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Portage County, Ohio Legal Doc Collection, 1803-1886 [186297]

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Portage County, Ohio Legal Doc Collection, 1803-1886 [186297]
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Portage County, Ohio Legal Document Collection 1805-1886. Consisting of over 150 legal documents from Portage County, Ohio, the Portage County Legal Collection provides a glimpse into the early years of this historic county. These documents span almost a century of Portage history, ranging in date from 1803 to 1886; as the county was founded in 1807 and not officially incorporated until 1808, this means that the earliest items in this collection actually predate its legal formation. The collection contains a number of documents regarding the sale and ownership of land, providing valuable information on the initial settlement of Portage. Other documents on Portage County's legal history provide a record of the county's early citizens, and paint a vivid picture of the conflict and tension experienced in the county's first eighty years. - JRM SUMMARY. The Portage County Legal Collection consists of over 150 items organized between two binders. The majority of these items are handwritten documents, but numerous mass-produced typewritten documents with details such as dates and names written in by hand are also included. The dates of these documents range from 1803 to 1886, and they are organized chronologically by year. In some cases, multiple documents from the same court case are from different years; in these cases, the documents are kept grouped together and organized into the year of the earliest document of the group. Most items are labeled with a very brief summary stating what they are.
Documents contained in the collection include:
Summons to testify at the court in Ravenna, Ohio; Summons to appear before the court in Ravenna, Ohio; Depositions from numerous Portage County court cases
Lists/calculations of court fees for cases in Portage County; Records of debts resulting from legal disputes in Portage County, both settled and unsettled; Notices to sheriffs and jailers in Portage County to admit or release inmates; Summaries of Portage County cases written by attorneys; Pleas in Portage County cases written by attorneys; Records of settlement and purchase of land. [ Ohio