Early Court Dockets
Several Licking County court dockets survived the 1875 Courthouse fire. A docket is a schedule of court cases, or a list or summary of the legal proceedings of a court case. Dockets normally show the names of the plaintiff and defendant, along with notations about the proceedings of the case. Earlier Licking County dockets have less information than later ones, yet they can still be helpful for determining when a person might have been in the county, or learning what sorts of crimes or lawsuits occurred during a certain period. Here is a page from an 1836 Licking County docket, showing the names of some defendants and the crimes that they were charged with: Following is a list of dockets which are located in the Records & Archives facility, and which pre-date the 1875 Courthouse fire: Common Pleas Court : 1814-1823 multiple or unknown courts, or partial dockets : 1827-40, 1844-1846, 1848-1850, 1852, 1854, 1865, 1869, 1873-1875 Ohio Supreme Court, Licking Cou