NOTE: The Franklin County Historical Society has corrected an error in the numbering of the quarterly. The corrections are as follows: April 1975 should be Vol. VI, no.C4; not no. 3 July 1975 should be Vol. VII, no. 1; not vol. VI, no. 4 Oct. 1975 should be Vol. VII, no. 2; not vol. VI, no. 4 Jan. 1976 should be Vol. VIII, no. 1; not vol. VI, no. 4 This change in numbering of volumes and issues will make only 2 issues in Vol. VII, and hereafter volumes...

These case files are grouped alphabetically by surname and then chronologically.

"Most of these records are for civil court actions. Criminal cases, also known as "State vs." cases were removed form these loose records and filed in separate files...." -- Introd. v. 3 of indexes. The records are arranged by number in ten year periods. For example, 1830-1, 1840-1, 1850-1, etc.