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New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street-Level 2
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Cumberland County - Clerk's Office, Courts and Miscellaneous
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Cumberland County was formed from the southern portion of Salem County on 19 January 1748. Consult the Salem County page linked below for pre-1748 records.
County clerks were required by law to file copies of deeds beginning in 1785 and mortgages beginning in 1766. Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for colonial deed filings.
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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Series:
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Cumberland County
Adjuster's Office
Inactive and Deceased Patient Case Files, 1928-1983
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Control #:
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CCUAD001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by surname
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Restrictions:
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Some records may be confidential per NJSA 30:4-24.3
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Marriage Records, 1789-1949 (bulk dates 1795-1878)
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Control #:
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CCUCL001
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Format:
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3 c.f. (6 boxes); 6 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By officiant/chronological
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Notes:
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Use indexed marriage volumes to determine officiant. Volume B includes some post-1878 records.
Loose returns arranged by officiant, but filmed by date recorded.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Road Records, 1752-1904
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Control #:
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CCUCL002
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Format:
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6.25 c.f. (13 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Includes returns, surveyor and freeholder documents, and other materials.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Papers relating to Supreme Court Cases, 1761-1894
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Control #:
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CCUCL003
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Consists of records for scattered years only.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
1855 State Census Schedules for Cumberland County
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Control #:
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CCUCL004
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By municipality
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Miscellaneous Civil War Records, 1861-1862
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Control #:
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CCUCL005
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
1865 State Census Schedules for Cumberland County
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Control #:
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CCUCL006
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By municipality
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Election Records, 1790-1944
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Control #:
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CCUCL007
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Contains election returns, nominations, fund-raising registers, ballots, and other materials.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1791-1948
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Control #:
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CCUCL008
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Format:
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67.5 c.f. (123 boxes, 16 OV vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by justice
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Oaths of Members of the Board of Registry and Election, 1904 & 1911
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Control #:
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CCUCL009
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Works Progress Administration Records, ca. 1936-ca. 1942
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Control #:
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CCUCL010
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Notes:
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Contains internal correspondence, blank forms, and other WPA materials.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Railroad Damage Petitions, 1860-1889
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Control #:
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CCUCL011
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By railroad company, then by year
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, Book A, 1798-1842
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Control #:
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CCUCL012
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Register of Nurses, 1914-1950
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Control #:
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CCUCL013
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Dental Registry, 1884-1905
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Control #:
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CCUCL014
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Format:
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0.05 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes veterinary dentists.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Register of Physicians and Midwives, 1894-1954
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Control #:
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CCUCL015
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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By filing date within section
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Court of Oyer and Terminer Case Papers, 1778-1865
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Control #:
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CCUCL016
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Consists of records for scattered years only.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Case Papers, 1798-1887
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Control #:
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CCUCL017
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Consists of records for scattered years only.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Court of Oyer and Terminer Minutes, Book A, 1798-1837
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Control #:
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CCUCL018
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Mortgages, 1766-1861 and Indexes, 1766-1943
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Control #:
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CCUCL019
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Format:
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11 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Ancient Deeds, 1812-1872 (recorded 1872-1901)
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Control #:
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CCUCL020
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Notes:
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There are separate, bound indexes for each of the two volumes filmed at the beginning of the reel.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Miscellaneous Records, 1773-1882
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Control #:
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CCUCL021
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Format:
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0.3 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes some court papers.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Deeds, 1785-1901 and Indexes, 1785-1952
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Control #:
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CCUCL022
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Format:
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147 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Oaths, Bonds and Appointments of Sheriffs, 1788-1842
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Control #:
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CCUCL023
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Includes deputy sheriffs.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Rules of the Cumberland Court, 1818
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Control #:
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CCUCL024
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 booklet)
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Commissions of Officials, 1845-1859
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Control #:
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CCUCL025
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Notes:
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Includes original commission certificates of judges, justices of the peace, coroners and commissioners of deeds.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Boundary Line Settlements, 1820-1852
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Control #:
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CCUCL026
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By filing date
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Lists of Creditors of Assigned Estates, 1826-1853
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Control #:
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CCUCL027
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Format:
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0.15 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Records relating to Laying Out of Tidal Swamps, Meadow Banks and Water Courses, 1812-1890
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Control #:
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CCUCL028
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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These papers were found with loose road returns and most were recorded in the road books.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Assessor's Enrollment of the Militia, 1862
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Control #:
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CCUCL029
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By town, then alphabetical by surname
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Notes:
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A listing of men eligible for the draft.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Case Papers, 1745-1937
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Control #:
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CCUCP001
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Format:
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30.25 c.f. (61 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Records for post-1800 years are sparse.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Tavern License Petitions, 1774-1920
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Control #:
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CCUCP002
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by name of tavern keeper
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Peddler's Licenses and Petitions, 1797-1879
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Control #:
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CCUCP003
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by name of peddler
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Partitions of Land, 1806-1929
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Control #:
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CCUCP004
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes, 7 map folders)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants, 1820-1829
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Control #:
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CCUCP005
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (20 files); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by applicant
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Naturalization Records, 1802-1931 and Indexes, 1840-1980
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Control #:
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CCUCP006
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box); 23 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by petitioner/declarant
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Notes:
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Originals include petitions for naturalization, declarations of intentions, oaths, and supporting affidavits, 1802-1842.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Petitions and Orders for Relief, ca. 1913-1952
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Control #:
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CCUCP007
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alpha. by surname within record type
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Indentures and Agreements, 1801-1859
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Control #:
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CCUCP008
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by surname
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Notes:
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Consists of items from scattered years; probably evidence in court cases.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Record Book, 1847-1853
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Control #:
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CCUCP009
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes petitions for naturalization, appointments of surveyors, petitions for tavern licenses, and other entries.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas/Court of General Quarter Sessions
Minutes, 1748-1900
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Control #:
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CCUCP010
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 vols.); 3 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Book A includes road records. Five bound volumes cover 1748 to 1804; microfilm covers 1840 to 1900.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Petitions and Discharges of Insolvent Debtors, 1784-1867
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Control #:
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CCUCP011
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by debtor
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Coroner's Office
Inquisitions and Bills of Cost, 1784-1950
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Control #:
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CCUCR001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Includes records from 1784, 1798-1800, 1802-1824, 1826, 1836, 1839, 1872 and 1950.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Justices Court and Small Cause Court
Records, 1783-1912
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Control #:
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CCUJU001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Consists of records for scattered years only.
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Loan Office
Mortgage Register, 1786
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Control #:
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CCULO001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Militia
Records, 1806-1830
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Control #:
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CCUMI001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Includes returns, bonds, elections, and other documents.
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Related records:
~ The collections listed on this page represent 138.55 c.f. of paper records and 193 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
This page last updated 04/22/2013
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