Historical Records

Approximately 80,000 historical documents are housed at the Gloucester County Historical Society. Please contact the historical society directly at 856-845-4771 to locate the following record series:

  • All handwritten Deed Books 1784 through 1878
  • Ancient Deeds 1884
  • Mortgage Books A to Z 1755 through  1855
  • 290 Justice of the Peace Books
  • Roads Commissioners' Reports 1819 through 1913*
  • Road Petitions 1814 through  1902
  • Roads Records 1852 through  1900*
  • Roads Surveys 1801 through 1832, 1833 through 1920
  • Sale Order 1921 through1923
  • Search - Property 1861, 1875, 1878
  • Statements 1838 - 1923
  • Special Bail 1804, 1809, 1815, 1869, 1875
  • Subpoenas 1805 - 1829, 1836 through 1905*
  • Transcripts 1821 through 1914*
  • Writs of Inquiry 1801 through 1883
  • Township Records 1829 through  1851
  • Supreme Court Records 1805 through 1899
  • Surveyors Appointments and Records 1897 through 1898
  • Motor Vehicles 1916 through 1920
  • Narratives 1801 through 1881*
  • Railroads 1832 through 1912
  • Receipts 1804
  • Physicians Records 1830 through 1905
  • Pleas 1801 through 1904
  • Promissory Notes 1 1820 through 1916
  • Summons 1829 through 1916
  • Judgments on Bonds 1801 through 1877
  • Land Committee Reports 1801 through 1912*
  • Petitions 1812 through 1923*
  • Orders of Publication 1864, 1867
  • Pardons 1888, 1903
  • Oaths of Affirmation 1834 through 1899*
  • Pension Records 1895
  • Power of Attorney 1880 through 1890, 1907
  • Domestic Relations 1944 through 1947
  • Cancellation of Mortgage Indexes 1908 through 1956
  • Oaths of Office 1908
  • Judgment Docket Supreme Court Book A circa 1848
  • Judgments Docketed A Pleas circa 1849
  • Canvasser Election Reports 1924 through 1992
  • Docket Book Volume 275 1897 through 1899
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 16 1820 through 1821
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 19 1825 through 1827
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 20 1827 through 1828
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 21 1829 through 1930
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 22 1831 through 1832
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 23 1833 through 1834
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 24 1834 through 1836
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 25 1836 through 1838
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 26 1838 through 1841
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 27 1841 through 1846
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 28 1846 through 1857
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 29 1857 through 1872
  • Minute Books of Common Pleas Number 31 1891 through 1903
  • Bonds - Warrants 1801 through 1899
  • Affidavits 1803 through 1927
  • Agreements 1802 through 1921
  • Appeals 1809 through 1889
  • Claims 1824 to present
  • Collectors Reports 1880 to present
  • Appointments - Officers 1904 - 1916
  • Assessments of damages circuit court 1854 through 1873
  • Assignments of Trust (Misc Book) 1845 through 1925
  • Convictions 1866 through 1924
  • Tax Receipts 1868 through 1927
  • Tavern Licenses 1874 through 1919
  • Tax Records 1979 through 1916
  • Miscellaneous Records 1826 through 1889
  • Power Attorney 1817
  • Naturalization Index 1926 through May 22, 1958
  • 3 - Minute Books - Circuit Court 1798 through 1857
  • 2 - Minute Books - Oyer and Terminer
  • 3 - Minute Books - Quarter Sessions 1821 through 1875
  • 9 - Minute Books - Quarter Sessions - Common Pleas - 1793 through 1825
  • Receipts 1854 through 1928
  • Releases 1870 through 1905
  • Resolutions 1880
  • Tax Receipts 1917 through 1927
  • Taxes 1879 through 1916
  • Tavern Licenses 1917 through 1919
  • Tax Receipts 1864 through 1904
  • Tax Receipts 1905 through 1916
  • Land Confirmations 1873 through 1899
  • Liens and Leases
  • Miscellaneous 1810 through 1920
  • Master Reports 1850
  • Mortgages 1882 through 1927
  • Tavern Licenses 1865 through 1916
  • Tax Receipts 1868 through 1904
  • Executions Books H, K, F, G, J, D 1790 through 1875
  • Executions in Debt Books B, C, D, E 1821 through 1881
  • Special Executions in Debt Book A 1849 through 1875
  • Execution in Debt Books 1, 2, 3 1876 through 1957
  • Executions on Docketed Judgments Books 1 to 7 1884 to present
  • Special Executions Book 1 1876 through 1921
  • Execution Docket of Appeals Book 1 1825 through 1866
  • Minutes Supreme Court Book 1 1873 through 1918
  • Minutes Supreme Court Book 3
  • Municipal Officers Bonds Book 1
  • Special Executions Book 2
  • Executions in Case Book 2
  • Executions in Case Book C
  • Mortgage Judgments
  • Superior Court Central Equity Matrimonial Volume 1 through 9
  • Superior Court Chancery Division Central Equity Volume 5 through 7
  • Sealing Docket 15 Books 1746 through 1858
  • Sealing Docket Circuit Court 1838 through 1852
  • Judgments on Bonds Circuit Court Common Pleas Book 10 - 1884
  • Judgments Attachments Replevin on Appeal Book 3 1846 through 1938
  • Accusations of Larceny
  • Alms House Records
  • Assessments
  • Auditors Reports
  • Bail Bonds
  • Civil War Records
  • Court Costs
  • Coroners Reports
  • Court Transcripts
  • Revolutionary War Records
  • Jury Lists
  • Marriage Reports 1783 through 1880
  • Survey Records
  • Naturalization Proceedings 1808
  • Election Records and Returns 1888 through 1924
  • Peddlers Licenses
  • Petitions, Common Pleas Court 1933 through 1941
  • Petitions, Juvenile 1938
  • Firemen's Association Ledger/Minute Books 1914 through 1993
  • General Index of Deeds, Books 1 and 2

1885 Time Capsule Artifacts

  • The Temperance Gazette -newspaper
  • The Constitution, volume L11 number 18 - newspaper
  • The Times - newspaper
  • Weekly Item - newspaper
  • The Constitution, volume L1 number 52 - newspaper
  • Public Ledger - newspaper
    • Supplement - newspaper
  • The Williamstown News - newspaper
  • The Constitution, volume 6 number 12
    • "…Enterprise" - newspaper
  • The Constitution, volume L1 number 8 - newspaper
    • "…Democrat" - newspaper
    • "The Swede…" - newspaper
    • Loose papers
    • Document with coin
    • "First National Bank of Woodbury" letterhead
    • "…Your Weekly Witness" - newspaper
  • The Pioneer - newspaper
    • The Jersey Knight - newspaper
    • Green's Diary Almanac - 1, Pamphlet
    • Green's Diary Almanac - 2, Pamphlet
    • The Industries of New Jersey, Part 2 - pamphlet
    • Title unknown, pamphlet
    • Unknown book
    • "The Pioneer Prohibition Fund (A)" - page
    • "Temperance (B)" - newspaper
    • Loose Papers
    • "Journal of the Proceedings of Legislative Council of NJ" - pamphlet
    • "Improved Order of Red Men" document with tomahawk
    • Business Cards - written and printed

Record series marked with an asterisk (*) may be incomplete and/or inclusive dates may include gaps.