1840 Circuit Court Records
Year | Group | Box | Folder | Plaintiff | Defendant | Title | Action | CaseSummary |
1840 |
C |
1 |
9 |
State |
Margaret, a slave |
State v. Margaret, a slave |
Peace bond |
Margaret, a slave of Walter Charlesworth's estate, committed on peace warrant by his widow, Mary Charlesworth; bond filed by John B. Harmon |
1840 |
C |
1 |
10 |
Joseph Charless, etal |
William B. Ferguson |
Joseph Charless, etal v. William B. Ferguson |
Debt, note |
Debt $206.15 |
1840 |
C |
1 |
11 |
John M. Luckett |
Sidney S. Woods |
John M. Luckett v. Sidney S. Woods |
Appeal |
Defendant appealed from Justice of the Peace Robert Bailey on $90 account for produce, money lent, money paid out, week's hire of slave Henry, use of horses, work done; see also Luckett v. Woods, December 1840, Box 14, Folder 39 in 1836-1845 |
1840 |
C |
1 |
12 |
Charles C. Allen |
George E. Boswell, etal |
Charles C. Allen v. George E. Boswell, etal |
Debt, note |
Debt $330 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
18 |
Browning, Daniel F. J. |
Browning, Mary |
Divorce |
Abandonment |
1840 |
B |
12 |
19 |
Inhabitants of Town of St. Charles |
Mallerson, Elijah |
Appeal |
Original action debt; $20.30 special tax levied on defendant's property |
1840 |
B |
12 |
20 |
Day, Henry R. |
Day, Charlotte Ann |
Divorce |
Defendant abandoned plaintiff and married George McLeod in New York |
1840 |
B |
12 |
21 |
Leonard, Jacob P. |
Insolvent debtor |
Debt for cost of prosecution against petitioner for larceny; no property |
1840 |
B |
12 |
22 |
Knott, David |
Affidavit |
Receipt of bond and oaths from John D. Clopton and Charles McLee Fariss as insolvent debtors |
1840 |
B |
12 |
23 |
Clopton, John D. |
Insolvent debtor |
Property 1 cow and calf, 2 plows, 1 set gear; list of creditors included; bond for petitioner and William McLee Farris |
1840 |
B |
12 |
24 |
Fariss, Charles McLee |
Insolvent debtor |
List of debt included; list of property including a horse worth $12, 1 cow and calf, and furniture |
1840 |
B |
12 |
25 |
Copes, Thomas P. |
Kline, John J. |
Debt, account |
Debt $55.69 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
26 |
Scott, Felix, Administrator |
Cottle, Electa |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $224.86 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
27 |
Scott, Felix, Administrator |
Cottle, Electa |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $113.12 1/2 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
28 |
Scott, Felix, Administrator |
Cottle, Electa |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $129.31 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
29 |
Scott, Felix, Administrator |
Cottle, Electa |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $39.11 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
30 |
Hancock, John C. |
Insolvent debtor |
List of creditors and debtors; petitioner had no property |
1840 |
B |
12 |
31 |
Weidner, Joseph |
Insolvent debtor |
List of creditors and debtors included; property was horse worth $75; creditors from St. Charles, St. Louis and Illinois |
1840 |
B |
12 |
32 |
Clark, Nimrod |
Insolvent debtor |
List of debtors and creditors included; no property listed |
1840 |
B |
12 |
33 |
Woolfolk, Z. T. |
Sherman, Ira |
Debt, note |
Debt $114.91 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
34 |
Davis, Keren H. |
Sherman, Ira |
Debt, note |
Transcript includes 3 judgments on debts for $20, $95, and $100 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
35 |
Allen, William L. |
Preston, William E. |
Debt, note |
Debt $36.32 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
36 |
Orrick, William D., Administrator |
Woolfolk, Zachary T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $1,090 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
37 |
Fogle, John |
Merx, Mary; Merx, John; Merx, Adam, Jr.; Merx, William; Merx, Louis; Greene, James, Administrator |
Title |
43 acres; Martin Merx committed suicide before conveying title to plaintiff |
1840 |
B |
12 |
38 |
Chauvin, Emilie |
Payne, Charles C.; Payne, Henry |
Debt, note |
Debt $263.03 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
39 |
Redmon, Lucy |
Williams, Vincent |
Assault and battery |
Damages $1,000; defendant beat and choked plaintiff's slave, Elijah, who could not work for 3 months |
1840 |
B |
12 |
40 |
Pittman, Edward; Peabody, George |
Woolfolk, Zachary T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $347.77 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
41 |
Pittman, Edward; Peabody, George |
Woolfolk, Zachary T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $1,259.50 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
42 |
Skinner, Alfred |
Jenkins, Solomon; Wells, James |
Debt, note |
3 notes for a total of $2,260.97 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
43 |
Nye, Samuel; Gross, Elisha S. |
Jenkins, Solomon; Wells, James |
Assumpsit |
Damages $1,000; debt for goods, wares, merchandise, and groceries |
1840 |
B |
12 |
44 |
Homer, Thomas J. |
Carter, William H. H. |
Debt, note |
Debt $296.64 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
45 |
Crim & McManus |
Sherman, Ira; Bird, Marshall |
Debt, note |
Debt $52.50 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
46 |
McCausland, David |
McNutt, John |
Debt |
Debt $126.29 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
47 |
Campbell, William M. |
McNutt, John |
Debt |
Debt $48.56 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
48 |
Hoffman, Peter |
Merx, Adam |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
49 |
Coalter, John D. |
Clough, William |
Debt, note |
Debt $861.67 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
50 |
Bangs, Henry |
Hays, Daniel |
Trover and conversion |
Damages $100; one bay horse worth $70 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
51 |
Burgess, William P. |
Logan, William C.; Woods, Sidney S.; Simpson, Erasmus |
Debt, note |
Debt $400 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
52 |
Coalter, John D. |
Orrick, William D. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $857.93 and $71.78 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
53 |
Coalter, John D. |
Carter, William H. H.; Twyman, Leo; Campbell, William M. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $1,546.80 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
54 |
Merx, Adam |
Merx, Mary B.; Merx, John; Merx, William; Merx, Louis; Merx, Adam, Jr.; Green, James, Administrator; |
Title |
29.5 acres and saw mill on Dardenne Creek purchased by plaintiff and John Huffman from David Pitman |
1840 |
B |
12 |
55 |
Millington, Jeremiah, Administrator |
Woods, Sidney S.; Campbell, William M. |
Debt, note |
Debt $280 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
56 |
Nelson, David; Clark, David; Jones, Theodore |
Lindsay, Thomas |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 for scholarship in manual labor branch of Marion College |
1840 |
B |
12 |
57 |
Cunningham, Thomas W. |
McNutt, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $150; damages $50 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
58 |
Hausen, John H. |
Wardlaw, Benjamin R. |
Appeal |
Original action debt; $35.27 1/2 account for barrel staves, clapboards, cordwood |
1840 |
B |
12 |
59 |
Schaumburg, Charles W.; Schaumburg, Orleana; Wright, William F.; Dean, Eliza; Wright, Martha Ann; Wright, Thomas; Wright, Mary; Dean, Ellen; Dean, Isadora C.; Dean, Cornelia |
Foreman, William |
Partition |
403.72 acres in Sections 31, 32 Township 46 North Range 4 East |
1840 |
B |
12 |
60 |
Matson, Enoch; Parsons, James; Griswold, Harvey; Griswold, Frederick, Executors |
McConnell, John; Pitman, Richard B.; Bryan, James |
Debt, note |
Debt $347.25; damages $200 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
61 |
Glasgow, William; Shaw, John R.; Larkin, Thomas H.; Glasgow, William, Jr. |
Bangs, Henry |
Debt, note |
Debt $777.57 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
62 |
Fisher, James Bradford |
Douglass, Alexander T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $219.25 and $269.07 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
63 |
Jarvis, Leonard; Thompson, David H. |
Johnson, Bailey N.; Johnson, George S.; Sedwick, Benjamin |
Assumpsit |
Debt $389.41; damages $600 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
64 |
Kingsland, Lawrence; Kingsland, Philip; Kingsland, George; Lightner, Isaac |
Douglass, Alexander T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $700 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
65 |
Copes, Thomas P. |
Shue, Michael |
Debt, attachment |
Damages $500 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
66 |
Busch, Frederick |
Potter, Jacob; Potter, Jabez Hubbard |
Partition |
80 acres in Section 10 Township 46 North Range 4 East |
1840 |
B |
12 |
67 |
Mayer, Henry F.; Hurxthal, Arnold H. |
Woolfolk, Zachary T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $483.84 |
1840 |
B |
12 |
68 |
Dement, Charles |
Hancock, Benjamin |
Detinue |
Damages $1,000; slave Martha; defendant claimed ownership as administrator of Thomas L. Wood |
1840 |
B |
13 |
1 |
Hancock, Benjamin |
Sharburgh, Adolph; Fadarhase, Rudolph |
Appeal |
Original action debt; $35 account for corn rent for 14 acres of plaintiff's farm |
1840 |
B |
13 |
2 |
Millington, Jeremiah, Administrator |
Woods, Sidney S.; Simpson, Erasmus |
Debt, note |
Debt $794 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
3 |
Pitman, D. K., Administrator |
Bagby, John M.; Robertson, Edward; Green, Squier |
Injunction |
Injunction to stop defendants from cutting timber on plaintiff's land in Section 22 Township 46 North Range 4 East |
1840 |
B |
13 |
4 |
Ricketson, Asa; Holt, Ziba |
Jenkins, Solomon; Wells, James |
Debt, note |
Debt $606.40 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
5 |
Johnston, Edward P. |
Logan, William C. |
Assumpsit |
Debt $260; damages $500 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
6 |
Lewis, Simon E. |
Logan, William C. |
Debt, note |
Debt $200 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
7 |
Nelson, David; Clark, David |
Calhoun, N. W. |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 for one scholarship in labor branch of Marion College |
1840 |
B |
13 |
8 |
Meyer, Karl F. |
Trefurt, Heinrich A. |
Foreclosure |
35 acres in Section 22 of Township 45 North Range 1 East; debt $50 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
9 |
Eckert, William |
Copman, Henry |
Assumpsit, note |
Debt $199.50 and $200; damages $1,000 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
10 |
Nelson, David; Clark, David; Jones, Theodore |
Lindsay, James |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 for scholarship in labor branch of Marion College |
1840 |
B |
13 |
11 |
Curle, Segismonda P.; Curle, Clayton; Curle, Portland; Curle, Dudley; Allison, Sonia; Goddin, Hugh; Curle, Richmond J.; Sophia Goddin; Curle, Eliza Jane bu guardian James R. Wright |
Partition |
Partition 7 tracts of land of Edwin Curle, deceased husband of Segismonda |
1840 |
B |
13 |
12 |
Bangs, Henry |
Looker, John C. |
Assumpsit, account |
Debt $200; account for liquor, sugar, cigars, bar furniture |
1840 |
B |
13 |
13 |
Camden, John B.; Camden, Marbell; Camden, Peter G. |
Carter, William H. H. |
Debt, note |
Debt $1,342.09 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
14 |
Jordan, Elisha H.; Stockslager, Philip A. |
Hopkins, Elliott R.; Henley, Samuel |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $600 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
15 |
Bird, Gustavus A.; Pallardy, Antoine |
Mallerson, Elijah |
Ejectment |
Damages $200; northern half of square No. 6 in town of St. Charles, Main Street |
1840 |
B |
13 |
16 |
Flood, Michael |
Samuels, Robert |
Appeal |
Original action breach of contract; defendant failed to plough 8 acres on plaintiff's farm per agreement; damages $50 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
17 |
McKinney, Alexander |
Bigelow, Moses, Administrator |
Appeal |
Debt $2,330.61 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
18 |
Wells, David B. |
Rosson, Jeroam |
Assumpsit |
Damages $500; rent corn for 30 acre tract |
1840 |
B |
13 |
19 |
Cottle, Electa |
Scott, Felix, Administrator |
Detinue |
Damages $1,000; slave Lewis |
1840 |
B |
13 |
20 |
State of Missouri |
Sam; Sina, George |
Arson |
George Sina aided Sam in arson of stable owned by William Eckert |
1840 |
B |
13 |
21 |
State of Missouri |
Bigelow, Moses |
Grand larceny |
Defendant stole a $20 note of the Bank of Illinois from Benjamin Hancock |
1840 |
B |
13 |
22 |
State of Missouri |
Snider, Hiram |
Assault |
Bit off Thomas H. Jones' ear with intent to disfigure |
1840 |
B |
13 |
23 |
Spencer, Robert, Sr. |
Wardlaw, Hugh H.; Wardlaw, Benjamin R.; Bangs, Henry; Campbell, William M. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $180 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
24 |
Benoist, Louis A. |
Thomas, Jonathan |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
25 |
Bigelow, Moses |
Hancock, Benjamin |
Slander |
Damages $10,000; defendant accused plaintiff of larceny for $20, robbery, and murder |
1840 |
B |
13 |
26 |
Bailey, John J.; Keeler, Charles; Remsen, Edward; Shaw, Latimer R. |
Knupp, Valentine |
Debt, note |
Debt $349.96 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
27 |
Matser, A.; Matser, Valentine |
McKinney, [unknown] |
Precipe |
Issue execution |
1840 |
B |
13 |
28 |
Briscoe, R. |
Crow, Lewis |
Subpoena |
Plaintiff to use of David Thomas; file contains witness subpoena for William C. Logan only |
1840 |
B |
13 |
29 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Summons |
2 grand jury summons; 2 slaves owned by Dr. Minor summoned, Mrs. Caroline Sina and Miss Aggy Minor |
1840 |
B |
13 |
30 |
Committee of the grand jury |
Report on jail |
Inner door burned; two black men confined for arson |
1840 |
B |
13 |
31 |
May, Charles P. |
McNutt, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $148.23 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
32 |
Griswold, Harvey |
Adams, John; Edwards, Lewis |
Debt, note |
Debt $110 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
33 |
Keithley, William |
Adams, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $98.32 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
34 |
McGowen, Daniel |
Adams, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $50 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
35 |
Musick, James C. |
Minor, Thomas J. |
Assumpsit |
Debt $119.65 on previous judgment |
1840 |
B |
13 |
36 |
Fry, Valentine |
Insolvent debtor |
List of credits and debts; petitioner owned no property |
1840 |
B |
13 |
37 |
Clark, Samuel |
McNutt, John |
Mechanic's lien |
Debt $702.63 for building steam saw and grist mill |
1840 |
B |
13 |
38 |
Sitton, William |
Notice |
Notice of attachment as garnishee to James Gibson from Sheriff of Lincoln County |
1840 |
B |
13 |
39 |
Campbell, William M. |
Lee, Charles T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $46.50 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
40 |
Jordan, Elisha H.; Stockslager, Philip A. |
Tayon, Joseph |
Debt |
Debt $94.56 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
41 |
Charless, Edward; Paschall, Nathaniel |
Millington, Jeremiah |
Assumpsit, account |
Debt $83.84 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
42 |
Charless, Joseph |
Millington, Jeremiah |
Debt, note |
Debt $82.72 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
43 |
State of Missouri |
McDonald, Mary Ann, Administrator; Carell, Thomas; Gilmore, Patrick; Tiernan, William |
Debt, administrator's bond |
Debt $600 on administrator's bond; $126 judgment against estate from St. Louis County |
1840 |
B |
13 |
44 |
Moore, James D., Administrator |
Tatum, Ira E. |
Debt, note |
Debt $300 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
45 |
Kyle, Lydia, Administratrix |
McCausland, David |
Debt, note |
Debt $871.84 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
46 |
Davis, Horatio N.; Davis, John D. |
Bangs, Henry |
Assumpsit, account |
Debt $135.08 account for salt; damages $200 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
47 |
Martin, James L. |
Simpson, Foster B. |
Debt, note |
Debt $196.20 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
48 |
Thomas, Alferd |
Insolvent debtor |
List of debt included; no property listed |
1840 |
B |
13 |
49 |
Penton, Joseph |
Insolvent debtor |
List of debt included; petitioner owned no property |
1840 |
B |
13 |
50 |
Clark, Sebrah |
Tatum, Ira E. |
Mechanic's lien |
Debt $350.11 for building steam saw and grist mill |
1840 |
B |
13 |
51 |
Bates, Edward; Campbell, William M. |
Precipe |
5 precipes for multiple case files |
1840 |
B |
13 |
52 |
Burd, William; Tilden, Thomas |
Jenkins, Solomon; Wells, James |
Debt, note |
Debt $113.03 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
53 |
Cunningham, Thomas W. |
Wardlaw, Hugh H.; Cummins, Robert A. |
Debt, note |
Debt $100, damages $30 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
54 |
Cunningham, Thomas W. |
Love, Charles; Looker, John C.; McCausland, David; Shepard, Chauncy |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $159.93 3/4 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
55 |
Glasgow, William; Shaw, John R.; Tatum, David |
Tatum, Ira E. |
Debt, note |
Debt $510.95 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
56 |
Hickman, David M. |
Woods, Sidney S.; Logan, William C. |
Debt, note |
Debt $300 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
57 |
Cunningham, Thomas W. |
Gatzweiler, Frederick H.; Gut, Edward; Kribben, Christian |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $132.81 3/4; damages $50 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
58 |
Dubreuil, Charles B.; Ham, Peter |
Carter, William H. H.; Fine, Elisha |
Debt, note |
Debt $3,715 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
59 |
Easton, Joseph G. |
Carter, William |
Ejectment |
Damages $1,200; plaintiff ejected from lot between Main Street and Missouri River in St. Charles |
1840 |
B |
13 |
60 |
Genar, Alexander |
Mortier, Bazil |
Debt, note |
Debt $25 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
61 |
St. Louis, Charles |
Dauphin, Patrick |
Slander |
Damages $2,000; defendant accused plaintiff of butchering a sick ox and selling unwholesome beef in Portage des Sioux, making inhabitants ill |
1840 |
B |
13 |
62 |
State of Missouri |
McCausland, David; Batte, Thomas C.; Ferrell, Benjamin P.; Towers, Rodger; Brumfield, Richard B. |
Debt, official's bond |
Debt $10,000; damages $10,000; McCausland, as sheriff, failed to issue execution in Cunningham v. John McNutt |
1840 |
B |
13 |
63 |
Johnson, Osker M. |
Burbony, Anthony; Leclair, Francis |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
64 |
Yarnall, Amos |
Fulkerson, William N.; Orrick, Benjamin |
Debt, note |
Debt $266.02 from 2 notes; damages $17.29 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
65 |
Williams, John H. |
Kenner, Rodom F. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account for $20 for tuition |
1840 |
B |
13 |
66 |
Collet, Robert |
Dillon, Patrick M. |
Injunction |
Enjoin defendant from suing on note by plaintiff for land purchased with questionable title |
1840 |
B |
13 |
67 |
Smith, Robert M.; Atkinson, James E. |
Woolfolk, Zachariah T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $157.32 |
1840 |
B |
13 |
68 |
Boggs, George; Stuart, James P. |
Carter, William H. H. |
Debt, note |
Debt $466.49 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
1 |
State of Missouri |
McCausland, David; Batte, Thomas C.; Ferrell, Benjamin P.; Towers, Rodger; Brumfield, Richard B. |
Debt, official's bond |
Debt $10,000 on McCausland's sheriff's bond; McCausland failed to execute $993.09 judgment against Alexander T. Douglass |
1840 |
B |
14 |
2 |
MacKay, Isabella, Executrix |
Day, Nathaniel |
Ejectment |
Damages $5,000; 640 acres on Cuivre River |
1840 |
B |
14 |
3 |
MacKay, Isabella, Executrix |
Rutgers, Johanna Maria; Rutgers, Louis |
Ejectment |
Damages $2,000; 13 arpents of land |
1840 |
B |
14 |
4 |
Castlio, John H.; Jordan, Elisha H.; Stockslager, Philip A. |
Jennings, Laban |
Debt, note |
Debt $500 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
5 |
Rathbone, Samuel |
Bangs, Henry |
Debt, note |
Debt $200 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
6 |
Blow, Henry T. |
Ferguson, William B. |
Debt, note |
Debt $343.18 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
7 |
Traidle, John |
Meschede, Francis |
Assumpsit |
Debt $160 for horse and cart; damages $200 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
8 |
Amos, Thomas |
Wells, Edmund P. |
Foreclosure |
Debt $150; one horse and 40 acres in Section 35 Township 47 Range 1 East |
1840 |
B |
14 |
9 |
Burnett, John D.; Burnett, Alexander G. |
Minor, Thomas J.; Elgin, Matthew |
Debt, note |
Debt $116.80 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
10 |
Tagart, Rezen A., Executor |
Orrick, William D. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $202 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
11 |
State of Missouri |
McCausland, David; Batte, Thomas C.; Terrell, Benjamin P.; Rodgers, Towers; Brumfield, Richard B. |
Debt, official's bond |
Debt $10,000; McCausland, as sheriff, failed to execute judgment against Hugh H. Wardlaw, James C. Lackland, William M. Wells and Benjamin R. Wardlaw |
1840 |
B |
14 |
12 |
Whitley, Margaret, Administrator |
Patchen, Paul |
Appeal |
Original action debt, note for 100 bushels of corn to be delivered at the distillery |
1840 |
B |
14 |
13 |
State of Missouri |
Rice, Nicholas |
Assault with intent to kill |
Victim was Peter Ihrhart; attacked with gun and knife |
1840 |
B |
14 |
14 |
State of Missouri |
Smith, Randolph |
Failure to keep road in good repair |
Fifth road district in Cuivre Township |
1840 |
B |
14 |
15 |
State of Missouri |
Knott, David; Mawery, Washington; Carr, Thomas; McCausland, David; Hackshaw, John; Weldy, Charles; Redmon, Thomas; Whittle, John; Stake, William; Fitzsimmons, Wright |
Riotous assembly; murder |
Defendants attacked house of Andrew Sacks, assaulted and injured Sacks, and shot to death John Stine, alias John Stone |
1840 |
B |
14 |
16 |
State of Missouri |
Kenney, Martin |
Assault with intent to kill |
Victim James Fitzmorris |
1840 |
B |
14 |
17 |
May, Charles P. |
Cummins, Robert A. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $60.60 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
18 |
Holmes, Lorenzo D. |
Jott, Sepoy |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $12.10 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
19 |
Clark, Amaca C. |
Tatum, Ira E. |
Mechanic's lien |
Debt $53.43 for making and setting 2 mill stones for steam grist mill |
1840 |
B |
14 |
20 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Venire |
Grand jury; no jurors listed |
1840 |
B |
14 |
21 |
Drake, Charles D.; Cunningham, Thomas W.; Campbell, William M. |
Precipe |
3 precipes for multiple cases |
1840 |
B |
14 |
22 |
Bogy & Hunton |
Memorandum |
Memorandum requesting blank subpoena for Bogy, et al. v. J. C. Lynch, and certified transcript of P. Chouteau v. Eckert |
1840 |
B |
14 |
23 |
Merx, Adam |
Merx, Mary B.; Merx, John; Merx, William; Merx, Louis; Merx, Adam, Jr.; Green, James, Jr., Administrator |
Title |
29.5 acres and saw mill on Dardenne Creek purchased by plaintiff and John Huffman from David Pittman |
1840 |
B |
14 |
24 |
Foushee, Edwin |
Long, John T.; Tagart, Larman |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $39.80 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
25 |
Pettus, William G. |
Watson, Albert D. |
Debt |
Debt $81.41 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
26 |
Pettus, William G. |
Watson, Albert D. |
Debt |
Debt $90 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
27 |
Foushee, Edwin |
Cummins, Robert A.; Long, John T.; Tagart, Larman |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $32.35 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
28 |
Cunningham, Thomas W. |
Rice, Samuel |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $21.45 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
29 |
Foushee, Edwin |
Cummins, Robert A. |
Debt |
Debt $55.75 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
30 |
McIntosh, James |
Insolvent debtor |
List of debts included; list of property including furniture and clothes |
1840 |
B |
14 |
31 |
Clark, Amaca C. |
McNutt, John |
Mechanic's lien |
Debt $141.27 for mason work on steam saw and grist mill |
1840 |
B |
14 |
32 |
Campbell, William M.; Charless, Joseph |
Precipe |
6 precipes for multiple cases |
1840 |
B |
14 |
33 |
Pitts, George R. |
Moore, James |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account for $46.75 in medical expenses |
1840 |
B |
14 |
34 |
Tiner, Samuel J. |
Insolvent debtor |
List of debts and credits; petitioner owned no property |
1840 |
B |
14 |
35 |
Ferguson, William B. |
Insolvent debtor |
List of debt $4,007.57; list of credit included; property including cow, bay mare, 20 acres in St. Charles Bottom, 80 acres in Dardenne Prairie; creditors in St. Charles, Philadelphia, New York |
1840 |
B |
14 |
36 |
Bates, Edward |
Precipe |
1 precipe for multiple cases |
1840 |
B |
14 |
37 |
Porter, Gilchrist |
Precipe |
Issue warrants on indictments |
1840 |
B |
14 |
38 |
MacKay, Isabella, et al. |
Dillon, Patrick M. |
Subpoena |
Plaintiffs heirs of James Mackay; other plaintiffs not named; file contains witness subpoena for Joseph Tayon only |
1840 |
B |
14 |
39 |
Luckett, John M. |
Woods, Sidney S. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account for $90 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
40 |
Pendleton, Robert W.; Long, Elis B.; Reily, Addison B. |
Coons, William; Spencer, Stephen; Spencer, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $606.26 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
41 |
Carter, William H. H. |
Douglass, Alexander T. |
Debt, note |
Debt $422.80 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
42 |
Eggers, Edward |
Kruse, Henry, Administrator |
Foreclosure |
Debt $106.28; 1.2 acres in Section 32 Township 45 Range 1 East |
1840 |
B |
14 |
43 |
Dorsey, Lloyd |
Kenner, Rodham F. |
Debt, note |
Debt $263.86 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
44 |
Fassitt, James; Fassitt, James W. |
Copes, Thomas P. |
Debt, note |
Debt $726.90 and $662.40 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
45 |
Gaty, George W. |
Wardlaw, Hugh H.; Wardlaw, Benjamin R.; Bailey, James G.; Twyman, Leo |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $220 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
46 |
Hamilton, Samuel R. |
Thomas, Jonathan |
Assumpsit |
Debt $200; damages $300 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
47 |
Koch, William |
Mallinckrodt, Conrad |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account for medical expenses for $15 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
48 |
Mallinckrodt, Sophia |
Mallinckrodt, Julius |
Slander |
Damages $10,000; defendant publicly accused plaintiff of perjury in her affidavit as part of her petition for divorce from Conrad Mallinckrodt |
1840 |
B |
14 |
49 |
Orrick, William D. |
Buttner, Nicholas |
Debt, note |
Debt $400; damages $26.25 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
50 |
Oglevie, George W. |
Audrain, Samuel W. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, notes for $70.35 and $67.87 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
51 |
Preston, William R. |
Luckett, William Henry; Campbell, James |
Debt, note |
Debt $200 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
52 |
Preston, William R. |
Edwards, James G.; Naylor, James; Frayser, Robert B. |
Debt, note |
Debt $1,160 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
53 |
McRoberts, Harriet |
Collins, John J.; Collins, Elizur Ann; Lindsay, Lanon |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $615 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
54 |
Taylor, Thomas |
Thomas, Jonathan |
Debt, note |
Debt $250 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
55 |
Spencer, Robert A. |
Boswell, George; Matthews, Edmund P.; Batte, Thomas C. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $200 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
56 |
Woods, Sidney S. |
Logan, William C. |
Debt, note |
Debt $187.24; damages $500 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
57 |
Clarke, John W. |
Harmon, John B. |
Debt, note |
Debt $321.49; damages $500 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
58 |
Orrick, William D., Administrator |
Meyer, Dederick |
Debt |
Execution for plaintiff for $17.96 3/4 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
59 |
Frayser, Robert B. |
McNutt, John; Ferrell, Benjamin P. |
Debt, note |
Debt $300 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
60 |
Wilson, Barton L. |
Spencer, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $125; damages $50 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
61 |
Hempstead, William; Beebe, William |
Thomas, Jonathan |
Debt, note |
Debt $170.84 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
62 |
Woods, Sidney S. |
Hutchings, Christopher |
Detinue |
Male slave Francis; value $2,000 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
63 |
Mills, Christopher |
Appointment |
Deputy circuit clerk |
1840 |
B |
14 |
64 |
Fugate, Esther |
Minor, Thomas J. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $150 |
1840 |
B |
14 |
65 |
State of Missouri |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Neglect of official duties |
Defendant, as clerk of County Court failed to furnish sheriff a copy of order appointing John Hatcher road overseer of south road division in Dardenne Township |
1840 |
B |
14 |
66 |
State of Missouri |
Watts, Anthony B. |
Peace bond |
Keep peace toward Josiah S. Carter |
1840 |
B |
14 |
67 |
State of Missouri |
Dyer, Fountain |
Dealing as grocer without a license |
Defendant sold wine and distilled liquor in quantities less than 15 gallons |
1840 |
B |
14 |
68 |
State of Missouri |
Gaugh, William |
Peace bond |
Defendant threatened Josiah S. Carter with a gun and axe |
1840 |
B |
14 |
69 |
State of Missouri |
Pereau, William |
Peace bond |
Keep the peace toward Mary Louise Latraille |
1840 |
B |
14 |
70 |
State of Missouri |
Adamson, Joseph |
Dealing with slave without consent of master |
Defendant received a mare from Dick, slave of David K. Pitman |
1840 |
B |
14 |
71 |
State of Missouri |
Houke, George |
Dealing as grocer without a license |
Defendant sold liquor in quantities less than 15 gallons |
1840 |
B |
14 |
72 |
State of Missouri |
Dyer, Jefferson |
Neglect of official duties |
As Justice of the Peace, defendant failed to prevent Isaac G. Metcalf from insulting William C. Lindsay during trial |
1840 |
B |
14 |
73 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Summons |
3 grand jury summons |
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