Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Hunterdon County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Court records
- Court of Common Pleas · Petitions for Peddler's Licenses, 1760 & 1763 - 1879 · CHNCP0071760 - 1879
- Clerk's Office · Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1778 - 1948 · CHNCL0011778 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Court Cost Docket, 1782 - 1785 · CHNCL0021782 - 1785
- Clerk's Office · Court Dockets, 1859 - 1888 · CHNCL0051859 - 1888
- Clerk's Office · Docketed Judgments, 1855 - 1916 · CHNCL0101855 - 1916
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Minutes, 1852 - 1861 · CHNCL0111852 - 1861
- Clerk's Office · Court Liens, 1700s - 1800s · CHNCL0131700 - 1800
- Clerk's Office · Index to Various Court Records, 1700 - 1900 · CHNCL0161700 - 1900
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Court Records, 1713 - 1860 · CHNCL0221713 - 1860
- Clerk's Office · Chancery Court Inquisitions, 1855 - 1917 · CHNCL0241855 - 1917
- Clerk's Office · Rough Court Minutes, 1860 - 1925 · CHNCL0311860 - 1925
- Clerk's Office · Supreme Court Minutes, 1854 - 1880 · CHNCL0321854 - 1880
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Appeals Docket, 1858 - 1875 · CHNCL0331858 - 1875
- Court of Common Pleas · Tavern Licenses, Applications and Recognizances, 1738 - 1894 · CHNCP0011738 - 1894
- Court of Common Pleas · Minutes, 1714 - 1908 · CHNCP0021714 - 1908
- Court of Common Pleas · Fishery Bonds, 1798 - 1829 · CHNCP0031798 - 1829
- Court of Common Pleas · Recognizances. 1713 - 1860 · CHNCP0061713 - 1860
- Court of Common Pleas · Executions, Volume 3, 1801 - 1811 · CHNCP0081801 - 1811
- Coroner's Office · Inquests, 1763 - 1909 · CHNCR0011763 - 1909
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Petitions for Peddler's Licenses, 1737 - ca. 1829 · CHNQU0011737 - 1829
- Sheriff William J. Poulson · Executions and Record Book, 1893 - ca. 1899 · CHNSH0011893 - 1899
- High Sheriff William Lowry · Correspondence, 1790 - 1792 · CHNSH0021790 - 1792
County government
- Clerk's Office · Manumissions of Slaves, 1788 - 1836 · CHNCL0031788 - 1836
- Clerk's Office · Jury Lists, 1874 - 1908 · CHNCL0061874 - 1908
- Clerk's Office · Local Election Records, ca. 1760 - 1885 · CHNCL0071760 - 1885
- Clerk's Office · Road Records, 1761 - 1969 · CHNCL0081761 - 1969
- Clerk's Office · Affidavits, 1713 - 1860 · CHNCL0121713 - 1860
- Clerk's Office · Indictments, 1713 - 1860 · CHNCL0181713 - 1860
- Clerk's Office · Insolvent Debtors Petitions, 1700s - 1800s · CHNCL0191700 - 1800
- Clerk's Office · Lis Pendens, 1875 - 1926 · CHNCL0201875 - 1926
- Clerk's Office · Card Index by Subject, ca. 1700s - 1800s · CHNCL0231700 - 1800
- Clerk's Office · Notarial Protests against Promissory Notes Recorded by William S. Stover, Notary Public, 1868 - 1879 · CHNCL0251868 - 1879
- Clerk's Office · Register of Pharmacists, 1877 · CHNCL0271877
- Clerk's Office · Register of Dentists, 1871 - 1894 · CHNCL0281871 - 1894
- Clerk's Office · List of Causes Noticed for Trial, 1856 - 1874 · CHNCL0291856 - 1874
- Clerk's Office · Record of Members of Fish and Game Protective Societies, 1880 - 1917 · CHNCL0301880 - 1917
- Clerk's Office · Register of Firemen, 1873 - 1890 · CHNCL0351873 - 1890
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Indexes, ca. 1878 - 1880 and unknown · CHNCL0371878 - 1889
- Board of Chosen Freeholders · Miscellaneous Papers, ca. 1810s - 1900 · CHNFR0011810 - 1900
Marriages, births and deaths
Deeds and land
- Clerk's Office · Deeds, 1785 - 1911 and Indexes, 1785 - 1955 · CHNCL0091785 - 1955
- Clerk's Office · Mortgages, 1766 - 1902 and Indexes, 1766 - 1956 · CHNCL0141766 - 1956
- Clerk's Office · Special Deeds, 1730 - 1898 · CHNCL0151730 - 1898
- Clerk's Office · Record of Surveyors' Tests, 1884 - 1896 · CHNCL0261884 - 1896
- Clerk's Office · Record of Appointments of Notaries Public, Commissioners of Deeds and Justices of the Peace, ca. 1859 - 1930 · CHNCL0341859 - 1930
- Clerk's Office · Record of Condemnations of Land by Railroads, 1848 - 1897 · CHNCL0361848 - 1897
- Loan Office · Mortgage Registers and Ledgers, 1733-ca.1787 · CHNLO0011733 - 1787
- Surrogate's Office · Divisions of Land, 1815 - 1876 · CHNSU0031815 - 1876
Military records
- Clerk's Office · Veterans' Grave Registrations, ca. 1790 - 1940 · CHNCL0211790 - 1940
- Militia · Records, 1781 - 1843 · CHNML0011781 - 1843
- Militia · Cavalry Papers of Capt. Lucius W. Stockton, 1795 - 1805 · CHNML0021795 - 1805
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Record of Half - Pay Granted to Widows and Children of Killed or Wounded Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1780 - 1795 · CHNQU0021780 - 1795
Other records
Wills and estates
- Court of Common Pleas · Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants, 1820 - 1828 · CHNCP0041820 - 1828
- Surrogate's Office · Accounts, 1871 - 1905 · CHNSU0011871 - 1905
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Administration, 1804 - 1915 · CHNSU0021804 - 1915
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Guardianship, 1828 - 1887 · CHNSU0041828 - 1887
- Surrogate's Office · Bonds of Guardians, Administrators and Executors, 1861 - 1896 · CHNSU0051861 - 1896
- Surrogate's Office · Miscellaneous Records, ca. 1707 - 1898 · CHNSU0061797 - 1898
- Surrogate's Office · Orphans Court Minutes, 1785 - 1906 · CHNSU0071785 - 1906
- Surrogate's Office · Applications for Administration, 1888 - 1906 · CHNSU0081888 - 1906
- Surrogate's Office · Receipts, 1812 - 1901 · CHNSU0091812 - 1901
- Surrogate's Office · Will Books, 1810 - 1919 · CHNSU0101810 - 1919
- Surrogate's Office · Applications for Probate of Wills and Administration, 1878 - 1888 · CHNSU0111878 - 1888
- Surrogate's Office · Index to Estates, 1804 - 1965 · CHNSU0121804 - 1965
- Surrogate's Office · Minors Estates and Indexes, 1800 - 1900 · CHNSU0131800 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Applications for Probate of Wills, 1888 - 1905 · CHNSU0141888 - 1905
- Surrogate's Office · Card File of Abstracts of Surrogate's Records, ca. 1785 - 1953 · CHNSU0151785 - 1953
Naturalization records
Tax records
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected county-created series from the New Jersey State Archives current searchable catalog. Dates, series identifiers and creating offices are retained. Statewide records appearing in county searches were excluded. A catalog entry may describe paper or microfilm held on site; consult its format, restrictions and detailed contents before requesting access.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Hunterdon County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk and the surrogate, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Deeds, mortgages and other land records, and naturalizations.
- The surrogate
Wills and estates.
- The New Jersey State Archives
In Trenton: state birth, marriage and death records from 1848, and the original wills and estate papers proved before 1901.
- New Jersey State Archivesfree
The state archives in Trenton, with state vital records from 1848, colonial and state wills, court records and state censuses.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "New Jersey, Hunterdon" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Burlington County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Burlington County
Later formed partly from Hunterdon County: Mercer County, Morris County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1714, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
New Jersey began statewide registration in 1848, earlier than most states. The State Archives holds those records for the early years and also the wills proved before 1901.