Colfax County, N.M. Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1973-025
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the records of the county clerk (1867-1933), county assessor (1870-1892, 1917, 1924), county treasurer (1869-1927), county commission (1876-1927), superintendent of schools (1907-1908), county surveyor (1898), justice of the peace (1887-1925), sheriff (1869-1884), and probate court (1892-1929). Clerk's records include notary records, poll and tally books, voter lists, election returns, abstracts of titles, articles of incorporation, registers of licenses and brands, mining records, and correspondence. They also include deeds and leases that concern L. B. Maxwell and the Maxwell Land Grant Company. County commission records include poll and tally records for the special election of delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1889, and correspondence concerning roads, bridges, and the Maxwell Land Grant Company. Justice of the peace records include a typescript list of marriages in Colfax County (1877-1907).
Some materials are in Spanish.
Some materials are in Spanish.
Dates
- 1867-1929
Language of Materials
English, and Spanish.
Access Restrictions
Documents are fragile. Use microfilm if available.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Historical Note
Formerly part of Taos County, New Mexico, Colfax County was created in 1869.
Extent
11 linear feet + 27 v. + 11 rolls
Alternate Format
Some records are available on microfilm.
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
General
- Articles of incorporation
- Bonds (legal records)
- Colfax County (N.M.) -- History
- Colfax County (N.M.) -- Politics
- Deed books
- Field notes
- Judicial records
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- New Mexico -- Colfax County
- Legal files
- Licenses
- Livestock brands -- New Mexico -- Colfax County
- Local government -- Records
- Marriage records
- Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.)
- Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 1818-1875
- Mining claims -- New Mexico -- Colfax County
- Notarial documents
- Surveyors -- New Mexico -- Colfax County
- Tax records
- Voting registers
- Wills
- Title
- Inventory of the Colfax County, N.M. Records, 1867-1929
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Daphne S.O. Arnaiz-DeLeon
- 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::1973-025::Colfax County, N.M. Records)//EN" "nmar1973-025.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Repository