Inventory of county records, Van Zandt County courthouse, Canton, Texas Page: 74
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COUNTY COURT
Civil
187. RETIRED CIVIL (formerly titled "Civil"). ca. 1890--. 91
narrow file drawers, 45 1/2 cubic feet.
Documents pertaining to civil cases filed in county court,
including plaintiff's original petition, defendant's answer,
citations, amended petitions and answers, subpoenas, motions,
bonds, depositions, jury choices, jury verdicts, court judgments,
and bills of cost. Case jackets show case number,
style of case, date filed, and memorandum of papers filed.
Arranged numerically by case number. Handwritten; typed;
SPF-handwritten. Not indexed.
188. CIVIL MINUTES COUNTY COURT (formerly titled "Civil Minutes"
and "Minutes Co. Court"). 1885--. 5 vols., 18 1/2" x 13"
x 3"; 2 vols., 16" x 9" x 2 1/2"; 1 vol., 18 1/4" x 12 1/2"
x 3".
Record of proceedings had in civil cases heard in county court,
showing term of court, date of proceedings, case number,
style of case, names of attorneys, nature of matter before
the court and proceedings thereon, orders and judgments of
the court, signatures of presiding judge and attorneys,
clerk's attestation, date filed, and date recorded. Arranged
chronologically by term of court. Typed; SPF-handwritten
and typed; photocopied. Volumes 3 to 10 indexed in GENERAL
INDEX TO CIVIL MINUTES (189.). Civil Minutes dated 1867
to 1870, 1876 to 1879, and 1883 to 1887 recorded in MINUTES
(County Court) (243.).
189. GENERAL INDEX TO CIVIL MINUTES (formerly titled "General
Index to Minutes"). Undated. 3 vols., 18" x 13" x 4".
Index to volumes 3 to 10 of CIVIL MINUTES COUNTY COURT (188.)
and to volumes A and Z of MINUTES (County Court) (243.),
showing final case number, name of plaintiff, name of
defendant, volume and page number where recorded, and page
number of judgment entry. Arranged alphabetically by names
of both plaintiff and defendant. SPF-handwritten.
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Hall, Margaret Elizabeth. Inventory of county records, Van Zandt County courthouse, Canton, Texas, book, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25172/m1/89/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.