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RG 21 - U.S. District Courts, Bankruptcy Case Files - Tallahassee, Florida


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Bankruptcy Case Files, 1867-1878

National Archives Identifier 657511

The case files contain the petition for bankruptcy, various schedules, and related papers, including petitions for discharge, orders of reference, proofs of publication and notices to creditors, reports by commissioners, schedules containing inventories of bankrupt assets, appointments, declarations of discharge, final certificates, and record of payment of costs. A typical file may include the following: *Debtor's Petition *Schedule A - Statement of All Debts of Bankruptcy *Schedule A-1 - Statement of all Creditors Who are to be Paid in Full *Schedule A-2 - Creditors Holding Securities *Schedule A-3 - Creditors Whose Claims are Unsecured *Schedule A-4 - Liabilities on Notes or Bills *Schedule A-5 - Accommodation Paper *Oath to Schedule A *Schedule B - Statement of All Property *Schedule B-1 - Real Estate *Schedule B-2 - Personal Property *Schedule B-3 - Choses in Action (Debts, stocks, insurance policies, unliquidated claims, deposits of money) *Schedule B-4 - Property in Reversion *Schedule B-5 - Property Claimed as exempted *Schedule B-6 - Books, Deeds, etc. relating to Bankrupt's business *Oath to Schedule B *Summary of Debts and Assets The files may also contain various orders, petitions, returns, decrees, warrants, writs and other papers of the Court. These papers include the Order of Adjudication and Reference, Appointment and Acceptance of Trustee, Bond of Trustee, Petition for Discharge, Report of Trustee and Reference on Discharge, Discharge of Bankrupt, Statement of Costs, Order of Appointment of Trustee, Order Approving the Trustee's Bond, Order Approving Trustee's Report of Exemptions, and Final Examination of the Bankrupt along with various notices to creditors and certificates of mailing notices.
 
Name County of Residence State of Residence Case Number Date
ALABAMA & FLORIDA RAILROAD CO   FL 1 2/20/1868
BAKER, JOHN L. HAMILTON FL 37 2/18/1868
BANKER, ELIJAH H. MADISON FL 24 4/5/1868
BARLOW, GEORGE P. LEON FL 2 3/17/1868
BAZEMORE, JOSIAH JEFFERSON FL 39 2/20/1868
BELZER, W. J.   FL 0 8/5/1869
BERILL, ROBERT J. HAMILTON FL 38 2/18/1868
BIGGS, JOHN M.   FL 0 12/2/1873
BLACKBURN, WILLIAM M. JEFFERSON FL 0 4/26/1874
BOSTICK, TRISTAM CONCORD FL 42 2/24/1868
BOSTICK, WILLIAM L. GADSDEN FL 36 2/18/1868
BRANNEN, S. J. MADISON FL 23 2/5/1868
BUTLER, CHARLES W   FL 5 1/20/1868
BYTHEWOOD, JOSEPH F. MADISON FL 55 2/29/1868
CAMERON, WILLIAM J LEON FL 17 1/24/1868
CASON, JOHN J. LEON FL 41 1/23/1868
CAWTHORN, S. S. JACKSON FL 15 1/10/1868
CHAIRS, BENJAMIN   FL 47 2/27/1868
COCHRAN, HORSFORD A. JEFFERSON FL 33 2/15/1868
CONILE, DAVID G GADSDEN FL 9 12/28/1867
DECAUSEY, CHARLES JEFFERSON FL 45 2/27/1868
ELKINS, MICHAEL S LEON FL 3 4/6/1868
ELLIOT, JOSEPH P.S. GADSDEN FL 54 2/22/1868
EVANS, JAMES C. LIBERTY FL 62 12/4/1868
FARMER, DAVID G. GADSDEN FL 26 2/7/1868
FLAGG, FRANCIS H. LEON FL 66 12/18/1868
FOOTMAN, JOHN M. LEON FL 32 2/15/1868
GARNER, STERLING LEON FL 28 2/4/1868
GORE, ELLIS GADSDEN FL 59 5/27/1868
GOZA, JAMES M. GADSDEN FL 69 12/30/1868
HALE, ROBERT GADSDEN FL 0 3/30/1870
HALL, ROBERT GADSDEN FL 64 12/15/1868
HENDERSON, JASPER M. MADISON FL 18 1/14/1868
HENTZ, WILLIAM LIBERTY FL 34 2/15/1868
HOLLIDAY, THOMAS JACKSON FL 69 12/30/1868
HUDLER, JAMES T. GADSDEN FL 52 2/29/1868
JACKSON, WILLIAM T. HAMILTON FL 61 11/18/1868
JEFFCOAT, GEORGE W. LEON FL 27 2/17/1868
JEFFRIES, ISAAC C.   FL 63 12/16/1869
JONES, WILLIAM N. LEON FL 29 2/10/1868
KATZENBERG, SIMON MADISON FL 48 2/27/1868
KERKSEY, LAFAYETTE H. LEON FL 47 2/27/1868
KING, ROSTRUM JACKSON FL 0 1/2/1868
LANE, LEVIN A. SUWANNEE FL 57 3/17/1868
LINES, JOSEPH GADSDEN FL 4 12/10/1867
LLOYD, JOSEPH PLATUS MADISON FL 16 1/28/1868
LOTT, LEONIDAS GADSDEN FL 12 1/7/1868
LOTT, WALTON GADSDEN FL 13 1/8/1868
LOVETT, WILLIAM J. MADISON FL 44 2/27/1868
MANN, J. C LEON FL 7 4/6/1868
MATTHEWS, THOMAS J. LEON FL 40 2/21/1868
MAXWELL, DANIEL B. LEON FL 51 2/29/1868
MCCALLM, SHEROD GADSDEN FL 25 2/7/1868
MCCANN, ALFRED H JEFFERSON FL 0 5/28/1874
MCCORMACK, JAMES JACKSON FL 75 6/16/1869
MCCORMICK, MICHAEL MADISON FL 8 7/29/1869
MCKIBBEN & ALLEN CO. (JOSEPH MCKIBBEN & THOMAS ALLEN PHILADELPHIA FL 6 1/11/1868
MCVAY, WILLIIAM T. SUWANNEE FL 0  
MEGINNISS, DANIEL B (JR.) LEON FL 0 3/23/1878
MOODY, HENRY H. LEON FL 10 1/3/1868
OSBORN, T. W.   FL 0 2/20/1868
OVERSTREET, SILAS T. SUWANNEE FL 67 12/29/1868
POOLE, WILLIAM D/B/A PURDY, RANDOLPH & CO.   FL 0 2/26/1878
POOSER, JOHN W. JACKSON FL 76 12/31/1868
PURDY, RANDOLPH & CO (JAMES PURDY, WM. POOLE ET AL.   FL 0 2/26/1878
RANDOLPH, T. HAYWOOD D/B/A PURDY RANDOPLH & CO   FL 0 2/26/1878
RAWLS, JAMES M. GADSDEN FL 20 1/17/1868
REEVES, OWEN MADISON FL 14 1/9/1868
ROBERTS, THOMAS J LEON FL 0 4/3/1876
ROBINSON, GEORGE W. JACKSON FL 71 12/31/1868
RONEY, J.A.J. LEON FL 56 3/5/1868
ROSTRUM & KING JACKSON FL 0 1/2/1868
RUBRUSTINE, ESRAEL LEON FL 0 3/3/1872
SCURRY, RISLEY M. LEON FL 59 5/27/1868
SESSIONS, ABNER N. R. (MD) MADISON FL 19 1/24/1868
STEPHENS, HENRY M. HAMILTON FL 5 5/31/1868
SWIFT, IRA MADISON FL 35 2/18/1868
TAYLOR, DEMPSEY C. LEON FL 11 3/3/1868
TILLMAN, ROBERT & JAMES WEST MADISON FL 73 4/10/1869
TOWNSEND, COLUMBUS L. LEON FL 31 2/10/1868
TOWNSEND, JOHN A. LEON FL 30 2/10/1868
TUCKER, JAMES R. WAKULLA FL 43 2/25/1868
WARD, BENJAMIN H. LEON FL 50 2/28/1868
WATSON, HINTON J. JACKSON FL 0 8/7/1869
WEEKS, EDWARD A.   FL 72 9/15/1868
WEST, JAMES & ROBERT TILLMAN MADISON FL 73 4/10/1869
WEST, THEOPHILUS JACKSON FL 65 12/16/1868
WILLIAMS, ANDREW J.   FL 21 1/27/1868
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL R. JEFFERSON FL 74 7/10/1869
WOODLEE, DAVID H. GADSDEN FL 22 1/27/1868
WYATT, JOSEPH C GADSDEN FL 70 12/31/1868
YATES, JOHN J. GADSDEN FL 53 2/29/1868
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