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Yavapai County

Yavapai County was the first county created by the Territorial Legislature in 1864.  It was named after the Yavapai Indians.  The county seat is Prescott.

Assessment and tax rolls.  1879-1959.  67.5 c.f.  (225 volumes).
Records include a tax roll, 1879-1881, for School District One, for the Prescott area.  Other records include assessment and tax rolls, 1919-1959; property assessment lot cash books, 1905-1935; original and duplicate assessment rolls for 1878-1943; and personal property assessments, 1914-1956.
Automobile registrations.  1920-1932.  3.2 c.f.  (12 volumes).

Inquests.  1866-1929.  Fraction c.f.  (8 rolls of microfilm).
Inquests include witness statements, subpoenas, verdicts and jury proceedings, arranged chronologically

Proceedings.  1874-1884 and 1927-1932.  Fraction c.f.  (1 box and 1 volume).
Records include proceedings for Mayer precinct, 1927-1932; a proceedings book for criminal cases in the Prescott precinct, 1874-1884; and a civil proceedings book, 1874-1884, that does not give a precinct.
Administrative records.  1879 and 1946-1954.  Fraction c.f.  (2 boxes).
Records include statements of claims, 1879, which show financial claims against the Court.  Notary Public acknowledgments, 1946-1954, are arranged chronologically and numerically.
Docket books.  1865-1965.  9.9 c.f.  (33 volumes).
Docket books are for individual precincts and include a docket listing marriage certificates, actions for damages, estrery notices and case proceedings for the Walnut Creek precinct, July 21, 1875-February 12, 1893; a criminal and civil docket including murder cases, complaints, theft and disorderly conduct cases, 1865-1870; and a civil docket, 1878-1881, listing attachments and cases of indebtedness for the Prescott precinct.

Elections.  1882-1915.  Fraction c.f.  (6 items).
Records include great registers, 1882-1915; election returns for delegates to Congress and statehood, 1906; and affidavits, 1902-1905.
Bonds and affidavits.  1871-1931.  Fraction c.f.  (1 box and 1 volume).
Records include bonds for individuals and mining properties, 1874-1900; agreements, 1871-1879 and 1892-1894; affidavits of owners of transient livestock, 1929-1931; a lease for billiard tables, 1917; contracts with private corporations; and township plats, 1883 and 1904.  There is also an index of names, 1926.
Mortgages and liens.  1871-1964.  6 c.f.  (6 boxes).
Records include the first and refunding mortgage of the Arizona Power Corporation, 1935; writs of attachment, 1907-1911; foreclosures, 1940-1964; Sheriff's certificates of sale, 1889-1959, and of redemption, 1911-1959; claims of lien, 1907 and 1911; mortgages, 1935-1941; and laborers' liens, 1907.

Prisoner registers.  1915-1917.  Fraction c.f.  (2 volumes).
Registers are records of prisoners jailed, 1915-1916, and released, 1915-1917.

School census marshals' reports.  1895-1927.  5 c.f.  (5 boxes).
Superintendents' records.  1874-1965.  13.3 c.f.  (13 boxes, 1 volume and 6 rolls of microfilm).
Records include teacher registers and reports, 1874-1965.  Originals date from 1874-1938, 1944-1953, 1956-1958, 1961-1965, and on microfilm, 1900-1949.  Not all years are available for all school districts.  A register of school warrants, 1909-1919, is arranged by date.  School records of election, 1910-1911, contain election notices and appointments of School Trustees and School Census Marshall.  Agreements, 1879-1899, consist of contracts signed by teachers.  Also included are appointments of District Clerks and Trustees; teacher certificates, 1882-1912; teacher contracts, 1881-1916; correspondence, 1879-1911; deed for school district #28, 1901; and the District Clerk annual reports, 1910-1914.
Board of Trustees' records.  1870-1920.  1 c.f.  (1 box).
Trustee annual reports contain financial records of disbursements by school district and list some school boundaries.

Clerk of the Court.  1864-1965.  9.9 c.f.  (9 boxes, 2 volumes and 36 rolls of microfilm).
Clerk's records include tax suits, 1927-1936; judgment books, 1866-1930; register of dental certificates, 1900-1910; index to juvenile cases, 1910-1919; index to Pioneer's Home, 1913-1930; jury books, 1869-1939; notarial commissions and bonds, 1901-1937; minutes, 1868-1878 and 1891-1930; and court calendars, 1864-1933.  Jury books, 1869-1939, include an account of fees of jurors.
Notarial Commission bond records, 1901-1937, include appointments and oaths of notary publics and names of individuals and companies holding bonds.  Minutes of the U.S. District Court, 1868-1878 and 1891-1930, include continuances of cases, names of jurists, indictments, requests of defendants, orders and verdicts.  Court calendars, 1864-1933, are listed by civil, criminal and probate divisions.  Probate calendars of estate or guardianship are arranged alphabetically.
Records also include writs of attachment, 1942-1965; special executions, 1950-1964; judgments, 1908; lis pendens, 1931, 1955, 1958, 1964-1965; and complaints, garnishments, bankruptcy and summons, 1919, 1925, 1933-1934, and 1936.
Civil Division.  1864-1972.  161 c.f.  (159 boxes, 1 volume and 135 rolls of microfilm).
Records include civil cases, 1865-1920, filed numerically; a civil case proceedings volume, 1874-1884; an index to civil actions, 1864-1940, arranged alphabetically by both plaintiff and defendants' names; and registers of actions and cast books, 1865-1930.
Marriage licenses and certificates, 1870-1972, are arranged chronologically.  Marriage affidavits, 1925-1969, are applications for marriage licenses.  Indices to marriage licenses are listed alphabetically by name of females and males, and include book and page number.
 Civil and probate cases, 1864-1949, are arranged chronologically by case number.
Criminal Division.  1865-1965.  Fraction c.f.  (25 rolls of microfilm).
Criminal records include criminal registers, 1884-1931, and a proceedings index lists cases alphabetically by defendants' names.  Criminal records also include cases, 1865-1903, unnumbered and filed alphabetically by year.  Other cases, 1886-1910, are listed by number.
Probate Division.  1864-1955.  Fraction c.f.  (1 volume and 30 rolls of microfilm).
Probate records include records of claims, 1875-1952, with an alphabetical index; Probate Court calendars, 1883-1933, indexed by name; minutes, 1864-1930, including hearings, orders and decrees regarding guardianship and the estates of deceased individuals; letters and bonds, 1892-1931; and insanity dockets, 1872-1955, indexed alphabetically.

Cashbook.  1879-1896.  Fraction c.f.  (1 volume).
This volume lists bonds approved by the Board.  Also included are Sheriff's financial records, assessment roll figures and funds received by the Board.
Bonds.  1877-1885.  Fraction c.f.  (2 volumes).
These volumes contain road bonds and county redemption fund bonds.
Warrant register.  1873-1875.  Fraction c.f.  (1 roll of microfilm).
This register contains general fund information filed chronologically.
Correspondence.  1897-1911.  5.5 c.f.  (16 boxes).
Correspondence includes letters from both business and individuals.  Letter books are outgoing correspondence, 1897-1911, arranged chronologically.

Taxes.  1885-1947.  10.5 c.f.  (3 boxes and 25 volumes).
Records include fees collected, 1899, arranged alphabetically; Tax Collectors' cashbooks, 1917-1937, arranged alphabetically by name of taxpayer; delinquent tax records, 1885-1897 and 1905-1928; tax rolls, 1882-1885, for school districts; and a back tax book, 1927-1928.
Records also include a record of property sold for delinquent taxes, 1887-1903; state and county taxes, 1907-1921; tax suits, 1916-1933; taxes paid under protest, 1926-1936; and an unsecured personal property tax roll, 1932-1946, arranged chronologically by year of assessment.
Cashbooks and journals.  1865-1937.  7.2 c.f.  (24 volumes).
Volumes include school fund cashbooks, 1926-1927; a receipt book, 1884-1916; and cashbooks, 1865-1937.
Warrants.  1879-1979.  6.1 c.f.  (5 boxes and 6 volumes).
Warrants include expense fund, general, salary, contingent, road expense fund warrants, claims audited and orders for payment.  Warrant registers, 1887, 1899, 1912, 1936, include bank statements, 1971-1973; court orders, 1961-1973; annual statements of receipts and expenditures for the Chino Valley Irrigation District, 1962-1969; registered warrants held in Public Works Reserve Fund, 1970-1973; and sworn statements from the Board of Supervisors attesting to amount of money in the County Treasury, 1962-1973.  Other items include ledger sheets for school districts, 1969-1979, and county school funds, 1927-1932.
Monthly financial reports.  1920-1928.  Fraction c.f.  (1 volume).

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