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The focus of the Coles County Legal History Project (CCLHP) is on 19th-century legal records, most of which are housed at the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at Booth Library of Eastern Illinois University. Eastern Illinois' IRAD, ch holds records from the following counties: Coles, Edgar, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Effingham, Jasper, Clay, Crawford, Richland, Lawrence, Wayne, Edwards, and Wabash. While the CCLHP is currently focusing on criminal and civil cases, 1830-1899, other types of records housed at IRAD include: jail registries, birth, marriage, and death registries, land records, and naturalization papers.
The following documents illustrate the sources analyzed for the CCLHP. Most of the early 19th-century documents are handwritten. But, even by the 1860s, there are numerous printed forms. We have selected the latter, where possible, for legibility on the web.
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1865, fees for
defendant click to enlarge (459kb) |
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1865, fees for
plaintiff (same case) click to enlarge (454kb) |
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1865, declaration of
case (printed form) [note: most information for the
database derived from the declaration of each case] click to enlarge (462kb) |
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1865, mechanic's
lien, "Exhibit A" (part) click to enlarge (271kb) |
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1866, notice of writ
of attachment published in Charleston Plain Dealer
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1866, notice of writ
of attachment published in Charleston Plain Dealer
(another example) click to enlarge (450kb) |
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