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Confederate Pension Rolls, 1890-1913
Pony Homestead Records, 1838-1904
Superior Court Records, 1827-1926, 1936-1937
Inferior Court Records, 1829-1866
County Court Records, 1866-1900
Justice of Peace Courts Records, 1834-1896
Inventory of the Troup County, Georgia
Ordinary Court1852-1976
Presented online by the Digital Library of Georgia
Overview of Collection
Repository: Troup County Archives
Creator: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Troup County)
Title: Ordinary Court records
Dates: 1852-1976
Quantity: 32 linear ft.
Abstract: Court records primarily documenting the settlement and administration of estates and guardianships and ruled on the sanity or competency of individuals in Troup County, Georgia from 1852-1976. The records also include information on Confederate penions, Poor schools, and pony or short homesteads.
Administrative History
| Court of Ordinary, 1852-1976 | ||
| 1866-1870 | Renamed County Court | |
| 1870-1871 | Replaced by 37th District Court | |
| 1872-1876 | Substituted by Justice Courts | |
| 1876-1899 | Reappears as County Court | |
| 1900-1962 | Reorganized as City Court | |
| 1962-1970 | Retitled Criminal and Civil Court | |
| 1970- | Renamed State Court | |
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Scope and Content
Ordinary Court records, dating 1852-1976, are established as a separate judicial body in July of 1852, the Court of Ordinary oversaw the settlement and administration of estates and guardianships and ruled on the sanity or competency of individuals. Approximately 95% of these records are the estate returns from the yearly reports of an administrator to the county ordinary. The estate returns provide valuable family information for genealogists and contain minute details concerning the everyday expenses and cost of living for Troup County residents during various historical periods.
Also included are bonds and oaths of some county officials, a handful of election returns, and a number of estray cases. Cases in Ordinary Court were not settled by juries, but judged solely by the Ordinary. The Ordinary Court became the Probate Court in 1976.
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Arrangement of the Collection
Arranged alphabetically by last name of petitioner.
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Topics Covered
| Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Troup County) | |||||||||||||
| Inheritance and succession--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Capacity and disability--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| County courts--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Education--Finance | |||||||||||||
| Executors and administrators--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Guardian and ward--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Homestead law--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Insanity (Law)--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Mental health laws--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Military pensions--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Poor--Georgia--Troup County--Education | |||||||||||||
| Probate law and practice--Georgia--Troup County | |||||||||||||
| Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers | |||||||||||||
| Troup County (Ga.)--Genealogy | |||||||||||||
| Troup County (Ga.)--Economic conditons--20th century--Sources | |||||||||||||
| Troup County (Ga.)--Economic conditons--19th century--Sources | |||||||||||||
| Civil court records | |||||||||||||
| Dockets | |||||||||||||
| Estate records | |||||||||||||
| Minute books | |||||||||||||
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Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access:
Researching lunacy records in this collection requires permission of the Probate Judge.
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Container Listing
Minute books, 1866-1907 |
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| 2 vols. | |||||||||||||
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Record books, 1866-1922 |
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| 2 vols. | |||||||||||||
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Dockets, 1852-1908 |
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| 5 vols. | |||||||||||||
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Estate records, 1828-1811 |
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| 52 vols. | |||||||||||||
| Includes guardian bonds, administrative dockets and bonds, sales & appraisements, year's support, annual returns (33 volumes), and related materials. | |||||||||||||
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Confederate Pension Rolls, 1890-1913 |
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| 1 vol. | |||||||||||||
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Pony Homestead Records, 1838-1904 |
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| 3 vol. | |||||||||||||
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Poor School Funds, 1856-1858 |
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| 1 vol. | |||||||||||||
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Troup County Archives
136 Main Street
P.O. Box
1051
LaGrange, GA 30241