Summary Information

Title: Crawford County (Wis.). Clerk: Miscellaneous Records
Inclusive Dates: 1831-1926

Creator:

• Crawford County (Wis.). Clerk

Call Number: Crawford Series 19

Quantity: 3.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 2 flat boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Miscellaneous records, mainly 1878-1906, deposited with the county clerk; including fragmentary population and agricultural census reports (1865, 1895, and 1905); Civil War militia lists (1862 and 1864), and miscellaneous records relating to county and town officers. Also included are incomplete files of accident reports, bounty claims, jury lists, 1831 marriage certificates issued by Justice of the Peace Joseph Brisbois, and annual reports of "outdoor" poor relief (1878-1884). The agricultural reports are of various types, but all contain detailed statistics that were probably used for assessment purposes. The series also includes two incomplete letters: the first (circa 1838) written by a soldier at Fort Crawford to a relative about his plans to settle at Lake Superior when his enlistment ends and the second (circa 1849) written by Alfred Brunson giving his ideas about how towns should be organized in the county.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-craw0019

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