1844 Circuit Court Records
Year | Group | Box | Folder | Plaintiff | Defendant | Title | Action | CaseSummary |
1844 |
C |
1 |
24 |
Zeno Mackay assignee of Nancy Burbanks |
Jefferson Drake, etal |
Zeno Mackay assignee of Nancy Burbanks v. Jefferson Drake, etal |
Appeal |
Defendant appealed from Justice of the Peace Stephen T. McAtee on two $100 notes |
1844 |
C |
1 |
25 |
Robert A. Spencer, etal, petitioners |
Partition |
Slaves Elizabeth and Susan |
1844 |
B |
24 |
10 |
Berlin, John G. |
Bird, Gustavus A. |
Debt, note |
Debt $23.28 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
11 |
Wesmer, Lorenz |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account; $5.50 for hauling rocks |
1844 |
B |
24 |
12 |
Pinkard, William S. |
Overall, Ezra |
Appeal |
Original action debt, note for $24.24 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
13 |
Crump, Turner |
Hunn, Conrad; Willott, Sebastian |
Debt, note |
Debt $200 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
14 |
McRoberts, Preston; Woolfolk, Richard A. |
Appointment; resignation |
McRoberts appointed guardian of Mary B. McRoberts; Woolfolk resigned as overseer of 4th Road District, Cuivre Township |
1844 |
B |
24 |
15 |
Campbell, William M. |
Precipe |
1 precipe for multiple cases |
1844 |
B |
24 |
16 |
Campbell, William M. |
Precipe |
1 precipe for multiple cases |
1844 |
B |
24 |
17 |
Baber, Hiram H. |
Memorandum |
Baber auditor of public accounts in Jefferson City; memorandum to sheriff John Orrick regarding amount of the non-resident list of St. Charles County |
1844 |
B |
24 |
18 |
Copes, Thomas P. |
Charlesworth, Charles |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $17.61 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
19 |
Griswold, Harvey |
Alkire, John; Frazer, David |
Debt, note |
Debt $39 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
20 |
Bird, Gustavus A. |
Reid, Nathaniel |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account for $12.50 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
21 |
Frayser, Robert B. |
Dorsey, Lloyd; Kyle, Robert |
Assumpsit, note |
Damages $1,500 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
22 |
State of Missouri |
Mullan, Thomas |
Peace bond |
Defendant to keep peace toward Mary Mullan, his wife |
1844 |
B |
24 |
23 |
Spencer, Robert A.; Denny, Raphael |
Weloth, Sebastian; Hunn, Conrad |
Debt, note |
Debt $17.50, $11.06 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
24 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Venire |
Grand and petit jury |
1844 |
B |
24 |
25 |
Wharton, Margaret M. |
Holland, Stephen |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
26 |
Coons, Felix; Green, James; Yosti, F. |
Precipe |
2 precipes for multiple cases |
1844 |
B |
24 |
27 |
Comegys, Jacob |
Emancipation |
Comegys freed slave Jupiter, aged 48, for $100 received from William G. Pettus |
1844 |
B |
24 |
28 |
Hayden, William B. |
Coleman, William A. |
Debt, note |
Debt $200 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
29 |
Yosti, Francis |
Pegram, James S.; Edwards, James G. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $175; damages $35 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
30 |
Yosti, Louis; Colver, Philip W., Administrators |
White, John P. |
Debt, note |
Debt $300; damages $500 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
31 |
Hardesty, Richard S. |
Dorsey, Lloyd |
Debt, note |
Debt $851.27; damages $1,000 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
32 |
Dodson, William |
Wallace, Gordon H. |
Debt, note |
Debt $500 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
33 |
Hodges, Henry W. |
Pearce, Thomas |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $100 for tract of land |
1844 |
B |
24 |
34 |
Bank of Missouri |
Wardlaw, Hugh H. |
Debt, note |
Debt $155 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
35 |
Smith, Valentine |
Wapplehorst, Arnold |
Appeal |
Original action assumpsit, account for $67 for rental of farm |
1844 |
B |
24 |
36 |
Bank of Missouri |
Spencer, Stephen |
Assumpsit, note |
Debt $155; damages $300 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
37 |
Bank of Missouri |
Twyman, Leo |
Assumpsit, note |
Debt $319.14; damages $500 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
38 |
Rosseter, Eunice D. |
Copes, Thomas P. |
Debt |
Debt involved note and mortgage on Block 141 in St. Charles bounded by 4th, 5th, Jackson and Tompkins for $687.81 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
39 |
Bank of Missouri |
Fulkerson, William N. |
Debt, note |
Debt $178 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
40 |
Bank of Missouri |
Fulkerson, William N.; Read, Israel B. |
Assumpsit, note |
Debt $178; damages $300 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
41 |
Pitzer, Robert |
Watkins, Thomas |
Debt, note |
Notes for $441.67 and $441.67 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
42 |
Millington, Jeremiah |
Eckert, William; Cunningham, Edward Charles |
Debt, note |
Debt $120.80 for partitioned property of Seth Millington |
1844 |
B |
24 |
43 |
Rice, Caleb |
Taylor, Samuel K. |
Debt, note |
Debt $60; damages $100 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
44 |
Poincelot, Sarah |
Poincelot, Basil |
Divorce |
Plaintiff sued for divorce, custody of child and alimony; cruelty |
1844 |
B |
24 |
45 |
Hunn, Conrad; Zerr, Joseph |
Flood, James; Flood, Michael |
Land dispute |
147.29 acres in Section 5 Township 46 North Range 4 East |
1844 |
B |
24 |
46 |
Sutton, Lewis, Jr.; Harding, William |
Fant, Charles F.; Fant, William S. |
Assumpsit, account |
Debt $1,500; damages $2,000; account for fabric, ribbon, hose, thread, cravats and other items |
1844 |
B |
24 |
47 |
Yosti, Francis |
McKnight, Joseph A. |
Debt, note |
Debt $53.72; damages $50 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
48 |
Coalter, John D. |
Watkins, Thomas |
Debt, note |
Damages $2,000 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
49 |
Nolan, Gerard |
Kemper, Henry; Schroer, Stephen H. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, note for $50 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
50 |
Simpson, Foster B.; Simpson, James W.; Woods, Sidney S.; Woods, Martha N.; Simpson, William N. N.; Carter, Joseph J.; Carter, Juliet; Simpson, John; et al. |
Partition |
Land of Erasmus Simpson, deceased, containing 240 acres in Sections 28 and 29 of Township 47 North Range 1 East |
1844 |
B |
24 |
51 |
Block, Eleazer |
Allen, William M.; Allen, Robert L.; Shelton, Pines H. |
Debt, note |
Debt $287.66 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
52 |
Thamer, Julius |
Guthridge, Elijah W. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account; $14.26 for flour barrels |
1844 |
B |
24 |
53 |
McRoberts, Preston; Walker, Benjamin F. |
Woods, Sidney S.; Logan, William C. |
Assumpsit, financial bond |
Debt $750; damages $1,000 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
54 |
Rosseter, Eunice D. |
Marsh, James; Crow, John; Culver, Philip W.; Yosti, Louis, Administrator |
Debt, note |
Debt $120 balance on $420 for hire of slave Frederick for one year; damages $200 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
55 |
Zumwalt, Jacob |
Gray, James S. M. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $600 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
56 |
Yosti, Francis |
Janis, Nicholas |
Debt, note |
Debt $104.95; damages $50 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
57 |
Felteau, Francis X. |
Van Meter, William E.; Lindsay, James, Jr. |
Foreclosure |
Debt $125; portion of 240 arpents near the Mamelles |
1844 |
B |
24 |
58 |
Denny, Raphael; Spencer, Robert A. |
Pelton, Lewis; Pelton, Sarah Anne |
Trustee |
Trustee to sell land to satisfy notes owed by defendants as described in deed |
1844 |
B |
24 |
59 |
Conrad, Adam |
Weidner, Joseph A. |
Assumpsit |
Debt $200 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
60 |
Foster, Alexander |
McCamant, James; McCamant, Sarah |
Injunction |
Enjoined defendant from selling his portion of land purchased together by litigants for which defendant had not paid his share |
1844 |
B |
24 |
61 |
Wells, Carty; Wells, Joseph B. |
Dyer, George |
Breach of contract |
Damages $1,000; attorney's fees owed plaintiffs for handling suit for defendant against William A. Coleman in Montgomery County |
1844 |
B |
24 |
62 |
Lacy, Francis |
McClenny, Micajah |
Debt, note |
Debt $182.26; damages $300 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
63 |
Taylor, Samuel K. |
Rice, Caleb |
Malpractice |
Damages $1,000; defendant lost use of his hand and wrist |
1844 |
B |
24 |
64 |
Millington, Jeremiah |
Powell, Ludwell E.; Emmons, Benjamin, Jr.; Campbell, William M. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $100 for purchase of land from partition of Seth Millington's estate |
1844 |
B |
24 |
65 |
Yosti, Francis |
Eckert, William; Powell, Ludwell E.; Cunningham, Edward C. |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $350 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
66 |
Yosti, Francis |
Eckert, William |
Debt, note |
Debt $896.95 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
67 |
State of Missouri |
Mebus, Gustavus |
Selling liquor in quantities less than a quart without a license |
1844 |
B |
24 |
68 |
State of Missouri |
Trendly, Paul |
Selling liquor without license |
Defendant accused of operating dram shop |
1844 |
B |
24 |
69 |
State of Missouri |
Mebus, Gustavus |
Selling liquor without a license |
Only summons and verdict included |
1844 |
B |
24 |
70 |
State of Missouri |
Busch, William |
Keeping dram shop without a license |
1844 |
B |
24 |
71 |
Anderson, Robert D. |
Simpson, Foster B. |
Debt, appeal bond |
Debt $20.57 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
72 |
Huffman, Peter |
Stephens, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $150 for interest on a contract |
1844 |
B |
24 |
73 |
Barnard, John |
Johnson, George S.; Johnson, Bailey N.; Johnson, Charles W.; Dorsey, Lloyd; Campbell, James |
Debt, financial bond |
Bond $800 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
74 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Venire |
Grand and petit jury; jurors grouped by township |
1844 |
B |
24 |
75 |
State of Missouri |
Thomas, Joseph |
Selling liquor in less quantities than one quart without a dram shop license |
1844 |
B |
24 |
76 |
Griswold, Harvey, Administrator |
Allen, John B.; Frans, William; Shelton, Pines H. |
Unknown |
Allen's delivery bond for 5 horses and 15 boxes manufactured tobacco levied on to satisfy an execution |
1844 |
B |
24 |
77 |
Hopkins, Johns; Hopkins, Samuel |
Eckert, William; Newbill, Franklin L. |
Debt, note |
Debt $252.56; damages $100 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
78 |
Coalter, John D. |
Bird, Gustavus A. |
Debt, note |
Debt $92.50 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
79 |
Naylor, James |
Pitts, George R. |
Debt, note |
Debt $524.37 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
80 |
Bradly, James L. |
Burkleo, William V. |
Debt, note |
Debt $195 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
81 |
Coalter, John D. |
Cottle, Lorenzo |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $325.18 |
1844 |
B |
24 |
82 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
List of inn and tavern licenses |
Melchior Thro, Bernhart Fetter, Michael Zerr, Philip Becker |
1844 |
B |
24 |
83 |
Campbell, William M. |
Precipe |
1 precipe for multiple cases |
1844 |
B |
24 |
84 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Summons |
8 grand jury summons |
1844 |
B |
24 |
85 |
Committee of the grand jury |
Report on jail |
1844 |
B |
25 |
1 |
State of Missouri |
Allard, Gabriel |
Breach of peace |
Defendant tried to shoot Hugh O'Connell |
1844 |
B |
25 |
2 |
Orrick, John |
Correspondence |
Orrick resigned as Sheriff and Collector |
1844 |
B |
25 |
3 |
Committee of the grand jury |
Report on jail |
Inside door in need of repair |
1844 |
B |
25 |
4 |
State of Missouri |
O'Connell, Hugh |
Peace bond |
Keep the peace toward Gabriel Allard |
1844 |
B |
25 |
5 |
Williams, John H. |
Williams, Samuel W. |
Debt, note |
Debt $122.25 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
6 |
Eversmann, Lewis |
Nodler, Ludwig; Brockmeyer, Henry |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $50 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
7 |
Hill, David B. |
Calvert, John; Scott, Lucy Maria |
Mechanic's lien |
$296.83 debt for white and yellow pine plank |
1844 |
B |
25 |
8 |
Friebel, Frederick W.; Groom, Mary Ann |
Spencer, Septimus |
Appeal |
Original action debt, note for $5 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
9 |
Ferrel, Hutchens B. |
Whitney, George H.; White, Harriet |
Debt, financial bond |
Debt $110 for hire of male slave |
1844 |
B |
25 |
10 |
Spencer, Robert A. |
Samuels, Robert |
Debt, note |
Debt $100 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
11 |
Flood, Michael |
Hunn, Conrad; Zerr, Joseph; Amrein, Martin; Hug, John |
Debt, note |
Debt $400 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
12 |
Mallerson, Elijah |
Keithley, William |
Covenant broken |
Damages $1,200; covenant concerned purchase of 240 acres of land in Cuivre Township |
1844 |
B |
25 |
13 |
Lutz, John |
Copes, Thomas P.; Watson, Abner |
Replevin |
Damages $20; attempt to recover cow and calf |
1844 |
B |
25 |
14 |
Thompson, Raphael W. |
Calvert, John; Scott, Lucy Maria |
Mechanic's lien |
Debt $509.27 for carpenter's work |
1844 |
B |
25 |
15 |
McKey, Thomas |
Cunningham, Thomas W., Administrator; McKey, Ann; Lamasters, David; Griffith, John W.; et al. |
Recover land |
Involved notes paid to Benjamin Lamasters by plaintiff for unspecified tract of land in Pike County |
1844 |
B |
25 |
16 |
McCausland, David |
Eckert, William |
Debt, note |
Debt $425 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
17 |
Price, Callenders; Newlin, Thomas; Marshall, Benjamin |
Naylor, James |
Debt, note |
Debt $298.22 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
18 |
Rice, Caleb |
Taylor, Samuel K. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account for $22.50 for medicine |
1844 |
B |
25 |
19 |
Sanford, W. Laurence; McDonald, John, Administrators |
Clough, William |
Appeal |
Original action debt for $70 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
20 |
Millington, Jeremiah |
Sherman, Daniel T., Administrator; Locke, John A.; Bigelow, Moses; Griswold, Harvey; Wells, Joseph B; Bangs, Henry |
Foreclosure |
Recover debt on lands in Prairie Haute Common Fields; debt $473.02 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
21 |
Best, Stephen; Johnson, Oscar M., Administrators |
Foster, George W. |
Assumpsit, attachment |
Damages $500; debt for hire of slaves named Mary, Lewis and Milly |
1844 |
B |
25 |
22 |
Brant, Joshua B. |
Higgins, Amando D. |
Detinue |
Damages $3,000; recover $1,000 worth of linen |
1844 |
B |
25 |
23 |
City of St. Louis |
Cameron, Daniel |
Appeal |
Original action disturbing the peace of Jonathan Kinney, proprietor of Washington House |
1844 |
B |
25 |
24 |
Wishmeier, Wilhelmine Elisabeth |
Wishmeier, Christopher H. |
Divorce |
Drunkenness and abuse |
1844 |
B |
25 |
25 |
Johnson, Charles M. |
Dorsey, Lloyd; Kyle, Robert |
Debt, note |
Damages $500 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
26 |
Bredell, Edward; Bredell, John C. |
Saucier, Francis |
Debt, note |
Debt $412.76 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
27 |
Caldwell, Samuel |
Darby, John F. |
Debt, note |
Damages $2,500 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
28 |
Caldwell, Joseph |
Darby, John F. |
Assumpsit |
Damages $5,000; defendant as plaintiff's attorney was to collect money owed by Clayton Tiffin |
1844 |
B |
25 |
29 |
Walsh, John; Walsh, Edward; Patterson, Nathaniel |
Eckert, William |
Debt, note |
Debt $520.14 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
30 |
Payne, Henry |
McAtee, Stephen T. |
Appeal |
Original action on debt, bond for $52.50 payable in gold or silver |
1844 |
B |
25 |
31 |
Citizen's Insurance Company |
Grantham, Taliaferro P. |
Debt, note |
Damages $500 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
32 |
Clamorgan, Louis |
Siegler, John |
Ejectment |
Damages $200; ejected from 1,000 acres in Survey number 1198 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
33 |
Huffman, John |
Hughes, Archibald; Hughes, Relief |
Debt, note |
Debt $73.81 1/4; damages $150 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
34 |
Cunningham, Thomas W. |
Mills, James |
Ejectment |
Damages $150; tract in Survey 1692 in Portage des Sioux |
1844 |
B |
25 |
35 |
Drury, Charles J. |
Evans, Edward S.; Wells, David B. |
Debt, note |
Debt $165.37 1/2 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
36 |
Crouse, Adam |
Hass, George |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account for $32 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
37 |
Rotermich, Leonhard; Rotermich, Margaretha Theresia; Orf, John Franz; Orf, Joseph; et al. |
Benedickt, John Adam; Benedickt, Catharina; Heller, Margretha; Gromler, Adam; et al. |
Decree title and mortgage |
60 acres in Sections 10, 11 Township 44 Range 1 East; plaintiffs heirs of Freidrich Orf; defendants heirs of John Adam Heller |
1844 |
B |
25 |
38 |
Shobe, Athalia |
Griswold, Harvey, Executor |
Appeal |
Dispute over payment to plaintiff from proceeds of sale of horses and cattle from estate |
1844 |
B |
25 |
39 |
Zumwalt, Samuel |
Price, Nancy |
Ejectment |
600 arpents in Dardenne Township; 510 acres in Township 46 North Range 2 East; damages $200 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
40 |
Green, James |
Farrow, John P. |
Assault and battery |
Damages $1,000; defendant assaulted plaintiff with fists and a stick |
1844 |
B |
25 |
41 |
Brumfield, Richard B., Administrator |
Batte, Thomas C. |
Assumpsit, note |
Debt $143; damages $300 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
42 |
Jackson, Branson |
Allen, Joseph J. |
Trespass, force and arms |
Damages $100; defendant took plaintiff's horse |
1844 |
B |
25 |
43 |
Hughs, Anderson |
Watkins, Silas |
Garnishee |
Defendant garnishee of Jeremiah Sullivan on execution in favor of plaintiff |
1844 |
B |
25 |
44 |
State of Missouri |
Hunn, Conrad |
Selling liquor without a license |
Defendant sold liquor in quantities less than a quart |
1844 |
B |
25 |
45 |
State of Missouri |
Carter, Samuel; Vaughan, William |
Disturbing a religious service |
Defendants destroyed pulpit at Bethlehem Meeting House |
1844 |
B |
25 |
46 |
State of Missouri |
Mangold, Julianna |
Selling liquor in quantities less than a gallon under a merchant's license |
Letter from Governor John C. Edwards discharging defendant from $50 fine imposed by court |
1844 |
B |
25 |
47 |
State of Missouri |
Welton, William |
Larceny |
Shot gun, pistol, pantaloons, and a pipe belonging to Jacob Globe |
1844 |
B |
25 |
48 |
State of Missouri |
Shadburn, Zebulon |
Dealing as merchant without a license |
Store on Boone's Lick Road about 11 miles west of St. Charles |
1844 |
B |
25 |
49 |
State of Missouri |
Copes, Thomas P. |
Perjury |
Defendant lied about attending 8 days as witness in Joseph Orndorff v. Richard H. Cole, November 1843 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
50 |
Griffith, Daniel, Executor |
Warden, George W.; Warden, Thomas P. |
Appeal |
Original action debt, account $84.55 for rent of plantation |
1844 |
B |
25 |
51 |
Simonds, Sina |
Wardlaw, Hugh H.; Lurton, John T.; Lefaivre, Antoine |
Injunction |
Enjoined judgment against plaintiff for debt of $15.68 3/4 on September 25, 1844 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
52 |
Franz, James M.; Franz, Frances |
Farmer, Bird; Owens, William; Owens, Elizabeth; Farmer, William F.; Dougherty, E. C.; Sidebotton, James H.; Sidebottom, Susanna |
Injunction |
Enjoin Dougherty from taking slave Jack out of state |
1844 |
B |
25 |
53 |
Lefaivre, Antoine |
County Court |
Mandamus |
Command defendant to pay costs incurred in examination of Gabriel Allard for larceny |
1844 |
B |
25 |
54 |
Stephens, John |
Spalding, Thomas |
Debt, account |
Debt $25.50 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
55 |
Barez, William |
Kunzel, Edward |
Debt, note |
Debt $200; damages $100 |
1844 |
B |
25 |
56 |
County of St. Charles |
Fulkerson, William; et al. |
Precipe |
Issue subpoena for J. Comegys |
1844 |
B |
25 |
57 |
Porter, Gilchrist; Cunningham, Thomas W.; Coalter, John D. |
Precipe |
3 precipes for multiple cases |
1844 |
B |
25 |
58 |
Powell, Ludwell E. |
Summons |
7 grand jury records |
1844 |
B |
25 |
59 |
Miller, Robert B. |
Randolph, Peter |
Debt, note |
Debt $46.37 |
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