1809 -1810 Circuit Court Records
| Year |
Group |
Box |
Folder |
Plaintiff |
Defendant |
Title |
Action |
CaseSummary |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
1 |
Boone, Daniel Morgan |
Canady, Abraham; Canady, James; Cain, James |
Assault and battery |
Damages $200; assault was on negro slave named Dervy at Township of Dardenne |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
2 |
Tayon, Louis |
Fenleugo, Louis |
Debt |
Damages $200; defendant was to pay in wheat or millstone; defendant also known as "Louis Gaud;" note executed at Portage des Sioux |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
3 |
Hampton, Lowry T. |
Cochran, James |
Debt |
Debt $20.50; precipe for execution; plaintiff also spelled "Hamton" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
4 |
United States |
Lafferty, John |
Assault |
Defendant assaulted Charles Heath |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
5 |
United States |
Lafferty, John |
Assault |
Defendant assaulted Macky Wherry |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
6 |
United States |
Heath, Charles |
Assault |
Defendant assaulted John Lafferty; defendant also spelled "Heth" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
7 |
Heath, John G. |
Venire |
List of jurors summoned |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
8 |
Proulx, Bazil |
Ferland, Pierre |
Debt, note |
Damages $100 |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
9 |
Lisa, Manuel; Benoit, Francis M. |
Bienvenue, Joseph |
Debt |
Damages $150; plaintiffs for use of Benoit |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
10 |
Sarpy, Gregoire |
Pineau, Joseph |
Debt |
Damages $300; plaintiff to use of Francois M. Benoit |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
11 |
McLanahan, Josiah; Harry, Jacob |
Ferry, John |
Debt, note |
Damages $120; plaintiffs doing business as McLanahan & Harry |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
12 |
Price, Andrew; Wherry, Macky |
McConnill, William |
Debt, note |
Damages $150; 2 notes |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
13 |
Vanbibber, Isaac |
Gardner, John L. |
Slander |
Damages $1,000; plaintiff was allegedly accused of stealing |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
14 |
Griffin, Richard |
Ayres, Ebenezer |
Debt |
Damages $500; defendant also spelled "Airs" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
15 |
Moore, Daniel B.; Withington, John |
Ayres, Ebenezer |
Debt |
Damages $500; defendant also spelled "Airs;" plaintiff also spelled "Withinton;" defendant allegedly built poorly made boat for trip to Natchez and New Orleans, causing loss of corn and potatoes |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
16 |
Brisbois, Michel |
Duplisse, Joseph |
Debt, note |
Damages $2,500; defendant's slaves Polly and John sold to satisfy judgment |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
17 |
Spencer, Robert, Administrator |
Lewis, Samuel; Walker, John; Spurgeon, William |
Debt, note |
Damages $500; plaintiff administrator of Alexander McLein, deceased; defendant also spelled "Spurgen" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
18 |
Lisa, Manuel; Sanguinett, Charles; Sarpy, Gregoire; Benoit, Francois M. |
Bienvenue, Joseph |
Debt, note |
Damages $175; note signed at River Gravois; plaintiffs doing business as Gregoire Sarpy & Co. |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
19 |
Wilkinson, Benjamin; Price, Risden H. |
Ferry, John |
Debt, note |
Damages $700; plaintiffs doing business as Wilkinson & Price |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
20 |
Hunt, Wilson P.; Hankinson, John |
Coons, Jacob |
Debt, note |
Damages $200; plaintiffs doing business as Hunt & Hankinson |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
21 |
Wilkinson, Benjamin; Price, Risden H. |
Busby, John |
Debt |
Damages $700; plaintiffs doing business as Wilkinson & Price |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
22 |
United States |
Wherry, Macky; Heath, Charles |
Assault |
Defendants assaulted each other; defendant also spelled "Heth" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
23 |
Morrison, James; Morrison, Jesse |
Fabean, Joseph; Barada, Marie Therese |
Foreclosure |
Damages $500; petition on mortgage; defendant also spelled "Berada" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
24 |
Mitchel, William |
Spurgeon, William |
Assault and battery |
Damages $2,500; assault was at Portage des Sioux; defendant also spelled "Spurgen" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
25 |
Rules |
1 side, rules for Francois Duquette's ferry; 2nd side, rules for Juvenile Debate Society |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
26 |
Lisa, Manuel; Benoit, Francois M. |
Bienvenue, Joseph |
Debt, note |
Damages $150; plaintiffs doing business as Manuel Lisa & Co. |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
27 |
Jarrot, Nicholas |
Herrington, Elisha |
Debt, note |
Damages $200, debt $125; note signed at Cahokia, St. Clair County, Indiana Territory |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
28 |
Roy, Antoine |
Gaud, Louis |
Debt, note |
Damages $150; defendant also spelled "Grand" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
29 |
Roy, Antoine; Boisson, Charles |
Louigau, Joseph |
Debt, note |
Damages $350; note in French; defendant also spelled "Louisgaud" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
30 |
Hunt, Wilson P.; Hankinson, John |
Ferry, John |
Foreclosure |
Damages $1,100; plaintiffs doing business as Hunt & Hankinson |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
31 |
Wherry, Macky |
Certificate |
Sheriff's fees for Macky Wherry |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
32 |
Saucier, Francois |
Certificate |
Judge's fees and certificate for Francois Saucier |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
33 |
Flauherty, James; Spencer, Robert; Kibbe, Timothy |
Certificate |
Judges' fees and certificates of attendance; James Flauherty, Robert Spencer, Timothy Kibbe; also spelled "Flaugherty;" also spelled "Kibby" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
34 |
Callaway, James; Edwards, David; Darst, Abraham |
Juror certificate |
Juror certificate for James Callaway, David Edwards, Abraham Darst; issued at Ste. Genevieve; also spelled "Calloway" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
35 |
Petrimoulx, Pierre |
Clamorgan, Jacques |
Debt, note |
Debt $487 or equivalent amount of shaved deer skins; damages $800; plaintiff for use of Edward Hempstead |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
36 |
Wheatly, Thomas; Griffin, James |
Summons |
Summons for Wheatly and Griffin to appear before grand jury |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
37 |
Collector's certificate |
Macky Wherry had $30 not accounted for by treasury |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
38 |
Julien, Dennis |
Hebert, Bazil; Papin, Joseph; Lacroix, Jean Baptiste |
Debt, note |
Damages $250; defendants were to pay in beaver fur |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
39 |
Hunt, Wilson P.; Hankinson, John |
Busby, John |
Debt, note |
Damages $200; 3 notes; plaintiffs doing business as Hunt & Hankinson |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
40 |
Busby, John |
Bessonet, Pierre |
Debt, note |
Damages $200; payment was to be in flour or beaver fur; C. Heath, agent for plaintiff |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
41 |
Thompson, William |
Musick, Asa |
Debt |
Damages $750 |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
42 |
Proulx, Bazil |
Sulliere, Andre |
Debt, note |
Damages $150; plaintiff assignee of Bazil Hebert |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
43 |
Boutheliere, Francis |
Thorn, Salomon |
Debt, note |
Damages $200 |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
44 |
Rhodes, Frederick |
Wallace, Joseph |
Assault and battery |
Damages $200 |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
45 |
Wallace, Joseph |
Rybolt, Michael |
Debt, note |
Damages $180; plaintiff assignee of Bazil Proulx |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
46 |
Brant, Etienne |
Tayon, Louis |
Assault and battery |
Damages $500 |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
47 |
Proulx, Bazil |
Hebert, Bazil |
Debt, note |
Damages $1,500 |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
48 |
Chouteau, Pierre |
Houles, Francois |
Debt |
Damages $800; plaintiff was agent of Missouri Fur Company; defendant allegedly "absconded and betook himself from the employment" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
49 |
Woods, James |
Bond |
Bond for James Woods, constable for Lower Cuivre Township |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
50 |
Spencer, Robert |
McConnell, William |
Debt |
Damages $650 |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
51 |
Mackay, James |
Walker, John; Lewis, Samuel |
Debt |
Debt $175, damages $400; plaintiff assignee of William Hensley |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
52 |
United States |
Davis, John |
Assault and battery |
Assault was on Oliver Cottle |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
53 |
United States |
LaClaire, Michel |
Larceny |
Defendant accused of stealing mare belonging to Asa Musick at Portage des Sioux |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
54 |
United States |
Griffith, Samuel |
Larceny |
Portage des Sioux; defendant allegedly took a cow and yearling calf and sucking calf |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
55 |
Wherry, Macky |
Certificate |
Sheriff's fees for Macky Wherry |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
56 |
Saucier, Francois |
Certificate |
Judge's fees and certificate for Francois Saucier |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
57 |
Spencer, Robert |
Certificate |
Judge's certificate and fee for Robert Spencer |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
58 |
Kibbe, Timothy |
Certificate |
Judge's fees and certificate of attendance; Timothy Kibbe; also spelled "Kibby" |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
59 |
Heath, John G. |
Venire |
48 jurors summoned; Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
60 |
Juror certificate |
Seven juror certificates |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
61 |
Harvey, John |
Inventory |
Inventory of property of John Harvey |
| 1809 |
A |
6 |
62 |
Green, James; Piper, James |
Fee bill |
Coroner's fees for James Green and James Piper |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
1 |
Bryan; Morrison |
Rohrer, David |
Debt, note |
Confessed judgment $72 |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
2 |
Sanguinette, Charles |
Rohrer, David |
Debt, note |
Confessed judgment $88 |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
3 |
Danby, Jane |
Coroner's inquest |
Inquest into body of Jane Danby, found in Missouri River |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
4 |
Carrico, Vincent |
Crosby, Hezekiah |
Debt, note |
Debt $47.47; Justice transcript from Township of Portage des Sioux |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
5 |
Heath, John G. |
Brown, Thomas |
Debt |
Damages $300 |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
6 |
Proulx, Bazil |
Barthelot, Louis; Tayon, Ignace |
Trespass force and arms |
Damages $500 |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
7 |
United States |
Jacobs, Thomas; Oiler, Jonathan |
Recognizance bonds |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
8 |
Martin, Lewis; Howdershill, John |
McDowell, William |
Debt |
Damages $600; debt was for a stud horse named Dragon |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
9 |
Hays, John |
Coursolle, Francois; Bassette, M. |
Debt, note |
Damages $200; note signed in Cahokia; J.G. Heath, agent for plaintiff |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
10 |
McNair, Alexander |
Harvey, John; Harvey, Stella |
Foreclosure |
Damages $400; petition on mortgage; J.G. Heath, agent for plaintiff |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
11 |
Simonds, Nathaniel |
Rhodes, Claiborne |
Debt |
Damages $300; payment for judgment by arbitration |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
12 |
Smith T., John |
Harvy, John |
Debt |
Debt $73.75, damages $70; defendant also spelled "Harvey" |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
13 |
Quimby, Josiah |
Hancock, Forrest |
Debt, note |
Promissory note for $10.05; Femme Osage Township |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
14 |
McConnell, William |
Heath, John G. |
Attachment |
Debt $52; defendant also spelled "Heth" |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
15 |
Hempstead, Edward |
Morrison, William |
Debt, note |
Damages $150 |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
16 |
United States |
Cotte, Alexis |
Assault and battery |
Assault was on Therese Tebeau; defendant also spelled "Cottee" |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
17 |
United States |
Crosby, Hezekiah |
Assault and battery |
Assault was on William Asbey at Portage des Sioux with gun |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
18 |
Heath, John G. |
Venire |
Grand and petit jury; list of jurors summoned; Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
19 |
Juror certificate |
Three juror certificates |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
20 |
Juror certificate |
Nine juror certificates for petit and grand jurors |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
21 |
Saucier, Francois; Flauherty, James |
Certificate |
Judge's certificates of attendance for Francois Saucier and James Flauherty; also spelled "Flaugherty" |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
22 |
Heath, John G. |
Certificate |
Circuit Clerk's fees for John G. Heath |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
23 |
Spencer, Robert |
Certificate |
Judge's certificate and fee for Robert Spencer |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
24 |
Kibbe, Timothy |
Certificate |
Judge's certificate and fee for Timothy Kibbe; also spelled "Kibby" |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
25 |
Flauherty, James; Spencer, Robert |
Certificate |
Judge's certificate of attendance for James Flauherty and Robert Spencer; also spelled "Flaugherty" |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
26 |
Wherry, Macky |
Certificate |
Sheriff fees for Macky Wherry |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
27 |
Hight, Henry; Haney, John; Darst, David |
Fee bill |
Assessor's fees for Henry Hight, John Haney, David Darst |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
28 |
Account |
Rent accounts for court's use of houses belonging to Macky Wherry, Louis Tayon, Antoine Reynal |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
29 |
Hempstead, Edward |
Precipe |
3 precipes with multiple case file entries; executions, copy of decree, writs of capias; all by Edward Hempstead |
| 1809 |
A |
7 |
30 |
Kibbe, Timothy; Wherry, Macky |
Bond |
Auditor's bond for Timothy Kibbe, 4 January 1809; collector's bond for Macky Wherry, 15 July 1809; also spelled "Kibby" |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
31 |
Sheriff's sale |
Advertisement to sell property in Portage des Sioux; belonged to Francis Honorey; judgment in favor of Jacques Clamorgan |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
32 |
Miracle, David |
Haynes, Richard |
Trespass vi et armis |
Damages $350; defendant also spelled "Hainds;" defendant allegedly took plaintiff's colt and castrated it |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
33 |
Pugol, Jean Baptiste |
Coursotte, Francois |
Debt, note |
Damages $150; attachment |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
34 |
United States |
Dickson, Frederick; Burns, George |
Stealing cattle |
Defendants allegedly stole heifer belonging to Almond Cottle |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
35 |
Proulx, Bazil |
Berthelot, Lewis; Tayo, Ignace |
Debt |
Damages $500 |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
36 |
Griffith, Samuel |
Ferry, John; Durkee, Roswell |
Debt, note |
Damages $680 |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
37 |
United States |
Janis, Antoine |
Altering brand |
Defendant allegedly altered brand on steer belonging to Roswell Durkee |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
38 |
Easton, Rufus |
Durkee, Roswell; Cottle, Warren; Simonds, Nathaniel |
Debt, note |
Damages $500; defendant also spelled "Cottel" |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
39 |
Christy, William, Jr. |
Venire |
List of jurors summoned |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
40 |
Lesieur, Francois |
Coursolle, Francois |
Debt, note |
Attachment; damages $150; defendant also spelled "Cursol;" plaintiff also spelled "Laceir" |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
41 |
White, John |
Cook, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $90, damages $170 |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
42 |
Jury list; juror certificate |
Jury list and certificate for grand jurors |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
43 |
Darst, David; Smith, Benjamin |
Appointment as assessor |
David Darst assessor for Townships of Femme Osage and Upper and Lower Cuivre; Benjamin Smith assessor for St. Charles |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
44 |
Oharra, Brison |
Crump, Daniel |
Debt, note |
Debt $42; case originated in St. Louis County; defendant discharged as insolvent debtor |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
45 |
Frank |
Coroner's inquest |
Inquest into death of Frank, mulatto; owned by estate of John Coonce, deceased; died by "act of god by Lightning" |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
46 |
Unknown body |
Coroner's inquest |
Inquest into body found at Elizabeth Coonce's home |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
47 |
Notice of tax rates |
Assessors David Darst and Benjamin Smith; auditor Timothy Kibbe; also spelled "Kibby" |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
48 |
McNair, Alexander |
Christy, William, Sr.; Heath, John G. |
Certiorari |
Certified from Justice of the Peace; debt on note for $49.70; defendants doing business as Christy & Company; plaintiff assignee of John Baldridge |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
49 |
Reynal, Antoine; Flauherty, James; Journey, James; Wherry, Macky |
Protest against road |
Petitioners claimed proposed road from St. Charles to "the bottoms" was too expensive to build; petitioners Antoine Reynal, James Flauherty, James Journey, Macky Wherry, 25 others |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
50 |
Labeaume, Louis |
Piper, James |
Foreclosure |
Debt $188; petition on mortgage |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
51 |
Barthelot, John B. |
Proulx, Bazile |
Debt, note |
Damages $9,000; plaintiff was surviving partner of Giasson & Barthelot; plaintiff also spelled "Berthelot" |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
52 |
Morrison, James; Morrison, Jesse |
McConnell, William |
Debt, note |
Damages $500; plaintiffs doing business as James & Jesse Morrison |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
53 |
Green, James |
Proulx, Bazil |
Debt, note |
Debt $30 plus interest; note from Louis Tayon, transferred to Robert Trager, then to plaintiff |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
54 |
Proulx, Bazil |
Tayon, Louis |
Debt, account |
Debt was for wages of Leander Marichall on trip to Michilimackinac |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
55 |
Juror certificate |
Certificate for grand jurors |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
56 |
Price, Risdon H. |
Casner, George |
Debt, note |
Damages $150 |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
57 |
United States |
Russel, William |
Assault and battery |
Victim was Ebenezer Ayres |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
58 |
United States |
Pruit, Robert; Gilmore, Thomas; Porter, David; Dessens, James |
Assault and battery |
Victims were Jacob Coons and Polly Coons |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
59 |
Hight, Henry |
Brown, Thomas |
Debt, note |
Lower Cuivre Township; debt $38.20 |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
60 |
Christy, William |
Caron, Amable |
Broken covenant |
Damages $1,000; defendant also spelled "Amiable Carran;" defendant was employed by plaintiff to make barrels at salt works |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
61 |
Crump, Daniel |
McConnel, John; Journey, Joseph; Knott, Osburn; Lemasters, Evan |
Trespass force and arms |
Damages $250; Dardenne Township |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
62 |
Christy, William, Jr. |
Venire |
List of jurors summoned |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
63 |
United States |
Fugate, Andrew; Lewis, Levi; Fugate, Reuben |
Assault and battery |
Assault was on Alexander McKinney at Femme Osage Township |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
64 |
Kalor, Frederick |
Journey, Peter |
Debt, note |
Damages $150 |
| 1810 |
A |
7 |
65 |
United States |
Paper, Joseph |
Branding animal of another |
Defendant, alias Lakaw, charged with branding colt belonging to Macky Wherry |
| 1810 |
A |
8 |
1 |
McConnell, William |
Heath, John G. |
Debt |
Debt $75; defendant also spelled "Heth" |
| 1810 |
A |
8 |
2 |
Lowe, Polly |
Coroner's inquest |
Inquest into drowning of Polly Lowe at Dardenne |
| 1810 |
A |
8 |
3 |
McQuitty, Andrew |
Crump, Joseph |
Debt, note |
Attachment; damages $100; defendant pleaded infancy under oath |
| 1810 |
A |
8 |
4 |
Tayon, Louis |
Hebert, Bazil |
Documents in French |
| 1810 |
A |
8 |
5 |
Juror certificate |
Certificate for grand jurors |
| 1810 |
A |
8 |
6 |
Wherry, Macky |
Bond |
Collector's bond for Macky Wherry, 2 August 1810 |
| 1810 |
A |
8 |
7 |
Hempstead, Edward |
Precipe |
4 precipes with multiple case file entries; executions, scire facias; all by Edward Hempstead |
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