Sanpete County (Utah). Probate Court

Probate case files, 1853-1895.

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Schedule Description

This series contains the compiled documents filed in all probate matters, including settlement of estates, determination of guardianship by the court, and management of incompetent persons.

Scope and Content

This series contains the compiled documents filed in probate cases heard by the court. Probate matters include the settlement of estates and the determination of guardianship of minors and individuals deemed incompetent. The files include such documents as petitions for letters of administration, orders appointing appraisers, notices to creditors, estate inventories, various financial statements, receipts, bills, and decrees of distribution. Files in guardianship cases may include petitions for appointment of guardian, bonds of guardians, and reports of guardians.

Notes

The holdings in this series at the State Archives are likely incomplete. There are only a couple of cases from the 1850s and a handful from the 1860s. The records seem more complete from the 1870s to the 1890s, but may still be missing some cases.

Over time the probate court and the district court that inherited the records from the probate court, employed several numbering systems to identify and organize the case files. Some files were given simple numbers. Most were assigned a number preceded by an "A" at some point, perhaps indicating that they were older cases from the territorial period. It seem that all the cases were assigned a number made up of a letter and a number. Because this was the most complete numbering system, archivists processing the records chose to organize the case files according to this last numbering system.