Collection of court documents
Scope and Contents
Collection includes court documents from the Wayne County, New York Court of Common Pleas and the Lake County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas during the period of 1827 to 1873. The court cases document the environment in which the Mormon Church developed, including early Church history in Palmyra, New York, and later developments in Kirtland, Ohio.
Dates
- 1827-1956
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Collection of court documents must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. Wayne County, New York Court of Common Pleas, 1827-1844. II. Lake County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 1844-1873. III. Miscellaneous documents, 1834-1956.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Lawrence Faria, Steven M. Faria, Richard D. Faria, David Faria, John Moore, and Carl Grout.
Additional documents donated by Larry Faria in 2007, and added to the collection in 2017.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Civil Procedure and Courts
- Courts -- New York (State) -- Wayne County -- History -- Sources
- Courts -- Ohio -- Lake County -- History -- Sources
- Judicial records
- Lake County (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Wayne County (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Title
- Register of Collection of court documents
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Megan Furcini
- Date
- 2011 April 25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States