Lawrence County Circuit Court

City: Lawrenceville

County: Lawrence

State: Illinois

The Illinois General Assembly placed Lawrence County in the Second Judicial Circuit from Lawrence County’s creation in 1821. Lawrence County remained in the Second Judicial Circuit until 1824, when the General Assembly moved it to the Fifth Judicial Circuit. In 1827, the General Assembly moved Lawrence County to the Fourth Judicial Circuit, where it remained until 1859, when the General Assembly placed it in the newly-created Twenty-Fifth Judicial Circuit.

“An Act Changing the Terms of the Circuit Courts and Altering the Circuits,” 14 February 1821, Laws of Illinois (1821), 158; “An Act for the Formation of a New County Out of the Counties of Edwards and Crawford,” 16 January 1821, Laws of Illinois (1821), 16-17; “An Act Constituting and Regulating the Supreme and Circuit Courts of this State,” 29 December 1824, Laws of Illinois (1825), 42; “An Act to Amend ‘An Act Constituting and Regulating the Supreme and Circuit Courts of this State,’ Approved December 29, 1824,” 12 January 1827, Revised Laws of Illinois (1827), 119; “An Act To Establish the Twenty-Fifth Judicial Circuit, and to Fix the Time of Holding Courts in the Fourth Judicial Circuit,” 1 February 1859, Laws of Illinois (1859), 52.