| Dabney, Charles A. |
Tennessee juror in Stewart v. Gray (1834); |
| Dada [?] |
Summoned for grand jury duty, see April
1811 Grand Jury Venire; |
| Danby, Daniel |
Assignee of a promissory note that had
been executed by William Montgomery in favor of James Demoss; sued
William Montgomery for payment in Danby
v. Montgomery (1824); |
| Daniel |
Slave; son of Nancy in Hynson
v. Terry (1837); |
| Daniel, Wright |
One of the early settlers and landowners
of what is today North Little Rock, and owned "Big Rock Farm"
on the north side of the Arkansas River in Pulaski County. He was
the father of Martha Daniel, who married James Martin and later David
Rorer. Click here
for more information. Juror in U.S.
v. Glass & Glass (1815); subpoenaed as a witness for Benjamin
Murphy in Murphy v. Douglass (1822);
witness in Russell v. Hogan (1823);
filed a suit in trespass on the case for promises against Alexander
W. Mitchell, alleging that his servants had performed services and
had supplied various items to Mitchell, but that he had never been
paid; the suit was abated or was dismissed, see Daniel
v. Mitchell (1827); |
| Daniels, William |
Purchased Peter Parker's
property at judicial sale in Parker v. Lewis (1828); |
| Darcus |
Teenaged
slave at the center of a dispute between Israel Doge and Mitchell
Malone, Alexander W. Mitchell and Samuel C. Roane. Dodge alleged that
when he purchased Darcus from Malone, she was "diseased of mind
and body" and was thus of no value to him - he argued that Malone,
Mitchell and Roane had perpetrated a fraud and that he deserved his
money back, see Roane v. Dodge
(1827) and Dodge v. Roane (1828); |
| Dardannes,
Dardennes, Dardean, or Darden, Joseph |
Dardannes was Antoine Barraque's father-in-law,
and one of the first pioneers in what is today Jefferson County.
April 1811
Grand Jury Venire; March 1812
Grand Jury Venire; November
1812 Grand Jury Venire; April
1814 Grand Jury Venire; September
1814 Grand Jury Venire; juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814);
|
| Daugherty, R. |
Clerk in Missouri
in Byrd v. Hickman (1828) and
(1831); |
| Daugherty, William |
Juror in Byrd v. Hickman (1831); |
| David, James
L. |
Juror in Jenkins v. James (1832); |
| David, Stephen |
Summonsed in Forbes
v. Simmons (1828); |
| Davidson, Ephraim C. |
Justice of the Peace who presided over
the depositions at Isaac Ward's house in Oden Township, Chicot County
in Latting v. Miles (1823); |
| Davidson, Robert |
Juror in Bolinger v. Smith (1835); |
| Davidson, Thomas |
Juror in Hemphill v. Mirick (1831); |
| Davies, John |
Endorsee of promissory notes who sued
Robert Crittenden in assumpset in Davis
v. Crittenden (1831); |
| Davis, ? |
Missouri attorney in Byrd
v. Hickman (1828) and (1831); |
| Davis, Edmund |
Juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); |
| Davis, James |
Subpoenaed to testify on behalf of Elizabeth
Allen in her divorce suit against her husband, Samuel, see Allen
v. Allen (1827); |
| Davis, John |
subpoenaed to testify on behalf of Samuel
Allen in his divorce suit against his wife, Elizabeth, see Allen
v. Allen (1827); |
| Davis, Joseph |
Charged with horse theft in United
States v. Davis (1827); |
| Davis, Nat |
Deputy Sheriff in McLain v. McCarty (1835); |
| Davis, Nathan |
Witness in Stewart v. Gray (1834); |
| Davis, Reason |
Member of jury that found Jeffrey guilty
in Jeffrey v. Schlesinger v. Gillett
(1822); |
| Davis, Samuel
B. |
Security on William
Hickman's bail bond in Byrd v. Hickman
(1828); arbitrator in Clark v. Shelton (1833); |
| Davis, William |
Justice of the Peace; Williamson v.
Buzzard (1833); juror in Compton v. Palmer (1835); |
| Davis, Zachary |
Juror in Campbell v. Izard (1831); |
| Dean, Jesse |
Subpoenaed to be a witness for Christian
Fenter in Fenter v. Payton (1825);
juror in Campbell, Patterson & Horner v. Izard (1831); |
| Dean, John |
Summoned to testify in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); |
| Dean, Seth |
Served on grand jury, September
1814 Grand Jury Venire; sued in debt by Anthony Glass in
Glass v. Dean (1814); |
| Dean, Thomas |
Subpoenaed to testify in Smith
v. Hudsel (1812); |
| Dearman, John |
Member of the jury in the divorce suit
of Samuel Allen and Elizabeth Tygert Allen; the jury found that Elizabeth
had cause to leave her husband's bed and board and that she was not
naturally impotent, see Allen v. Allen
(1827); |
| DeBaun, James |
Member of jury that found for Schlesinger
and Gillett in Schlesinger & Gillett
v. Jeffrey (1822); served on jury that found McElmurry not guilty
in Murphy v. McElmurry (1822); |
| Dedien, Pierre |
Wallis
v. Durst (1811); |
| Dehart, Abram |
Gave deposition on behalf of Benjamin
Miles; testified that his father, John Deheart, accused Latting of
poisoning him before he died; also testified that the slave in question
had been lead away by Latting, see Latting
v. Miles (1823); |
| Deheart, John |
Gave deposition on behalf of Benjamin
Miles; testified to Andrew Latting's general bad character and that
his father had insisted that Andrew Latting had poisoned him, see
Latting v. Miles (1823); |
| Delarae, Alexander |
Clark v. Phillips (1835); |
| DeLashmitt,
Lindsey T. |
Juror in Byrd v. Hickman
(1831); |
| Demoss, James |
Recipient of promissory note from William
Montgomery and subsequently assigned the note to Daniel Danby, see
Danby v. Montgomery (1824); unsuccessfully
sued William Montgomery in trespass on the case in trover, see Demoss
v. Montgomery (1824); juror in Buzzard v. James (1832); |
| Dennis, James |
Subpoenaed , but not served with the
subpoena, to testify on behalf of Abraham Secrest in his detinue suit,
see Secrest v. Guest (1828); juror
in Hogan v. Woodruff (1827); |
| Dennis, Nat |
Sheriff in Hynson v. Terry (1837); |
| Demont, ? |
See also Dumont. |
| Dent, Frederick |
Originally from Maryland, Dent moved
to Missouri, where he had one residence in downtown St. Louis, and
another, White Haven plantation, in south St. Louis Cunty, maintained
by slaves. His daughter, Julia Boggs Dent, married Ulysses S. Grant,
Union general and later President of the United States; William O'Hara
endorsed a promissory note signed by W.T. Townsend to him; Townsend
refused to pay and Dent sued in St. Louis, obtaining a default judgment
in 1821. Dent then sued Chester Ashley, O'Hara's administrator in
Arkansas to recover the judgment, see Dent
v. Ashley (1826); |
| Denton, H. L. |
Sheriff of Washington County in Wamsley
v. Cummins (1835); |
| Denton, William F. |
Counsel in Jeffries v. Marshall (1836); |
| Dereauseau or Dereassau,
Francis or Francois |
Summoned for grand jury duty in 1809
Grand Jury Venire; summoned for grand jury duty in April
1811 Grand Jury Venire; |
| Dereauseau,
Dereaussau, Dereausseau, or Derresseaux, John B. |
Summoned for grand jury duty in 1809
Grand Jury Venire; summoned for grand jury duty in April
1811 Grand Jury Venire; summoned for grand jury duty in July
1811 Grand Jury Venire; summoned for grand jury duty in December
1811 Grand Jury Venire; summoned for grand jury duty in
September 1814 Grand Jury Venire;
|
| Dereaussau, Joseph |
April
1811 Grand Jury Venire; July 1811
Grand Jury Venire; summoned for grand jury duty but defaulted;
September 1814 Grand Jury Venire;
March 1815 Grand Jury Venire; April
1815 Grand Jury Venire; |
|
Derickson, Seth
|
1810 Grand
Jury Venire; March 1812 Grand
Jury Venire; April 1814 Grand
Jury Venire; juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); |
| Desha, Benjamin
|
Robert C. Crittenden's second
in his duel with Henry W. Conway in 1827, see
Crittenden v. Woodruff (1827); subpoenaed to testify before the
grand jury, see October 1828 Writ
of Venire (1828); indicted for bearing a challenge to duel from
Robert Crittenden to Henry W. Conway - the indictment was later quashed
in U.S. v. Desha (1828); sued
Joseph Henderson and Richard C. Byrd for debt in Desha v. Henderson
& Byrd (1833). |
| Deterline, ? |
Allegedly killed by Osage Indians while
on a hunting trip, see United States
v. Osages (1824); |
| Devillemont, Carlos |
See De
Villemont, Carlos; |
| Dewault, or DeWolt, George |
Summoned for grand jury duty, see 1809
Grand Jury Venire, but did not appear; |
| Dick |
A slave owned by Peter Parker; sold to
pay off judgment and bought by Sylvanus Phillips, see Parker v. Lewis
(1828); |
| Dickenson, Matthew |
Witness in trial
and was later reimbursed for travel fees, see Jeffrey
v. Schlesinger v. Gillett (1822); |
| Dickerson, Thomas |
Dickerson was the first defendant in
Hempstead Reports -- he was found guilty of rape; Much of his land
was sold to pay for his defense (200 acres sold to pay for his defense,
Jan. 2, 1820 Arkansas Gazette) (300 acres on the Arkansas river sold
to pay for defense); Wallis sued him, and was probably his attorney
(Jan. 2, May 27, July 4 Ark. Gaz.) |
| Dickey, C. |
James Lemmons indictment for running
a faro bank was founded on his testimony before the grand jury, see
U.S. v. Lemmons (1828); |
| Dickey, Kirkwood |
Subpoenaed to testify before
the October 1828 grand jury, see October
1828 Writ of Venire (1828); member of a hung jury in Cocke
v. Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); |
| Dickinson, Townsend
|
Counsel for Jeffrey
in Schlesinger & Gillett v. Jeffrey
(1822);Robert Bell's attorney in Billingsley
v. Bell (1824); signed James Demoss's bill of exception in Demoss
v. Montgomery (1824); counsel for Charles Kelley in Kelly
v. Brumback (1824); defended Mad Buffalo and Little Eagle in their
murder trial, see United States v.
Osages (1824); represented 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);
Thomas Moore's attorney in Curran v.
Searcy (1826); John Miller's attorney in Drope
v. Miller (1826); represented the defendants in Stone
v. Williams et. al. (1827); attorney for Samuel Allen in his divorce
suit; security for Samuel Allen's appeal bond in Allen
v. Allen (1827); attorney for William Robinson in Robinson
v. Bryan (1820); attorney for Thomas West in West
v. Cotton & Caperton (1828); Cornwall v. Griswell (1831);
Bentley v. Joslin (1834); Boswell v. Newton (1835); Compton v. Palmer
(1835); McArthur v. Hogan (1835); |
| Dickson, James |
Member
of the jury that convicted John Birmingham of theft in U.S.
v. Birmingham (1828); George Bentley got nine judgments against
Dickson, Bentley v. Joslin (1834); |
| Dickson, ? |
Soldier summoned to testify
in McCraney's defense in murder trial, see United
States v. McCraney (1822); along with Rodney Earheart, owner of
a mill at Cadron, see Lemmons v. Toncray
(1827); |
| Dickson, Michael |
Clerk of the Franklin County
Court in Alabama who certified the affidavit and answer of Mitchell
Malone and Alexander Mitchell in Dodge
v. Roane (1828); |
| Dill, John |
Sued Perly Wallis
on a promissory note in Dill v. Wallis
(1811); |
| Dillard, John |
Parker v. Lewis (1828); |
| Dillingham, Arthur |
Sued Jacob Skein in debt in Dillingham
v. Skein (1831); |
| Dinsmoor, S. |
Attorney; R.P. Spalding's
partner (Ark. Gaz. Feb. 12, 1820); |
| Dinton, William T. |
Hynson v. Terry (1837); |
| Dion, John, |
See Dean, John. |
| Ditton, W. |
Sheriff in Cocke v. Henson (1830); |
| Dixon, Miller H. |
Deputy Clerk of Hempstead County in McDaniel
v. Milam (1835); Pope v. Campbell (1835); |
| Doe, John |
Pledge for prosecution in Moore v. Paxton
(1825);one-time owner of certain lands at issue in an ejectment action,
see Grande v. Fooy (1829); |
| Dodd, Silas |
Subpoenaed to testify before the Circuit
Court in the town of Crittenden to testify on behalf of John Payton
in Fenter v. Payton (1825); |
| Doddridge, John |
Subpoenaed to testify in Miller
v. Fowler (1812); |
| Dodge, Israel |
An early settler of Arkansas,
he is mentioned several times in the Territorial Papers. He served
as a justice of the peace in Pulaski County in 1820 until he resigned;
the same year, he was appointed a captain in the Pulaski County unit
of the territorial militia. In 1827, he was hired as the blacksmith
at the Choctaw Agency inFort Smith. He built a mill on Choctaw land.
He bought a teenaged girl slave from Mitchell Malone and Alexander
W. Mitchell in 1826; when he found that she was "diseased in
mind and body," he refused to pay on the note and was sued by
Roane. After a judgment in Roane's favor, Dodge applied for an injunction
bond against Roane - the injunction was initially awarded but later
dissolved by the Superior Court, see Dodge v. Roane (1828); Roane
v. Dodge (1827); Dodge v. Roane
(1828); |
| Dodge, John |
Clerk of General Court 1814-1816; September
1814 Grand Jury Venire; Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); Glass v. Dean
(1814); Haden v. Clary (1814);
Wallis v. Cassidy (1814); April
1814 Grand Jury Venire; clerk of the court in U.S.
v. Glass & Glass (1814); Justice of the Peace in Hudsel
v. Bunch (1812); clerk at March 1815 Grand Jury Venire; subpoenaed
to appears as a witness on behalf of Israel Dodge in Roane
v. Dodge (1827); |
| Dodge, Luther |
Served on second jury that awarded James
Johnson damages for Alexander's trespass to his property in Reece
v. Johnson (1826); |
| Dollison, David |
Juror in Demoss
v. Montgomery (1824); |
| Donoho, Morgan |
1810 Grand
Jury Venire; |
| Dooley, George
R. |
Deputy sheriff
of Hempstead County; Clark v. Hickman
(1827); Nance v. Hickman
(1827); coroner in McLaughlin v. Harned (1831); sheriff and juror
in Buzzard v. James (1832); Williamson v. Buzzard (1833); |
| Dorcas, see Darcus. |
|
| Douglass, George G. |
Sued in trespass on the case by Benjamin
Murphy who alleged that Douglass had failed to pay on a note and that
John Douglass retained possession of some of Murphy's property, see
Murphy v. Douglass (1822); |
| Douglass, Jesse |
Lafayette Circuit Court clerk in Jacobs
v. Jacobs (1828); clerk of Lafayette County in Bradley
v. Trammel (1831); McLaughlin v. Harned (1831); Buzzard v. James
(1832); Buzzard v. Oakley (1832); Orr v. Thurmond (1832); Williamson
v. Buzzard (1833); Williamson v. May (1833); Williamson v. Janes (1836); |
| Douglass, John |
Probably a relative of George Douglass
who was sued by Benjamin Murphy for failing ot pay a debt; Murphy
alleged that John Douglass retained possession of some of his property,
see Murphy v. Douglass (1822);
member of the grand jury that returned an indictment for murder against
Daniel McCraney in United States v.
McCraney (1822); member of jury at April 1825 Term of the Superior
Court, but the jury could not reach a verdict so its members were
discharged, see Latting v. Miles (1823);
member of jury which found for John Moore in Welborn
v. Moore (1824); subpoenaed to testify on John Kerley's behalf
in Kerley v. Jones (1828); |
| Dowlin, Thomas |
Sued Abraham Standifer in
debt in Standifer v. Dowlin (1832); |
| Downs, Z. |
Summoned on writ of venire, see
October 1828 Writ of Venire (1828); |
| Drennan, John |
Fisher & Sevier v. Spofford (1833); |
| Drew, ? |
Mentioned as the man who
took a note from Holliday from Sevier for collection in Holliday
v. Sevier (1827); |
| Drew, Thomas Stephenson |
He served as Governor of Arkansas from 1844 to 1849.
For a biography, click here;
James Bryan's property at Missouri Township was levied in Drew's
presence in Robinson v. Bryan
(1820); Deputy clerk of Clark County circuit court Fenter
v. Payton (1825); Holiday v. Sevier (1830); Campbell v. Izard
(1831); Wilson v. Jarrett (1836);
|
| Drope, William |
Paid to Edmund Hogan the amount of money
he owed to William Russell in partial payment of the judgment against
William Russell in favor of Edmund Hogan, see
Russell v. Hogan (1823); French merchant and early settler at
the Arkansas Post; filed a bill in equity against John Miller, alleging
that he and Miller had formed a partnership and that upon its dissolution,
Miller had refused to settle up fairly, see Drope
v. Miller (1826); witness in Miller,
Montgomery & Crittenden v. Bentley (1827); subpoenaed to testify
in Russell v. Tindall (1828); |
| Dudley, John |
Juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); March 1815 Grand Jury
Venire; summoned as a grand juror in April
1815 Grand Jury Venire; summoned for jury duty in U.S. v. Glass,
but discharged when the court discovered that he had been on the grand
jury that had originally indicted the Glasses in U.S.
v. Glass & Glass (1815) but excused; |
| Dudley, William |
Apparently paid $319 by Brahan and William
Drope on order of Eli J. Lewis, see Drope
v. Miller (1826); |
| Dugan, William |
Member of the 1829 jury that found William
Flanakin guilty in Lanusse v. Flanakin
(1826); Miller, Montgomery &
Crittenden v. Bentley (1827); |
| Dukes, Isham |
Infant son of John Dukes, and partial
owner of Eliza, the slave woman at the center of a trespass case in
Reece v. Johnson (1826); |
| Dukes, John |
Original owner of Eliza, the slave woman
at the center of a trespass case in Reece
v. Johnson (1826); |
| Dukes, Sally |
Widow of John Dukes
and wife of James Johnson, who sued Alexander Reece for trespass in
Reece v. Johnson (1826); for taking
Eliza, a slave woman, from his possession—Eliza was apparently
originally the property of John Dukes before his death and was devised
to Sally and her infant son, Isham. |
| Dulong, Maurice |
Poston v. Bradshaw (1831); |
| Dumont, Louis |
Summoned for grand jury duty in December
1811 Grand Jury Venire; summoned for grand jury duty in
March 1812 Grand Jury Venire; summoned
for grand jury duty in November 1812
Grand Jury Venire; |
| Dunham, Warren |
Justice of the Peace in Warmspring Township,
Clark County, in Fenter v. Payton
(1825); |
| Dunn, Edward H. |
Member of jury that found in Cocke's
favor in a debt case, see Cocke v.
Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); |
| Dunn, G. |
Deputy sheriff in Campbell v. Izard (1831); |
| Dunn, Hiram |
Served on second jury that awarded James
Johnson damages for Alexander's trespass to his property in Reece
v. Johnson (1826); |
| Dunn, Ichabod |
His estate was involved in Campbell v.
Izard (1831); |
| Dunn, Joseph C. |
Patterson v. Hill (1831);
|
| Dunn, Robert C. |
Fenter v. Payton (1825);security for
Robert B. Musick's injunction bond in Musick
v. Rice & Boran (1825); |
| Dunn, William |
His estate was involved in Campbell v.
Izard (1831); |
| Dunsmith, Edward M. |
Juror in Byrd v. Hickman (1831); |
| Durham, David |
Indictment against him for horse stealing
was returned not a true bill and he was discharged, see 1809
Grand Jury Venire; |
| Durst, Jacob |
This is probably the same
Jacob Durst who married Anna Agnes Schesser at the Post and left after
her death, reaching East Texas in 1806 with his children. One of his
sons was John Marie Durst, a hero of the Texas Revolution. See The
Handbook of Texas Online. He sued Walter Hall for damages and
asked for writ of foreign attachment against Walter Hall's goods in
Durst v. Hall (1810) and sued by
Perly Wallis in debt for failure to pay on a note in Wallis
v. Durst (1811); |
| Duty, George G. |
McLaughlin v. Harned (1831);
|
| Duty, Henry |
Buzzard v. Oakley (1832); |
| Duty, Robert B. |
McLaughlin v. Harned (1831); |
| Duvall, Francis |
Juror in Demoss
v. Montgomery (1824); |
| Dyer, Ajax |
Juror in Patterson v. Hill
(1831); |
| Dyer, Mitchell |
Juror in Patterson v. Hill
(1831); |
| Dyer, Stephen |
Juror in Patterson v. Hill
(1831); |
