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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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Chancery Court of New Jersey
The Chancery Court had pre-1948 jurisdiction over equity cases (chiefly), including property disputes. This court also held statutory jurisdiction over divorce cases and delegated jurisdiction over lunacy proceedings.
Under the 1947 State Constitution, the Chancery Court was replaced by the Chancery Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey.
For Chancery and Superior Court records post-dating the collections
listed on this page, contact the Superior Court Records Management
Center at 171 Jersey Street, PO Box 967, Trenton, NJ 08625-0967, tel.
609-421-6100.
Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for further information on court jurisdictions.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Case Files, 1743-1845
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Control #:
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SCH00001
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Format:
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60 c.f. (148 boxes); 103 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Roughly chronological
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Notes:
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Most cases are pre-1825.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Case Files, 1825-ca. 1886
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Control #:
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SCH00002
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Format:
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989 c.f. (989 boxes); 305 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By decree book and page
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Notes:
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Includes Decrees A - S28, 318; Decrees Y4, 636 - Z4, 199 are missing.
Microfilm includes records through circa 1850 only.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Case Files, 1825-1855
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Control #:
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SCH00003
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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 plaintiff
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Notes:
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The majority of these files are single subpoenas.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Calendar of Causes, 1803-1877
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Control #:
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SCH00004
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Elizabethtown Bill in Chancery, 1745
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Control #:
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SCH00005
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Format:
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5.25 c.f. (3 vols.); 0.1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes original bill, related "Index to Records at Perth Amboy, 1665-1743" and 1747 printed copy.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Naturalization and Declarations of Intention, 1832-1862
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Control #:
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SCH00006
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (4 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Name index available in the Manuscript Reading Room.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Roll of Solicitors, 1939-1948
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Control #:
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SCH00007
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Volume includes a name index.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Record of Sundry Inquisitions, 1869-1894
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Control #:
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SCH00008
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Lists and Oaths of Masters and Examiners, 1813-1935
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Control #:
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SCH00009
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Format:
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4 c.f. (8 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Each volume includes a name index. Volume 6 was missing at the time of accession.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Index to Delaware River Bridge Accounts, ca. 1922-1924
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Control #:
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SCH00010
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Dockets and Case Indexes, 1768-1900
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Control #:
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SCH00011
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Format:
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18 c.f. (17 vols.); 22 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Originals date from 1768-1888; The index to cases provides a docket book citation; the dockets provide the actual case numbers.
Microfilm dates from 1831-1900; some docketing activity to 1965.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Divorce Docket, 1925-1947
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Control #:
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SCH00012
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Common Rule Books, 1817-1948
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Control #:
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SCH00013
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (6 vols.); 2 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Book No. 3 (covering 1843-1868) was missing at the time of accession.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Executions, 1810-1900
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Control #:
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SCH00014
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Format:
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74 c.f. (129 vols.); 84 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Notes:
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Original records date from 1810-1886; microfilm continues to 1900. Each volume includes an index.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Registers, 1781-1869
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Control #:
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SCH00015
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Format:
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6 c.f. (19 vols.); 10 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Enrolled Decrees and Indexes, 1799-1937
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Control #:
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SCH00016
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Format:
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32 c.f. (67 vols.); 15 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Roughly chronological
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Notes:
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These are recorded copies of loose cases filed by enrolled decree number; indexes are superceded by general case indexes.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Miscellaneous Records, 1763-1863 & 1894-1898
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Control #:
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SCH00017
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Ticklers, 1858-1919
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Control #:
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SCH00018
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes volumes 1 through 5.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Indexes to Opinions, 1865-1940s
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Control #:
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SCH00019
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Format:
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1 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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By litigants/topic
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Notes:
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First volumes cover 1865-1893 (by case name); second volume indexes opinions of William F. Sooy and Vincent S. Haneman, 1920s-1940s.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Lunacy Case Files, 1796-1912
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Control #:
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SCH00020
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Format:
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47 c.f. (94 boxes)
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Notes:
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Also called "Lunacy Bundles." Most date prior to 1907.
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Restrictions:
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Some records may be confidential per NJSA 30:4-24.3
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Record of Mortgages Held in Trust [Schedule 4] and Insurance Companies [Schedule 4A], 1888-1933
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Control #:
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SCH00021
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Trust Fund Ledgers, 1850-1876
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Control #:
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SCH00022
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Format:
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1 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Miscellaneous Records [Unprocessed], ca. 1807-1914
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Control #:
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SCH00023
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Format:
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11 c.f. (11 boxes)
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Notes:
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Includes loose opinions, testimonies, exhibits and evidence.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Clerk's Office
Enrollment Account, ca. 1926-1946
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Control #:
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SCHCL001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (2 accounts)
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Notes:
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Lists litigants, docket reference and type of order or decree.
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Series:
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Chancery Court
Clerk's Office
Account Statements, 1921-1926
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Control #:
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SCHCL002
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Judiciary
Maps and Plans, 1850s-1890s
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Control #:
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SJU00001
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Format:
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19 c.f. (13 map boxes and 5 flat boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes maps filed with the Supreme Court, Chancery Court, and probably Prerogative Court.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Related records:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Chancery Court Case Papers, 1879-1904
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Control #:
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CBUCL010
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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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Hudson County
Clerk's Office
Chancery Court Case Files, 1842-1908
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Control #:
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CHDCL005
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Format:
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3 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Chancery Court Inquisitions, 1855-1917
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Control #:
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CHNCL024
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes primarily lunacies and habitual drunkeness cases.
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Restrictions:
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Some records may be confidential as per NJSA 30:4-24.3
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court in Equity Registers, 1852-1904
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Control #:
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CPACL027
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 vols. 1 box)
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Series:
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Salem County
Clerk's Office
Records relating to Chancery Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, and Supreme Court Cases, 1779-1877
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Control #:
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CSACL003
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical
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Notes:
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Court of Chancery and Court of Oyer and Terminer Records are sparse.
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Series:
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Salem County
Clerk's Office
Cost Dockets of Enoch S. Fogg, 1870-1899
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Control #:
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CSACL017
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Fogg was a Special Master and Examiner in Chancery and a Supreme Court Commissioner; filed with the clerk's office 15 June 1927.
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Union County
Clerk's Office
Chancery Court Case Papers, 1873-1912
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Control #:
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CUNCL004
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Morris Canal and Banking Company
Transcripts of Testimony in Chancery, Morris Canal and Banking Co. v. North Jersey District Water Supply Comm., 1920
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Control #:
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PMORS029
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.); 0.33 reel (part of 1 reel, 35-mm)
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 1286.05 c.f. of paper records and 548.43 reels of microfilm ~
To
contact New Jersey State Archives:
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.state.nj.us
For additional and/or
more recent records relating to this topic, contact:
Superior Court Records Management Center, 171 Jersey Street, PO
Box 967, Trenton, NJ 08625-0967, tel. 609-777-0092
This
page last updated 12/8/2006
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