Attorney; attorney authorized by Marie Celeste Lanusse, a prominent New Orleans widow, to sue William Flanakin in detinue for the return of her slave in Lanusse v. Flanakin (1826); represented the United States in its case against 15 year old Allen Cotton, who had accidentally shot and killed Thomas Whittington; Allen Cotton was acquitted by a jury in  Cummins v. Cotton (1826); deputy clerk of the Pulaski County circuit court in Izard v. Newton (1828); Parker v. Lewis (1828), attorney for Abraham Secrest in his detinue suit against Martin Gist; Justice of the Peace for Big Rock Township, see Secrest v. Guest (1828); Justice of the peace and subpoenaed to testify on behalf of the United States in U.S. v. Birmingham (1828); Cocke v. Johnson (1830); deputy clerk for Superior Court, Miles v. James (1830); deputy clerk in Postmaster General v. John Clark (1830); deputy sheriff of Pulaski County in Wilson & Stewart v. Johnson (1830); deputy clerk of the Superior Court in Miles v. James (1830); bond in Davies v. Crittenden (1831); Davis v. Crittenden (1831);

Cassidy was an early settler at the Post and with his brother Patrick a land speculator. At one point his 400,000 arpent claim for land (that he had purchased from Elisha Winter) was sold on the courthouse steps of Arkansas County after William Russell sued him. He married Agnes Haden after Anthony died, (Ark. Gaz. Apr. 7, 1821); ran against William Hogan for legislative councilman in the Missouri territory; allegedly made a political deal with Edmund Hogan, see Russell v. Hogan (1823), Clerk for the Oct. 1820 Legislative Council, Ark. Gaz. Oct. 7, 1820; summoned for grand jury duty, see 1810 Grand Jury Venire; counsel in Miller v. Fowler (1812); judge of Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1811-1812; Associate Justice of Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace at  April 1811 Grand Jury Venire; judge in December 1811 Grand Jury Venire; judge in  March 1812 Grand Jury Venire; judge in  Morrison v. Wallis (1812); indicted by libelling John Miller and his wife Phebe in Miller v. Cassidy (1812); counsel in Miller v. Fowler (1812); prosecutor during the Sept. 1814 term, see September 1814 Grand Jury Venire; Seth Dean's attorney in Glass v. Dean (1814); counsel in Haden v. Clary (1814); sued by Perly Wallis in debt in Wallis v. Cassidy (1814); indicted for assault and battery, April 1815 Grand Jury Venire;

Chelish

One of the second generation of the powerful Chouteau family, founders of St. Louis and highly influential Indian traders; son of Rene Auguste Chouteau and cousin of Auguste Pierre Chouteau; subpoenaed to testify in United States v. Osages (1824); owned trading house on the Verdigris River at which three of the Osages involved in the killing had appeared to surrender see United States v. Osages (1824); assignor of a promissory note to James Lemmons upon which Lemmons sued him for payment in Lemmons v. Chouteau (1828); for more information click on Auguste Pierre's links.

One of the second generation of the powerful Chouteau family, founders of St. Louis and highly influential Indian traders. The son of Pierre Chouteau, Auguste Pierre graduated from West Point in 1806. He served with Gen. James Wilkinson and led an expedition up the Missouri River in 1807 with Nathaniel Pryor. After 1820, he spent most of his time at the two family trading posts on the Saline and Verdigris Rivers. Washington Irving described the latter trading post in his Tour on the Prairies. Subpoenaed to testify on behalf of the U.S. in United States v. Osages (1824); for more information click here and here; subpoenaed and testified in Lemmons v. Chouteau (1828);

Clark, David

Clark, Edwin T.

Clark, John

Coreton, Henry

One of the earliest settlers of what is today Jefferson County; apparently married Genevieve Bartholome in 1797; sued by Etienne Vaugine, who alleged that he had made three promissory notes and failed to pay on them, see Vaugine v. Coussotte (1826); see http://www.couchgenweb.com/arkansas/jefferson/PIONEERS.HTM.

Robert Crittenden, the brother of U.S. Senator and Attorney General John J. Crittenden, arrived in Arkansas in June 1819 after his appointment as Territorial Secretary. He was a land speculator and participated in the transactions surrounding the establishment of Little Rock. Prominent in the factionalism and intrigue of Arkansas territorial politics, he killed Henry W. Conway in a duel in 1827. He died in 1834. Represented Murphy while serving as Territorial Secretary in  Murphy v. McElmurry (1822); attorney for Benjamin Murphy while serving as Territorial Secretary, see Murphy v. Tindall (1822); attorney for Huttzman in Yarbrough v. Huttzman (1822); represented Latting in Latting v. Miles (1823); Robert B. Musick's attorney in  Boran v. Musick (1824); represented Edmund Hogan in  Russell v. Hogan (1823); Acting Governor of the Arkansas Territory during the Osage Murder trial; wrote to John C. Calhoun, the Secretary of War regarding his belief in the guilt of Mad Buffalo and Little Eagle who had been convicted, see United States v. Osages (1824); represented John Moore in Welborn v. Moore (1824); Territorial Secretary; killed Henry W. Conway; attorney for Dr. Joseph Paxton when he was sued for debt in Moore v. Paxton (1825); attorney, land agent, and Territorial Secretary; involved in the disputes between two groups which eventually resulted in the founding of Little Rock; with William Trimble and their wives, he conveyed land to Joseph Paxton in  Paxton v. Crittenden & Trimble (1825); Dent v. Ashley (1826); William Drope's attorney in Drope v. Miller (1826); Cummins v. Cotton (1827); sued William Bentley in Miller, Montgomery & Crittenden v. Bentley (1827); mentioned as the man with which Henry W. Conway dueled, see Paxton v. Conway (1827); filed libel suit against William E. Woodruff for publishing letters by A Voter of Pulaski County that were critical of Crittenden's acts as Secretary of the Territory - the suit was eventually settled; killed Henry W. Conway in a duel in October of 1827, see Crittenden v. Woodruff (1827); provided information upon which Robert C. Oden's indictment for challenging Chester Ashley to a duel was based – subpoenaed to testify against Oden, see U.S. v. Oden (1827); his dispute with Henry W. Conway spawned the duel between Ambrose H. Sevier and Thomas W. Newton for which Sevier was indicted, see U.S. v. Sevier (1827); led a large political group in Arkansas Territory that favored the leadership of Henry Clay (as opposed to General Andrew Jackson, who later became president of the United States) and later became the Whig party; sued for debt by William Montgomery and Daniel Miller in Montgomery v. Peay (1828); charged with dueling in United States v. Crittenden (1828), but indictment was quashed and there was no trial; William Jones's attorney in Kerley v. Jones (1828); Edwards & Lewis v. Parker (1828); Thomas W. Newton's lawyer in Izard v. Newton (1828); William Montgomery and David Miller sued him, along with Allen B. Lackland, Thomas W. Johnston, Joseph Henderson and Nicholas Peay on a promissory note, see Montgomery & Miller v. Peay, et. al. (1828); fought a duel with Henry W. Conway - Benjamin Desha was indicted for bearing Crittenden's challenge to Conway in U.S. v. Desha (1828); testified before the grand jury in United States v. Oden (1828); Benjamin Johnson, James W. Henson, and Ambrose Sevier's lawyer in Cocke v. Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); David Earheart's presumptive attorney in Earheart v. Murphy & McCall (1830); sued by John Davies in assumpsit in Davies v. Crittenden (1830); executed three promissory notes upon which he was sued by John T. Davis, the assignee of the notes, in Davis v. Crittenden (1831); counsel in Earheart v. Murphy & McCall (1831); Hill's attorney in Patterson v. Hill (1831); security on Orson V. Howell's bail bond in Howell v. Crutchfield (1831); on bond in Byrd v. Fowler (1832); Archer v. Morehouse (1832); Robinson v. Tunstall (1832); security on Absalom Fowler's appeal bond in Byrd v. Fowler (1834); sued by Emzy Wilson and Jordan Stewart in assumpsit in Wilson & Stewart v. Crittenden (1834); Bolinger v. Smith (1835); Boswell v. Newton (1835); Ledbetter v. Kendall (1835);

Cross was appointed to the Territorial Superior Court in 1830 and served until 1836. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1839 to 1845, and afterwards as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Cross was also an attorney in several of the territorial court cases.

Blakely v. Biscoe (1828); Bradley v. Trammell (1828); William G. Byrd's attorney in Byrd v. Hickman (1828); Kerley v. Jones (1828); Superior Court justice in Grande v. Fooy (1829); judge in Bentley v. Woodruff (1830); John M. Bradley's lawyer and presided over circuit court proceedings in Lafayette County, causing the case to be certified to the Superior Court in Bradley v. Trammel (1831); Clark v. Shelton (1831); McLaughlin v. Harned (1831); Benjamin Murphy's lawyer in Howard v. Murphy (1831); Judge in Poston v. Bradshaw (1831); Thomas Eads lawyer in Wilson v. Eads (1831); judge in Bentley v. Joslin (1832); Buzzard v. James (1832); served as attorney and also presided over Lafayette County Circuit court in Buzzard v. Oakley (1832), causing the case to be certified to the Superior Court; McLaughlin v. Harned (1832); Superior Court Justice in Mirick v. Hemphill (1832); served as counsel in some aspect of this case, causing the entire suit to be certified to the Superior Court from the Lafayette County circuit court, see Orr v. Thurmond (1832); presided over first judicial circuit (Sevier County) in Poston v. Bradshaw (1832); Desha v. Henderson & Byrd (1833); Williamson v. Buzzard (1833); Williamson v. May (1833); Chandler v. Byrd (1834); Collins v. Johnson (1834); Janes v. Buzzard (1834); McLain v. Roundtree (1834); McLain v. Smith (1834); sued by Peter Simmerman in Simmerman v. Cross (1834); Wilson v. Fowler (1834); Wilson & Stewart v. Crittenden (1834); Chandler v. Byrd (1835); Hickman v. Scott (1835); McDaniel v. Milam (1835); Pope v. Campbell (1835); Ex parte Hickman (1836); Williamson v. Janes (1836);lawyer for Jesse Shelton and later served as judge in the case requiring the case to be certified to the Superior Court in Clark v. Shelton (1836);

Cummins was the son in law of wealthy merchant Frederick Notrebe; he was one of those behind the campaign to impeach Judge Benjamin Johnson. He began his law practice in Arkansas in 1826 (see Ark. Gaz. 3/14/26) and died in 1843.

Ran against Henry Cassidy for legislative councilman in the Missouri territory; allegedly made a political deal with Edmund Hogan, see Russell v. Hogan (1823); appointed to audit the ferry receipts to determine how much Joseph Paxton had paid Robert Crittenden and William Trimble for the rights to the ferry, see  Paxton v. Crittenden & Trimble (1825); Crittenden v. Bentley (1827); Robert Crittenden's attorney in Crittenden v. Woodruff (1827); represented 15 year old Allen Cotton, who had accidentally shot and killed Thomas Whittington; Allen Cotton was acquitted by a jury; sued Alexander W. Cotton in trespass on the case in, alleging that Cotton had promised to pay him $100 and had never done so; Cotton died before the trial, but the case was revived by David Rorer, the administrator of Cotton's estate; the case was discontinued and the court allowed Rorer to recover his costs, see Cummins v. Cotton (1826);attorney for Frances Bradford when she was sued in debt by Joseph Garres, see Garres v. Bradford (1827); Miller, Montgomery & Crittenden v. Bentley (1827); attorney for William Stagner in Stagner v. Bradford (1827); attorney for Elizabeth Allen in her divorce suit, see Allen v. Allen (1827); Garres v. Bradford (1828); John Kerley's attorney in Kerley v. Jones (1828); James Lemmons' attorney in Lemmons v. Chouteau (1828); Parker v. Lewis (1828); attorney involved at some point in Reece v. Johnson (1826); lawyer for Grande and Criswell in Grande v. Fooy (1829); George Bentley's lawyer in Bentley v. Woodruff (1830); attorney for Wilson & Stewart in Wilson & Stewart v. Johnson (1830); William Strong's lawyer in Campbell, Patterson, & Horner v. Izard (1831); Patterson's attorney in Patterson v. Hill (1831); Hewes Scull's lawyer in Scull v. Roane (1831); Bentley v. Johnson (1832); Bentley v. Joslin (1832); Clark v. Martin (1832); French v. Tunstall (1832); lawyer for Thomas James in Jenkins v. James (1832); Clark v. Shelton (1833); Desha v. Byrd (1833); Fisher & Sevier v. Spofford (1833); Chandler v. Henderson & Byrd (1834); Chandler v. Byrd (1834); Chandler v. Byrd (1834); McLain v. Smith (1834);Thompson v. McHenry (1834); Chandler v. Byrd (1835); Wamsley v. Cummins (1835); Fisher v. Eason (1836);