Manuscript Group 254, Benjamin Smith (fl. 1788-1792), Justice of the Peace Docket, 1788-1792

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Manuscript Group 254,
Benjamin Smith (fl. 1788-1792), Justice of the Peace

Docket, 1788-1792, 0.01
linear feet / 1 volume

Call Number: MG 254

Summary

• Biographical
  Note

• Provenance
  Note

• Scope
  and Content Note

• Related
  Collections

Summary:

Docket kept as a Hunterdon
County justice of the peace and as town clerk of Trenton.  Contains
marriage records, 1790-1791.

Biographical
Note:

Benjamin Smith was a justice of the peace
(ca. 1788-1792) in Hunterdon County, New Jersey and the town clerk of Trenton,
New Jersey.

Provenance
Note:

The source of this collection is unknown.

Scope
and Content Note:

This docket contains Benjamin Smith’s
entries from the hearings held in his court in Hunterdon County from
1788-1792.  The entries include the plaintiff, defendant and constable’s
name and the date.  Occasionally the charge is indicated, however the
majority of entries note solely the verdict.  Smith also records when he
has received the defendant or plaintiff’s payment.  Also included are
entries for marriages Smith performed from 1790-1791.

Related
Collections:

For more dockets kept by New Jersey
justices of the peace see:

Manuscript Group 184, Cornelius Vanderbeek
(fl. 1833-1839) Docket

Manuscript Group 276, John McCain (fl.
1838-1847) Docket

Processed by James Lewis, July 2001 as part of the “Farm to City”
project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.

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