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The Fruits of
a County Research
Project
Where on Earth is Upson County?
Upson County 1864
upson
county population 1830-70
slaves
named in pre-1865 upson county sources
conclusions
from the county project - pt I
conclusions
from the county project - pt II
do the
conclusions in upson county apply to other places?
how to
learn about antebellum state court systems?
"lesser
known records of slavery"
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Do
Findings Apply to Other Places?
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Georgia, like most US
states, inherited and retained a legal system based on English
Common Law. The records used in most slave states will be similar to
those found in Upson County.
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Each state defined
details of the names of courts, the scope of their jurisdictions,
and the details of their record-keeping. Legislatures often modified
the organization and functions of their state courts.
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Louisiana does not
share the Common Law inheritance. That state retains Notarial
Records, a system derived from the Civil Law of ancient Rome and
inherited through France and Spain. The Notarial Archives at New
Orleans give a good explanation of this system: The
Civil Law Notary.
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