Fulton County Circuit Court

City: Lewistown

County: Fulton

State: Illinois

In 1823, the Illinois General Assembly assigned Fulton County to the state's First Judicial Circuit. In 1829, the General Assembly moved the county to the Fifth Judicial Circuit, where it remained until 1849, when the General Assembly moved it to the Tenth Judicial Circuit. In 1857, the General Assembly returned the county to the Fifth Judicial Circuit.

"An Act to Regulate the Terms of the Circuit Courts, and for Other Purposes," 17 February 1823, Laws of Illinois (1823), 161; "An Act Supplemental to the Act, Entitled 'An Act Regulating the Supreme and Circuit Courts,' Approved, January 19, 1829," 23 January 1829, Revised Laws of Illinois, (1829), 48; "An Act to Establish the Tenth Judicial Circuit, and to Fix the Times of Holding Courts in the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Judicial Circuits, and for Other Purposes," 1 December 1849, Laws of Illinois (1849), 12; "An Act to Change the Fifth and Tenth Judicial Circuits, and Fix the Time of Holding Courts Therein," 29 January 1857, Laws of Illinois (1857), 5.