Jackson County Court Records

JCGL holdings include several types of records concerned with Jackson County court actions. The first is a set of four volumes of abstracts of court records taken from the Oregon State Archives. These include wills, probates, guardianships, and estate files. We have prepared indexes for these four volumes.

The second type of holding consists of photographs of actual records contained in two Will Books currently housed in the Jackson County Courthouse. We have prepared indexes for each of these two volumes as well. These indexes include all names mentioned in the record aside from witnesses. Thus they include testators, heirs, legatees, executors, debtors, etc. Separate indexes have been prepared for wintnesses mentioned in these two volumes.

The third type of record is a book of circuit court bankrupcy assignments. This book contains records of people or businesses who were insolvent and assigned their assets to a third party to pay a portion to each creditor. It includes assignments made from 1898 to 1919.

The fourth type of record comprises two books of circuit court legal actions. These court record indexes contain information regarding various legal actions in Jackson County, Oregon. The first book includes cases from 1853 through 1873. The second book includes cases from 1858 through 1861.

The fifth type of record includes a circuit fee book for the years 1859-1862 and four circuit court fee books covering the years 1856-1890. These fee books have little of genealogical value aside from placing an individual in the county at a particular time. Indexes to Court Abstracts

Indexes to Will Book Images

Circuit Court Bankruptcy Assignments

Circuit Court Legal Actions

Court Fee Books