Files consist of boxes containing the original materials filed with the Litchfield County Court. These are the documents that initiated civil lawsuits and criminal actions in the years between the county's founding in and While the records relating to each file vary by case, common documents include writs, summonses, motions filed by the parties, jury verdicts, and statements of court costs.
Some cases include depositions made by witnesses or executions filed after a judgment was rendered. Many executions authorizations from the court for the winning party to collect the amount owed to him have been removed from Files and can now be found in Litchfield County.
County Court. Papers by Subject: Executions. The same is true for some court costs. Included after the run of Files are two boxes of Discontinuances, e. These cases most likely were settled out of court. Prominent individuals who may be found in Files include Oliver Wolcott Sr. Oliver Sr. He was appointed by Connecticut to represent it in Philadelphia at the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence on the state's behalf.
Wolcott served in a number of positions during and after the Revolutionary War, including Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
He was elected Lieutenant Governor of this state in , followed by election as the state's third governor following Independence in after the death of Samuel Huntington.
