NJDARM: Archives Collection Guides: Cape May County, Clerk's Office, Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1786-1913

Record Group:	Cape May County
Subgroup:	Clerk's Office
Series:	Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1786-1913
Accession #:	N/A
Series #:	CCPCL004
Guide Date:	10/1999 (CSM)
Volume:	9 reels [35-mm]

Reel List

Alphabetical List of Justices

The list below provides location of jurisdiction (municipality), date span, number of dockets, and reel number(s). A reel-by-reel inventory follows.

Name Jurisdiction Date Span Dockets Reel #

Barnett, Furman Lower Twp. 1881-1886 1 docket 1-147

Benezet, Daniel unknown 1835-1837 1 docket 1-146

Blackman, Constantine Upper Twp. 1835-1844 1 docket 1-146

Budd, John Upper Twp. 1815-1845 1 docket 1-145

Chapman, James T. unknown 1897-1901 1 docket 1-148

Corson, Elias unknown 1825-1830 1 docket 1-146

Corson, Joseph unknown 1804-1808 1 docket 1-147

Corson, Paramenus Middle Twp. 1786-1799 1 docket 1-140

Cosgrove, Daniel Lower Twp. 1888-1890 1 docket 1-148

Crandol, Thomas Upper Twp. 1832-1838 2 dockets 1-146

Edmunds, Robert Lower Twp. 1807-1809 1 docket 1-143

Eldredge, Aaron Clermont 1813-1817 1 docket 1-144

Eldridge, William Cape May Twp. 1802-1808 1 docket 1-143

Fisher, Robert Ocean City 1895-1896 1 docket 1-148

Forcus, William E. Wildwood 1887-1889 1 docket 1-147

Foster, Jacob Lower Twp. 1822-1828 1 docket 1-146

Goff, David Dennis Twp. 1808-1813 2 dockets 1-143/1-144

Hand, Jeremiah Middle Twp. 1814-1863 3 dockets 1-145

Hand, Stephen Cape May Twp. 1801-1819 2 dockets 1-143

Hewitt, Shamgar Upper Twp. 1805-1820 4 dockets 1-142

Holmes, A. Elton Dennis Twp. 1894-1900 1 docket 1-148

Hughes, Spicer unknown 1824-1847 2 dockets 1-145

Johnson, Jeremiah Dennis Twp. 1801-1815 7 dockets 1-142/1-143

Leaming, Lemuel unknown 1866-1879 3 dockets 1-147

Ludlam, James Upper Twp. 1794-1813 4 dockets 1-140

Ludlam, Thomas E. Sea Isle City 1892-1895 1 docket 1-148

Maguire, James Dennis Twp./Goshen 1835-1848 1 docket 1-146

Marcy, Mathew Cape May Twp. 1834-1849 1 docket 1-146

Matthis, Jennings G. unknown 1844-1848 1 docket 1-147

Moore, Gaines P. Ocean City 1885-1901 2 dockets 1-147

Nichols, Charles E. unknown 1895-1901 1 docket 1-148

Parsons, Robert Lower Twp. 1801-1814 3 dockets 1-143

Pierson, Ludlam Middle Twp. 1834-1835 1 docket 1-146

Reeves, George H. Lower Twp. 1892-1913 3 dockets 1-148

Scott, James T. unknown 1813-1816 1 docket 1-144

Smith, Constantine unknown 1803-1805 1 docket 1-143

Smith, Frederick E. Holly Beach 1889-1895 1 docket 1-147/1-148

Smith, Isaac Lower Twp. 1804-1819 2 dockets 1-143

Smith, Jacob G. Upper Twp. 1813-1840 5 dockets 1-144/1-145

Smith, John L. unknown 1818-1822 1 docket 1-145

Souder, Jacob unknown 1833-1847 3 dockets 1-146

Spencer, John West Cape May 1886-1901 1 docket 1-147

Steelman, H. G. Ocean City 1894 1 docket 1-148

Stevens, Jonathan C. Lower Twp. 1872 1 docket 1-147

Swain, Isaac Middle Twp. 1893 1 docket 1-148

Thompson, Robert P. Cape May Twp. 1899-1904 1 docket 1-148

Townsend, Cresse Middle Twp. 1799-1833 10 dockets 1-141/1-142

Townsend, Elijah Middle Twp. 1798-1814 4 dockets 1-140/1-141

Townsend, Elijah Middle Twp. 1832-1860 3 dockets 1-141

Townsend, J. Milton Dennis Twp. 1865-1868 1 docket 1-147

Townsend, John Middle Twp. 1822-1826 2 dockets 1-145/1-146

Westcott, Edwin G. S. Seaville 1890-1894 2 dockets 1-148

Woertz, John G. Sea Isle City 1896 1 docket 1-148

Reel Listing

NOTE: Docket numbers in brackets were added to show that certain dockets were split between microfilm reels. These numbers do not appear on the dockets or the film.

Reel #	Contents

1-140	Paramenus Corson, Middle Township [1 docket]
		11 September 1786 – 14 May 1799

	James Ludlam, Upper Township [4 dockets]
		[No. 1], 20 May 1794 –21 November 1809 [includes index] [No. 2], 20 May 1794 – 31 August 1813 [includes index] [No. 3], 21 October 1809 – 22 September 1810 [includes index] [No. 4], 27 September 1810 – 10 February 1813 [includes index]

	Elijah Townsend, Middle Township [4 dockets; part]
		[No. 1; part], 14 August 1798 – 14 August 1800

1-141	Elijah Townsend [cont’d]
		[No. 1; cont’d], 26 July 1800 – 31 December 1801 [No. 2], 6 January 1802 – 1 May 1804 [No. 3], 26 April 1804 – 21 October 1809 [No. 4], 20 July 1810 – 31 October 1814

	Elijah Townsend, Middle Township [3 dockets]
		[No. 1], 9 April 1832 – 16 April 1847 [No. 2], 25 May 1850 – 9 January 1852 [No. 3], 24 May 1850 – 30 April 1860 [includes minutes of Maridian Inn No. 58, 6 February 1847 – 25 March 1850]

	Cresse Townsend, Middle Township [10 dockets; part]
		[No. 1], 15 January 1799 – 13 April 1801 [No. 2], 26 May 1801 – 27 March 1803 [No. 3], 13 August 1804 – 16 June 1805 [No. 4], 16 July 1805 – 16 June 1806 [No. 5], 12 August 1806 – 26 December 1812 [No. 6; part], 20 December 1815 – 7 May 1817 [p. 142]

1-142	Cress Townsend [cont’d]
		[No. 6; cont’d], 1 May 1817 [p. 141] – 22 March 1818 [No. 7], 30 April 1818 – 18 September 1821 [No. 8], 22 August 1824 – 15 May 1825 [No. 9], 24 May 1825 – 17 March 1826 [No. 10], 3 January 1826 – 7 September 1833

	Shamgar Hewitt, Upper Township [4 dockets]
		[No. 1], 1 January 1805 – 24 August 1830 [No. 2], 28 December 1805 – 9 January 1807 [No. 3], 8 February 1811 – 21 February 1815 [No. 4], 21 January 1817 – 6 December 1820

	Jeremiah Johnson, Dennis Township [7 dockets; part]
		[No. 1], 1 January 1801 – 7 September 1810 [No. 2], 26 December 1803 – 10 February 1806 [No. 3; part], 14 August 1806 – 22 April 1807

1-143	Jeremiah Johnson [cont’d]
		[No. 3; cont’d], 25 April 1807 – 7 November 1807 [No. 4], 19 October 1807 – 22 January 1810 [No. 5], 26 December 1810 – 26 February 1813 [No. 6], 3 March 1813 – 29 March 1816 [No. 7], 4 April 1815 – 9 September 1815

	Robert Parsons, Lower Township [3 dockets]
		[No. 1], 21 January 1801 – 13 November 1802 [No. 2], 13 November 1802 – 22 April 1805 [No. 3], 15 May 1805 – 19 December 1814

	Stephen Hand, Cape May [2 dockets]
		[No. 1], 1 May 1801 – 17 March 1803 [No. 2], 31 October 1803 – 24 July 1819

	William Eldridge, Cape May [1 docket]
		24 February 1802 – 8 February 1808

	Isaac Smith, Lower Township [2 dockets]
		[No. 1], 30 January 1804 – 4 October 1808 [No. 2], 20 March 1809 – 8 March 1819

	Constantine Smith [1 docket]
		12 December 1803 – 11 September 1805

	Robert Edmunds, Lower Township [1 docket]
		30 June 1807 – 20 June 1809

	David Goff, Dennis Township [2 dockets; part]
		[No. 1; part; begins at p.76], 5 July 1808 – 6 May 1809 [p.115]

1-144	David Goff [cont’d]
		[No. 1; cont’d], 22 April 1809 [p. 114] – 23 February 1811 [No. 2], 15 April 1811 – 18 December 1813

	Aaron Eldredge, Clermont [1 docket]
		27 February 1813 – 25 October 1817

	James T. Scott [1 docket]
		30 March 1813 – 19 October 1816

	Jacob G. Smith, Upper Township [5 dockets; part]
		[No. 1], 17 November 1813 – 27 January 1818 [No. 2], 1 December 1819 – 8 May 1824 [No. 3; part], 1 October 1819 – 24 March 1823 [p. 264]

1-145	Jacob G. Smith [cont’d]
		[No. 3; cont’d], 20 March 1823 [p. 263] – 25 May 1824 [No. 4], 10 May 1824 – 3 November 1832 [No. 5], 8 December 1835 – 6 June 1840

	Jeremiah Hand, Middle Township [3 dockets]
		[No. 1], 14 June 1814 – 22 August 1815 [No. 2], 4 March 1826 – 27 July 1832 [No. 3], 20 April 1843 – 3 November 1863

	John Budd, Upper Township [1 docket]
		28 March 1815 – 1 November 1845

	John L. Smith [1 docket]
		7 March 1818 – 7 February 1822

	Spicer Hughes [2 dockets]
		[No. 1], 25 January 1824 – 7 August 1847 [includes index] [No. 2], 11 February 1833 – May 1847 [includes index]

	John Townsend, Middle Township [2 dockets; part]
		[No. 1; part], 25 March 1822 – November 1822 [p. 106]

1-146	John Townsend [cont’d]
		[No. 1; cont’d], November 1822 [p. 106] – 19 September 1823 [No. 2], 14 January 1826 – 17 November 1826

	Elias Corson [1 docket]
		18 January 1825 – 27 August 1830

	Jacob Foster, Lower Township [1 docket]
		16 January 1822 – 8 December 1828

	Thomas Crandol, Upper Township [2 dockets]
		[No. 1], 14 March 1832 – 2 July 1834 [No. 2], 4 July 1834 – 14 March 1838

	Jacob Souder [3 dockets]
		[No. 1], 11 November 1833 – 18 December 1838 [No. 2], 26 March 1838 – 7 August 1843 [No. 3], 15 August 1843 – 28 December 1847

	Mathew Marcy, Cape May [1 docket]
		3 December 1834 – 8 March 1849 [includes marriages and index]

	Constantine Blackman, Upper Township
		28 April 1835 – 22 March 1844

	Daniel Benezet [1 docket]
		13 June 1835 – 9 October 1837

	Ludlam Pierson, Middle Township [1 docket]
		19 December 1834 – 16 October 1835

	James Maguire, Dennis Township & Goshen [1 docket]
		22 December 1835 – 19 February 1848

1-147	Joseph Corson [1 docket]
		5 March 1804 – 4 November 1808

	Jennings G. Matthis [1 docket]
		18 June 1844 – 10 February 1848 [includes index]

	J. Milton Townsend, Dennis Township [1 docket]
		5 June 1865 – 2 August 1868

	Lemuel Leaming [3 dockets]
		[No. 1], 30 March 1866 – 10 May 1871 [No. 2], 29 May 1871 – 11 October 1876 [No. 3], 22 March 1876 – 28 April 1879

	Jonathan C. Stevens, Lower Township [1 docket]
		1 May 1872 – 24 June 1872

	Furman Barnett, Lower Township [1 docket]
		16 August 1881 – 5 August 1886

	Gaines P. Moore, Ocean City [2 dockets]
		[No. 1], 12 October 1885 – 14 March 1902 [No. 2], 7 July 1897 – 13 November 1901

	John Spencer, West Cape May [1 docket]
		18 March 1886 – 10 June 1901

	William E. Forcum, Wildwood, and Frederick E. Smith, Holly Beach [1 docket]
		[part], Forcum: 6 June 1887 – 5 April 1889; Smith: 25 March 1889 – 27 July 1895

1-148	Frederick E. Smith, Holly Beach
		[cont’d], 27 July 1895 – 30 July 1895

	Daniel Cosgrove, Lower Township [1 docket]
		16 August 1888 – 10 March 1890

	Edwin G. Westcott, S. Seaville [2 dockets]
		[No. 1], 22 October 1890 – 16 April 1895 Complaint Docket, 13 August 1893 – 12 December 1894

	George H. Reeves, Lower Township & West Cape May [3 dockets]
		[No. 1], 20 April 1892 – 16 April 1902 [also includes death certificates from 1910-1911, when he served as County Coroner] Complaint Docket, 22 June 1899 – 12 March 1913 Complaint Docket, 30 April 1892 – 10 April 1913

	Thomas E. Ludlam, Sea Isle City [1 docket]
		7 October 1892 – 11 November 1895

	Isaac Swain, Middle Township [1 docket]
		6 May 1893 [1 entry only]

	A. Elton Holmes, Dennis Township [1 docket]
		31 March 1894 – 4 April 1900

	H. G. Steelman and Robert Fisher, Ocean City [1 docket]
		Steelman: 27 July 1894 [1 entry only]; Fisher: 12 August 1895 – 28 February 1896

	Charles E. Nichols [1 docket]
		Complaint Docket, 8 June 1895 – 13 April 1901

	John G. Woertz, Sea Isle City [1 docket]
		20 April 1896 – 23 August 1896

	James T. Chapman [1 docket]
		Complaint Docket, 16 October 1897 – 25 October 1901

	Robert P. Thompson, Cape May [1 docket]
		15 January 1899 – 21 April 1904

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