| Oakley, Allen
M. |
Clerk of the Hempstead Circuit
Court in Robinson v. Bryan (1820);
John Jacobs's attorney in Jacobs v.
Jacobs (1828); noted in Woodruff
v. Lucas (1828); clerk of circuit court of Hempstead County in
Byrd v. Hickman (1831), Clark v. Shelton (1831), Hemphill v. Mirick
(1831), clerk of the Hempstead County circuit court in Wilson
v. Eads (1831); sued by Jacob Buzzard in Buzzard v. Oakley (1832),
counsel for Judith Thurmond in Orr v. Thurmond (1832), sued in debt
in Tilford v. Oakley (1832), Clark v. Shelton (1833), Williamson v.
Buzzard (1833), Williamson v. May (1833), Hickman v. Scott (1835),
McDaniel v. Milam (1835), Pope v. Campbell (1835), Ex parte Hickman
(1836), Jefferies v. Marshall (1836), Williamson v. Janes (1836). |
| Oar, William |
Tennessee juror in Stewart v. Gray (1834). |
| Oden, Robert C. |
The first attorney to advertise
his practice of law in the Territory of Arkansas (Ark. Gaz. Nov. 20,
1819); killed William O. Allen
in duel (Ark. Gaz. Mar. 25, 1820), indicted but found not guilty (Ark.
Gaz. June 24, 1820); represented McCraney in his murder trial, see
United States v. McCraney (1822),
William Morrison's attorney in Morrison
v. Walker (1823), mentioned as being the attorney who killed William
O. Allen in a duel, see Russell v.
Hogan (1823); George Bentley's attorney in Scull
v. Bentley (1823), attorney for William Montgomery in Danby
v. Montgomery (1824), attorney for the five Osage indians in their
murder trial, see United States v.
Osages (1824); attorney for Dr. Joseph Paxton when he was sued
by Dr. Alexander Spotswood Moore in debt, see Moore
v. Paxton (1825); represented Marie Celeste Macarty in her suit,
see Lanusse v. Flanakin (1826);
one of the executors of the bill of assurances that accompanied the
deed conveying land in what became downtown Little Rock to Joseph
Paxton, see Paxton v. Crittenden &
Trimble (1825); 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); Alexander Reece's attorney in Reece
v. Johnson (1826);attorney for Etienne Vaugine in Vaugine
v. Coussotte (1826), unsuccessful candidate in hotly contested
race for Congress in the summer of 1827 - the election spurred one
of the most controversial and vitriolic campaign periods in Arkansas
history which resulted in, among other things, a libel suit filed
by Robert C. Crittenden against William E. Woodruff, see Crittenden
v. Woodruff (1827); witness to summons in Peay
v. Martin (1827); attorney for Israel Dodge in Roane
v. Dodge (1827); attorney for Elizabeth Allen in her divorce suit,
see Allen v. Allen (1827); Ambrose
H. Sevier's law partner; Sevier alleged that he gave a note from Peter
Holliday to Oden to collect but that Oden had failed to do so, see
Holliday v. Sevier (1827); indicted
for issuing a challenge to Chester Ashley to fight a duel - the indictment
was later quashed, see U.S. v. Oden
(1827); Thomas James's lawyer in Miles
v. James (1830); David Earheart's attorney in Earheart
v. Murphy & McCall (1830); bought share of Little Rock preemption
claim from Townsend Dickinson. |
| Ogdan, Richard |
Tennessee juror in Stewart v. Gray (1834). |
| O'Hara, William |
Missouri land speculator;
died July 21, 1821 (Ark. Gaz. July 28, 1821); O'Hara's name was mentioned
in the opinion's heading, though he was not involved in the case,
see Russell v. English (1823),
Alexander McNair, the governor of Missouri, made a promissory note
to him – the note is affixed to a case to which it is not related,
see Dent v. Ashley (1826); |
| Oldham, ? |
Tennessee juror in Stewart v. Gray (1834). |
| Oppolis or Opp |
Slave; at the center of a dispute in
Bentley v. Woodruff (1830); |
| Orr, Green or Greene |
Sued
administratrix of Richard Thurmond for debt in Orr v. Thurmond (1832),
swore out a $1000 bond with John Ward and John Clark in 1832 to pay
annual rent of $38 for salt springs in Sevier County two miles east
of the Choctaw line (16 AHQ, p. 392). |
| Osage Indians |
Moseley
v. Murphy (1814) |
| Osborn, James |
Sheriff of Hempstead County
in Hickman v. Scott (1835). |
| Osborne, William |
Subpoenaed to testify in Haden
v. Clary (1814). |
| Oslick, Samuel |
Dillingham v. Skein (1831), |
| Overbaugh, George |
Member of the 1827 jury that was dismissed
because of a nonsuit ordered by the court, see Lanusse
v. Flanakin (1826); |
| Owens, Benjamin F. |
Juror in
Hogan v. Woodruff (1827); deputy sheriff in United States v. Birmingham
(1828). |
| Owens, Samuel |
Testified before the grand
jury that William Reyburn assaulted him; Reyburn's indictment for
this charge was dismissed, see U.S.
v. Reyburn (1828); member of the jury that convicted John Birmingham
of theft in U.S. v. Birmingham
(1828); |
| Owings, Thomas Deye |
Allen M. Oakley's partner; Tilford v.
Oakley (1832). |
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