MC 784.1

Inventory to the Middlesex County (N.J.) Records

By Special Collections and University Archives

December 1983

Special Collections and University Archives

Finding aid encoded in EAD, version 2002 by Tara Maharjan, December 2021
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.

Descriptive Summary
Creator: Middlesex County (N.J.).
Title: Middlesex County (N.J.) Records
Dates: 1688-1929
Quantity: 350 items, 62 v., 1 folder, and 1 envelope.
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.
Collection No.: MC 784.1
Language: English
Repository: Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

Related Collections

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

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Middlesex County (N.J.) Records, MC 784.1, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

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Detailed Description of the Collection/Container List

This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the "containers" (for example, folders, volumes, or cassettes) and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise the collection. The availability of any digital items from a container is indicated with a hyperlink.

Middlesex County (N.J.) Records
Volume
I Register of Marriages, 1795-1827
Volume
II Register of Marriages, 1827-1866
Volume
III Register of Marriages, 1866-1928
Volume
IV Index to Register of Marriages, 1795-1910
Volume
V Index to Register of Marriages, 1795-1910
Typescript.
Volume
VI Public Road Survey, 1720-1775
Deeds and Land Conveyances, recorded, 1714-1724
Volume
VII Public Road Surveys ("Road Book"), 1773-1828
Volume
VIII Official Oaths, 1779-1868
Volume
IX Sheriff Bonds, 1807-1929
Volume
X Register of Black Children, 1804-1844
Volume
XI Manumission of Slaves, 1800-1825
County Court Minutes, Judgements and Dockets
Volume
XII Common Pleas & General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, 1683-1720
Public Road Surveys, 1705-1724
Volume
XIII Common Pleas: Minutes, 1721-1736
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, 1721-1736
Volume
XIV Common Pleas: Minutes, 1755-July, 1764
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, 1755-July, 1764
Volume
XV Common Pleas: Minutes, October 1764-1771
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, October 1764-1771
Volume
XVI Common Pleas: Minutes, January, 1783-July, 1787
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, January, 1783-July, 1787
Volume
XVII Common Pleas: Minutes, October, 1787-April, 1792
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, October, 1787-April, 1792
Volume
XVIII Common Pleas: Minutes, July, 1792-April, 1795
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, July, 1792-April, 1795
Volume
XIX Common Pleas: Minutes, June, 1798-December, 1798
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, June, 1798-December, 1798
Volume
XX Common Pleas: Minutes, March, 1802-September, 1808
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, March, 1802-September, 1808
Volume
XXI Common Pleas: Minutes, September, 1808-September, 1813
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, September, 1808-September, 1813
Volume
XXII Common Pleas: Minutes, September, 1813-September, 1818
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, September, 1813-September, 1818
Volume
XXIII Common Pleas: Minutes, December, 1818-December, 1823
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, December, 1818-December, 1823
Volume
XXIV Common Pleas: Minutes, March, 1824-March, 1829
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, March, 1824-March, 1829
Volume
XXV Common Pleas: Minutes, June, 1829-October, 1833
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, June, 1829-October, 1833
Volume
XXVI Common Pleas: Minutes, December, 1833-December, 1838
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, December, 1833-December, 1838
Volume
XXVII Common Pleas: Minutes, December, 1832-April, 1835
Volume
XXVIII Common Pleas: Minutes, December, 1838-May, 1852
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, December, 1838-May, 1852
Volume
XXIX Common Pleas: Minutes, June, 1840-November, 1845
Volume
XXX Common Pleas: Minutes, October, 1852-September, 1857
General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, October, 1852-September, 1857
Volume
XXXI Common Pleas: Minutes, January, 1852-March, 1861
Volume
XXXII General Quarter Sessions: Minutes, May, 1852-May, 1871
Volume
XXXIII Common Pleas: Judgements, April, 1799-June, 1803
Volume
XXXIV Common Pleas: Judgements, September, 1803-March, 1809
Common Pleas: Judgements, September, 1811-March, 1812
Volume
XXXV Common Pleas: Judgements, June, 1809-June, 18ll
Common Pleas: Judgements, March, 1812-December, 1817
Volume
XXXVI Common Pleas: Judgements, December, 1817-December, 1825
Volume
XXXVII Common Pleas: Judgements, March, 1826-March, 1830
Volume
XXXVIII Common Pleas: Judgements, March, 1830-June, 1835
Volume
XXXVIX Common Pleas: Judgements, September, 1835-June, 1848
Volume
XL Common Pleas: Judgements, May, 1855-April, 1858
Volume
XLI Oyer and Terminer, June, 1799
Circuit Court: Minutes, June, 1799
Volume
XLII Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, June, 1805-June, 1807
Circuit Court Minutes, June, 1805-June, 1807
Volume
XLIII Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, December, 1807-December, 18ll
Circuit Court Minutes, December, 1807-December, 18ll
Volume
XLIV Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, June, 1812-December, 1815
Circuit Court Minutes, June, 1812-December, 1815
Volume
XLV Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, June, 1816, June, 1823
Circuit Court Minutes, June, 1816, June, 1823
Volume
XLVI Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, December, 1823-December, 1826
Circuit Court Minutes, December, 1823-December, 1826
Volume
XLVII Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, June, 1827-June, 1835
Volume
XLVIII Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, December, 1842-September, 1857
Volume
XLIX Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, December, 1843-October, 1852
Volume
L Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, January, 1853-April, 1859
Volume
LI Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, September, 1859-December, 1869
Volume
LII Circuit Court: Docket(?), July, 1839-May, 1873
Volume
LIII Circuit Court: Minutes, June, 1838-March, 1848
Volume
LIV Circuit Court: Minutes, September, 1843-October, 1851
Volume
LV Circuit Court: Minutes, March, 1848-September, 1856
Volume
LVI Circuit Court: Minutes, December, 1855
Oyer and Terminer: Minutes, December, 1855
Quarter Sessions: Minutes, December, 1855
Volume
LVII Circuit Court: Minutes, December, 1856-September, 1857
Volume
LVIII Circuit Court: Judgements, September, 1838-September, 1843
Volume
LIX Circuit Court: Judgements, December, 1843-September, 1850
Volume
LX Circuit Court: Judgements, December, 1850-May, 1855
Volume
LXI Circuit Court: Judgements, September, 1858-December, 1861
Box
1 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1781-1795
Box
2 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1796-1803
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3 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1804-1811
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4 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1812-1820
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5 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1821-1827
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6 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1828-1833
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7 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1834-1842
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8 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1843-1850
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9 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1851-1856
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10 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1857-1861
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11 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1862-1871
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12 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, 1872-1898
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13 Bills, receipts, petitions, letters received, etc., of the sheriff and other county officers, undated
Box
14 Commitments and jail accounts (unarranged), circa 1782-1848; undated
Commitments and jail accounts (unarranged), 1818-1887
Box
15 Commitments and jail accounts (unarranged), 1839-1885
Box
16 Commitments and jail accounts (unarranged), circa 1840-1887
Box
17 Commitments and jail accounts (unarranged), circa 1842-1887
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18 Commitments and jail accounts (unarranged), circa 1831-1887
Minutes of the Board of Justices and Freeholders, circa 1784-1841
See also the Board of Chosen Freeholders Minutes, MC 784
Records of the "Election for fixing the place for building a Courthouse and Goal, 1793"
Box
19 Accounts of tavern licenses, etc., 1795-1866
Deeds (recorded), circa 1766-1827
Building accounts for jail, 1796-1797, 1848-1849
Building accounts for courthouse, 1794-1801, 1838
Abstracts of ratables, 1831-1832
County Collector's Bonds, 1828-1852
Box
20 County Collector's Accounts, 1839-1854
Lunatics and Insane: records, circa 1845-1870
Coroners' Inquests: proceedings, documents, etc. (unarranged), circa 1839-1874
Box
21 Coroners' Inquests: proceedings, documents, etc. (unarranged), circa 1849-1873
Schools and Education: records, circa 1840-1871
Box
22 Civil War Certificates of Substitutes, 1861-1865
Civil War Enlistment Bounties, circa 1864-1865
Box
23 Civil War Enlistment Bounties, circa 1864-1865
Miscellaneous