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- The book’s front cover is missing from the microfilm and, presumably, from the original Circuit Court Book.
- The Index for A’s and B’s is missing from the microfilm and, presumably, from the original Circuit Court Book.
- The original Circuit Court Book skips page 7.
- Pages 165 and 183 are blank in the original Circuit Court Book.
- There is an unnumbered X’d out page between pages 203 & 204 that is designated “203X” in the transcription.
- There are two sets of different pages that are numbered 46 through 55.
- There are two different pages that are numbered 95.
- There are two different sets of pages that are numbered 105 through 114.
- There are two different pages that are numbered 200.
- There are two different pages that are numbered 284.
During the summer and fall of 2007, Jim Chumney extracted all the names, dates, vocations, and other genealogical information from a FHC microfilm copy of the 1821-1824 Henry County, Alabama Circuit Court Book for use by the general genealogical community. It is Jim’s compilation that is the source of the names in the list of Pre-1830 Henry County inhabitants that identify the old Circuit Court Book as their original source. Where there are two different pages that are numbered the same in the original Circuit Court Book, the compilation adds the suffix -2 to the second page. Hence, a researcher who wants to find information in the original Circuit Court book that the compilation indicates is on page 46-2 must advance to the second page in the original book that is labeled 46 which, in fact, follows page 55 in the original book. As with any transcription from a handwritten original, there is lots of room for error, but fortunately, there is a lot of redundancy of names in the old Circuit Court Book which helps, but on the other hand, the names are sometimes spelled slightly differently within a case. If there was significant doubt, an alternate spelling is included in the compilation.
The court cases are very good at noting when individuals were residents of other counties or states, but there’s still a possibility that a small number of non-Henry-County residents may have slipped through.
- Many of the cases reference promissory notes that were exchanged months to years before the related trial in Henry County. There’s a danger that the notes were exchanged while the participants were residents of other counties or states, and so, unless the court case explicitly states a promissory note was signed in Henry County, the date of a promissory note is not used as the earliest date the participants were inhabitants of Henry County. Nevertheless, the date of a promissory note is of significant genealogical value and is still included in the expanded description of a pioneer’s web page.
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