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 Collection
Identifier: MC 784.1

Middlesex County (N.J.) Records

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1688-1929

Abstract

County court book (1688-1711, incomplete typescript copy); marriage records and indexes (1795-1928); public road surveys (1705-1828); deeds and land conveyances (recorded 1714-1722); official oaths (1779-1831); sheriff bonds (1807-1929); slave births (1804-1844); manumissions (1800-1825); Court of Common Pleas minutes (1683-1736, 1755-1771, 1783-1793, 1798, 1802-1861); Court of Common Pleas judgments (1799-1858); Court of General Quarter Sessions minutes (1683-1736, 1755-1771, 1783-1793, 1798, 1802-1871); Court of Oyer and Terminer minutes (1799, 1805-1835, 1842-1869); Circuit Court minutes (1799, 1805-1826, 1838-1857); Circuit Court judgments (1838-1855, 1858-1861); account book (1782-1824) of Peter Vredenburgh, county collector; records (1902-1906) of the county's Board of Chosen Freeholders relating to construction of a bridge over the Raritan River from Perth Amboy to Sayreville; election returns from townships and municipalities; and bills, warrants, bonds, and other papers concerning cases coming before the county courts.

Extent

350 items (62 v., 1 folder, 1 envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Additional form available: The repository also has a partial reel of microfilm (accn 2914) of part of the collection, cataloged with Monmouth County (N.J.). Records, 1667-1804.

Related Collections

Middlesex County (N.J.). Board of Chosen Freeholders Minutes, MC 784, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

General

Note: In part, transcripts (typewritten).

Title
Inventory to the Middlesex County (N.J.) Records MC 784.1
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Special Collections and University Archives
Date
December 1983
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.
Sponsor
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.