Document K.42 · Land Records / Court Records / NJSA Searchable Databases · transcription: verbatim
NJ Supreme Court Case Files — four Daniel-Cooper-as-Sheriff-of-Morris administrative case-file images (#15773 Hayden v. Day; #30420 Pierson v. Pierson; #44060 Wilson v. Beaman; #763 Allen v. Kernes & Stark), 1767–1770 — manuscript-on-file (NJSA free View-PDFs). These are routine debt/trespass executions in which a Cooper is the executing Sheriff (Daniel Sr in #15773; Daniel Jr in #30420/#44060/#763), NOT a party. = manuscript-tier corroboration of the [K.30](K.30.yaml) index Sheriff-of-Morris tenure; no Cooper-family genealogical content. Consolidated to keep the catalog proportionate; individual writs not deep-transcribed.
Transcription and notes
Source identification
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | New Jersey State Archives — Supreme Court of New Jersey, Case Files 1704–1844 (SSV00001) |
| Local PDFs | (image held in the family archive) |
| Downloaded | 30 May 2026 by maintainer (free "View PDF" downloads from the NJSA Supreme Court portal, among the K.30 free-download follow-ups) |
| Why consolidated | In each, the Cooper individual appears only as the executing Sheriff of Morris, not as a party/witness/kin. No Cooper-family genealogical content; deep transcription of the routine writs is disproportionate. Captured here at cover-sheet tier as manuscript-on-file confirmation of the K.30 index Sheriff attestations. |
The four cases (NJSA cover-sheet data, verbatim)
| Case # | Caption | Type | County | Dates | Cooper role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15773 | William Hayden v. Daniel Day | Debt on Bond (from 1764; £380 New Jersey money at eight shillings the ounce) | Morris and Somerset | 1767–1770 | Daniel Cooper, Sheriff of Morris (K.30 row 61) |
| 30420 | Daniel Pierson v. Moses Pierson (Eldest son and heir of James Pierson, deceased) | Trespass | Morris | 1768–1769 | Daniel Cooper Jr., Sheriff of Morris (K.30 row 50) |
| 44060 | William Wilson v. David Beaman | Trespass on the Case (Assumpsit; £50 proclamation money of New Jersey); and Warrant of Attorney | Essex and Morris | 1767 | Daniel Cooper Jr., Sheriff of Morris (K.30 row 59) |
| 763 | William Allen v. James Kernes and John Stark | Debt on Bond (from 1764; £217.5.2½ penny proclamation money) | Morris | 1768–1770 | Daniel Cooper Jr., Sheriff of Morris (K.30 row 52) |
Manuscript content (not transcribed)
Each file is the standard Supreme Court paperwork of its action (writs, declaration, bond/return, bills of cost) with the Sheriff-of-Morris (a Cooper) endorsing the executing process — the same dorse-endorsement pattern verified verbatim in K.39 ("Dn.l Cooper Sheriff"). The writ boilerplate is not individually transcribed; these are catalogued as manuscript-on-file corroboration of the K.30 index, with no new Cooper-genealogical data.
Catalog significance
Corroborates, at manuscript-image tier, the K.30 finding of a continuous Cooper Sheriff-of-Morris tenure 1759–1770s (Daniel Sr → Daniel Jr). Adds nothing to any person/family file beyond confirming sheriff service already attested.
Cross-references
- K.30 NJ Supreme Court Daniel Cooper search — index source; these are four of its "View PDF" Sheriff-of-Morris rows (50, 52, 59, 61).
- K.39 Lawrence v. Manning (23110) — companion file where the Cooper sheriff dorse endorsement is transcribed verbatim.
- p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr + p.79 Daniel Cooper Jr — the executing sheriffs.