Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Courts for Lincoln County,
Collection
Identifier: 1976-034
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the territorial and New Mexico district court records for Lincoln County, New Mexico (1870-1957). The bulk of the material covers the years (1870-1912). Included are record books (1873-1912), case files (1870-1929), and other court material. Record books consist of various dockets (1873-1912), court proceedings record books for criminal and civil (1875-1879, 1884-1912), and Chancery Court hearings (1889-1897). Dockets include criminal and civil volumes (1873-1911). Case files consist of criminal cases 1-4720 (1871-1921) and civil cases 1-2011, 3745 (1870-1912, 1929). Large gaps may exist between case files. Many criminal and civil case files are unnumbered. Many of the cases after 1912 are not part of this collection. Other court material consists of an attorney's roll book for the 2nd Judicial District (1874-1899), bonds, warrants, subpoenas, bar admissions, and jury records.
Some material in Spanish
Some material in Spanish
Dates
- 1870-1957 (bulk, 1870-1912)
Language of Materials
English,
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Historical Note
Lincoln County, New Mexico was established in 1869 and formed part of the 2nd Judicial District of the United States Territorial Courts in New Mexico. In subsequent years, Lincoln County was transferred from the 2nd to the 4th Judicial District (1887), from the 4th to the 5th Judicial District (1889), from the 5th to the 6th Judicial District (1904), from the 6th to the 3rd Judicial District (1912), and from the 3rd to the 12th Judicial District (1971). Upon statehood in 1912, the Territorial Courts became the New Mexico District Courts.
Extent
19.5 Linear Feet (30 volumes)
Organization
Collection is organized into six series.
- I. Docket Books
- II. Record Books (Journals)
- III. Miscellaneous Record Books
- IV. Miscellaneous Records
- V. Criminal Case Files
- VI. Civil Case Files
General
Contact Information
- New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
- Archives and Historical Services Division
- 1205 Camino Carlos Rey
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
- Phone: 505-476-7908
- Fax: 505-476-7909
- Email: archives@rain.state.nm.us
- URL: http://www.state.nm.us/cpr/ahsd_top.htm
- Bonds (legal records)
- Civil procedure--New Mexico--Lincoln County
- Criminal procedure--New Mexico--Lincoln County
- Dockets
- Equity pleading and procedure--New Mexico Lincoln County
- Judicial records
- Jury--New Mexico--Lincoln County
- Lawyers--New Mexico--Lincoln County
- Legal files
- Lincoln County (N.M.) -- History
- Lincoln County (N.M.) -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950
- State government records
- Subpoenas
- Territorial records
- Trial and arbitral proceedings
- Warrants
- Title
- Inventory of the Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Courts for Lincoln County, 1870-1957 (bulk, 1870-1912)
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Staff
- Date
- ©2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//New Mexico State Records Center and Archives//TEXT (US::Nm-Ar::1976-034::Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Courts for Lincoln County)//EN" "nmar1976-034.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Repository