[Rarebooks] FS: Trial Records, Williams County, Ohio, 1848-1853

[Bob Petrilla]

Starr, George. HANDWRITTEN JUSTICE-OF-THE-PEACE TRIAL RECORDS, BRIDGEWATER
TOWNSHIP, WILLIAMS COUNTY, OHIO, 1848-1853. Original manuscript. 148pp,
folio; detailed entries on every page, mostly full pages, plus tipped-in
slips. Calf-backed marbled boards. Records the particulars of many legal
cases: names of the parties, nature of the cases, settlements, judgments,
fees, etc. Laid in are a number of miscellaneous notes and receipts. Judge
Starr was assisted in his efforts by Constable Benjamin Griffith, and later
by Constable Milo Thompson. 12.5" x 7.75" Very Good. Leather-backed boards.
Williams County is in the extreme northwest corner of Ohio. Bridgewater
Township, in the northern part of Williams County, along the Michigan line,
recorded its first settler in 1835, according to Goodspeed's History. Among
the early arrivals in 1838 was George Starr, author of this manuscript, who
here details 101 legal actions. Each trial entry is signed, George Starr,
J.P. Notices of warrants served are signed by Benjamin Griffith. Included
are: J.W.P Groves vs Silvester Snow; Asa Smith vs A.S. Willyard (estate of
David Mason); C.W. Mallory vs W.R. Parker; J.C. Wilden vs Jacob Hively;
Aron Willyard vs Hiram Covel; Frederick M. Champion vs W.H.R. Smith
(replevin for one rifle); Milo Thompson vs Alexander Hamilton; Levi
Cunningham vs Elias Depuy & John Depuy; Robert McDonald vs Milo Thompson;
Hiram Covel vs B.B. Vancourt; State of Ohio vs John Barcalow (assault &
battery on the person of Joshua Clark); George Flint vs William P. Back;
William Rupel vs Elizur Styles; William Sanders vs Directors, District No.
3 School District (trespass for building a school house); State of Ohio vs
Augustus Porter (assault & battery with a stick on George Porter); State of
Ohio vs Elias Depuy (theft of logs); Curtis Cogswell vs William P. Back;
Peter Ferguson vs Henry Poynter & Leven Poynter; A.W. Boynton & Co. vs
Joshua Conklin;  John E. Ormsbee vs Lucius B. Vanwerner (challenging the
plaintiff's right to his cattle); and many others. Laid in are 17 documents
of various date (summonses, etc.), written and signed by George Starr,
mostly half-page.    $475.00

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