Register of Mixed Case Judgments, 1912-1914. Index to Judgments Over 10 Years, 1914-1938. Index to Satisfied Tax Liens and Judgments, 1923-1985. Index to Pending Tax Liens and Judgments, 1924-1994. National Archives Identifier 70252343Ĭlerk's Registry of Funds, 1867-1912.

Records of Jurors and Witnesses, 1863-1895. Register of Jurors, Circuit and District Courts, 1879-1881. Records of Admissions to Practice in Federal Court, 1878-1898. National Archives Identifier 74003824Ĭlerk's Record of Appointments of U.S. Marshal's Prisoner Record Book, 1878-1892. Marshal's Record of Execution of Judgments, 1878-1897. Marshal's Docket Books for District and Circuit Courts, 1874-1879. National Archives Identifier 68864976Ĭomplete Record Book, Chancery and Law, 1841. Railroad Receivership Records, Chancery, 1879-1883. National Archives Identifier 18655644Ĭhancery Order Books, 1876-1911. National Archives Identifier 18515057Ĭomplete Record Books, Chancery, 1841-1911. National Archives Identifier 18515005Ĭivil Docket Books, 1908-1911. Government Cases (“General Record Book”), 1841-1855. National Archives Identifier 18573401Īppearance Dockets, 1859-1908. Register of Judgments, Mixed Cases, 1859-1911. A survey of Federal court records of Indiana, conducted in 1938 under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration, concluded that those records had probably been placed in the custody of the state courts as authorized by the state constitution of 1816. There are no Territorial court records among the holdings of the National Archives at Chicago. The Southern District comprised the Indianapolis, Evansville, New Albany, and Terre Haute Divisions. The Northern District included the Fort Wayne, Hammond, and South Bend Divisions. The state was divided into two Districts in 1928. The first statutory partition of Indiana was made in 1925 when seven divisions were created: Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Hammond, New Albany, South Ben and Terre Haute. Other courts were added with the inclusion of Fort Wayne in 1878 and Hammond in 1899. In 1870, additional terms of both courts were authorized for Evansville and New Albany. In 1863, the state was placed in the Eighth Circuit, but reassigned to the Seventh Circuit in 1866. Both the District and Circuit Courts continued to meet at Indianapolis. Those cases became part of the Circuit Court records, and the date span of the holdings of the Circuit Court thus predates the actual establishment of that court. The District Court had functioned as a Circuit Court since 1831, as noted above. In 1831, Congress increased the powers of the District Court to include jurisdiction over all cases cognizable in a federal Circuit Court, except appeals and writs of error.Ī Circuit Court for Indiana was authorized in 1837 as part of the Seventh Circuit. The state capital was moved to Indianapolis in 1825, and the court followed. The same jurisdiction and powers were given this court as provided the District Court of Kentucky by the Judiciary Act of 1789. The court met at Corydon, the first state capital. Indiana became a state in 1816, and in 1817 Congress established the new state as one judicial district with one judge. The following year, Congress enabled the court to exercise chancery as well as common law jurisdiction, under the laws and regulations prescribed by the Territorial Legislature. In 1815, the Territorial Court was authorized to hold two sessions annually at Vincennes, Corydon, and Brookville. This authority included all original jurisdiction generally held by the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. The jurisdiction of all Supreme Courts of the Territories was expanded in 1805 to be the same as that exercised by the District Court of Kentucky. The Territory of Indiana was established in 1800 by an Act which provided for the formation of a Territorial Supreme Court with common law jurisdiction and the appointment of three judges. These records are held in the National Archives regional facility in Chicago, Illinois.

Circuit and District Courts, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division US District and Circuit Court Records (Indianapolis) Records of the U.S.

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