District Court Records - Book B
Many thanks to former Appanoose County Coordinator Keith Buck who created the index and to Jeanie McClurg, who went to the courthouse and photographed all of the pages!
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These records begin with the year of 1858.
The United States District Court for the District of Iowa was established
on March 3, 1845, by 5 Stat. 789.
Congress organized Iowa as one judicial district and authorized one judgeship
for the district court. The U.S. district court in Iowa, not being assigned
to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts,
except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
On July 15, 1862, 12 Stat. 576, Congress repealed the circuit court jurisdiction
of the U.S. District Court for the District of Iowa, established a U.S. circuit
court in the district, and assigned the district to the Ninth Circuit.
On July 23, 1866, 14 Stat. 209, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned
the District of Iowa to the Eighth Circuit.
The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern
Districts on July 20, 1882, by 22 Stat. 172.