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One of our favorite record groups at the Archives are the Circuit Court case files. These are the original papers that were generated for every case that arose in Circuit Court, above and beyond what was written in the large, bound Minute Books. Examples include summons, arrest warrants, indictments, testimony, contested wills, original deeds and divorce petitions. For Stewart County, these case files are about 95% complete all the way back to 1810. The Archives holds the case files from 1810-1999, with the recent files still in the courthouse.
The volunteers at the Archives have been cleaning, organizing, indexing and digitizing these case files for over 15 years now. They have never been microfilmed and have only been accessible at the Archives. We are pleased to announce that the case files which have been digitized are now accessible on the Archives' Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OqszJ7tohLl4GX9dPvbmKysz0IxG9rTg?usp=sharing There are about 5,600 case files now available, dating from 1810 until the 1890s, where the digitization project is now underway. Each case file is a PDF document, freely downloadable. The PDF file name typically includes the names of the plaintiffs and defendants in the case, as well as the year in which the case concluded in court. Once you've clicked on the link above, you can search for surnames of interest by using Google Drive's search box at the top center of the window. A partial listing of the case files (1810-1949) is available in a separate PDF on our Records page.
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