I will post to this group,the response I got. My response cannot be posted,due to its vulgarity ----- Original Message ----- From: Archives Dept To: 'Kevin Kelly' Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: RE: 1821 circuit court case Mr. Kelly; The Rutherford County Archive has in its holdings the circuit court records of the county, 1900 to the mid 1940's. It is not known if the loose records of the circuit court before 1900 are still extant. These records, however, are not open researchers as they have not been processed, i.e. straightened, cleaned, filed. These records have been taken out of the metal boxes in which they were stored by the court, but not much has been done with them beyond that. We are currently working to process the loose chancery court records which date to the early 1800's, and is therefore a much larger project. When this project is finished we will begin the same process on the circuit court records and yes, they will at that time be microfilmed. The Rutherford County Archive has a small staff and a very limited budget. Due largely to these factors it looks as if it will be some time before we be able to begin processing the circuit court documents. Rutherford County has a beautiful courthouse that underwent a major renovation in 1996. The Rutherford County Archive takes up three rooms on the third floor of the courthouse. If you would like more information on the Rutherford County Archive please see our web site, www.rutherfordcounty.org/archives/ . Thank you for your inquiry and if there is anything that we can do for you in the future please feel free to let us know. Sincerely, Van Zbinden Graduate Research Assistant Rutherford County Archives -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Kelly [mailto:ktkelly@nightowl.net] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 11:31 AM To: Rutherford County Archives Subject: 1821 circuit court case Hi Mr John Lodi or Staff, I received a reply from Eloise Gaither's office,"These records would be in our archives and the gentleman who takes care of these,informed me that it would be several years before they process any of the Circuit Court information. His phone number 615-867-4609. Address Rutherford County Courthouse Suite 301,37130 Can you please enlighten me,about whom Gaither wrote? Is the county courthouse under renovation,or something? Neither the LDS or Tn State Archives have any 1821 Rutherford Co Circuit Court cases,are they even extant? Thank you for some help and understanding. PS,if these records(and earlier) exists,they ought to be microfilmed and preserved. Sincerely,Kevin Kelly,St Louis 31 year family researcher