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RG 21: Records of the US District Courts for the Southern District of Texas | National Archives
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RG 21: Records of the US District Courts for the Southern District of Texas
Most states have initially had one district and one circuit court with additional districts created as the business of the courts increased. Many of the districts were divided into divisions with the court holding session in various cities within the district. When Texas was admitted to the Union in 1846, it was organized as one federal judicial district with court sessions held at Galveston. In 1857 Texas was divided into Eastern and Western Districts and Congress created a Northern District in 1879. A Southern District was established in 1902.
Each of Texas' four judicial districts has been divided into a number of divisions. There are twenty seven United States district court divisions currently operating in Texas and two courts (Graham and Jefferson) were established and subsequently abolished. Appendix A contains a list of the four districts and the courts within each district.
Article III, section 2, of the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the United States shall extend "to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction." The U. S. Supreme Court has interpreted this grant of authority as extending not only over the high seas but over all public navigable waters as well. The Judiciary Act of 1789 conferred original jurisdiction in admiralty and maritime cases exclusively on the district courts of the U. S. with provision for admiralty appeals to the circuit courts. This provision was abolished in 1891 when the newly created circuit courts of appeals became the final courts of appeal in admiralty.
Section 2 of an act of Congress, approved June 19, 1934, gave the U. S. Supreme Court authority to unite the general rules for equity and law proceedings into one form of civil procedures. On September 16, 1938, proposed Federal Rules of Civil Procedures became effective, and thereafter, law and equity actions were filed together as civil proceedings. Admiralty cases, civil lawsuits relating to violations of federal maritime laws, were filed separately from other civil proceedings until 1967. Beginning in that year, proceedings relating to maritime laws are identified as civil cases.
As courts of common law jurisdiction, the U. S. district courts have possessed exclusive original jurisdiction over all seizures on land made under Federal laws (libel in rem proceedings); exclusive original jurisdiction over suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred under Federal laws (scire facias proceedings); concurrent jurisdiction with State courts and U. S. circuit courts over cases where an alien sued for a legal remedy when a law of nations or a treaty of the U. S. had been violated; concurrent jurisdiction with U. S. circuit courts in suits at common law where the U. S. sued under the authority of an act of Congress; and exclusive original jurisdiction over suits against foreign consuls and vice consuls. Most law cases relate to scire facias or libel in rem proceedings. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, effective in 1938 after their adoption by the U. S. Supreme Court, prescribed a uniform procedure for law and equity cases, with one form of action to be known as "civil action."
The basis of equity jurisdiction in the federal courts is laid in the provisions of the Constitution and the laws of the U. S. This jurisdiction, as provided in section 16 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, is not exercised in any case where a "plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." This jurisdiction was in large part regulated by rules first prescribed in 1822 by the Supreme Court. The rules were replaced by additional sets of rules adopted in 1842 and again in 1913. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, effective in 1938 after their adoption by the Supreme Court, prescribed a uniform procedure for law and equity cases, with one form of action to be known as "civil action."
The Judiciary Act of 1789 conferred very limited criminal jurisdiction upon the U. S. district courts. On August 23, 1842, Congress amended the Judiciary Act by extending the criminal jurisdiction of the district courts to all non capital crimes and offenses against the United States
This preliminary inventory describes approximately 14,000 cubic feet of records of the U. S. district and circuit courts for the Southern District of Texas that have been accessioned by the National Archives at Fort Worth. They cover the period from 1846 1981. Related records in the custody of the National Archives at Fort Worth include Records of U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeals (Record Group 276), Fifth Circuit, and Records of United States Attorneys and Marshals (Record Group 118).
U.S. Circuit Court for Southern District of Texas
Confederate Court for Southern District of Texas
Index to Minutes, ca. 1852 - ca. 1916 2658163 21-STX-001
Minutes, 1852 - 1953 2658164 21-STX-001A
Admiralty, Criminal, Civil, Equity, and Law Dockets, 1918 - 1942 2658165 21-STX-002
Subpoena Dockets, 1908 - 1939 2658166 21-STX-002A
Final Record Books, 1877 - 1914 2658167 21-STX-002B
Dockets of Motions Entered in Admiralty, Criminal, Equity, and Law Cases, 1887 - 1915 2658168 21-STX-003
Record Book of Motions Entered in Criminal and Equity Proceedings, 1853 - 1859 2658169 21-STX-004
Writ Execution Dockets, 1902 - 1945 2658170 21-STX-005
Subpoena Dockets, 1902 - 1926 2658171 21-STX-006
Stub Receipts from Subpoena and Attachment Documents, 1892 - 1903 2658172 21-STX-007
Records of Bonds Issued in Civil, Law, and Equity Cases, 1903 - 1944 2658174 21-STX-007A
Orders to Pay Witnesses, 1920 - 1942 2658175 21-STX-007B
Records of Tax Liens, 1922 - 1954 2658176 21-STX-007C
Term Docket of Orders Issued in Admiralty Case 2, E. T. Barden v. Schooner Margaret, 1912 - 1912 2658178 21-STX-008
Admiralty Dockets, 1912 - 1966 570412 21-STX-008A
Admiralty Case Files, 1912 - 1966 570413 21-STX-008B
Please see the series “Circuit Court Equity Case Files, 1880-1911” (21-STX-088A); Equity Case Files, 1912-1938 (21-STX-011B); and “Law Case Files, 1910-1938 (21-STX-016B) for records before 1938. Before 1938, civil proceedings were identified as law and equity cases.
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1954 595648 21-STX-009C
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1993 567707 21-STX-009D
Equity Minutes, 1913 - 1929 2658184 21-STX-009E
Term Docket of Orders Issued in Equity Proceedings, 1912 - 1918 2658185 21-STX-010
Equity Orders Book, 1913 - 1934 2658186 21-STX-011
Equity Dockets, 1912 - 1938 570414 21-STX-011A
Equity Case Files, 1912 - 1938 567727 21-STX-011B
Term Dockets of Orders Issued in Law Proceedings, 1852 - 1918 2658187 21-STX-012
Scire Facias Writ Docket to Recover Bond Money, 1882 - 1895 2658188 21-STX-013
Record Books of Judgments in Law Proceedings that Relate to Forfeited Bonds, 1905 - 1939 2658189 21-STX-014
Records of Goods Seized for Internal Revenue Violations, 1868 - 1868 2658190 21-STX-015
Records of Sales of Seized Goods, 1868 - 1868 2658191 21-STX-016
Law Dockets, 1907 - 1938 5658193 21-STX-016A
Law Case Files, 1910 - 1938 595632 21-STX-016B
Criminal Minutes, 1925 - 1952 2658194 21-STX-016C
Term Dockets of Orders Issued in Criminal Cases, 1882 - 1918 2658195 21-STX-017
Criminal Writ Execution Dockets, 1869 - 1872 2658196 21-STX-017A
Copies of Appearance Bonds Issued in Criminal Cases, 1905 - 1918 2658198 21-STX-017B
Dockets of Terminated Criminal Cases, 1909 - 1911 2658200 21-STX-018
Index to Criminal Dockets, 1907 - 1939 2658201 21-STX-018A
Criminal Dockets, 1868 - 1954 2658202 21-STX-019
Criminal Case Files, 1905 - 1979 567788 21-STX-019A
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1874 - 1884 570415 21-STX-019B
Orders Admitting Aliens to Citizenship, 1875 - 1895 2658203 21-STX-019C
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1907 - 1929 570416 21-STX-019D
Petitions for Naturalization, 1909 - 1928 570417 21-STX-019E
Index to Naturalization Petitions for Soldiers, 1918 - 1926 2658205 21-STX-019F
Naturalization Petitions for Soldiers, 1918 - 1926 2658206 21-STX-019G
Dockets, 1896 - 1955 2658207 21-STX-020
Records of Proceedings, 1898 - 1968 2658208 21-STX-020A
Court Minutes, 1912 - 1938 2658242 21-STX-021
Admiralty, Criminal, Equity, and Law Dockets, 1923 - 1938 2658243 21-STX-021A
Records of Orders Issued in Admiralty, Criminal, Equity, and Law Proceedings, 1913 - 1930 2658244 21-STX-022
Copies of Appeal Bonds in Admiralty, Civil, Equity, and Law Proceedings, 1913 - 1930 2658247 21-STX-023
Writ Execution Docket, 1915 - 1953 2658248 21-STX-024
Final Record Book, 1913 - 1915 2658249 21-STX-024A
Index to Plaintiffs and Defendants in Admiralty and Civil Proceedings, 1914 - 1966 2658250 21-STX-024B
Index to Persons Against Whom Tax Liens were Filed, 1933 - 1945 2658251 21-STX-024C
Admiralty Dockets, 1914 - 1954 570418 21-STX-024D
Admiralty Case Files, 1914 - 1966 570419 21-STX-024E
Please see the series “Equity Case Files, 1913-1938” (21-STX-025G) and “Law Case Files, 1910-1938 (21-STX-025I) for records before 1938. Law and equity proceedings were combined in 1938 as civil cases.
Civil Orders, 1938 - 1957 2658254 21-STX-025B
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1954 595652 21-STX-025C
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1995 567854 21-STX-025D
Please see the series “Civil Case Files, 1938-1978” (21-STX-025D) for cases after 1938. In 1938 law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Equity Minutes, 1913 - 1938 2658255 21-STX-025E
Equity Dockets, 1912 - 1938 570783 21-STX-025F
Equity Case Files, 1913 - 1938 567867 21-STX-025G
Law Dockets, 1913 - 1938 2658256 21-STX-025H
Law Case Files, 1913 - 1938 595635 21-STX-025I
Criminal Minutes, 1931 - 1954 2658257 21-STX-025J
Criminal Dockets, 1913 - 1954 2658258 21-STX-025K
Criminal Case Files, 1913 - 1988 567870 21-STX-025L
Records of Judgments in Criminal Cases, 1915 - 1931 2658259 21-STX-025M
Records of Sentences in Criminal Cases, 1915 - 1931 2658260 21-STX-025N
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1913 - 1955 560966 21-STX-025P
Petitions for Naturalization, 1913 - 1965 570968 21-STX-025Q
Petitions for Naturalization Transferred from Other Courts, 1953 - 1971 570976 21-STX-025R
Stubs of Naturalization Certificates, 1913 - 1927 2658261 21-STX-025S
Naturalization Petitions by Military Servicemen, 1918 - 1945 2658262 21-STX-025T
Lists of Granted, Denied, and Continued Naturalization Petitions, 1953 - 1977 2658263 21-STX-025U
Repatriation Oaths of Allegiance, 1940 - 1971 570974 21-STX-025V
Index to Persons Filing Declarations of Intention and Naturalization Petitions, 1913 - 1955 2658264 21-STX-025W
Dockets, 1927 - 1953 2658265 21-STX-026
Records of Proceedings, 1931 - 1971 2658266 21-STX-026A
Indexes to Minutes, 1866 - 1872 2658311 21-STX-026B
Court Minutes, 1848 - 1938 2658312 21-STX-027
Term Dockets of Orders Issued in Admiralty, Bankruptcy, Criminal, Equity, and Law Proceedings, 1867 - 1904 2658313 21-STX-028
Docket of Motions Entered in Admiralty, Bankruptcy, Law, and Criminal Cases, 1867 - 1918 2658314 21-STX-028A
Writ Execution Docket, 1867 - 1915 2658316 21-STX-026B
Subpoena Dockets, 1872 - 1939 2658317 21-STX-028C
Final Record Books, 1867 - 1911 2658319 21-STX-028D
Orders to Pay Witnesses, 1880 - 1930 2658320 21-STX-028E
Exhibits in Law and Equity Proceedings, 1867 - 1893 2658321 21-STX-028F
Lists of Qualified Jurors, 1885 - 1890 2658322 21-STX-028G
Lists of Jurors Who Were Compensated, 1867 - 1939 2658323 21-STX-028H
Orders to Pay Jurors, 1880 - 1895 2658325 21-STX-028I
Attorneys Admission Rolls, 1867 - 1955 2658326 21-STX-028J
Index to Chinese Residing in Galveston, 1889 - 1920 2658328 21-STX-029
Records relating to Seamen's Estates, 1874 - 1896 2658329 21-STX-029A
Oaths of Office, Bonds, and Appointment Orders, 1873 - 1911 2658330 21-STX-029B
Photographs of Courthouse Remodeling, 1916 - 1917 4504786 21-STX-029C
Admiralty Minutes, 1846 - 1851 2658331 21-STX-030
Records of Bonds Posted by Libellants, 1921 - 1944 2658332 21-STX-030A
Records of Bonds Posted by Claimants, 1928 - 1945 2658333 21-STX-030B
Bonds Posted to Release Seized Goods to Ships' Owners, 1921 - 1945 2658334 21-STX-030C
Admiralty Dockets, 1866 - 1962 570985 21-STX-031
Admiralty Case Files, 1866 - 1966 571041 21-STX-031A
Exhibits in Admiralty Proceedings, 1868 - 1907 2658335 21-STX-031B
Indexes to Plaintiffs and Defendants in Admiralty Proceedings, 1866 - 1907 2658336 21-STX-032
Please see the series “District Equity Case Files, 1916-1938” (21-STX-041A); “Circuit Equity Case Files, 1867-1911 (21-STX-095A); “District Law Case Files, 1867-1938 (21-STX-043A); and “Circuit Law Case Files, 1867-1911 (21-STX-097A) for cases before 1938. In 1938 law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Civil Order Books, 1938 - 1955 2658343 21-STX-037B
Docket of Consolidated Texas City Disaster Civil Cases, 1947 - 1950 2658344 21-STX-037C
Index to Plaintiffs in Texas City Disaster Cases, 1947 - 1949 2658345 21-STX-037D
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1955 595662 21-STX-037E
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1995 568092 21-STX-037F
Please see the series “Circuit Equity Case Files, 1867-1911 (21-STX-095A); “Circuit Law Case Files, 1867-1911 (21-STX-097A); Civil Case Files, 1938-1979 (21-STX-037F). In 1938 law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Equity Minutes, 1913 - 1938 2658346 21-STX-038
Term Docket of Orders Issued in Equity Proceedings, 1853 - 1861 2658347 21-STX-039
Equity Orders Books, 1892 - 1936 2658348 21-STX-040
Equity Dockets, 1909 - 1938 571204 21-STX-041
Equity Case Files, 1916 - 1938 568094 21-STX-041A
Law Term Dockets, 1848 - 1865 2658349 21-STX-042
Record of Orders Issued in Bond Forfeitures, 1879 - 1879 2658350 48S042A
Law Dockets, 1867 - 1938 2658351 21-STX-043
Law Case Files, 1867 - 1938 595637 21-STX-043A
Index to Plaintiffs in Law Proceedings, 1867 - 1938 2658352 21-STX-043B
Criminal Minutes, 1927 - 1955 2658353 21-STX-043C
Records of Bonds Issued for Witnesses in Criminal Cases, 1879 - 1888 2658354 21-STX-043D
Records of Recognizance Bonds Issued for Criminal Defendants, 1879-1920 2658355 21-STX-043E
Criminal Dockets, 1866 - 1955 2658356 21-STX-044
Criminal Case Files, 1866 - 1969 568095 21-STX-044A
Index to Judgments Issued in Criminal Proceedings, 1903 - 1925 2658357 21-STX-045
Records of Judgements in Criminal Cases, 1903-1925 2658358 21-STX-046
Records of Judgments on Forfeited Bonds in Criminal Cases, 1879 - 1938 2658359 21-STX-046A
Index to Sentences Issued in Criminal Proceedings, 1903 - 1926 2658360 21-STX-047
Records of Sentences in Criminal Cases, 1903 - 1926 2658361 21-STX-048
Indexes to Defendants in Criminal Proceedings, 1866 - 1906 2658362 21-STX-049
Index to Final Record Books, 1867 - 1911 2658363 21-STX-050
Final Record Books, 1867 - 1911 2658365 21-STX-050A
Index to Aliens Who Filed Declarations of Intention, 1871 - 1905 2658366 21-STX-050B
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1871 - 1905 571206 21-STX-050C
Index to Aliens Granted Citizenship, 1871 - 1905 2658367 21-STX-050D
Orders Granting Citizenship to Aliens Who Immigrated as Adults, 1871 - 1905 2658368 21-STX-050E
Orders Granting Citizenship to Aliens Who Immigrated as Minors, 1872 - 1903 2658369 21-STX-050F
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1906 - 1927 571379 21-STX-050G
Petitions for Naturalization, 1907 - 1920 571380 21-STX-050H
Stubs of Naturalization Certificates, 1908 - 1921 2658370 21-STX-050I
Naturalization Petitions for Soldiers, 1918 - 1945 2773663 21-STX-051
Dockets, 1925 - 1953 2658372 21-STX-052
Records of Proceedings, 1896 - 1937 2658373 21-STX-052A
Records of Proceedings Against Deserting Foreign Seamen, 1891 - 1915 2658374 21-STX-052B
The court at Houston was authorized by an act of Congress of March11, 1902. A fire in 1907 destroyed the early records of the Houston district and circuit courts.
Court Minutes, 1907 - 1938 2546033 21-STX-053
Judge's Minutes, 1953 - 1982 2546034 21-STX-053A
Records of Posted Bonds, 1909 - 1931 2547468 21-STX-053B
Witness Subpoena Dockets, 1908 - 1939 2547472 21-STX-054
Motion Dockets, 1926 - 1938 2547475 21-STX-055
Motion Dockets, 1926 - 1938 2547476 21-STX-055A
Final Record Books, 1908 - 1913 2547479 21-STX-056
Indexes to Plaintiffs, 1911 - 1955 2547480 21-STX-056A
Indexes to Defendants, 1911 - 1955 2547481 21-STX-056B
Index to Plaintiffs and Defendants, 1936 - 1952 2547482 21-STX-056C
Attorney Admission Rolls, 1907 - 1938 2547483 21-STX-057
Admiralty Minutes, 1908 - 1912 2546035 21-STX-058
Admiralty Bonds Posted by Libellants, 1908 - 1944 2564208 21-STX-058A
Admiralty Bonds Posted by Claimants, 1908 - 1944 2564209 21-STX-058B
Admiralty Bonds Posted to Release Seized Goods to Ships' Owners, 1908 - 1944 2564210 21-STX-058C
Admiralty Dockets, 1907 - 1966 571381 21-STX-059
Admiralty Case Files, 1907 - 1966 571485 21-STX-059A
Please see the series "District and Circuit Equity Case Files", 1908-1938 (21-STX-063) and "Law Case Files, 1908-1938" (21-STX-066A). In 1938 law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Civil Orders, 1938 - 1954 2564212 21-STX-60A
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1979 595665 21-STX-060B
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1996 563136 21-STX-060C
Select Non-Trial Civil Case Files, 1975 - 1991 6785480 21-STX-060C1
Miscellaneous Civil Docket Sheets, 1963 - 1993 2565510 21-STX-060D
Multi-district Litigation (MDL) Civil Case Files, 1977 - 1989 40022214 21-STX-060E
Please see the series “Circuit Law Case Files, 1909-1911 (21-STX-110A); “District and Circuit Equity Case Files, 1908-1938 (21-STX-063A); and Civil Case Files, 1938-1976 (21-STX-060C). In 1938, law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Law and Equity Final Record Books, 1908 - 1916 2565513 21-STX-061
Equity Minutes, 1913 - 1938 2565514 21-STX-062
Equity Dockets, 1908 - 1938 571487 21-STX-063
Equity Case Files, 1908 - 1938 571492 21-STX-063A
Equity Intervention Dockets, 1904 - 1927 2565515 21-STX-064
Equity Intervention Order Books, 1914 - 1937 2565516 21-STX-065
Index to Interventions in Equity Case 49, 1922 - 1922 2565518 21-STX-065A
Law Dockets, 1908 - 1938 2565519 21-STX-066
Law Case Files, 1908 - 1938 595640 21-STX-066A
Index to Judgments in Tax Lien Cases, 1925 - 1931 2565520 21-STX-067
Criminal Minutes, 1926 - 1954 2546036 21-STX-068
Indexes to Criminal Dockets, 1908 - 1954 2565521 21-STX-068A
Criminal Dockets, 1908 - 1954 2565522 21-STX-069
Criminal Case Files, 1908 - 1982 563137 21-STX-069A
Copies of Appearance Bonds in Criminal Cases, 1924 - 1933 2565523 21-STX-070
Records of Verdicts in Criminal Cases, 1909 - 1923 2565525 21-STX-070A
Records of Sentences in Criminal Cases, 1909 - 1927 2565526 21-STX-070B
Naturalization Dockets, 1927 - 1945 2565527 21-STX-070D
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1906 - 1980 571496 21-STX-071
Petitions for Naturalization, 1907 - 9/30/1991 571499 21-STX-071A
Petitions for Naturalization Transferred from Other Courts, 1953 - 1983 571503 21-STX-071B
Naturalization Petitions for Soldiers, 1918 - 1928 2573314 21-STX-071C
Repatriation Oaths of Allegiance, 1936 - 1968 571504 21-STX-071E
Card Index to Declarations of Intention for Citizenship and Petitions for Naturalization, 1906 - 1991 2573331 21-STX-071F
Index to Declarations of Intentions for Citizenship and Petitions for Naturalization, 1906 - 1955 2660751 21-STX-071H
Records of Proceedings , 1916 - 1991 1812807 21-STX-071I
Index to Minutes, 1899 - 1938 2660694 21-STX-072
Court Minutes, 1899 - 1938 2660695 21-STX-072A
Civil, Criminal, Equity, and Law Dockets, 1918 - 1945 2660696 21-STX-073
Docket of Motions and Orders Entered in Criminal and Law Proceedings, 1901 - 1917 2660697 21-STX-074
Writ Execution Docket, 1899 - 1946 2660698 21-STX-075
Index to Final Record Books, 1899 - 1916 2660699 21-STX-75A
Final Record Books, 1899 - 1916 2660700 21-STX-075B
Final Record Books, 1899 - 1916 2660701 21-STX-075C
Please see the series “District Equity Case Files, 1912-1938" (21-STX-076H); “Circuit Equity Case Files, 1904-1909" (21-STX-114A); “District Law Case Files", (21-STX-076K) and “Circuit Law Case Files, 1900-1911" (21-STX-115B). In 1938, law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases. See Appendix B for a listing of boxes on CA 529, Falcon Dam from the series "Civil Case Files, 1938-1997" (21-STX-076E).
Civil Orders, 1938 - 1954 2660707 21-STX-076C
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1987 595667 21-STX-076D
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1997 568016 21-STX-076E
Please see the series “Circuit Equity Case Files, 1904-1909 (21-STX-114A); “Circuit Law Case Files, 1900-1911 (21-STX-115B); and “Civil Cases, 1938-1974 (21-STX-076E). In 1938, law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Equity Minutes, 1913 - 1938 2660708 21-STX-076F
Equity Dockets, 1912 - 1938 571489 21-STX-076G
Equity Case Files, 1912 - 1938 568060 21-STX-076H
Term Dockets of Orders Issued in Law Proceedings, 1899 - 1914 2660709 21-STX-076I
Law Dockets, 1907 - 1938 2660710 21-STX-076J
Law Case Files, 1899 - 1938 595641 21-STX-076K
Criminal Minutes, 1926 - 1954 2660711 21-STX-076L
Term Dockets of Orders Issued in Criminal Proceedings, 1899 - 1918 2660712 21-STX-077
Docket of Dismissed Criminal Cases, 1912 - 1912 2660713 21-STX-077A
Index to Criminal Dockets, 1907 - 1942 2660714 21-STX-078
Criminal Dockets, 1899 - 1984 2660715 21-STX-078A
Criminal Case Files, 1899 - 1999 568061 21-STX-078B
Records of Jury Verdicts in Criminal Proceedings, 1902 - 1926 2660716 21-STX-078C
Records of Sentences in Criminal Cases, 1902 - 1926 2660717 21-STX-078D
Criminal Final Record Book, 1916 - 1917 2660718 21-STX-079
Index to Criminal Cases, 1899 - 1912 2660719 21-STX-079A
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1908 - 1985 571505 21-STX-079B
Petitions for Naturalization, 1907 - 1988 571506 21-STX-079C
Dockets Relating to Status of Naturalization Petitions, 1918 - 1950 2660720 21-STX-079D
Stubs of Naturalization Certificates, 1908 - 1928 2660721 21-STX-079E
Naturalization Petitions by Military Servicemen, 1918 - 1956 2660722 21-STX-079F
Stubs of Naturalization Certificates Issued to Military Servicemen, 1918 - 1918 2660723 21-STX-079G
Petitions for Naturalization Transferred from Other Courts, 1955 - 1990 571507 21-STX-079H
Repatriation Oaths of Allegiance, 1931 - 1982 571508 21-STX-079I
Dockets, 1899 - 1954 2660724 21-STX-080
Records of Proceedings, 1946 - 1991 2660725 21-STX-080A
Records of Proceedings Relating to Illegal Transportation of Aliens, 1972 - 1988 2660726 21-STX-080B
Court Minutes, 1906 - 1938 2660727 21-STX-080C
Admiralty, Criminal, Civil, Equity, and Law Dockets, 1918 - 1941 2660728 21-STX-081
Term Docket of Orders Issued in Bankruptcy, Criminal, Equity, and Law Proceedings, 1907 - 1918 2660729 21-STX-082
Bankruptcy, Criminal, and Law Subpoena Dockets, 1907 - 1945 2660730 21-STX-082A
Writ Execution Docket, 1917 - 1951 2660731 21-STX-082B
Orders to Pay Witnesses, 1906 - 1942 2660732 21-STX-082C
Lists of Jurors Who Were Compensated for Service, 1908 - 1925 2660733 21-STX-082D
Records of Tax Liens, 1921 - 1945 2660734 21-STX-082E
Admiralty Dockets, 1937 - 1966 571588 21-STX-082F
Admiralty Case Files, 1937 - 1966 571592 21-STX-082G
Please see the series “District Equity Case Files, 1916-1938 (21-STX-084B); “Circuit Equity Case Files, 1907-1911 (21-STX-119A); “District Law Case Files, 1911-1938 (21-STX-084E) and “Circuit Law Case Files, 1907-1911 (21-STX-119C). In 1938, law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Civil Orders, 1938 - 1957 2660737 21-STX-083A
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1955 595670 21-STX-083B
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1962 568062 21-STX-083C
Please see the series “District Equity Case Files, 1907-1911 (21-STX-119A); “Circuit Law Case Files, 1907-1911 (21-STX-119C); and “Civil Case Files, 1938-1962 (21-STX-084E) and “Circuit Law Case Files, 1907-1911 (21-STX-083C). In 1938, law and equity proceedings were combined as civil cases.
Equity Minutes, 1916 - 1938 2660738 21-STX-083D
Equity Orders, 1916 - 1917 2660739 21-STX-084
Equity Dockets, 1916 - 1938 572639 21-STX-084A
Equity Case Files, 1916 - 1938 568063 21-STX-084B
Equity Final Record Book, 1916 - 1917 2660740 21-STX-084C
Law Docket, 1910 - 1938 2660741 21-STX-084D
Law Case Files, 1911 - 1938 595644 21-STX-084E
Records of Judgments on Forfeited Bonds, 1920 - 1933 2660742 21-STX-084F
Records of Final Judgments on Forfeited Bonds, 1922 - 1932 2660743 21-STX-084G
Criminal Minutes, 1935 - 1954 2660744 21-STX-084H
Criminal Dockets, 1907 - 1955 2660745 21-STX-084I
Criminal Case Files, 1908 - 1976 568064 21-STX-084J
Records of Judgments in Criminal Cases, 1909 - 1933 2660746 21-STX-084K
Records of Sentences in Criminal Cases, 1907 - 1926 2660747 21-STX-084L
Records of Appearance Bonds Posted in Criminal Proceedings, 1908 - 1925 2660748 21-STX-084M
Declarations of Intention for Citizenship, 1907 - 1979 571612 21-STX-084N
Petitions for Naturalization, 1907 - 9/30/1991 571614 21-STX-084P
Petitions for Naturalization Transferred from Other Courts, 1953 - 1987 571615 21-STX-084Q
Stubs of Naturalization Certificates, 1911 - 1923 2660749 21-STX-084R
Lists of Granted, Denied, and Continued Petitions for Naturalization, 1929 - 1992 2660750 21-STX-084S
Repatriation Oaths of Allegiance, 1939 - 1968 571617 21-STX-084T
Index to Declarations of Intention for Citizenship and Petitions for Naturalization, 1907 - 1991 2660752 21-STX-084T1
Dockets, 1915 - 1950 2660753 21-STX-084U
Records of Proceedings, 1936 - 1975 2660754 21-STX-084W
Index to Minutes, 1868 - 1911 2675046 21-STX-084X
Minutes, 1868 - 1911 2675047 21-STX-085
Motion Dockets, 1875 - 1911 2675048 21-STX-086
Please see the series “District Equity Case Files, 1912-1938 (21-STX-011B) and “District Law Case Files, 1910-1938 (21-STX-016B).
Dockets of Orders Issued in Law and Equity Proceedings, 1868 - 1911 2675049 21-STX-087
Law and Equity Dockets, 1904 - 1911 2675050 21-STX-088
Equity Case Files, 1880 - 1911 2675051 21-STX-088A
Equity Final Record Book, 1910 - 1911 2675053 21-STX-088B
Equity Order Book, 1879 - 19112 2675054 21-STX-088C
Index to Minutes, 1866 - 1912 2675055 21-STX-088D
Minutes, 1866 - 1912 2675057 21-STX-089
Term Dockets of Orders Issued in Criminal, Equity, and Law Proceedings, 1872 - 1887 2675059 21-STX-090
Final Record Books, 1868 - 1915 2675060 21-STX-090A
List of Jurors Who Were Compensated, 1873 - 1874 2675062 21-STX-090C
Please see the series “Equity Case Files, 1916-1938 (21-STX-041A) and “Law Case Files, 1867-1938” (21-STX-043A).
Index to Intervention Dockets, 1893 - 1901 2675063 21-STX-090D
Intervention Dockets, 1885 - 1901 2675064 21-STX-091
Docket of Writs Executed to Satisfy Judgments, 1867 - 1914 2675065 21-STX-091A
Records of Subpoenas Issued for Witnesses to Appear in Court, 1872 - 1911 2675066 21-STX-091B
Motion Dockets in Law and Equity Proceedings, 1867 - 1911 2675067 21-STX-091C
Equity Order Dockets, 1867 - 1907 2675068 21-STX-092
Index to Equity Order Books, 1867 - 1911 2675069 21-STX-093
Equity Order Books, 1867 - 1911 2675070 21-STX-094
Equity Dockets, 1867 - 1911 2675072 21-STX-095
Equity Case Files, 1867 - 1911 2675073 21-STX-095A
Index to Plaintiffs and Defendants in Equity Proceedings, 1872 - 1897 2675074 21-STX-095B
Term Dockets of Orders Issued in Law Proceedings, 1869 - 1901 2679133 21-STX-096
Law Dockets, 1867 - 1911 2679134 21-STX-097
Law Case Files, 1867 - 1911 2679135 21-STX-097A
Indexes to Plaintiffs and Defendants in Law Proceedings, 1877 - 1907 2679136 21-STX-097B
Criminal Docket, 1872 - 1889 2679137 21-STX-098
Criminal Case Files, 1872 - 1890 2679138 21-STX-098A
Index to Defendants in Criminal Proceedings, 1872 - 1890 2679139 21-STX-099
Index to Declarations of Intention, 1872 - 1874 2679140 21-STX-099A
Declarations of Intention, 1867 - 1874 2679141 21-STX-099B
Index to Aliens Who Were Granted Citizenship, 1872 - 1876 2679142 21-STX-099C
Orders Granting Citizenship to Adult Aliens, 1872 - 1876 2679143 21-STX-099D
Orders Granting Citizenship to Minor Aliens, 1872 - 1872 2679145 21-STX-099E
Oaths of Petitioners for Citizenship and Witnesses, 1872 - 1896 4521038 21-STX-099F
Records of the Chief Supervisor of Elections
An act of Congress, approved May 31, 1870 (16 Stat. 140) provided for the enforcement of the rights of citizens to vote in federal elections. The congressional act, which was directed at voting irregularities in southern states, provided for concurrent jurisdiction of U.S. district and circuit courts in civil and criminal causes arising from enforcement of the act. Court supervision of elections in southern states was further extended by an act of Congress, approved June 10, 1872 (17 Stat. 348). This act provided for federal supervision of registration of voters or elections if ten citizens of the county petitioned to the judge of the U.S. circuit court for supervision. A chief U.S. supervisor of elections was appointed in each judicial district. The chief supervisor received lists of names submitted by the political parties and committees and recommended that certain individuals be appointed by the circuit court judge as U.S. supervisors of elections in each precinct of the counties. Special U.S. deputy marshals were appointed to protect election officials and prevent violence during elections.
Minutes Relating to Appointments of Election Supervisors, 1886 - 1888 4521067 21-STX-100A
Copies of Letters Sent by Chief Supervisor, 1872 - 1886 4521071 21-STX-101
Records of Appointment of Election Supervisors, 1880 - 1886 4521209 21-STX-102
Petitions and Lists of Appointments of Election Supervisors, 1876 - 1886 4521211 21-STX-102A
Index to Appointments of Election Supervisors, 1872 - 1886 4521212 21-STX-103
Orders of Appointments of United States Commissioners, 1879 - 1901 4521213 21-STX-104
Minutes, 1907 - 1911 4526613 21-STX-105
Please see the series “District and Circuit Equity Case Files, 1908-1938 (21-STX-063A) and “District Law Case Files, 1908-1938” (21-STX-066A).
Law and Equity Motion Docket, 1908 - 1911 4526614 21-STX-106
Law and Equity Writ Execution Docket, 1908 - 1912 4526615 21-STX-107
Equity Minutes, 1907 - 1911 4526616 21-STX-108
Equity Docket, 1907 - 1911 4526617 21-STX-109
Law Docket, 1909 - 1911 4526619 21-STX-110
Law Case Files, 1909 - 1911 4526622 21-STX-110A
Index to Minutes, 1899 - 1911 4526689 21-STX-111
Minutes, 1899 - 1911 4526690 21-STX-111A
Please see the series “District Equity Case Files, 1912-1938 (21-STX-076H) and “District Law Case Files, 1889-1938” (21-STX-076K).
Law and Equity Motion Docket, 1906 - 1907 4526693 21-STX-112
Law and Equity Final Record Books, 1900 - 1910 4526694 21-STX-112A
Equity Term Docket, 1905 - 1911 4526695 21-STX-113
Equity Order Books, 1904 - 1909 4526696 21-STX-114
Equity Case Files, 1904 - 1909 4526697 21-STX-114A
Law Term Docket, 1900 - 1911 4526698 21-STX-115
Law Docket, 1907 - 1911 4526699 21-STX-115A
Law Case Files, 1900 - 1911 4526700 21-STX-115B
Minutes, 1906 - 1907 4545897 21-STX-115D
Docket of Orders Issued in Law and Equity Proceedings, 1907 - 1911 4545898 21-STX-116
Docket of Writs Executed in Law and Equity Proceedings, 1909 - 1917 4545900 21-STX-117
Equity Minutes, 1907 - 1911 4545901 21-STX-117A
Equity Order Book, 1907 - 1908 4545902 21-STX-118
Equity Dockets, 1907 - 1910 4545904 21-STX-119
Equity Case Files, 1907 - 1911 4545905 21-STX-119A
Law Docket, 1907 - 1911 4545906 21-STX-119B
Law Case Files, 1907 - 1911 4545907 21-STX-119C
Law Final Record Book, 1909 - 1909 4545909 21-STX-119D
Criminal Docket, 1908 - 1908 4545910 21-STX-119E
Criminal Case File, 1907 - 1908 4545911 21-STX-119F
Records of the Confederate Court for the Southern District of Texas
On February 23, 1861, Texas voters approved an ordinance of secession and Texas joined other southern states in leaving the Union. Sessions of the U. S. district courts at Galveston, Brownsville, Austin, and Tyler ceased and the district courts of the Confederate States of America began operations, often with the same personnel. Some records of the Confederate courts for Brownsville, Galveston, and Austin have been located, but a fire in the late 1870s apparently destroyed any Confederate court records from Tyler. For information about the Austin Confederate court see the Western District of Texas.
Court sessions for the Confederate District Court at Brownsville began in the fall of 1861. When Brownsville fell to Union troops in November 1863, the court was moved to Gonzales where it remained until the end of the Civil War. None of the case papers from the Brownsville Confederate Court have been located and the records that have been located consist of less than three inches of minutes and dockets.
Minutes, 1861 - 1865 4546019 21-STX-119G
Equity Docket, 1862 - 1862 4546020 21-STX-119H
Docket of Orders Issued in Law Proceedings, 1861 - 1863 4546021 21-STX-119I
A Confederate district court began operating in Galveston in the spring of 1861 and ceased functioning in the spring of 1865. Few records from the Confederate Court have been located. Most of the Confederate Court's proceedings relate to sequestration cases authorized by a Confederate law of August 30, 1861, which allowed debtor residents of Confederate states to rid themselves of debts owed to alien enemies, or northern lenders.
Admiralty Docket, 1861 - 1865 4546022 21-STX-120
Admiralty Case Files, 1861 - 1865 4546023 21-STX-120A
Docket of Writs Executed in Law Proceedings, 1863 - 1864 4546024 21-STX-120C
Index to Sequestration Minutes, 1861 - 1863 4546025 21-STX-120D
Sequestration Minutes, 1861 - 1863 4546026 21-STX-120E
Sequestration Case Files, 1861 - 1865 4546027 21-STX-120F
Divestiture Case Files, 1862 - 1865 4546028 21-STX-120G
Record of Sales of Seized Property, 1861 - 1864 4546029 21-STX-120H
Index to Unidentified Volume, 1862 - 1865 5069800 21-STX-120I
Criminal and Habeas Corpus Term Docket, 1862 - 1865 4546032 21-STX-120J
Criminal and Habeas Corpus Case Files, 1862 - 1865 4546030 21-STX-120K
Oaths of Office and Bonds Filed by Officeholders, 1861 - 1865 4546031 21-STX-120L
Listing of boxes on CA 529, Falcon Dam, Laredo Division
Box Filing Date of Document
36 1949 - 1950
37 1951 - February 1952
38 March 1952 - September 1952
39 September 22, 1952
40 September 25, 1952 - February 1953
41 March 1953 - May 1953
42 June 1953 - August 1953
43 September 1953 - October 5, 1953
44 October 10, 1953 - November 1953 (part)
45 November 9, 1953 (part) - December 1, 1953 (part)
46 December 1, 1953 (part) - December 17, 1953
47 December 18, 1953 - January 6, 1954
48 January 11, 1954 - February 4, 1954 (part)
49 February 4, 1954 (part) - February 25, 1954
50 March 1, 1954 - March 31, 1954
51 April 2, 1954 - April 12, 1954
52 April 15, 1954 - May 24, 1954
53 June 3, 1954 - June 21, 1954
54 June 23, 1954 - August 9, 1954
55 August 11, 1954 - September 23, 1954
56 September 28, 1954 - November 22, 1954
57 November 23, 1954 - December 7, 1954
58 December 13, 1954 - December 21, 1954
59 December 23, 1954 - February 24, 1955
60 February 25, 1955 - May 3, 1955
61 May 5, 1955 - June 10, 1955
62 June 11, 1955 - August 10, 1955
63 August 12, 1955 - October 15, 1955
64 October 17, 1955 - December 21, 1955
65 December 22, 1955 - January 31, 1956
66 February 2, 1956 - February 16, 1956 (part)
67 February 16, 1956 only
68 February 16, 1956 only
69 February 16, 1956 (part) - February 29, 1956
70 March 1, 1956 - March 22, 1956
71 March 23, 1956 - April 24, 1956
72 April 25 1956 - May 16, 1956 (part)
73 May 16, 1956 (part) - June 4, 1956
74 June 5, 1956 - July 9, 1956
75 July 10, 1956 - August 6, 1956 (part)
76 August 6, 1956 only
77 August 6, 1956 (part) - September 27, 1956
78 September 28, 1956 - October 31, 1956
79 November 1, 1956 - November 26, 1956
80 November 27, 1956 - December 27, 1956
81 January 2, 1957 - March 25, 1957
82 March 28, 1957 - June 12, 1957
83 June 13, 1957 - September 5, 1957
84 September 6, 1957 - October 23, 1957
85 October 24, 1957 - December 3, 1957
86 December 5, 1957 - January 15, 1958 (part)
87 January 15, 1958 (part) - January 22, 1958
88 January 24, 1958 - August 29, 1958
89 September 24, 1958 - March 4, 1959
90 March 15, 1959 - July 13, 1960
91 July 18, 1960 - July 13, 1961
92 August 22, 1961 - January 8, 1963
93 February 8, 1963 - October 11, 1963
94 November 1, 1963 - December 2, 1964
95 October 4, 1965 - September 17, 1971
96 Correspondence and Exhibits
97-99 Exhibits