Early records are sparse for Monroe Co. The following are abstracts from the docket book kept from Jan 1839 to April 1842 of cases. I will show the date, the plaintiff and the defendant. No cause is shown; most appear to be debts. The plaintiff is shown first. The source is from the original book which I copied. 2 Jan 1839 - David BLACK vs Robert G. LADD 5 Jan 1839 - J? P CARTER vs William KERBY 8 Jan 1839 - William HOWARD vs William SLAUGHTER 9 Feb 1839 - Shores P HUNTER vs John H HOLMAN & Samual MARTIN 21 Feb 1839 - Alfred PURSELL vs Green B CURTIS 26 Feb 1839 - David CRUMPTON vs James RUSH 15 Mar 1839 - Jarrat HOWARD vs Lewis WHEALER 20 Mar 1839 - BELL & TORBET vs Shadrack MURRY 25 Mar 1839 - Same vs J N SLAUGHTER 25 Mar 1839 - Same vs James P BAILEY 25 Mar 1839 - Jesse HOWARD vs Andrew BOWMAN 1 May 1839 - Miles BEVIL vs Granville BEVIL 1 June 1839 - Harry HAMILTON & James COLE vs Daniel ROBINSON 15 June 1839 - Jonathan M WOOD vs Henry A MORGAN 4 June 1839 - Stephen GUM for use & benefit of S B& W A MORRIS vs John KIRBY To be continued. Sandi Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's site: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky