COURT: Montgomery Co. Circuit Court Case Index
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Submitted by Eric C. Nagle
Date: 7 May 2005
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Index to Case Files of Montgomery County, Kentucky Circuit Court
Circa 1848 – 1892

Prepared by Ford & Nagle, 2003


The files contained on this compact disk represent nearly one and a half years of typing entries 
into a computer database. The original data was derived from microfilm of the original case file 
index dockets at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives in Frankfort, Kentucky. 
Ford & Nagle has granted permission to the KDLA to make use of this index in the reference 
room at Frankfort.

Two indexes are included, one that is alphabetized by plaintiff and one that is alphabetized by 
defendant. Ongoing work continues to crosscheck for omissions between the defendant docket 
and the plaintiff docket; this index was created using the plaintiff docket.

Please note: If you are using the defendant index, all the petitions to the court are listed at the 
end of the index. If you are using the plaintiff index, they will be found in their proper 
alphabetical order.

It will be recalled by those who have studied the history of Montgomery County, Kentucky that 
the County courthouse in Mount Sterling was burned twice by Morgan’s Confederate troops 
during the Civil War. Although a few case files survived the fires, the vast majority were 
destroyed, thus the reason for most cases dating from the Civil War up to 1892 when the dockets 
used for this index end.

The headings across the top of the database page represent, in order, the year the case was filed 
with the court, the year the case was closed and taken from the docket, the circuit order book and 
page number where the case may be found and the box and bundle number of the physical case 
papers. Using the archives’ accession folders for the Montgomery Circuit Court, one will be able 
to locate the original case papers.

Ford & Nagle wishes those using our index the best of luck in their search. Please contact us for 
costs if you would like to obtain a copy of this CD for your own use. 

Sincerely,
Eric C. Nagle, Partner
Ford & Nagle
Preserving America’s Past for Future Generations
5525 Neville Street	Dayton, Ohio 45424-6072 USA
Tel 937.237.5363	Email: fordnag@erinet.com