New York County Clerk's Office Division of Old Records Spreadsheet Index to Supreme Court Judgement Rolls and Other Documents…
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series is an electronic index of selected data from Series JN103, Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers and Series JN120, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment. This spreadsheet serves as an index for documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York), Supreme Court (New York County), and Court of Chancery. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, year of filing document, alphanumeric file reference code, and entry or line number.
Title
- Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgement rolls and other documents on parchment, Court of Chancery First Circuit filed and transcribed documents, and New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents
Quantity
- 4.2 megabyte(s); 1 digital file
Inclusive Dates
Bulk Dates
Series Number
- JN109
Creator
Arrangement
Numerical by assigned sequential number.
Scope and Content Note
This series is an electronic index (Historic Court Records Index) of selected data from Series JN103, Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers and Series JN120, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment. This spreadsheet serves as an index for filed documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York), Supreme Court (New York County), and Court of Chancery that were transferred to the New York State Archives in 2017. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, year of filing document, alphanumeric file reference code, and entry or line number.
Other entries in the electronic index refer to filed documents that are retained by the New York County Clerk's Office, Division of Old Records. Those records were created by the Court of Common Pleas for the County and City of New York (known as the "Mayor's Court," 1691-1821), files dating circa 1786-1821 only, and the Superior Court of New York City.
Related Material
JN306Series JN306, Court of Chancery Transcriptions of Enrolled Decrees into Libers
JN312Series JN312, Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) Decrees
JN315Series JN315, Court of Chancery Filed Papers and Mortgage Foreclosure Decrees and
JN519Series JN519, Supreme Court of Judicature Judgment Rolls and Other Documents on Parchment are indexed by Series JN109. Series JN109 also indexes the following records in the New York County Clerk's Office, Division of Old Records: Court of Common Pleas for the County and City of New York, known as the "Mayor's Court" until 1821 (1691-1895) (code "Common Pleas Court") and Superior Court of New York City (1828-1895) (code "Superior Court").
Administrative Information
Location of Originals
The New York County Clerk's Office, Division of Old Records, also holds a copy this electronic index.
Custodial History
Electronic spreadsheet index was produced for the New York County Clerk's Office, Division of Old Records, in the 1990s.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
- New York (State). Superior Court (New York)
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
- New York (State). Supreme Court
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)