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Records of the County Governments
Dauphin County
 Clerk of Courts

 

ARBITRATION DOCKETS, 1832-1843. (2 volumes)

November, 1832-January, 1840 (1 loose volume)
January, 1840-August, 1843 (1 loose volume)

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 Clerk of Courts

ARGUMENT LIST, 1931-1941. (1 volume)

1939-1941 (1 volume)

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 Clerk of Courts

 

ATTORNEY’S RECEIPT BOOKS FOR PAPERS, 1850-1871, 1877-1888. (5 volumes)

1850-1859, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1859-1865, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1866-1871, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1877-1883, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1884-1888, Indexed (1 loose volume)

1.  Doctors Sundry Papers
2.  Attorney’s Receipt Book for Papers
3.  Attorney’s Receipt Book, 1866-1871
4.  Attorney’s Receipt Book, 1877-1883
5.  Attorney’s Receipt Book, 1884

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 Clerk of Courts

 

CASH BOOK, 1929-1938. (1 volume)

March, 1929-March, 1938 (1 volume)

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 Clerk of Courts

 

COMMON PLEAS ARGUMENT LISTS, 1891-1901, 1909-1919. (2 volumes)

June, 1891-April, 1901 (1 loose volume)
March, 1909-July, 1919 (1 loose volume)

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 Clerk of Courts

 

COMMON PLEAS PLEA DOCKETS, 1841-1863, 1874-1912. (7 volumes)

August, 1841-May, 1852 (Book of Pleas) ( 1 loose volume)
July, 1852-December, 1863 (Book of Pleas) (1 loose volume)
December, 1874-January, 1884 (Book of Pleas) (1 loose volume)
January, 1884-March, 1887 (Book of Pleas) (1 loose volume)
February, 1887-March, 1895 (Plea Docket)
1895-1903 (Plea Docket)
January, 1903-February, 1912

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COMMON PLEAS PROCESS RETURNABLE BOOKS, 1797-1800. (1 volume)

December, 1797-December, 1800 (1 loose volume)

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COMMON PLEAS TRIAL LISTS, 1841-1846, 1854-1861, 1887-1892. (3 volumes)

August, 1841-February, 1846 (1 volume)
January, 1854-April, 1861 (1 volume)
January, 1887-February, 1892 Minute Book, 1892 (1 volume)

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COMMON PLEAS WATCH BOOKS, 1803-1807, 1858-1865. (2 volumes)

1803-1807 (1 loose volume)
1858-1865 (1 loose volume)

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COST DOCKETS, 1804-1829, 1913-1916. (2 volumes)

June, 1804-August, 1829 (1 loose volume)
May, 1913-August, 1916 (1 loose volume)

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DAILY CASH RECEIPT BOOK, 1930-1932. (1 volume)

January, 1930-August, 1932 (1 loose volume)

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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND ALDERMEN’S DOCKETS, 1836-1843, 1900-1931. (3 volumes)

1836-1841 (Docket A-Session Minutes) (1 loose volume)
1841-1843 (Docket B) (1 loose volume)
1900-1931(Miscellaneous Civil and Criminal Docket ,1 loose volume)

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MINUTE BOOKS OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 1822-1843, 1910-1917. (7 volumes)

August, 1822-January, 1828 (1 loose volume)
April, 1828-January, 1832 (1 loose volume)
January, 1832-September, 1834 (1 loose volume)
December, 1834-August, 1836 (1 loose volume)
August, 1838-August, 1840 (1 loose volume)
April, 1840-August, 1843 (1 loose volume)
September, 1910-May, 1917 (1 loose volume)

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MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT BOOK, 1931. (1 volume)

Index Book, (1 volume)

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OPINION BOOK, 1938-1940. (1 volume)

1938-1940 (1 volume)

 

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QUARTER SESSIONS AND OYER AND TERMINER PAPERS, 1785-1903. (64 cartons)

Carton 1

1785-1795 (31 folders)

Carton 1A

1796-1799

Carton 2

1800-1806 (19 folders)

Carton 3

1807-1812 (16 folders)

Carton 4

1813-1819 (20 folders)

Carton 5

1820-1823 (includes enumeration of taxables, 1821) (17 folders)

Carton 6

1824-1827 (19 folders)

Carton 7

1828-1832 (22 folders)

Carton 8

1833-1839 (22 folders)

Carton 9

1840-1845 (26 folders)

Carton 10

1846-1851 (26 folders)

Carton 11

1852-1856 (part) (30 folders)

Carton 12

1856 (part)-1859 (part) (32 folders)

Carton 13

1859 (part)-1861 (part) (24 folders)

Carton 14

1861 (part)-1863 (part) (24 folders)

Carton 15

1863 (part)-1865 (part) (26 folders)

Carton 16

1865 (part)-1866 (part) (28 folders)

Carton 17

1866 (part)-1867 (part) (25 folders)

Carton 18

1867 (part)-1869 (part) (25 folders)

Carton 19

1869 (part)-1870 (26 folders)

Carton 20

1871-1872 (part) (22 folders)

Carton 22

1873 (part)-1874 (part) (22 folders)

Carton 23

1874 (part)-1875 (part) (23 folders)

Carton 24

1875 (part)-1877 (part) (23 folders)

Carton 25

1877 (part)-1878 (part) (21 folders)

Carton 26

1878 (part)-1879 (part) (20 folders)

Carton 27

1879 (part)-1880 (18 folders)

Carton 28

1881-1882 (part) (24 folders)

Carton 29

1882 (part)-1884 (part) (21 folders)

Carton 30

1884 (part)-1885 (part) (21 folders)

Carton 31

1885 (part)-1886 (part) (19 folders)

Carton 32

1886 (part)-1887 (18 folders)

Carton 33

1888 (January-September Sessions, Case 148) (20 folders)

Carton 34

1888 (September Session, Case 149)-1889 (June Session, Case 135) (19 folders)

Carton 35

1889 (June Session, Case 138)-1890 (June Session) (19 folders)

Carton 36

1890 (September Session)-1891 (September Session, Case 50) (19 folders)

Carton 37

1891 (September Session, Case 51)-1892 (September Session, Case 30) (18 folders)

Carton 38

1892 (September Session, Case 31)-1893 (June Session, Case 160) (19 folders)

Carton 39*

1893 (June Session, Case 161-September Session) (12 folders)    

1884-1903 (24 cartons)

Carton 1

1894 (January Session)-1894 (June Session, Case 75 ˝ ) (21 folders)

Carton 2

1894 (June Session, Case 76)-1895 (January Session, Case 100) (20 folders)

Carton 3

1895 (January Session, Case 101)-1895 (June Session, Case 215) (20 folders)

Carton 5

1896 (January Session, Case 276)-1896 (September Session, Case 30) (21 folders)

Carton 6

1896 (September Session, Case 31)-1897 (January Session, Case 200) (20 folders)

Carton 7

1897 (January Session, Case 201)-1897 (June Session) (19 folders)

Carton 8

1897 (September Session)-1898 (January Session, Case 196 ) (25 folders)

Carton 9

1898 (January Session, Case 197)-1898 (June Session, Case 240) (24 folders)

Carton 10

1898 (June Session, Case 242)-1898 (September Session) (21 folders)

Carton 11

1899 (January Session)-1899 (March Session) (22 folders)

Carton 12

1899 (June Session)-1899 (September Session, Case 110) (23 folders)

Carton 13

1899 (September Session, Case 111)-1900 (January Session, Case 180) (24 folders)

Carton 14

1900 (January Session, Case 181)-1900 (March Session, Case 98 ) (16 folders)

Carton 15

1900 (March Session, Case 99)-1900 (September Session, Case 60 ˝ ) (24 folders)

Carton 17

1901 (January Session, Case 121)-1901 (March Session, Case 137) (22 folders)

Carton 18

1901 (March Session, Case 138)-1901 (September Session, Case 130 ) (22 folders)

Carton 19

1901 (September Session, Case 131)-1902 (January Session, Case 120) (20 folders)

Carton 20

1902 (January Session, Case 121)-1902 (June Session, Case 60) (23 folders)

Carton 21

1902 (June Session, Case 61)-1902 (September Session, Case 150) (22 folders)

Carton 22

1902 (September Session, Case 151)-1903 (January Session, Case 220) (18 folders)

Carton 23

1903 (January Session, Case 221)-1903 (June Session, Case 220) (24 folders)

Carton 24

1903 (June Session, Case 221)-1903 (September Sessions, Case 467) (26 folders)

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QUARTER SESSIONS PAPERS, 1789-1860. (5 folders)

Carton 39

These five folders were found in the Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer papers for 1861.  The folders are labeled Dauphin County Prison Discharges, 1789-1860.  Included are “Calendars of Prisoners now committed in the jail of the County of Dauphin”, records of the overseers of the poor, appointment and report of road viewers and duplicate schedules of property taken on discharge from the Dauphin County Prison.

1789-1824 jail calendars, overseers of the poor records (1 folder)
1789-1823 road viewers’ reports, jail calendars, overseers of the poor records (1 folder)
1842-1851 prison discharges (1 folder)
1852-1856 prison discharges (1 folder)
1856-1860 prison discharges (1 folder)

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RECORD BOOK OF INSOLVENTS, 1807-1847.  (1 volume)

1807-1847 (1 volume)

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RECORD BOOK OF PEDDLER’S LICENSES ISSUED, 1786-1809, 1830-1855. (2 volumes)

1786-1809 (1 loose volume)
1830-1855 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.52}

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RULE DOCKETS OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 1851-1883, 1895-1903. (3 volumes)

March, 1851-March, 1873 (1 loose volume)
March, 1873-December, 1883 (1 loose volume)
August, 1895-March, 1903 (1 loose volume)

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SENTENCE DOCKETS, 1886-1929. (6 volumes)

April, 1886-January, 1899, No. 1 (1 loose volume)
September, 1899-June, 1910, No. 2 (1 loose volume)
June, 1910-May, 1924, No. 3 (1 loose volume)
May, 1924-October, 1927, No. 4 (1 loose volume)
March, 1927-December, 1929, No. 5 (1 loose volume)
1929 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.54}

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SESSION RETURNS BOOK, 1887-1888. (1 volume)

January, 1887-January, 1888 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.55}

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SESSIONS DOCKETS, 1898-1899, 1916-1922. (2 volumes)

1898-1899, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1916-1922, Indexed (1 loose volume)

{series #47.56}

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SESSION MINUTE BOOKS OF COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER AND THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS, 1834-1929. (23 volumes)

November, 1834-April, 1838 (1 loose volume)
November, 1840-August, 1845 (1 loose volume)
August, 1849-November, 1852 (1 loose volume)
January, 1853-January, 1857 (1 loose volume)
April, 1857-November, 1860 (1 loose volume)
January, 1861-January, 1864 (1 loose volume)
April, 1864-February, 1867 (1 loose volume)
April, 1867-January, 1873 (1 loose volume)
April 1877-April, 1881 (1 loose volume)
August, 1881-April, 1886 (1 loose volume)
August, 1886-June, 1890 (1 loose volume)
September, 1890-January, 1894 (1 loose volume)
March, 1894-January, 1897 (1 loose volume)
March, 1897-June, 1901 (1 loose volume)
September, 1901-September, 1905 (1 loose volume)
January, 1906-June, 1908 (1 loose volume)
September, 1908-September, 1910 (1 loose volume)
January, 1911-September, 1913 (1 loose volume)
January, 1914-June, 1917 (1 loose volume)
September, 1919-January, 1921 (1 loose volume)
March, 1921-January, 1924 (1 loose volume)
March, 1924-March, 1927 (1 loose volume)
June, 1927-September, 1929 (1 loose volume)

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SESSIONS MINUTE BOOKS OF COURTS OF OYER AND TERMINER, QUARTER SESSIONS AND COMMON PLEAS, 1809-1815. (2 volumes)

Box 1 (Slim Style)

May, 1809-February, 1812 (1 volume)
May, 1812-September, 1815 (1 volume)

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UNIDENTIFIED INDEX, ca. 1838. (1 volume)

ca.1838 (1 volume)
Index Book-Miscellaneous papers (possibly an index to a Court of Common Pleas Docket)

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ACCOUNTS OF THE OLIVE ENCAMPMENT NO. 56, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ODD FELLOWS, 1863-1868. (1 volume)

1863-1868 (1 loose volume)

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AD-SECTUM INDEXES, 1792-1935. (13 volumes)

1792-1817 (1 loose volume)
1817-1833 (1 loose volume)
1833-1845 (1 loose volume)
1846-1855 (1 loose volume)
1856-1867 (1 loose volume)
1867-1873 (1 loose volume)
1872-1883 (1 loose volume)
1874-1881 (1 loose volume)
1882-1895 (1 loose volume)
1884-1901 (1 loose volume)
1895-1910 (1 loose volume)
1902-1919 (1 loose volume)
1919-1935 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.61}
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APPEARANCE DOCKETS, 1879-1887. (10 volumes)

1879 January-April, Index (1 volume)
1879 August-November, Index (1 volume)
1880 Index (1 volume)
1881 Index (1 volume)
1882 Index (1 volume)
1883 Index (1 volume)
1884 Index (1 volume)
1885 Index (1 volume)
1886 Index (1 volume)
1887 Index (1 volume)

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accession #517

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APPLICATIONS OF VETERANS FOR PEDDLER’S LICENSES, 1867-1905. (1 carton)

Carton 1

1867-1905 (includes a list of veterans granted licenses, 1867-1886) (10 folders)

{series #47.63}
accession #517

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CENSUS REPORT, 1860. (1 volume)

1860 (1 loose volume)

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CIRCUIT COURT EXECUTION DOCKET, 1800-1834. (1 volume)

December, 1800-March, 1834 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.65}
accession #999

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COMMISSION BOOK, 1840-1862. (1 volume)

1840-1862 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.66}
accession #1412

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COMMON PLEAS MINUTE BOOKS, 1836-1840, 1843-1848, 1853-1860, 1871-1904, 1917-1948. (11 volumes)

1836-1840 (1 volume)
1843-1848 (1 volume)
1853-1860 (1 volume)
1871-1879 (1 volume)
1879-1888 (1 volume)
1889-1895 (1 volume)
1895-1904 (1 volume)
1917-1924 (1 volume)
1924-1930 (1 volume)
1931-1937 (1 volume)
1937-1948 (1 volume)

{series #47.67}
accession #517

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COUNTY TREASURER’S RECEIPTS FOR CLOCK PEDDLER’S LICENSES, 1830-1845. (1 box)

Box 1

1796-1881 Petitions for Peddler’s Licenses (7 folders)
1830-1845 County Treasurer’s receipts for Clock Peddler’s Licenses (1 folder)

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DELINQUENT NOTE BOOKS, 1857-1858, 1865-1866. (2 volumes)

1857-1858 Harrisburg Bank (1 loose volume)
1865-1866 Harrisburg National Bank (1 loose volume)

{series #47.69}
accession #517 and 999

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DENTIST REGISTERS, 1883-1934. (2 volumes)

August 13, 1883-July 28, 1897 [A] Indexed (1 loose volume)
1898-1934 Indexed (1 loose volume)

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DISTRICT COURT EXECUTION DOCKET, 1823-1828. (1 volume)

October, 1823-May, 1828, Indexed (1 volume)

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DIVORCE, LUNATIC AND DRUNKARD INDEXES, 1880-1930. (2 volumes)

1880-1926 (1 loose volume)
1926-1930 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.72}
accession #999

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DOG REGISTERS, 1879-1921. (2 volumes)

1879-1920, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1912, 1921, Indexed (1 loose volume)

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EJECTMENT INDEX, 1856-1924.  (1 volume)

1856-1924 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.74}
accession #1412

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EXECUTION DOCKET DEFENDENT (AD-SECTUM) INDEXES, 1787-1967.  (27 volumes)

Carton 1

1787-1792 (1 volume)
1886 (1 volume)
1887 (1 volume)
1888-1889 (1 volume)
1889 (1 volume)
1890-1894 (1 volume)
1890 (1 volume)
1891 (1 volume)
1893 (1 volume)
1894 (1 volume)
1895 (1 volume)
1895-1898 (1 volume)
1897 (1 volume)
1898 (1 volume)
1898-1899 (1 volume)
1899 (1 volume)
1899-1904 (1 volume)
1905-1906 (1 volume)
1907-1908 (1 volume)
1910-1912 (1 volume)
1919-1924 (1 volume)
1925-1927 (1 volume)
1928-1930 (1 volume)
1930 (1 volume)
1931-1933 (1 volume)
1935-1959 (1 loose volume)
1959-1967 (1 loose volume)

{series #47.75}
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EXECUTION DOCKET PLAINTIFF INDEXES, 1886-1933. (22 volumes)

Carton 1

1886-1888 (1 volume)
1887 (1 volume)
1888 (1 volume)
1889 (1 volume)
1890 (1 volume)
1890 (1 volume)
1891 (1 volume)
1893 (1 volume)
1894 (1 volume)
1895 (1 volume)
1895-1898 (1 volume)
1896 (1 volume)
1897 (1 volume)
1899 (1 volume)
1899 (1 volume)
1904 (1 volume)
1907-1908 (1 volume)
1919-1924 (1 volume)
1925-1927 (1 volume)
1928-1929 (1 volume)
1930-1932 (1 volume)
1931-1933 (1 volume)

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EXECUTION DOCKETS, 1791-1906. (24 volumes)

Carton 1

1791-1798, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1797-1800 (1 loose volume)
1798-1803, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1799-1801, Indexed (2 loose volumes)
1803-1812, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1812-1818, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1818-1822 (1 loose volume)
1822-1829 (1 loose volume)
1829-1834 (1 loose volume)
1834-1840, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1841-1844, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1844-1850, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1851-1858, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1859-1864, Indexed (1 loose volume)
1861-1864, Indexed (1 loose volume)

Accession #1412

Carton 1

1863-1868, Index (1 volume)
1872-1876, Index (1 volume)
1876-1878, Index (1 volume)
1879-1883, Index (1 volume)
1884-1889, Index (1 volume)
1890-1894, Index (1 volume)
1895-1899, Index (1 volume)
1899-1906, Index (1 volume)

{series #47.77}
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FIFTH CENSUS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF 1830. (1 volume)

1830 (1 loose volume)

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