Docket Books & Historical Court Records

Historical County Court Correspondence and Court Papers, 1863-1924

Series 114  (2 Boxes)

A variety of court papers including: 

• Agreements
• Affidavits
• Bonds
• Certificates of physicians to practice medicine in Jefferson County 
• Correspondence
• Court filings in various cases
• Documents relating to 'Rights of Way' for irrigation ditches
• Fee bills
• Financial reports of the Clerk of Court and County Judges to the Board of County Commissioners
• Orders for and lists of jurors
• Papers related to the appointments of County Bee Inspector, Board of County Visitors, Examiner in Lunacy and Probation Officer
• Subpoenas

See Finding Aid (PDF) for complete description and inventory.

See Name and Subject Index (PDF) to collection. Names and/or subjects may have only a single mention without much context in this collection. For genealogical purposes, however, this does establish the location of an ancestor at a certain time. In some instances, an address or city of residence may be listed. In addition, case names or numbers can presumably be looked up in the Court Records office for more information.

Historical District Court Docket Books, 1872-1935

Series 155 (13 Volumes)

Docket books for cases heard in Jefferson County District Court. Dockets contain a brief summary of the court proceedings in criminal and civil cases with entries listing case number, names of parties, names of attorneys, cause of action, and order of the court.

1st Judicial District Judges' Photographs & Biographies

Series 202

Photographs and biographical information for county and district judges documenting the history of the 1st Judicial District, Jefferson and Gilpin Counties, Colorado. Collection also includes a selection of court rule pamphlets.

Select Finding Aid (PDF) for complete inventory.

Justice of the Peace Docket Books, 1867-1966

Series 111 (231 Volumes)

Docket books provide narrative summaries of civil and criminal case proceedings. Information includes:

• Names of plaintiff and defendant
• Name of Justice of the Peace and precinct number
• Charge
• Dates and kinds of filings
• Dates and notes on proceedings
• Plea
• Disposition
• Judgment
• Sentence
• Fine
• Court costs

Civil books may include lists of marriages performed. Supplementary records such as summons, motions, receipts, etc. may accompany docket sheets.

Probate Docket Book A, 1862-1869

Series 222 (One Volume)

Hand-written docket book of Probate Judges William Train Muir and Jonas M. Johnson containing settlement of estates, recording of marriages, and a few other miscellaneous legal matters. (Photocopy only - original docket book is held at the Colorado State Archives.)

Unprocessed Historical Court Records, 1862-1993

Unprocessed archival collections have not been nicely re-foldered, re-boxed, or labeled, may not be arranged in any discernible order, and do not have finding aids written for them. They are, however, available to researchers unless in rare instances access restrictions have been placed upon them or redaction of sensitive information is required.

Please contact Archivist for details regarding specific record series.

Information on this page may change frequently. Titles of actual records may differ slightly and date ranges may be approximate. Advance notice is required to view records.

Records:

• Case File: Lakewood v Mavromatis (Clerk & Recorder Recording of Road Petitions and Road Books), 1993
• Certificates of Attachment and Levy, 1863-1867
• Certificates of Dismissal, 1895-1929
• Citation to Heirs (County Court), 1919
• Claims against Estates of Deceased (County Court), 1936-1937
• Clerk of County Court’s Financial Reports, 1942-1962
• Clerk of District Court’s Financial Reports, 1909-1961
• Complaint and Summons for Injunction (District Court: WH Kistler Stationery v BCC), 1939
• County Court’s Financial Reports, 1924-1937
• County Judges’ Financial Reports, 1905-1918
• Court Decrees, 1875-1903
• Court Orders, Petitions, List of Jurors, 1867-1926
• Court Records (District Court Notices, Jury List, County Court Orders), 1935-1937
• Court Rulings (County Court: Ditch ROW, Ditch Compensation), 1876-1887
• Court Stenographers Notebook (People v Aubry Church; Berens v Tracey; Holley v Holley, et al.; Foster v Williams, et al.), 1905
• Court Summons (County Court), 1884
• Decree (Probate Court), 1867
• Discharge of Tax Lien, 1925
• Dismissals, 1880-1910
• District Court Case Exhibit #2256: Sec. 9, T6S R70W, Parcels owned by Edward Murray and Henry Pollaro (Shows fence lines and other data), undated
• District Court Case Files, 1877 & 1899
• District Court Financial Reports, 1961-1962
• District Court Notices: Perpetuation of Testimony, 1937
• Exhibits, 1885-1893
• Fee Book 3, 1873-1886
• Jailer’s Monthly and Annual Reports of Prisoners Housed (Financial), 1909-1911
• Jefferson County Property Inventories (Grand Jury Exhibits), 1949-1954
• Judgment Docket Books - Transcript of Judgment Dockets, Books 131, 341, 739, 1165 and 1340 (County and District Courts), 1902-1963
• Judgment in Case (County Court), 1883
• Judgment Index (District Court), 1870s-1890s
• Judgment Record Book 17, 1877-1919
• Juror’s Affidavits at Inquests (for payment of expenses), 1949
• Jury Summons, Coroner’s Inquest, 1907
• Justice Court Case Files (Warrants, Subpoenas, Transcripts, Affidavits, Summons, Complaints, Motions, Attachment Writs, etc.), 1919-1953
• Justice Court Fees, 1867
• Justice Court / Justice of the Peace Financial Reports, 1909-1961
• Justice of the Peace Case Files, 1868 & 1950-1952
• Justice of the Peace Criminal Case (O’leary v O’Kane), 1912
• Justice of the Peace Remittance Statement (Fine and Case Costs), 1938
• Justice Transcripts, 1912-1936
• Lien Record Book 1 (District Court), 1912
• Lien Statements, 1872-1926
• Lists of Petit Jurors (County and District Courts), 1897 & 1927
• Master in Chancery Certificate of Purchase, 1871-1877
• Notices (Action Filed, Interrogatories, Lis Pendens, Pendency of Suit, etc.), 1874-1935
• Petition and Summons: Stuart v BCC, Wadsworth Ditch Co., A.L. Davis, et al. (District Court), 1910
• Power / Letter of Attorney, 1862-1925
• Satisfaction of Judgment, 1880-1938
• Sheriff’s Reports of Prisoners Committed and Discharged, and Reports of Prisoners Fed (Financial), 1942-1961
• Sheriff’s Sale Documents (Certificates of Levy, Purchase, Redemption, and Sale; Writ of Attachment etc., 1862-1948
• Stipulation to Division of Property (Blakeslee, District Court), 1933
• Summons and Complaint (Ragan v Smith), 1924
• Summons for District Court Cases (Jefferson County or BCC defendants), 1909-1912
• Transcript of Judgment Dockets, 1874-1966
• Transcript of Proceedings (County, District, and Justice Courts), 1866-1896
• Will (1877) and Decree of Final Settlement (1937) for John D. Colver
• Wills and other Documents pertaining to Estate Matters, 1872-1920
• Witness Certificates (District and Justice Courts), 1896-1934
• Writ of Error (District Court - Blackmer v Blackmer), 1929
• Writ of Attachment (Masters v Bradley), 1924
• Writ of Attachment Record Book 44, 1885-1925