Records of the court, 1787-1793

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Title: Records of the court, 1787-1793
Creator: Hooker, Noadiah, 1737-1823
Abstract: Manuscript, in a single hand, of about 250 summaries of court cases between 1787 and 1793 in Farmington, Connecticut, over which Noadiah Hooker presided as justice of the peace. Most of the entries record the defendant having been called out on default, and the amount of money awarded as a result to the plaintiff, without providing further details of the case. The volume, however, does contain several accusations against Julius Cesar, "Negro and transient person," for theft and lacking a pass; several cases of monetary debt; and numerous instances where an individual appeared in court to confess a judgment against himself for various sums of money owed. Dos-a-dos, five leaves containing accounts of sums paid or owed to various individuals as well as to proprietors of the district school committee, and a list of accounts of the grain, wood, and meat bought for his family from 1794-1795
Description: Noadiah Hooker (1737-1823) was a great-grandson of Rev. Samuel Hooker in Farmington, CT. He was a colonel in the army during the American Revolutionary War and was a leading man in town, serving as Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, CT. He married Rebecca Griswold, died June 3, 1823, and was buried in Farmington, CT. He was a cousin of Roger Hooker.
In English.
Available on microfilm
Laid in: scrap paper with a note concerning an altered execution between Col. Hooker and Wistoon[?] Miller.
Laid in: scrap paper with a note concerning two altered executions by Samuel Crumb.
Pen trials on front and back covers, including the name James Hooker.
Binding: full parchment. Pasted on spine in print: Noadiah Hooker's Justice Record. 1787-1793.
Extent: 1 20 cm. v. (184 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English