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Mercer County - Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous
Mercer County was formed 22 February 1838 as follows: Trenton, Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence Twps. from Hunterdon; Nottingham (Hamilton) Twp. from Burlington; East & West Windsor from Middlesex; and part of Montgomery Twp. (now Princeton) from Somerset.
Consult the Hunterdon, Burlington, Middlesex and Somerset County pages linked below for pre-1838 records.
The State Archives' holdings vary from county to county. Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about our accessioning guidelines.
Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for information on court jurisdictions. |
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Original Recorded Deeds, 1795-1930s
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Control #:
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CMECL001
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Format:
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19 c.f. (38 boxes)
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Marriage Returns, 1815, 1832, & 1841-1887
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Control #:
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CMECL002
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by officiant
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Notes:
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For post-1848 records, see Dept. of Health vital statistics (available in the search room) which are more complete.
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Record of Sheriff's Executions on Judgments of Award for Wage Collection, 1936-1955
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CMECL003
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Record of Commissioned Officers, 1909-1923
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CMECL004
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Records commission dates of notary publics, commissioners of deeds, and justices of the peace.
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Oaths and Bonds of Sheriffs and Coroners, 1839-1938
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CMECL005
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Record of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865
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Control #:
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CMECL006
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Non-Resident Marriage License Applications, 1897-1910
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Control #:
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CMECL007
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Deeds, 1838-1904 and Indexes, 1838-1919
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Control #:
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CMECL008
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Format:
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160 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Special Deeds, 1860-1913
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Control #:
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CMECL009
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Format:
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12 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Indexes to Assignments of Mortgages, 1853-1970
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Control #:
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CMECL010
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Format:
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22 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Assignments of Mortgages were not filmed.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Mortgages 1838-1858 and Indexes, 1838-1919
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Control #:
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CMECL011
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Format:
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18 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Road Returns, 1838-1997
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Control #:
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CMECL012
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes ordinances relative to roads and maps.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Court of Oyer and Terminer Trial Transcript, State v. Charles Lewis, 1863
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Control #:
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CMECL014
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Lewis was tried for the murder of James Rowand.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Justice of the Peace Dockets [extant], 1834-1870
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Control #:
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CMECL015
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (6 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by justices' name
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Notes:
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These appear to be the only surviving justice of the peace dockets for Mercer County.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Court of Oyer and Terminer Minute Book, 1931-1949
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Control #:
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CMECL016
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Court of Common Pleas/Court of Quarter Sessions and Special Sessions Minute Book, 1940-1941
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Control #:
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CMECL017
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Notices of disfranchisements sent to the clerk by the Mercer County Probation Office are transcribed in the final pages of the volume.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Court of Common Pleas
Applications for Tavern Licenses, 1840-1881
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Control #:
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CMECP001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical
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Series:
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Mercer County
Court of Common Pleas
Peddler's Licenses, 1850
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Control #:
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CMECP002
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Format:
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0.02 c.f. (2 items)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by petitioner
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Series:
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Mercer County
Court of Common Pleas
Naturalization Records, 1838-1940
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Control #:
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CMECP003
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Format:
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60 c.f. (113 vols. and 4 boxes); 12 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Series:
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Mercer County
Engineer's Office
Aerial Photographs, 1925-1940
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Control #:
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CMEEN001
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By number
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Notes:
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Includes Fairchild Aerial Survey, 1926; and a vertical survey, 1929-1931.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Mercer County
Sheriff Samuel T. Atchley (1862-1936)
Cash Books, Record of Sales and Parole Book, 1899-1903
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Control #:
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CMESH001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes records of fees collected by the sheriff's office, sheriff's sales, and fines.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Veteran's Service Office
Veteran's Grave Registrations, ca. 1790-1979
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Control #:
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CMEVE001
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Format:
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4 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
War Price and Rationing Board #2, Princeton
Records, 1944-1945
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Control #:
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CMEWA001
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Notes:
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This agency appears to have come under the direction of the federal Office of Price Administration (OPA).
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 99.67 c.f. of paper records and
232 reels of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:
Mercer County Clerk's Office, 209 South Broad Street, PO Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08650-0068, tel. 609-989-6465, website: http://nj.gov/counties/mercer/officials/clerk/
This page last updated 04/23/2013
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