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County Military Records and Veterans' Grave Registrations




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Series:
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Record of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Control #:
CATCL008
Format:
0.1 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
By regiment
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Atlantic County
Draft Board
World War I Draft Records, 1917
Control #:
CATDR001
Format:
2.5 c.f. (5 boxes)
Arrangement:
By draft number
Notes:
Include: physical examination records, discharge records, affidavits of married draftees and wives, etc.
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Bergen County
Clerk's Office
Record of Burials of Indigent Soldiers, 1885-1907
Control #:
CBECL001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
Burials are almost exclusively of Civil War soldiers.

Series:
Bergen County
Clerk's Office
Record of Subsistence Paid to Families of Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Control #:
CBECL002
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
Arrangement:
Chronological

Series:
Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Miscellaneous Civil War Records, 1861-1862
Control #:
CCUCL005
Format:
1 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Assessor's Enrollment of the Militia, 1862
Control #:
CCUCL029
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
By town, then alphabetical by surname
Notes:
A listing of men eligible for the draft.
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Cumberland County
Militia
Records, 1806-1830
Control #:
CCUMI001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
By year
Notes:
Includes returns, bonds, elections, and other documents.

Series:
Essex County
Clerk's Office
Record of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Control #:
CESCL003
Format:
1 c.f. (2 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
By regiment,then company
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Essex County
Clerk's Office
Veterans Grave Records, ca. 1776-1980
Control #:
CESCL019
Format:
30 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Various
Notes:
Includes several subgroups; see reel list.
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Gloucester County
Clerk's Office
Civil War Records, 1862-1867
Control #:
CGLCL008
Format:
2 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
By record type, then by year

Series:
Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Veterans Grave Registrations, ca. 1790-ca. 1940
Control #:
CHNCL021
Format:
3 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Hunterdon County
Militia
Records, 1781-1843
Control #:
CHNML001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Hunterdon County
Militia
Cavalry Papers of Capt. Lucius W. Stockton, 1795-1805
Control #:
CHNML002
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Record of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Control #:
CMECL006
Format:
0.75 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)

Series:
Mercer County
Veteran's Service Office
Veteran's Grave Registrations, ca. 1790-1979
Control #:
CMEVE001
Format:
4 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Middlesex County
Clerk's Office
Civil War Records, ca. 1861-ca. 1865
Control #:
CMICL008
Format:
3 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Middlesex County
Clerk's Office
Veteran's Grave Reports, ca. 1790-ca. 1940
Control #:
CMICL014
Format:
3 reels (35-mm)
Notes:
Housed in the Essex County Clerk's Office.

Series:
Monmouth County
Clerk's Office
Veteran's Grave Registrations, ca. 1775-1980
Control #:
CMNCL004
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Alphabetical by veteran
Notes:
See guide for cemetery codes.

Series:
Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Civil War Records, ca. 1861-ca. 1865
Control #:
CPACL004
Format:
0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)

Series:
Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Exempt Firemen's and Military Certificates, 1860s-1935
Control #:
CPACL016
Format:
2.5 c.f. (3 boxes)

Series:
Salem County
Clerk's Office
Military Records, ca. 1860-ca. 1940
Control #:
CSACL008
Format:
2 reels (35-mm)
Notes:
Includes veterans' grave registrations.

Series:
Salem County
Clerk's Office
Performance Bonds of Militia Paymasters, 1810-1831
Control #:
CSACL021
Format:
0.1 c.f. (6 items)
Arrangement:
By year

Series:
Sussex County
Clerk's Office
Civil War Papers, 1861-1866
Control #:
CSUCL012
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
By year

Series:
Sussex County
Clerk's Office
Veterans Grave Registration, ca. 1775-1935
Control #:
CSUCL021
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)

Series:
Sussex County
Militia
Papers, 1768-1840
Control #:
CSUML001
Format:
0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Union County
Clerk's Office
Military Papers [Civil War], 1861-1866
Control #:
CUNCL006
Format:
1.75 c.f. (2 boxes, 4 map folders)
Arrangement:
Chronological (month and year)

Series:
Union County
Clerk's Office
Exempt Firemen's and Military Certificates, 1865-1926
Control #:
CUNCL014
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)


~ The collections listed on this page represent 14.55 c.f. of paper records and 52.1 reels of microfilm ~


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This page last updated 06/16/2006