This abstract is compiled from discarded books of the Sheriff's Department destined for the garbage. They were rescued and transcribed by Vera Wimberly and Eileen Behrman and include the District Court's Trial Docket for 1857-1866; its court cases from 1845-1858; the District Court's Costs Docket for the year 1845; its Probate Docket for 1871-1896