   4	1859-1862, Justices N. T. Merritt and E. R. Colton Note: Contains an index.
Volume   5	1862-1865, Justice E. R. Colton Note: Contains an index.
Volume   6 in Box 1	1866-1867, Justice J. R. Forbes Note: Contains an index.
Volume   7	1867-1868, Justice J. R. Forbes Note: Contains an index.
Volume   8	1868-1869, Justice J. R. Forbes
Volume   9	1869, Justices J. R. Forbes and Henry Bailey
Volume   10	1869-1870, Justice Henry Bailey
Volume   11	1870-1871, Justice Henry Bailey Note: Contains an index.
Volume   12	1874-1876, Justice J. Hancock Note: Contains an index.
Volume   13	1879-1880, Justice Jos. Jackson
Volume   14	1884-1885, Justice C. W. Cleveland and Chas. Oellerich Note: Contains an index.
Volume   15	1871-1873, C. D. Cleveland Note: Contains an index.
Volume   16	1873-1874, C. D. Cleveland and John Hancock Note: Contains an index.
Volume   17	1877-1878, R. P. Eighme Note: Contains an index.
Volume   18	1878, R. P. Eighme Note: Contains an index.
Volume   19	1881-1882, Charles R. Nevitt Jr. Note: Contains an index.
Volume   20	1882-1883, Charles R. Nevitt Jr. and R. P. Eighme Note: Contains an index.
Volume   21	1883-1884, R. P. Eighme and C. D. Cleveland Note: Contains an index.
Volume   22	1885-1886, Chas. Oellerich Note: Contains an index.
Volume   23	1886-1888, Chas. Oellerich Note: Contains an index.
Volume   24	1888-1890, Chas. Oellerich Note: Contains an index.
Volume   25	1891-1893, J. H. Merrill Note: Contains an index.
Volume   26	1893-1895, J. H. Merrill Note: Contains an index.
Volume   27	1895-1897, J. H. Merrill and J. W. Crozier Note: Contains an index.