| Labatat, John Baptist |
Syndic of the creditors of Paul Lanusse,
a prominent New Orleans resident whose wife sued William Flanakin
for the return of her slave, Toby, see Lanusse
v. Flanakin (1826); |
| Lackland, Allen B. |
William Montgomery and David Miller sued
him, along with Nicholas Peay, Thomas W. Johnston, Joseph Henderson
and Robert Crittenden on a promissory note, see Montgomery
& Miller v. Peay, et. al. (1828); |
| Lacy, John W. |
Juror in Ledbetter v. Kendall (1835); |
| Lacy or Lacey, Thomas J. |
One of the pioneers of Phillips County
(Herndon, p. 790) and judge of Superior Court from 1834 to 1836, Wilson
v. Jarrett (1836), Fisher v. Eason (1836), |
| Lafavres, Madam |
See also LeFevre. Lafavres
lived in Pulaski County; in 1824 Louis Bartholomy
lived at her house and was served a subpoena there in United
States v. Osages (1824); |
| Lafferty, John L. |
Apparently conducted business at a store
owned by Schlesinger and Gillet in Lawrence county; Gillett swore
that he was a material witness who had not been deposed because the
dedimus had been stolen from the office of Batesville Justice of the
Peace Thomas Curran, see Schlesinger
& Gillett v. Jeffrey (1822); |
| Laforge or
Laforgue, Francis |
With Richmond Peeler, accused
of murdering a Choctaw Indian in his custody; the prosecutor dropped
the charges, see United States v. Laforgue
& Peeler (1828); |
| Lamb, Arthur |
Campbell v. Izard (1831). |
| Lamb, Thomas |
Campbell v. Izard (1831). |
| Lan, John |
Juror in Campbell v. Izard
(1831) |
| Land, ? |
Sheriff in Stewart v. Gray (1834). |
| Langley, John J. |
Juror who found damages for Peter Holliday
against Ambrose H. Sevier in Holliday
v. Sevier (1827); |
| Lanusse, Jean Baptiste |
Son of Marie Celeste Macarty and Paul
Lanusse, born 1804; and Paul Lanusse who were prominent New Orleans
residents; his mother sued William Flanakin in detinue for the return
of her slave, Toby; he testified about the circumstances of his family's
possession of Toby; apparently left for Mexico shortly after the spring
of 1825, see Lanusse v. Flanakin
(1826); |
| Lanusse, Marie
Celeste Macarty |
Prominent New Orleans widow
of Paul Lanuse; authorized attorney Charles Caldwell to sue William
Flanakin in detinue in Arkansas for the return of her slave, Toby
in Lanusse v. Flanakin (1826);
|
| Lanusse, Paul |
One of the leading merchants
in the city of New Orleans until his business failure. In 1804 he
served on the board of directors of the newly established state bank
of Louisiana. He was elected an alderman in 1812. His widow, Marie
Celeste, authorized attorney Charles Caldwell to sue William Flanakin
in detinue for the return of her slave, Toby in Lanusse
v. Flanakin (1826); |
| Largue, John |
Subpoenaed to testify before the grand
jury, see October 1828 Writ of Venire
(1828); |
| Larkey, Larque, Larquer or
Larquier, John |
1809 Grand
Jury Venire, April 1811 Grand Jury
Venire, July 1811 Grand Jury Venire,
March 1812 Grand Jury Venire,
November 1812 Grand Jury Venire,
April 1814 Grand Jury Venire,
Sept 1814 Grand Jury Venire, summoned
as grand juror but did not appear in April
1815 Grand Jury Venire; Richmond Peeler and Francis Laforgue's
murder indictment was founded up his information in United
States v. Laforgue & Peeler (1828); juror who rendered a verdict
for Samuel C. Roane in Scull v. Roane
(1831); |
| Larose, Francis |
Grand juror at August
1812 Grand Jury Venire; |
| Lasewell, Daniel
|
Subpoenaed to testify on
behalf of Elizabeth Allen in her divorce suit against her husband,
Samuel Allen v. Allen (1827);
|
| Latham, Lewis |
Juror in Collins v. Johnson
(1834). |
| Latimer, Griswold |
Served on original jury that
awarded James Johnson damages for Alexander's trespass to his property
in Reece v. Johnson (1826); later
swore out an affidavit, stating that they did not give their verdict
for the taking but for the value of Eliza; |
| Latting, Andrew |
Listed on the venire facias writ in the
Osage murder trial, but his name was crossed out, see United
States v. Osages (1824), Justice of the Peace in Chicot County;
sued Benjamin Miles for libel in Justice of the Peace Court; Miles
appealed the judgment against him to the circuit court for the first
judicial circuit; after losing in circuit court, he appealed to the
Superior Court; several of his neighbors were witnesses against him
in the libel case and testified to their general dislike and distrust
of him; the case was eventually dismissed and the parties agreed to
split the costs equally, see Latting
v. Miles (1823), Justice of the Peace in Oden Township in Miles
v. James (1830); He served as a magistrate in Chicot County in
1823 and 1824 (19 Terr. Pap.). |
| Latting, Henry |
Juror in Jenkins v. James (1832). |
| Latting, Nick |
Reimbursed for costs expended
by him related to his involvement in
Miles v. James (1830); |
| Latting, Richard |
First coroner of Chicot County (Herndon,
p. 740); clerk of the Chicot County Circuit court in
Miles v. James (1830); clerk in Jenkins v. James (1832); |
| Latting, Mrs. |
Andrew Latting's wife; Ben Patton, the sheriff of
Chicot county, served a notice of dedimus issued for her husband
by leaving a copy with her, see Latting
v. Miles (1823);
|
| Latham or Lathem, James |
April
1814 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Latham, Susan |
Sued James Latham for divorce in Superior
Court (Ark. Gaz. Nov. 20, 1819). |
| Lavergne or Lavern, John |
August
1812 Grand Jury Venire, witness
in Moseley v.
Murphy (1814), March 1815 Grand Jury Venire, |
| Lavergnes, Hugues |
Notary public in New Orleans who testified
that John Baptist Labatat and Celestin Chiapella, syndics of the creditors
of Paul Lanusse, sold Toby to Marie Celeste Macarty, see Lanusse
v. Flanakin (1826); |
| Lawn, Johnson |
Juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814). |
| Lawrence, Asa |
Juror in Pope v. Campbell (1835). |
| Lawrence, Martin B. |
Juror in Hemphill v. Mirick (1831), |
| Lawrence, Peter |
Member of the jury that convicted John
Birmingham of theft in U.S. v. Birmingham
(1828); |
| Lawrence, William |
Juror in Pope v. Campbell (1835). |
| Lawson, John |
Deposed in United States v. Johnson (1828). |
| Lear, John |
Apparently a business partner of the
defendant, Walter Hall, inDurst v.
Hall (1810). |
| Ledbetter, P.M. or Benjamin
M. |
Sued Epaphroditus Kendall, under the
name of Ephroditus Kendall, for conversion in Ledbetter v. Kendall
(1835). |
| Leevault, William G.S. |
Clerk of Pope Circuit Court; Clark v.
Phillips (1835); Bollinger v. Smith (1835). |
| Lefevre, ? |
Member of a hung jury in
Cocke v. Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); |
| Lefevre, Pierre or Peter |
See also Lafavre. 1809
Grand Jury Venire, December 1811
Grand Jury Venire, March 1812
Grand Jury Venire, November 1812
Grand Jury Venire, sued in debt by Perly Wallis in Wallis
v. Lefevre (1812), April 1814
Grand Jury Venire, served on jury for murder trial, September
1814 Grand Jury Venire; juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814). . |
| Legat, Charles |
Member of jury that convicted Little
Eagle and acquitted three other Osages in the Osage murder trial in
United States v. Osages (1824); |
| Leggett, Whitwell |
Juror in Compton v. Palmer (1835). |
| Leland, John M. |
Juror in Hemphill v. Mirick (1831), |
| LeMieux, Pierre |
One of the earliest white
settlers in the Batesville area, specifically around Clover Bend.
Click here
for more information. Note that this article places LeMieux's death
around 1840, but in fact he died during the 1820s. Curran
v. Searcy (1826); |
| Lemmons or Lemons, James |
One of the original settlers of Cadron
(10 AHQ 117). Lay judge, Court of Common Pleas, Pulaski County in
Murphy v. McElmurry (1822) and
Murphy v. Tindall (1822); witness
in Russell v. Hogan (1823), supposed
to conduct an election for commissioners of Conway County, 1825 (Herndon,
p. 746). In Lemmons v. Flanakin, reported in Hempstead's Reports,
he sued William Flanakin for failing to run a horse race - the suit
was thrown out by the court for being "absurd on its face"
and "immoral in its tendency," see Musick
v. Rice & Boran (1825); acting as agent and attorney-in-fact
for Samuel Lemmons, he acknowledged receipt of a judgment from Silas
T. Toncray, see Lemmons v. Toncray
(1827); subpoenaed in Miller, Montgomery
& Crittenden v. Bentley (1827); mentioned in depositions related
to the altercation between William Montgomery and Joseph Smith Johnson,
see U.S. v. Johnson (1827); owned
a gambling room at which John T. Garrett died after being shot in
an argument with Chester Ashley in 1828 (for more information about
this argument, see Ross, Margaret. Arkansas Gazette: The Early Years
1819:1866.); October 1828 Grand Jury Venire, indicted for running
a faro bank at which people were known to gamble; the indictment was
later quashed for defects in the form of the pleading, see U.S.
v. Lemmons (1828); sued August Chouteau on a promissory note which
he had assigned to Lemmons in Lemmons
v. Chouteau (1828); term tenant of Henry W. Conway who was sued
by Peter and Jesse Lindell to satisfy a judgment rendered in their
favor against Conway, see Lindell
v. Shields, Conway, et. al (1828); |
| Lemmon or Lemmons or Lemon,
Samuel |
July
1811 Grand Jury Writ of Venire, April
1814 Grand Jury Venire, summoned to testify in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814), at least two acts for relief passed to reimburse
him (1 AHQ, p. 366), once for in August 1819 to reimburse him for
taking care of two prisoners & one witness -- $132 for one month
(Ark. Gaz. Feb. 5, 1820); served on first 1st Circuit Court grand
jury at Arkansas Post (Herndon, p. 732); sued Silas Toncray in assumpsit
in Lemmons v. Toncray (1827), alleging
that he had delivered a shipment of wood to Toncray who had refused
to pay for it; |
| Lemons, Willis |
1810 Grand
Jury Venire. |
| Lenox, John H. |
Juror in Parker v. Lewis
(1828), sued in Lindell v. Shields (1828). |
| Leonard, Samuel |
Juror in Bolinger v. Smith (1835). |
| Leran, Martin |
Subpoenaed to testify on behalf of the
United States in the murder trial of the Osage Indians in United
States v. Osages (1824), |
| Leroux, William |
Member of the 1829 jury that found William
Flanakin guilty, see Lanusse v. Flanakin
(1826); |
| Lessours, John |
Gave a deposition at the clerk's office
in Batesville before Justice of the Peace Curran, see Schlesinger
& Gillett v. Jeffrey (1822) |
| Lester, Robert |
Killed, allegedly by Osage Indians, while
he was on a hunting trip, see United
States v. Osages (1824), |
| Lett, Berkett D. |
Deputy sheriff in Buzzard v. James (1832),
Williamson v. Buzzard (1833), Williamson v. May (1833), Williamson
v. Janes (1836) |
| Levergne, John |
August
1812 Grand Jury Venire, summoned to be a witness in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); summoned as a grand juror but was excused for
good cause in April 1815 Grand Jury
Venire. |
| Levin, ? |
Vaugine v. Cossette (1826), |
| Lewis, ? |
Alabama attorney in Standifer v. Dowlin
(1832). |
| Lewis, ? |
Counsel in Bentley v. Johnson (1832),
Desha v. Henderson & Byrd (1833). |
| Lewis, Eli J. |
One of the early settlers,
Lewis was one of the most active & energetic settlers of the Post;
he was part of the firm of Lewis & Thomas mercantile, and was
the first clerk of Arkansas County Circuit Court in 1819; witness
on a bond in Wallis v. Cassidy
(1814); proprietor of a tanyard; first postmaster 1817; executor of
Samuel Moseley, (Ark. Gaz.
Nov. 20, 1819), administrator of William O. Allen, 1820, partnership
with Thomas dissolved (Ark. Gaz. Oct. 21, 1820), married Polly Stillwell,
daughter of Joseph Stillwell (Ark. Gaz. Feb. 3, 1821), clerk of Arkansas
County Circuit Court in Danby v. Montgomery
(1824), and Demoss v. Montgomery
(1824); apparently Brahan and William Drope paid William Dudley $319
on his order, see Drope v. Miller
(1826); won a judgment against Peter Parker in debt, but was sued
by Parker in 1828 for forcible trespass committed during the enforcement
of the judgment in Parker v. Edwards (1828); Colonel; Justice of the
Peace in Arkansas County; ordered Lieutenant William B. Summers to
put a Choctaw indian in the care and custody of Francis Laforge and
Richmond Peeler who later murdered him, see United
States v. Laforgue & Peeler (1828); Arkansas County Circuit
Court clerk in Scull v. Roane
(1831); postmaster at Helena when he died in 1834 (Herndon, p. 410). |
| Lewis, Henry |
Juror in U.S.
v. Glass & Glass (1815). |
| Lewis, John Sr. |
Lawrence County Common Pleas,
settled at mouth of Spring River, circa 1811 or 1812 (Herndon, p.
772); along with Junior, sued for attachment (Ark. Gaz. Mar. 31, 1821)
which was levied on his black horse by Benjamin Porter (Ark. Gaz.
Mar. 31, 1821), |
| Lewis, John |
Juror in Jenkins v. James (1832). |
| Lewis, Samuel |
Juror who found damages for Peter Holliday
against Ambrose H. Sevier in Holliday
v. Sevier (1827); |
| Lick, Henry |
Juror in Pope v. Campbell (1835); |
| Lilley, Benjamin |
|
| Limbaugh, Henry W. |
Juror in Ledbetter v. Kendall (1835). |
| Lincecum, Grabel |
Accused of murdering Burrell
Jones (Ark. Gaz. Oct. 7, 1828). |
| Linch, John |
Juror in Patterson v. Hill
(1831) |
| Lincoln, Leonard |
Member of jury that found
in Cocke's favor in a debt case, see Cocke
v. Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); |
| Lingo, Woodman |
Apparently he was paid $40
for a pirogue, a type of dugout canoe, on account of William Drope,
see Drope v. Miller (1826); |
| Linton, John |
Attorney; Justice of the Peace in Earheart
v. Murphy & McCall (1830); Bentley v. Joslin (1832), Murphy
v. Howard (1832), Thompson v. McHenry (1834), Bolinger v. Smith (1835),
McKee v. Murphy (1836). |
| Lindell, Jesse C. |
Won a judgment against Henry W. Conway
and pursued the judgment against his legal heirs after his death in
Lindell v. Shields, Conway, et. al
(1828); |
| Lindell, Peter |
Won a judgment against Henry
W. Conway and pursued the judgment against his legal heirs after his
death in Lindell v. Shields, Conway,
et. al (1828); |
| Lindsay, Peter |
Juror who rendered a verdict for Samuel
C. Roane in Scull v. Roane (1831);
|
| Lindsey, Edward |
Juror who rendered a verdict for Samuel
C. Roane in Scull v. Roane (1831);
|
| Linsey, Caleb |
Member of jury at April 1826 Term of
the Superior Court, but the jury could not reach a verdict so its
members were discharged, see Latting
v. Miles (1823), |
| Lisa |
A slave owned by Peter Parker,
sold to Sylvanus Phillips to pay off judgment in Parker v. Lewis (1828); |
| Lisenby, Gilford |
Juror in Collins v. Johnson (1834). |
| Litrell, Abner |
Williamson v. May (1833); |
| Little, Cyrus |
Patterson v. Hill (1831); |
| Little Bear |
See also Wasabashinger. Accused
of murder in United States v. Osages
(1824). |
| Little Eagle |
See also Wanashashinger.
Accused of murder in United States
v. Osages (1824). |
| Little, James |
Juror who found damages for Peter Holliday
against Ambrose H. Sevier in Holliday
v. Sevier (1827); |
| Little Rattlesnake |
See also Shakushinger. Accused of murder
in United States v. Osages (1824). |
| Livingston, James |
Clerk of the Crittenden County circuit
court in Grande v. Fooy (1829);
|
| Lockert, James |
Summoned on writ
of venire, see October 1828 Writ of
Venire (1828);
|
| Lockhart, James |
Member of the grand jury that returned
an indictment for murder against Daniel McCraney in United
States v. McCraney (1822), summoned for jury duty in the Osage
murder trial, but did not serve on the jury in United
States v. Osages (1824); member of jury who found in favor of
Archer Wilborn; member of jury that convicted Archer Wilborne for
larceny in Wilborne v. Bentley
(1824), |
| Lockhart, John |
Called as a witness Russell
v. Hogan (1823), |
| Lockheart, Nathaniel |
Called as a witness in Russell
v. Hogan (1823), |
| Lockland, A.B. |
Sued in debt in Montgomery & Miller
v. Peay (1828). |
| Logan, Charles |
Juror in Jeffries v. Marshall
(1836) |
| Logan, John |
Witness in Collins v. Johnson (1834). |
| Logan, Johnathan |
Deposed on behalf of Francis Williams,
James Patterson, Robert A. Logan, Phineas Williams and John Safford;
testified that Stone had no right to the possession of the note, see
Stone v. Williams et. al. (1827); |
| Logan, Oliver |
Purchaser at sale in Blakely
v. Biscoe (1828); |
| Logan Jr., Robert A. |
Served a capias writ in Lower Township
when either he or his father, along with Francis Williams, James Patterson,
Phineas Williams and John Safford, was sued in debt by Clack Stone
who alleged that he and the other defendants had made notes payable
to Stone and had never paid on them; the court held for the defendants
and ordered Stone to pay their costs, see
Stone v. Williams, et. al. (1827); |
| Logan Sr., Robert A. |
Served
a capias writ in Lower Township, see
Stone v. Williams, et. al. (1827); was murdered on January 27,
1828, allegedly by John Skiggs. The murder case against Skiggs was
discontinued upon the motion of the prosecuting attorney , see United
States v. Skiggs (1828). His daughter, Pamelia, married
John Kirkbride Potts, the founder of Pottsville, AR. |
| Logan, William |
Juror in Collins v. Johnson (1834). |
| Logue, Hugh |
Surety for Huttzman's bond
in Yarbrough v. Huttzman (1822). |
| Looney, William |
Juror in Jeffries v. Marshall (1836)
|
| Louis, Robert |
Served on March
1812 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Lowe, Aquila |
"Forfeit notes" for $200 in
horseflesh if he failed to run a horse race made by Robert B. Musick
and Basil Boran were delivered to him to hold, see Musick
v. Rice & Boran (1825), |
| Lowe, David W. |
Clerk of Circuit Court of Lawrence County;
Jeffries v. Marshall (1836), Wilson v. Jarrett (1836). |
| Loyal, James |
Member of jury that found in Cocke's
favor in a debt case, see Cocke v.
Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); |
| Lucas, James H. |
Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court in
1821, Berry v. McLeland (1822);
sworn in as French interpreter in the Osage murder trial in United
States v. Osages (1824), prosecuting attorney pro tem involved
in United States v. Davis (1827);
attorney, advertisement (Ark. Gaz. Sept. 30, 1828); lived at Arkansas
Post, counsel in Parker v. Lucas (1828), prosecuting attorney pro
tem in the attempted murder case of Joseph Smith Johnson, see U.S.
v. Johnson (1827); Prosecuting attorney pro tem in United
States v. Secrest (1827); prosecuting attorney pro tem for the
October 1827 term of the Superior Court, see
U.S. v. Oden (1827); prosecuting attorney pro tem in U.S.
v. Sevier (1827); sued by William E. Woodruff in Woodruff
v. Lucas (1828); deputy clerk in Earheart
v. Murphy & McCall (1830); Hewes Scull's lawyer in Scull
v. Roane (1831); |
| Lucas, John B.C. |
Originally from
France, he was appointed a Superior Court judge in the Territory of
Louisiana (later Missouri) from 1805 to 1820; Miller
v. Cassidy (1812). |
| Luce |
16-year-old slave sold by Clark to Shelton
in Clark v. Shelton (1833). |
| Lucy, Thomas L. |
Judge in Buzzard v. James (1832), |
| Lucy |
A slave owned by Peter Parker,
sold to Sylvanus Phillips to pay off judgment in Parker v. Lewis (1828). |
| Luden, James |
Witness in Byrd v. Hickman
(1828). |
| Ludin, John |
Deputy clerk in Byrd v. Hickman
(1831). |
| Lydd |
8-year-old slave sold by
Clark to Shelton in Clark v. Shelton (1833). |
| Lyon |
An African American who kept
a "tipling shop" in St. Louis; Russell accused Edmund Hogan
of neglecting legislative business to play cards with him, see Russell
v. Hogan (1823), |
| Lyon, Matthew |
Born in Ireland, Matthew
Lyon was educated as a printer first in Dublin and later in Connecticut
when his family immigrated to the United States in 1765. He was a
politician and newspaper editor who had represented two states (Kentucky
and Vermont) in Congress prior to his run in the Arkansas Territory.
It is reported that Lyon has the unfortunate distinction of having
been the first member of Congress to have had an ethics violation
charge filed against him – he apparently was accused of "gross
indecency" after spitting on Roger Griswold during a disagreement.
Although it was recommended by the Ethics Committee, the House rejected
the motion to formally censure him. He was also apparently the first
person elected to Congress while in jail – in the late 1700s,
he served time for violating the Alien and Sedition Acts, which prohibited
criticism of the United States government and officials. Lyon was
put on trial for criticizing John Adams and was fined and sentenced
to four months in jail. While in jail, he was elected to the 6th Congress.
Later, ironically and perhaps with a sort of poetic justice, Lyon
was the deciding vote in the election of 1800 which had ended in a
tie of electoral votes. Lyon cast his vote for Jefferson, avenging
his imprisonment by Adams. In 1820, he was appointed the United States
agent to the Cherokee Nation in Arkansas Territory. He lost to James
Woodson Bates in the August 1821 race for Congress. Lyon contested
the election, charging that Bates had manipulated the election returns
in Bates' favor, but was unable to prove his accusations and was not
seated. He died one year later. (For more information, click here,
here, and/or
here. |
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