Justice of the Peace Docket (No. 3)

I. C. Booher and G. W. Smith, "Justice of the Peace Docket," docket entries 1870s-1900s, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; held by Greene County Clerk of Court's Office, Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 2016. Item no. GCCH-AN003-0003-0000, Greene County Courthouse Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).

FULL COLOR scan have been posted, but GRAYSCALE scans are also available for comparison. Some pages may be easier to read in grayscale due to contrast.

Provenance:

Donated to the Greene County Clerk of Courts Office, Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. No record of donor maintained. It appears that the docket book was passed down from one JP to the next, thus covering a large span of years and including entries from more than one person. I. C. Booher frequently identifies himself in the context of the marriages he performed, as well as in regard to in some of his criminal file entries. Likewise, G. W. Smith is identified as the JP to perform a list of the later marriage entries.

Due to the fact that Pennsylvania did not officially record marriages until 1885 at the Courthouse, the records in this docket are an invaluable record for family history.

In addition to marriages, this JP docket includes criminal matters. Please review these with the understanding that genealogical research requires an open mind. Ancestors were human too. Each should be remembered and treated respectfully, but also with an unbiased examination of the facts. These records have the potential to provide useful clues and details regarding family alignments, everyday life, biographical profiles, and more.

Record specifications:

Justice of the Peace dockets are not typically maintained by the Clerk of Courts Office. This book is in the custody of the office due to donation by the JP or his heirs. As a result, the Clerk of Courts may not issue certified copies of any of these records. In an effort to make the rare material in these dockets available, they are being scanned and transcribed on volunteer time for sharing via the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project.

Record Images and Transcript:

In order to maximize volunteer time, the first 44 pages of this docket were not scanned at this time due to the largely financial nature of the entries. As time and resources permit, the docket will be revisited to add those entries to the digital archive.

Since the pages in this docket were scanned individually, the images are numbered according to their handwritten page numbers, if they have one. However, there are some errors in the hand-written page numbering system.

**Page 53 skips next to page 56. Pages 54 and 55 are not missing, they are simply not included in the handwritten numbers.

**Pages 86, 87, and 89 are numbered twice. These have been kept in original order by making image "A" and "AA" pages that are incorporated into the number sequence following the correct facing pages.