Docket Book of the 448th Georgia Militia District, Justice Court, Banks County, Georgia

January 28th, 1882-March, 1889 with additional memoranda

 

Joshua White, N. P. & J. P. and Robert A. Brown, N. P. & J. P.

 

Note: This ledger type book was found discarded in an anteroom off the upstairs courtroom in the Historic Courthouse in Homer, Banks County, Georgia. Sadly, this slim volume is among many historic documents relating to Banks County abandoned to their fates in terrible conditions.

 

SECTION TWO-January 3 1885-March 1889

 

Page 75

Justice Court 448th Dist. G. M.

Saturday January the 3rd 1885

Fountain G. Moss vs Willie Boling

Promisory note principal $50.00

Original issued and copy served promply on the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of fifty Dollars principal and the sum of four Dollars & forty cents Interest and one Dollar & forty cents cost of suit.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Execution Issued January the 13th 1885

 

Page 76

Justice Court 448th Dist. G.M.

Saturday January the 3rd 1885

J. T. Latner Jr. vs F. H. Cash

Promisory note principal $6.80

Original issued and copy served promply on the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of Six Dollars & Eighty cents principal and the sum of Sixty one cents Interest up to Judgment and one Dollar & forty cents cost of suit

Joshua White N.P. & J. P.

Execution levied January the 13th in the hands of A. C. Moss

 

Page 77

Justice Court 448th District G. M.

Saturday January the 3rd 1885

Patapsco Guano Co. vs Reuben Dalton

Promisory note principal $56.25

Credit $30.15

Balance $26.10

Original Issued and copy promply served on the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of twenty six dollars & ten cents principal and the sum of one Dollar and fifty six cents Interest and the sum of one Dollar and forty cents cost of suit.

With ten per cent Attorneys fees $2.70 Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Execution Issued January the 13th 1885

 

Page 78

Justice Court 448th Dist. G. M.

Saturday January the 3rd 1885

Thomas Hayden vs William R. Dalton

Promisory note principal $7.72

Original Issued and copy served promply of the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of seven Dollars & seventy two cents principal and the sum of three Dollars & fourteen cents interest and one Dollar & forty cents cost of suit

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Execution Issued January the 13th 1885 in the hands of A. C. Moss attorney at law

 

Page 79

Justice Court 448th District G. M.

Saturday January the 3rd 1885

Patapsco Guano Co. vs F. G. Massey

Promisory note principal $37.50

Original issued and copy served promply on the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of thirty seven Dollars & fifty cents principal and the sum of two Dollars and thirty three cents Interest and one Dollar & forty cents cost of suit

With ten per cent on principal & Interest as Attorneys Fees $3.98

Execution Issued January the 13th 1885

 

Page 80

Justice Court 448th Dist. G. M.

Saturday January the 3rd 1885

Power, Key & Co. vs F. G. Massey

Open account principal $26.36

Original Issued and copy served promply on Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of twenty six Dollars & thirty six cents principal and one Dollar and forty cents cost of suit.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Execution Issued January the 13th 1885

 

Page 81

Justice court 448th District G. M.

Patapsco Guano Co. vs F. M. Jordan (prin), W. S. Dudley (sect) & Thomas Jordan (sect)

promisory note principal $53.25

Original Issued and copy served promply on the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of fifty three Dollars & twenty five cents principal and the sum of three Dollars & nineteen cents Interest and the sum of two Dollars cost of suit. With ten per cent Atty fees $5.64

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Execution Issued January the 13th 1885

 

Page 82

Justice Court 448th District G. M.

Saturday January the 3rd 1885

J. J. Anderson vs John R. (?) Cape

promisory note principal $35.23

Original Issued and service acknowledged by the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of $35.23 thirty five and twenty three cents principal & Interest $3.09 and the sum of three Dollars & eighty two cents Attorneys fees & the further sum of one dollar and five cents cost of Suit.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Fifa issued February the 25th 1885 in the hands of A. C. Moss Atty at Law

 

Page 83

Justice court 448th District G. M.

Saturday February the 7th 1885

Thomas Hayden vs B. J. Percell

Promisory note principal $2.50

Original issued and copy served promply on the Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the Court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of two Dollars & fifty cents principal and the sum of seventy one cents Interest and one Dollar and forty cents cost of suit.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Settled in full this March 7th 1885

 

Page 84

Justice Court 448th District G. M.

Saturday February the 7th 1885

Andrew J. Segers vs William T. Lynch & John A. Lynch

Promisory note principal $35.00

Original Issued and copy served promply on Defendants

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendants for the sum of thirty five Dollars principal and the sum of five Dollars & fifty one cents Interest & the sum of two Dollars cost of Suit.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

Received on the above case five Dollars $5.00 Feby the 7th 1885

Received on the above case $5.00 five Dollars this April the 4th 1885

May the 9th 1885 Received on the above Judgment $10.00

August the 10th 1885 Received on the above Judgment $5.00

1885 October the 16 Received on the above Judgment $4.50

Criminal Cases

November the 11th 1881

(My note-this entry is out of date in the sequence of this docket book. It is written in brown period ink, whereas the preceding entry is written in blue ink)

The State of Georgia vs Andrew Faulkner (colored)

Misdemeanor

Defendant having been arrested on a warrant and brought before us the undersigned Evidence being heard in the above stated case it is hereby ordered by the court that the Defendant be committed to Jail on failure to give Bond as required by law this Nov. The 11th 1881

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

R. L .Hooper N. P. & J. P.

 

Page 86

Criminal Docket 448th District G. M.

August the 25th 1884

The State Plff. Vs William A. Boling Def.

Charge Midemeanor

The Defendant having been arrested and brought before a court of inquiry

after carefully Examining the Evidence in the above case it is hereby ordered that the Defendant be acquitted and warrant Dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

 

Page 87

Criminal Docket 448th District G. M.

August the 25th 1884

The State Plff. Vs Thomas Simmons Def.

The Defendant having been arrested and brought before a court of inquiry after carefully Examining the Evidence in the above case it is hereby ordered by the court that the Defendant be acquitted and warrant Dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

 

Page 88

Justice Court 448th District G. M.

Saturday March the 7th 1885

Goldsmith Brothers agt. Z. F. Gibson vs J. C. Parker

Promisory note $5.25

Original Issued and service acknowledged by Defendant

Judgment is hereby rendered by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the Defendant for the sum of five Dollars & twenty five cents principal, and the sum of twenty one cents Interest and one Dollar & five cents cost of suit.

Joshua White N. P. & J. P.

 

Note-This is the last entry made by Joshua White N. P. & J.P. There is, at the bottom of Page 88, a note in different ink and handwriting stating “Examined and approved by the County March 16 1885

Page 89

Debt in Justice Court 448th dist. Georgia Militia

G. W. Smith vs T. J. Jordan & W. E. G. Walls or Watts

original Summons issued Dec. 19th 1885. Copies served personaly on the Defendant Dec. 22nd 1885 by A. Davis L. C.

The above Case dismissed for want of proper Service without Cost.

This Jan 2nd 1886

Robert A. Brown N. P. & J. P.

 

Page 90

Debt in Justice Court 448th District Georgia Militia

G. W. Smith vs W. E. G. Watts & T. J. Jordan

Promisory note issued Jan 7th 1886

Copy served personaly on the Defendants W. E. G. Watts and T. J. Jordan by leaving Copy at his usual place of Abode by J. A. Davis L. C. Jan 19th 1886

Feb 6th 1886

Judgment by Default

Principle 85.41

Intrust (sic) 1.00

Cost 1.70

Feb 6th 1886

Robert A. Brown N. P. & J. P.

Execution Issued Feb 10th 1886

Received on the above Payment in Full this Jan 7th 1887

 

Page 91

In Justice Court 448 district G. M.

E. L. Duckett & Co. Plaintiff in fifa

vs W. N. Simmons Defendant & Ira Simmons Claimant

Claims Case

Execution Levied by J. A. Davis L. C.

The above Claim withdrawn by the plaintiff.

Feb the 6th 1886

Robt. A. Brown N. P. & J. P.

 

Page 92

In Justice Court 448th dist. G. M.

Claim Case

G. C. Carter plaintiff in fifa

vs Col Jackson Defendant & J. S. Chambers Claimant

The claimant in the above case not appearing, it is ordered by the court the claim be dismissed at Claimants cost.

This the 6th day of February 1886

Robert A. Brown N. P. & J. P.

 

Bottom of page 92

Examined and Approved by Comitt. March Term 1886

H. J. Ragsdale

 

Page 93

Memorandum Docket

In Justice Court 448th Dist. G. M.

Sweet (?) N. P. & J. P.

Mrs. S. C. Chenault vs Green Martin

Witnesses for Defendant, sub. A. R. Gaily & Milton Lynch

December Term 1888

Appealed Dec 4/88 and Summons Issued for Joe Stephens, A. R. Gaily, M. Lynch

 

Mrs. S. C. Chenault vs Andy Segars

Witnesses for defendant, J. W. Parker subpoenaed, Miltom Lynch

 

Note-At this point the pages are either empty or there is just some note without signatures or conclusions to cases.

 

Page 94

H. C. Kytle vs W. B. Meek, J. Acree sect.

Suit on Note

Summons Issued Sept. 16th 1889

 

The last entries are on pages 116 and 117. They appear to be calculations of costs on various cases. In this section I will only list the names in the cases and dates entered.

 

Mrs. Chanault vs Andy Segars 3 Nov 1888

E. L. Duckett & Co. Vs Elic Junkin 6 Dec 1888

J. L Payton vs. H. F. Cash 5 July 1889

Mrs. Chenault vs Green Martin 1 Dec, 2 Feby no year

J. F. Edwards vs J. H. Evans 21 Nov 1889

R. D. Moss vs H. H. Cash 5 July 89

J. J. Whitlock vs A. J. Strickland 16 July 1888, 26 May 1889 Paid

J. C. Or I. C. Chitwood vs. P. H. Grant 2 July 1888

Mrs. S. C. Chenault vs Bird Washburn 2 March 1889

J. J. Jordan vs Chas. & L. (?) Cash 2 March 1889 Paid July 6 1889

 

Transcription © 2005 by Jacqueline King