| Pace, Alfred E. |
Clerk in Bolinger v. Smith (1835). |
| Paer, Joel |
Illinois clerk in Robinson v. Tunstall
(1832), |
| Paige, ? |
Attorney in Chandler v. Byrd (1834), |
| Pales, ? |
Juror in Hynson v. Terry (1837) |
| Palmer, Thomas S. |
Sued for trover and conversion in Compton
v. Palmer (1835). |
| Parker, Peter C. |
Debtor who sued creditor and coroner
for forcible trespass incurred while they were enforcing a judgment
against him, see Parker v. Lewis (1828). |
| Parker, Samuel |
Subpoenaed to testify before the Circuit
Court in the town of Crittenden to testify on behalf of John Payton
in Fenter v. Payton (1825), reimbursed
for costs expended by him related to his involvement in Miles
v. James (1830); juror in Byrd v. Hickman (1831). |
| Parks, Samuel |
Juror in U.S.
v. Glass & Glass (1815). |
| Parrott, William H. |
Attorney; represented Benjamin Clark
in Clark v. Hickman (1827); Edmund
Hogan's attorney in Hogan v. Woodruff
(1827); attorney for Samuel Lemmons in Lemmons
v. Toncray (1827); represented Benjamin Clark and Lewis Nance
in their suits against William Hickman for slander in Nance
v. Hickman (1827); Paxton v. Conway
(1827); represented Nicholas Peay in Peay
v. Martin (1827); attorney for Frances Bradford in Stagner
v. Bradford (1827); co-counsel with Ambrose H. Sevier for Clack
Stone in Stone v. Williams et. al.
(1827); Parker v. Lewis (1828), Russell's attorney in Russell
v. McElmurray (1828); Henry Armstrong's attorney in Scott
& Rutherford v. Sevier & Johnston (1827); prosecuting
attorney of 2d Judicial Circuit in United
States v. Skiggs (1828), prosecuting attorney in the indictment
of John Smith for the murder of Isaac Watkins, see U.S.
v. Smith (1828); |
| Parry, James |
Juror in Demoss
v. Montgomery (1824). |
| Pate, Persons |
Juror in Murphy v. Howard (1827); Constable
of Cadron in Bentley v. Joslin (1834). |
| Patillo, John L. |
Buzzard v. James (1832); died 1834 in
Arkansas County. |
| Patillo, Littleton |
Juror in Bolinger v. Smith (1835). |
| Pate, Daniel |
Juror in Hynson v. Terry (1837). |
| Pate, J. |
Deputy sheriff of Hempstead County in
Robinson v. Bryan (1820); |
| Pats |
7-year-old slave sold by Clark to Shelton,
see Clark v. Shelton (1833). |
| Patterson, Matthew |
Rodney Earheart lost a suit that he
brought as an assignee of Matthew Patterson, see Earheart
v. Campbell and Goza (1824), |
| Patterson, Filmond |
On bond in Postmaster General v. Clark
(1830). |
| Patterson, James |
With Francis Williams, Robert A. Logan,
Phineas Williams and John Safford, he 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 in Stone
v. Williams et. al. (1827); |
| Patterson, Robert |
Witnessed Murphy's bond in Murphy
v. McElmurry (1822) and Murphy
v. Tindall (1822), member of the grand jury that returned an indictment
for murder against Daniel McCraney in United
States v. McCraney (1822). |
| Patterson, Thomas |
Member of jury which found for John Moore
in Welborn v. Moore (1824), subpoenaed
to testify on behalf of the United States in the murder trial of the
Osage Indians in United States v. Osages
(1824), |
| Patterson, Tilman S. |
Executed a note to Clark in Clark v.
Shelton (1833). |
| Patterson, Tilmond L. |
Surety on James M. Stuart's postmaster's
bond in Postmaster General v. John
Clark (1830); |
| Patterson,
William |
Patterson came to the future
site of Helena in 1800 (13 AHQ, p. 1); he died in 1809 in Arkansas
County, and his will was filed for probate Feb 7, 1809 (Herndon, p.
138). One of his daughters married Sylvanus Phillips, the other married
Daniel Mooney (Herndon, p. 790). |
| Patterson, William |
Subpoenaed in Hudsel
v. Bunch (1812); sued John Hill for slander in Patterson v. Hill
(1831), administrator of William Dunn in Campbell v. Izard (1831). |
| Patton, Ben |
Sheriff of Chicot county;
served notice of a dedimus to Andrew Latting by leaving a copy of
it with his wife in Latting v. Miles (1826). |
| Patton, Benjamin |
Member of jury
that found in Cocke's favor in a debt case, see Cocke
v. Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); defendant in Error in Hartfield
v. Clark & Patton (1835). |
| Patton, Isom |
Summoned on writ of venire,
see October 1828 Writ of Venire
(1828); |
| Patton, Phoebe |
Deceased; the administrator
of her estate, Adam Stroud, was sued by William Trimble in assumpsit,
see Trimble v. Stroud (1828); |
| Patton, William Benjamin |
Sheriff of Chicot County in Russell
v. Purvis (1827), Ashley v. James (1828), Sheriff of Chicot County
in Finney v. Hoskins (1828); sheriff
of Chicot County in Ashley v. James
(1828); |
| Paul |
Slave owned by James H. Martin;
accused of attempting to rape a white woman and jailed (Ark. Gaz.
3/23/23); |
| Pauley, Andrew |
Buzzard v. James (1832), |
| Paxton, Joseph |
During 1824 and 1825, Paxton was one
of the surveyors of the Memphis to Little Rock Road (the Military
Road) and is mentioned in Territorial
Papers vols. 19 and 20. Also see http://www.nps.gov/trte/TRTE/Blackfish%20restricted.pdf
; South Carolinian doctor; Dr. Alexander Spotswood Moore won a judgment
against him for slander in South Carolina, but he failed to pay the
debt. Dr. Moore then sued him in Arkansas to recover the judgment,
but Dr. Paxton prevailed and was awarded his court costs, see Moore
v. Paxton (1825); involved in the disputes between two groups
which eventually resulted in the founding of Little Rock; Robert and
Ann Crittenden and William and Lunetta Trimble conveyed land to Joseph
Paxton - the land became part of downtown Little Rock petitioned for
an injunction against William Trimble and Robert Crittenden to stop
the judicial foreclosure of land deeded to him in Paxton
v. Crittenden & Trimble (1825); sued Henry Conway in debt
in Paxton v. Conway (1827); confessed
judgment of debt to William Montgomery in 1827—the judgment was
revived against his estate when he died before paying the debt, see
Montgomery v. Clark (1828); |
| Paxton, Thomas F. |
Juror in Bolinger v. Smith (1835). |
| Payton, John |
Sued by Christian Fenter for debt in
Fenter v. Payton (1825);member of the 1829 jury that found William
Flanakin guilty in Lanusse v. Flanakin
(1826); |
| Peacock, Edward |
Clark v. Shelton (1833); |
| Pearson, J.D.W. |
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), |
| Peay, Nicholas |
Peay was a veteran of the War of 1812 and lived
in Shelby County, Kentucky before moving to Little Rock in teh 1820s;
established a popular hotel on the southwest corner of Markham and
Scott streets. His recipe for eggnog can be found here.
He died in 1843. Peay owned Peay's Hotel in Little Rock at the southwest
corner of Markham & Scott Streets (Pope, p. 105); appointed
commissioner to carry out the sale of land and ferry rights from
Robert Crittenden and William Trimble to Joseph Paxton; the land
eventually became part of downtown Little Rock; 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); sued Allen and Martha Martin for "covenant broken,"
a cause of action similar to today's cause of action for a breach
of contract; Peay alleged that the Martins had agreed to lease a
house to him, but failed to go through with the deal when Peay was
ready to pay and take possession in Peay
v. Martin (1827); owned a tavern in which John T. Garrett and
Chester Ashley had a gunfight in 1827 (for more information about
this fight, see Ross, Margaret. Arkansas Gazette: The Early Years
1819:1866.); sued by William Stone on a promissory note debt along
with Thomas W. Johnston and Gordon Neill in
Stone v. Neill, Johnston, & Peay (1828); William Montgomery
and David Miller sued him, along with Allen B. Lackland, Thomas
W. Johnston, Joseph Henderson and Robert Crittenden on a promissory
note, see Montgomery & Miller
v. Peay, et. al. (1828); subpoenaed to testify before the grand
jury, see October 1828 Writ of Venire
(1828); security in Gaston v. Harris (1833);
|
| Peel, James E. |
Served on jury that found Tindall not
guilty in Murphy v. Tindall (1822);
juror in U.S. v. McCraney murder trial; found McCraney not guilty
in United States v. McCraney (1822),
member of grand jury that indicted five Osages for the murder of Curtis
Welborn, see United States v. Osages
(1824), testified in Earheart v. Murphy
& McCall (1830); |
| Peel, Samuel |
Subpoenaed in Earheart
v. Murphy & McCall (1831). |
| Peeler, Richard |
With Francis Laforgue, accused
of murdering a Choctaw Indian in his custody; the prosecutor dropped
the charges, see United States v. Laforgue
& Peeler (1828); member of hung jury that was later discharged
in Scull v. Roane (1831); |
| Peeler, Richmond |
Sued by Sylvanus Phillips
for false imprisonment in Phillips
v. Peeler (1810); posted bond for Wallis in Dill
v. Wallis (1811), August 1812
Grand Jury Venire, November 1812
Grand Jury Venire, sued again by Phillips for false imprisonment
in Phillips v. Peeler (1812),
April 1814 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), |
| Pelham or Pilham,
C.H. |
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); juror in Cornwall v. Griswell and Ruddell (1831),
Boswell v. Newton (1835), Compton v. Palmer (1835). |
| Pellorris, William |
Juror in Compton v. Palmer (1835). |
| Pelton, Isom |
October 1828 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Penn, John |
Witness in Byrd v. Hickman (1831). |
| Pennington, Isaac |
Member of hunting group allegedly attacked
by a group of Osage Indians on the Red River; reported that he had
seen the body of Curtis Welborn; subpoenaed to testify on behalf of
the United States in the murder trial of the Osage Indians in United
States v. Osages (1824), one of the first settlers in Bradley
County (Warren) (5 AHQ, p. 115). |
| Peno, August |
Security on Francis Laforgue's recognizance
bond securing his attendance at his murder trial, see United
States v. Laforgue & Peeler (1828); |
| Peno, Pierre |
Security on Francis Laforgue's recognizance
bond securing his attendance at his murder trial, see United
States v. Laforgue & Peeler (1828); |
| Perciful, Bruce |
Purchased Peter Parker's
property at judicial sale in Parker v. Lewis (1828). |
| Perciful, John |
John Payton was to appear
at his home to answer Christian Fenter's action of "settlement";
member of jury which found for Christian Fenter in
Fenter v. Payton (1825). The justice of the peace court in Warmspring
Township, Clark County, met at his house. He was one of the first
American settlers of Hot Springs. Click here
for more information. |
| Perry, Henry |
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
(1828), Cornwall v. Griswell and Ruddell (1831). |
| Pertuis, Emmanuel or Manuel |
Security on Francis Laforgue's recognizance
bond securing his attendance at his murder trial, see United
States v. Laforgue & Peeler (1828); |
| Pertui or Perturis, Pierre |
April
1811 Grand Jury Venire; March
1812 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Peter |
A slave boy owned by Peter Parker, sold
to Sylvanus Phillips to pay off judgment, see Parker v. Lewis (1828). |
| Peters, Michael |
April
1814 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Peterson, William |
Subpoenaed as a witness in Hudsel v.
Bunch (1812). |
| Petot, James |
Judge of New Orleans Parish; notarized
power of attorney in New Orleans that authorized Charles Caldwell
to sue William Flanakin for Celeste Marie Lanusse in Lanusse
v. Flanakin (1826); |
| Pettibone, Rufus |
Judge in Byrd v. Hickman (1831). |
| Pettit, Lee |
Witness in Collins v. Johnson (1834). |
| Pettit, James |
Juror in Collins v. Johnson (1834). |
| Petty, James S. |
A Justice of the Peace in Mississippi
township (Ark. Gaz. June 2, 1821); published note to William Montgomery
asking him to stop cutting down trees (Ark. Gaz. July 7, 1821). |
| Peyton, Felix |
Aummoned on writ of venire, see October
1828 Writ of Venire (1828); |
| Peyatte, Henry P. |
Member of the 1827 jury that was dismissed
because of a nonsuit ordered by the court, see
Lanusse v. Flanakin (1826); |
| Pharr, Jonathan |
Apparently assaulted by Robert F. Hughes;
a grand jury returned a presentment against Hughes on this charge,
see April 1815 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Philbrick, Captain John |
Commanded a guard that accompanied five
Osages to Little Rock to surrender, see United
States v. Osages (1824), |
| Philbrook, Nathaniel |
Died 1824 (see Ark. Gaz. 6/8/24); deceased;
received a writing obligatory from James Ball in 1823 which he assigned
to Edmund Hogan; his administrator, William E. Woodruff, was sued
in assumpsit by Hogan, see Hogan v.
Woodruff (1827); |
| Phillips,
Sylvanus |
Accused
of assault and battery by Nathaniel Bassett, but not indicted, 1809
Grand Jury Venire, executor for William Patterson in the fall
of 1810, accused by Richmond Peeler of wrongful detention of a Negro
and sued Richmond Peeler for trespass, Phillips
v. Peeler (1810); 1810 Grand Jury
Venire, April 1811 Grand Jury Venire
sued Peeler for assault, battery and false imprisonment in Phillips
v. Peeler (1812); William Bassett was found guilty of taking stealing
livestock from Phillips, see March 1812 Grand Jury Writ of Venire;
summoned to September
1814 Grand Jury Venire but defaulted. Juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); represented Arkansas County in the 1820 Legislative
Council (see Ark. Gaz. Oct. 7, 1820); member of the 1829 jury that
found William Flanakin guilty in Lanusse
v. Flanakin (1826); wrote a letter to Henry W. Conway telling
him of remarks that Robert Crittenden had made regarding his disagreements
with him and indicating that he wanted to fight a duel, see Crittenden
v. Woodruff (1827); purchased Peter Parker's slaves at a judicial
sale in Parker v. Lewis (1828), Alexander Reece's security on an appeal
bond in Reece v. Johnson (1826);
security on William B. R. Hornor's post master's bond who was sued
(but died before the judgment) by the United States on the bond after
Hornor failed to render accurate accountings, see
Post Master General of the United States v. Hornor, Phillips, and
Strong (1831); Fisher v. Eason (1836); |
| Phillips, Zacheus |
Summoned to
December 1811 Grand Jury, but defaulted; summoned to September
1814 Grand Jury Venire, but defaulted; died 1822 (Ark. Gaz., May
7, 1822) |
| Phillips, Thomas |
Appellee in Clark v. Phillips (1835). |
| Phyllis |
26-year-old slave sold from Clark to
Shelton in Clark v. Shelton (1833); |
| Physick, Philip |
Subpoenaed to appear as a witness for
Christian Fenter in Fenter v. Payton
(1825); |
| Picke, Jacob |
Judge of a Tennessee court
which issued a judgment for Adam Stewart, see Stewart v. Gray (1834). |
| Pickett, George C. |
Juror in in U.S. v. McCraney murder trial;
found McCraney not guilty, see United
States v. McCraney (1822), clerk of circuit court of Crawford
County in Billingsley v. Bell (1824),
clerk of the Crawford County Circuit Court in Griffing
v. Noaks (1829); clerk of the Crawford County Circuit court in
Shannon v. Robinson (1829); sued
in debt by the United States after he apparently failed to render
accurate accounts as the postmaster in Crawford County in Postmaster
General v. Pickett (1831); |
| Pickett, Robert C. |
Deputy sheriff in Murphy
v. Douglass (1822), died at the age of 20 (see Ark. Gaz. Mar.
25, 1823). |
| Pike, Albert |
Attorney; Sevier's attorney on appeal
to the Arkansas Supreme Court in Holliday
v. Sevier (1827); Bolinger v. Smith (1835); Fisher v. Eason (1836); |
| Pinoe, Augustus |
Served on jury for murder trial, September
1814 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Pittman, Arthur |
Juror in
Jacobs v. Jacobs (1828); |
| Placia, Battiste |
1809 Grand
Jury Venire. |
| Placia, Louis |
April
1811 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Plaut, Basslin |
Served on grand jury that
indicted Robert C. Oden for challenging Chester Ashley to a duel in
U.S. v. Oden (1827); |
| Pledger, John |
Patterson v. Hill (1831) |
| Pledger, Silas |
Patterson v. Hill (1831) |
| Plott, Daniel |
Summoned for jury duty in the Osage murder
trial, but did not serve on the jury in United
States v. Osages (1824), |
| Plumers, Samuel |
Owned a boarding house; Nimrod Menifee
was served with a subpoena at his boarding house in
Russell v. Tindall (1828); |
| Polly |
A slave in dispute in Chandler v. Byrd
(1834) and (1835). |
| Pompey or Po |
Slave; Campbell v. Izard (1831); |
| Pope, James |
Security for Charles McArthur
in McArthur v. Hogan (1835). |
| Pope, John |
Governor from 1829 to 1835; sued John
Campbell in debt on a constable's bond in Pope v. Campbell (1835); |
| Pope, William |
Deputy clerk of the Superior Court; Campbell
v. Izard (1831); |
| Poplin, George |
Juror in Bolinger v. Smith (1835). |
| Poria, Benjamin A. |
Owned a steam sawmill in Phillips County;
Parker v. Lewis (1828); |
| Porter, Benjamin A. |
Attached horse of John Lewis in Lawrence
County Common Pleas (Ark. Gaz. Mar. 31, 1821), early settler in 1811
or 1812 at mouth of Spring River in Lawrence County (Herndon, p. 772). |
| Porter, Joseph |
Juror in Jeffries v. Marshall (1836) |
| Porter, William |
Juror in Jeffries v. Marshall (1836) |
| Poston, Jeremiah |
Poston v. Bradshaw (1831), |
| Poston, Richard C. |
Purchaser at sale in Blakely
v. Biscoe (1828); sued Sherod Bradshaw in debt in Poston v. Bradshaw
(1831); |
| Potter, Benjamin
T. |
Davies v. Crittenden (1830);
juror who ruled in Bentley's favor in a suit of detinue, see Bentley
v. Woodruff (1830); Crittenden's security on a bail bond in Davis
v. Crittenden (1831); |
| Price, Lemon |
Served on jury that found Tindall not
guilty in Murphy v. Tindall (1822); |
| Price, Reese |
Served on jury that found Tindall not
guilty in Murphy v. Tindall (1822); |
| Price, Samuel |
Summoned on writ of venire, see
October 1828 Writ of Venire (1828); |
| Price, Simon |
Juror in Murphy v. Howard (1832); |
| Prim, John |
Witness in Byrd
v. Hickman (1828); |
| Pringle, Christian |
1809 Grand
Jury Venire, April 1811 Grand Jury
Venire, July 1811 Grand Jury Venire,
December 1811 Grand Jury Venire,
August 1812 Grand Jury Venire,
November 1812 Grand Jury Venire
April 1814 Grand Jury Venire,
and September 1814 Grand Jury Venire;
coroner for the District of Arkansas in 1806; |
| Pringle, Michael |
1809 Grand
Jury Venire, 1810 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Pritchett, Peter L. |
Mentioned in Henry Stiner's deposition
in relation to a case involving forgery, see
Latting v. Miles (1823), |
| Pryor, Nathaniel, Sr. |
Sued as surviving partner of Pryor &
Richards (Ark. Gaz. Nov. 20, 1819); subpoenaed to testify on behalf
of the United States in the murder trial of the Osage Indians in
United States v. Osages (1824); |
| Puard, Alexander |
Tried and found not guilty
of murder at September 1814 Grand
Jury Venire; |
| Pugh, William |
Deputy Sheriff of Arkansas County in
Morrison v. Walker (1823), |
| Pugh, William, Jr. |
Attorney; represented Daniel Danby in
Danby v. Montgomery (1824), represented
James Demoss in Demoss v. Montgomery
(1824), subpoenaed to testify in Parker v. Lewis (1828); |
| Pullen, J.T. |
First clerk of Jefferson County (Herndon,
p. 769); |
| Purvis, George C. |
Executed promissory
note to Ambrose H. Sevier, and was sued by William Russell, Sevier's
assignee, on the debt, see Russell
v. Purvis (1827); reimbursed for costs expended
by him related to his involvement in Miles
v. James (1830); |
| Purvis, James |
Reimbursed for
costs expended by him related to his involvement in Miles
v. James (1830); |
| Purvis, William |
Reimbursed for
costs expended by him related to his involvement in Miles
v. James (1830); |
| Pyeatt or Pyatt, James |
Early settler of Cadron and Crystal Hill,
December 1811 Grand Jury Venire,
member of the grand jury that returned an indictment for murder against
Daniel McCraney in United States v.
McCraney (1822), member of grand jury that indicted five Osages
for the murder of Curtis Welborn United
States v. Osages (1824), |
| Pyeatt, Jacob |
Early settler of Cadron and Crystal Hill,
December 1811 Grand Jury Venire,
witness in Russell v. Hogan (1823),
|
| Pyeatt, Peter |
Member of jury that found for Schlesinger
and Gillett in Schlesinger & Gillett
v. Jeffrey (1822) |
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