Search the Index to the 1842 Bankruptcy Files for
Mobile, Ala.; Savannah, Ga.; Frankfort, Ky. & Nashville, Tenn.
The second bankruptcy law enacted in the wake of the Panics of 1837 and 1839. The law allowed for both voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy.The original case files are available at the National Archives-Southeast Region in Morrow, Ga.