AGENCY: District Court (First District : Cache County)

SERIES: 767
TITLE: Probate record books
DATES: i 1876-1906.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date of document filing.

DESCRIPTION: This series is made up of transcriptions of documents filed in estate cases probated in both the Cache County Probate Court (which was eliminated at statehood in 1896) and its successor, the First District Court, while sitting in Logan, Cache County, Utah. These records were created and maintained by the court clerk.

Transcribed documents include wills, bonds, letters testamentary, and deeds which were filed in the course of administering the estates of deceased individuals residing in Cache County. Originally, all documents (including wills) were recorded in a single volume ("Record of Bonds, Letters, and Deeds," Volume D). Beginning in 1887, wills were transcribed in one volume ("Record of Wills," Volume D) while bonds, letters, etc., were recorded in another ("Records of Bonds and Letters," volumes D-F).

The county probate court handled these cases until statehood (1896) when the court was dissolved. At that time the responsibility for probate cases was transferred to the district court.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently.

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently and then microfilm.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Disposition based on documentation about individuals, legal procedure, court history and functions. Record books have legal and administrative value to the court through dismissal or satisfaction of the final judgment. Because they enforce or protect private rights and prevent or redress private wrongs, the value of the judge's decrees and final judgments to parties in the action may well extend indefinitely.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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