| Racine, Tanas |
December
1809 Grand Jury Venire, December
1810 Grand Jury Venire, July 1811
Grand Jury Venire, April 1814
Grand Jury Venire. |
| Ragsdale, Ellis |
Involved in complex financial dealings
with the partnership of William Drope and John Miller in Drope
v. Miller (1826); 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); |
| Ramsey, William |
Deputy Sheriff who delivered a notice
of depositions to Aaron Gillett in Schlesinger
& Gillett v. Jeffrey (1822), |
| Randall, Daniel |
Deposed in Schlesinger
& Gillett v. Jeffrey (1822), |
| Randall, Peter |
December
1810 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Randolph, James M. |
Assignor of Cummins in Wamsley v. Cummins
(1835) |
|
Raney, J.
|
Attorney; Byrd v. Hickman
(1831). |
| Raney, John |
Witness in
Jeffrey v. Schlesinger & Gillett (1822), witness in trial
and was later reimbursed for travel fees in Schlesinger
& Gillett v. Jeffrey (1822); reimbursed
for costs expended by him related to his involvement in Miles
v. James (1830); |
| Raney, Radford |
Juror in Jeffries v. Marshall (1836) |
| Raney, William |
Juror in Jeffries v. Marshall (1836) |
| Rankin, George |
November
1812 Grand Jury Venire; juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); member of jury that found for Schlesinger and
Gillett in Schlesinger & Gillett
v. Jeffrey (1822), member of grand jury that indicted five Osages
for the murder of Curtis Welborn in United
States v. Osages (1824), |
| Ravenscraft,
James |
Juror in Byrd v. Hickman
(1831). |
| Rawls, Daniel |
McLaughlin v. Harned (1831),
|
| Rawls, John H. |
Constable of St. Francis;
deputy coroner of Phillips County in Parker v. Lewis (1828), Constable
of St. Francis Township in Forbes
v. Simmons (1828); deputy sheriff in Phillips County in
Campbell, Patterson, & Horner v. Izard (1831); |
| Ray, Wiley |
Stewart v. Gray (1834). |
| Rayburn or Reyburn, William
P. |
Thomas W. Newton's surgeon at his duel
with Ambrose Sevier (for more information on this duel, see Ross,
Margaret. Arkansas Gazette: The Early Years 1819:1866); lived in Robert
Crittenden's home while he read law; he was commissioned by Robert
C. Oden to take his circular to Memphis to be printed after William
E. Woodruff refused to print it for him as it was critical of Henry
W. Conway, Woodruff, Chester Ashley and Governor Izard, see Crittenden
v. Woodruff (1827); indicted, but later had the indictment dismissed,
for assaulting Samuel Owens, see U.S.
v. Reyburn (1828); Ambrose H. Sevier's indictment for dueling
was founded on his information, see U.S.
v. Sevier (1827); |
| Rebecca |
Slave; Buzzard v. James (1832), Williamson
v. Buzzard (1833), Williamson v. Janes (1836). |
| Records, 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); |
| Rector, Elias |
Indicted for running a faro
bank - the indictment was later quashed, see U.S.
v. Rector, Scott & Scott (1828); subpoenaed to testify before
the grand jury, see October 1828 Writ
of Venire (1828); foreman of the jury that convicted John Birmingham
of theft in U.S. v. Birmingham
(1828); testified about Orson V. Howell's alleged contempt of court
in Howell v. Crutchfield (1831);
|
| Rector, Stephen |
Executed a note to Henry
Armstrong, but died before he and the other signers were sued on the
debt, see Scott & Rutherford v.
Sevier & Johnston (1827); Stephen Rector served as a deputy
surveyor under his brother, William, the surveyor general of Illinois
and Missouri. He died in St. Louis in July of 1826. |
| Rector, Wharton |
Henry W. Conway's second in his duel with Robert
Crittenden in 1827, see Crittenden
v. Woodruff (1827); security for Abraham Secrest's recognizance
bond in see United States v. Secrest
(1827); Ambrose Sevier's second in this duel with Thomas W. Newton
(for more information on this duel, see Ross, Margaret. Arkansas
Gazette: The Early Years 1819:1866.); subpoenaed to testify at October
1828 Grand Jury Writ of Venire, United States v. Robert Crittenden
(1828), Benjamin Desha's indictment for bearing a challenge from
Crittenden to Conway was founded on his information provided to
the grand jury, see U.S. v. Desha
(1828); mentioned in defendants's answer to action of debt in Cocke
v. Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830);
|
| Rector, William |
Security in Robinson
v. Tunstall (1832), |
| Redford, Henry
C. |
Juror in Hogan
v. Woodruff (1827); |
| Redmond, John |
Clerk of Independence County
Circuit Court in Cornwall v. Griswell & Ruddell (1831), witnessed
the promissory note signed by Christian Brumback in favor of Charles
Kelly in Kelly v. Brumback (1824);
bought Curran's undivided half interest in one of the tracts and thus
owned a tract with Richard Searcy as a tenant in common, see Curran
v. Searcy (1826); Justice of the Peace in Drope
v. Miller (1826); Justice of the Peace in Independence County
in Allen v. Allen (1827); clerk
of Independence County court in Griswell
& Ruddell v. Cornwall (1831); |
| Reece, Alexander |
Subpoenaed to testify in Parker v. Lewis
(1828); sued by James Johnson for trespass by force and arms for allegedly
taking a slave woman, Eliza, from Johnson's possession in Reece
v. Johnson (1826); |
| Reed, John |
Early
settler of Batesville; witness in trial and was later reimbursed
for travel fees in Jeffrey v. Schlesinger
& Gillett (1822), 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; deposed
by Justice of the Peace Perry Magness, see Schlesinger
& Gillett v. Jeffrey (1822). |
| Reed, Joseph |
Hickman v. Scott (1835). |
| Reed, Thomas |
Juror who found in Andrew Hemphill's
favor in Mirick v. Hemphill (1832);
|
| Rees, Alex |
Member of the 1829 jury that found William
Flanakin guilty in Lanusse v. Flanakin
(1826); |
| Refeld, Charles |
A merchant at Arkansas Post in the 1790's,
Whayne 118. Refeld was appointed
to a judgeship on the first Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court
bench, in 1808, but declined his commission (Arnold, p. 157);
March 1812 Grand Jury Venire,
November 1812 Grand Jury Venire, April
1814 Grand Jury Venire; died 1821 (Ark. Gaz. Oct. 6, 1821); |
| Reider, James Jacob |
Subpoenaed to testify before the grand
jury, see October 1828 Writ of Venire
(1828); testified before the grand jury that Duncan McCall beat and
wounded him, leading to McCall's indictment for assault- the indictment
was later quashed, see U.S. v. McCall
(1828); victim of theft and subpoenaed to testify on behalf of the
United States in U.S. v. Birmingham
(1828); |
| Rennick, Alexander H. |
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Pulaski
County, Murphy v. McElmurry (1822),
Murphy v. Tindall (1822); |
| Reynolds, R.W. |
On appeal bond in Standifer
v. Dowlin (1832); |
| Rhodes, ? |
Soldier; soldier summoned to testify
in McCraney's defense in murder trial in United
States v. McCraney (1822). |
| Rice, Jacob B. |
Reimbursed for
costs expended by him related to his involvement in Miles
v. James (1830); |
| Rice, Rachel |
Hickman v. Doe (1835); |
| Rice, Reuben |
Administrator of Basil Boran's
estate; an injunction was issued against the execution of Basil Boran's
judgment; challenged the injunction, but ultimately agreed to dismiss
the suit in Musick v. Rice & Boran
(1825), |
| Richards, John R. |
Blakely v. Biscoe (1828), summonsed
to sit on a jury to find damages for Peter Holliday after a judgment
nil dicit and a writ of inquiry was awarded in his favor - the jury
was later discharged, see Holliday
v. Sevier (1827); purchaser at sale in Blakely
v. Biscoe (1828); juror in Strong v. Blakely, see Campbell,
Patterson, & Horner v. Izard (1831); |
| Richards, William L. |
Deposed in Tilford,
Trotter, & Co. v. Oakley (1832); |
| Richardson, Edward |
Surety for Jessie Jeffrey's appeal bond
in Jeffrey v. Schlesinger & Gillett
(1822). |
| Richardson, Reuben |
Member of jury that found Jeffrey guilty
in Jeffrey v. Schlesinger & Gillett
(1822), justice of the peace in Musick v. Rice & Boran (1826). |
| Richbourg, Henry |
Member of jury in South Carolina that
found Dr. Joseph Paxton guilty of slandering Dr. Alexander Spotswood
Moore in Moore v. Paxton (1825) |
| Riddle, Jeremiah |
Juror finding for Jacob Skein in Dillingham
v. Skein (1832); |
| Rider, Jacob |
Alleged victim of assault and battery
in United States v. McCall (1828). |
| Rider, James Jacob
|
Alleged victim of theft in
United States v. Birmingham (1828). |
| Rideu, Jacob |
Subpoenaed to testify before
the October 1828 Grand Jury. |
| Ridley or Redley,
Thomas |
Sheriff in Tennessee; Stewart
v. Gray (1834). |
| Riggs, Patsy |
Alias of Martha Trimble in Wamsley v.
Cummins (1835) |
| Riley, John |
Summoned for jury duty in U.S. v. McCraney
but due to delay in trial, was dismissed, see United
States v. McCraney (1822). |
| Riley, Joseph B. |
Juror who found damages for Peter Holliday
against Ambrose H. Sevier in Holliday
v. Sevier (1827); |
| Ringo, Daniel |
Attorney; practiced law in Hempstead County (Herndon,
p. 762); Deputy Sheriff of Big Rock Township in Pulaski County;
deputy clerk of Superior Court in
Robinson v. Bryan (1820);; clerk of Clark County Circuit Court
in 1827; Deputy Sheriff in Cummins
v. Cotton (1826); Deputy Sheriff in Lanusse
v. Flanakin (1826); Garres v.
Bradford (1827); deputy clerk of the Superior Court in Hogan
v. Woodruff (1827); clerk of the Clark county circuit court
and later attorney for Peter Holliday in
Holliday v. Sevier (1827); Miller,
Montgomery & Crittenden v. Bentley (1827); Lemmons
v. Toncray (1827); Roane v. Dodge (1827), deputy clerk of the
Superior Court in Scott & Rutherford
v. Sevier & Johnston (1827); Stagner
v. Bradford (1827); Deputy Sheriff in Stone
v. Williams et. al. (1827); deputy clerk in U.S.
v. Johnson (1827); United States
v. Secrest (1827); October 1828 Grand Jury Venire, deputy clerk
of the Superior Court in Ashley
v. James (1828); Blakely v. Biscoe (1828), Byrd
v. Hickman (1828) and (1831),
Dodge v. Roane (1828), deputy clerk in Forbes
v. Simmons (1828); Garres v. Bradford (1828), Thomas & Keziah
Jacobs's attorney in Jacobs v. Jacobs
(1828); deputy clerk in Kerley
v. Jones (1828); deputy clerk of the superior court in Lemmons
v. Chouteau (1828); deputy clerk of the Superior Court in Lindell
v. Shields, Conway, et. al (1828); Parker v. Lewis (1828), Russell
v. McElmurry (1828), deputy clerk of the superior court in Russell
v. Tindall (1828); Scott v. Sevier (1828),deputy clerk of the
Superior Court in Secrest v. Guest
(1828); deputy clerk in Stone v.
Neill, Johnston, & Peay (1828); Justice of the Peace for
Caddo Township and Clerk of the Clark County Circuit Court in Trimble
v. Stroud (1828); deputy clerk in U.S.
v. Birmingham (1828); United
States v. Laforge & Peeler (1828),
United States v. Skiggs (1828), deputy clerk of the Superior
Court in U.S. v. Smith (1828);
deputy clerk of the Superior Court in West
v. Cotton & Caperton (1828); Woodruff
v. Lucas (1828), deputy clerk of the Superior Court in October
1828 Writ of Venire (1828); Finney
v. Hoskins (1828), deputy clerk in Postmaster
General v. John Clark (1830); John M. Bradley's lawyer in Bradley
v. Trammel (1831); Byrd v. Hickman (1831), Clark v. Shelton
(1831), clerk of Clark County Circuit court and Adam Stroud's lawyer
in Harrington v. Stroud (1831);
security on Orson V. Howell's bail bond in Howell
v. Crutchfield (1831); Berry A. Wilson's lawyer in Wilson
v. Eads (1831); Bentley v. Johnson (1832), Richard C. Poston's
lawyer in Poston v. Bradshaw
(1832); Ephraim Mirick's lawyer in Mirick
v. Hemphill (1832); Buzzard v. James (1832), witnessed Jacob
Buzzard's appeal bond in Buzzard
v. Oakley (1832); Green Orr's attorney in Orr
v. Thurmond (1832); lawyer for Allen M. Oakley in Tilford,
Trotter, & Co. v. Oakley (1832); Desha v. Henderson &
Byrd (1833), Williamson v. Buzzard (1833), Williamson v. May (1833),
Richard C. Byrd's lawyer in Byrd
v. Fowler (1834); Chandler v. Byrd (1834), Collins v. Johnson
(1834), McLain v. Roundtree (1834), McLain v. Smith (1834), Stewart
v. Gray (1834), Thompson v. McHenry (1834), Wilson & Stewart
v. Crittenden (1834), Badgett v. Cotton (1835), Bolinger v. Smith
(1835),Byrd v. McKnight (1835), Carr & Tucker v. Tweedy (1835),
Hickman v. Scott (1835), McDaniel v. Milam (1835), McLain v. McCarty
(1835), Pope v. Campbell (1835), Swift v. Thorn (1835), Wilson v.
Tutewiler (1835), McKee v. Murphy (1836); Wilson v. Jarrett (1836);
lawyer for Benjamin Clark in Clark
v. Shelton (1836);
|
| Ringold, 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 in Allen
v. Allen (1827); juror who found for Josephus A. Cornwall in Griswell
& Ruddell v. Cornwall (1831); |
| Ritchey, William |
Served on original jury that awarded
James Johnson damages for Alexander's trespass to his property in
Reece v. Johnson (1826); |
| Riter, Nicholas |
Subpoenaed in Parker v. Lewis (1828). |
| Roane, A. |
Deputy sheriff of Pulaski County in Cummins
v. Cotton (1826); Crittenden v. Woodruff (1827), served subpoenas
in Hogan v. Woodruff (1827); |
| Roane, Samuel
Calhoun |
Attorney,
admitted to the bar in Clark County in 1819 (Herndon, p. 740), attorney
in Robinson v. Bryan (1820);counsel
for Swanson Yarbrough in Yarbrough
v. Huttzman (1822), U.S. Attorney; represented the United State
in U.S. v. McCraney in United States
v. McCraney (1822); William Morrison's attorney in Morrison
v. Walker (1823); U.S. attorney and prosecutor in the Osage murder
trial; signed the Osage indictment in United
States v. Osages (1824), attorney for Dr. Alexander Spotswood
Moore in his suit to recover a judgment against Dr. Joseph Paxton
in Moore v. Paxton (1825), U.S.
attorney who served as William Flanakin's surety on his bail bond
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);attorney for Alexander W. Mitchell in Daniel
v. Mitchell (1827); security on Ambrose H. Sevier's appeal bond
in Holliday v. Sevier (1827);
attorney hired by Alexander Mitchell and Mitchell Malone to collect
on a note of payment from Israel Dodge; Dodge had purchased Darcus,
a female slave from Malone, and then apparently refused to pay the
price; Roane won a judgment and Dodge later sued for an injunction
against its execution, see Dodge v.
Roane (1828); deputy clerk in Parker v. Lewis (1828), represented
Guest in Secrest v. Guest (1828),
presiding judge in Phillips County Circuit Court in Reece
v. Johnson (1826); prosecuting attorney for the United States
in Postmaster General v. John Clark
(1830); district attorney for Arkansas Territory in Postmaster
General v. Horner, Phillips & Strong (1831), prosecuting attorney
who sued George C. Picket in debt after he apparently failed to render
accurate accounts as the Crawford County postmaster, see Postmaster
General v. Pickett (1831); sued Hewes Scull in assumpset in Scull
v. Roane (1831); attorney for William Strong in Campbell,
Patterson, & Horner v. Izard (1831); Simmerman v. Cross (1834),
U.S. v. One Barrel of Whiskey (1834), |
| Robbins, Jacob |
Juror in Hynson v. Terry (1837) |
| Robbins, Joseph |
Purchased Peter Parker's property at
judicial sale and was subpoenaed to testify in Parker v. Lewis (1828). |
| Robert, David |
Security in Williamson v. Buzzard (1833),
on bond in Williamson v. Janes (1836); Williamson v. May (1833); |
| Robert, Henry |
Purchased Peter Parker's
property at judicial sale in Parker v. Lewis (1828); |
| Roberts, Daniel |
Buzzard v. James (1832), Williamson v.
Janes (1836) |
| Roberts, Jesse |
Security in Thompson v. McHenry (1834). |
| Roberts, Obadiah |
Served on second jury that awarded James
Johnson damages for Alexander's trespass to his property in Reece
v. Johnson (1826); |
| Roberts, William |
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), |
| Robier, Charles |
Juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814). |
| Robins, Joseph |
Alexander Reece's witness in
Reece v. Johnson (1826); whose testimony was excluded on the grounds
that he was interested because he married Isham Dukes, who was a partial
owner of the property at issue. |
| Robins, Nancy |
Wife of Joseph Robins, see Reese v. Johnson
(1829). |
| Robins, Silas W. |
Circuit judge in Bath County, Kentucky
in Tilford, Trotter, & Co. v.
Oakley (1832);
|
| Robison, William |
Sheriff of Hempstead County; served Musick
in Monroe Township in Boran v. Musick
(1824), |
| Robson or Rossman, John |
Clark v. Phillips (1835). |
| Robinson, Alexander |
Involved in a lawsuit with James Shannon
in Shannon v. Robinson (1829);
|
| Robinson, Henry W. |
Gave depositions on behalf of Benjamin
Miles; testified that he had heard that Andrew Latting had poisoned
John Deheart before he died and that he had schemed to kill Frederick
Foy and had stolen the slave in question, see Latting
v. Miles (1823), |
| Robinson, Isaac E. |
A trader, Robinson was charged with assault
& battery, and escaped from Arkansas County prison (Ark. Gaz.
Sept. 8, 1821). |
| Robinson, or Robison,William
P. |
Sued James Bryan in Hempstead County
Court for 42 barrels of flour (Ark. Gaz. Sept.23, 1820) in
Robinson v. Bryan (1820); Sheriff of Hempstead County in Boran
v. Musick (1823), Musick v. Rice & Boran (1826); sued Thomas Tunstall
in Robinson v. Tunstall (1832), |
| Roden, Eli K. |
<ember of jury that found in Samuel
Jenkins's favor in Jenkins v. James
(1832); |
| Roe, Richard |
Moore v. Paxton (1825); sued as an apparent
casual ejector in Grande v. Fooy (1829);
|
| Roebuck, George |
December
1811 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Rogers, Darwell |
Served on jury for murder trial, September
1814 Grand Jury Venire. |
| Rogers, James |
Served on jury that found McElmurry not
guilty in Murphy v. McElmurry (1822),
juror who rendered a verdict for Samuel C. Roane in Scull
v. Roane (1831); |
| Rogers, Matthew |
Miller
v. Fowler (1812), |
| Roland, R.H. |
Paid $50 on a note executed by James
Ball to Nathaniel Philbrook, see Hogan
v. Woodruff (1827); |
| Roper, William G. |
Served on second jury that awarded James
Johnson damages for Alexander's trespass to his property in Reece
v. Johnson (1826); |
| Rorer, David |
Married Martha Martin, the
widow of James Martin. He ran a ferry across the Arkansas River. Click
here
for more information about his life and activities. He moved to Iowa
in 1835. Attorney, advertisement (Ark. Gaz. Sept. 30, 1828), lived
in North Little Rock; the case between William Cummins and Alexander
W. Cotton, 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); second husband of Martha Martin; her first husband, James,
died and she was the co-executor of his estate; in this capacity,
she was sued by Nicholas Peay for "covenant broken," a cause
of action similar to today's cause of action for a breach of contract;
Peay alleged that the Martha and her co-executor Allen Martin had
agreed to lease James' house to him but hid failed to go through with
the deal; Rorer was served with a summons to show cause why the suit
should not be revived against him since he had become the husband
of Martha Martin in the time after she was initially sued, see Peay
v. Martin (1827); represented the defendants in Stone
v. Williams et. al. (1827); administrator of Cotton's estate and
was made a party to the suit filed in debt against Cotton, see West
v. Cotton & Caperton (1828); John McLain's attorney in McLain
v. Johnson (1830); Benjamin Johnson, James W. Henson, and Ambrose
Sevier's lawyer in Cocke v. Henson,
Johnson and Sevier (1830); administrator of estate of Alexander
Cotton in Chandler v. Byrd (1834) and (1835). |
| Rorer, Daniel W. |
Justice of the Peace in Pulaski County
in 1830; Parker v. Lewis (1828). |
| Rose, Samuel D. |
Member of a hung jury in Cocke
v. Henson, Johnson and Sevier (1830); |
| Ross, Benjamin |
July
1811 Grand Jury Venire, April
1814 Grand Jury Venire, September
1814 Grand Jury Venire, juror in Moseley
v. Murphy (1814); March 1815 Grand Jury Venire,
April 1815 Grand Jury Venire; |
| Ross, James J. |
Purchaser at sale in Blakely
v. Biscoe (1828); |
| Ross, Margaret |
Wrote Arkansas Gazette: The
Early Years 1819-1866, which details the controversial summer of 1827;
see references in see Crittenden v.
Woodruff (1827); |
| Ross, Samuel D. |
Subpoenaed to testify against Orson V.
Howell in Howell v. Crutchfield (1831);
|
| Rossman, or Rossmon, John |
Clark v. Phillips (1835). |
| Roundtree or Rountree,
Jesse |
Owned farm and improvement on which he
had located a Cherokee pre-emption (Ark. Gaz. Dec. 16, 1829), died
in 1829 and his estate was involved in McLain v. Roundtree (1834). |
| Roundtree, Tennies |
Administratrix of Jesse Roundtree, John
McLain sought an injunction against her in McLain v. Roundtree (1834). |
| Rowland, Daniel |
Summoned on writ of venire, see
October 1828 Writ of Venire (1828); |
| Rowland, N. |
Member of the grand jury that returned
an indictment for murder against Daniel McCraney in United
States v. McCraney (1822). |
| Rowland,
Nathaniel |
Witness in Russell
v. Hogan (1823),
|
| Rowland, R. |
Member of jury that found for Edmund
Hogan in Russell v. Hogan (1823);
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 which found for John Moore in Welborn
v. Moore (1824), member of jury who found in favor of Archer Wilborn
in Wilborne v. Bentley (1824),
|
| Roycraft, Francis |
Security on George Purvis' bail bond
in Russell v. Purvis (1827). |
| Roysden or Royston, Grandison
D. |
Attorney; practiced in Hempstead County,
George W. Archer's lawyer in Morehouse
v. Archer (1832); Fisher v. Eason (1836); |
| Ruddell, Daniel |
Sued by Josephus Cornwall in debt in
Cornwall v. Griswell & Ruddell (1831). |
| Ruddell, John |
Security on a supersedeas bond in Griswell
& Ruddell v. Cornwall (1831); |
| Rudder, Richard |
Tennessee juror in Stewart v. Gray (1834). |
| Rudolph, T. |
Member of the grand jury that returned
an indictment for murder against Daniel McCraney in United
States v. McCraney (1822). |
| Rushing, Noah |
Summoned for grand jury duty, but defaulted,
see December 1811 Grand Jury; |
| Russell, James |
Security on Benjamin Miles's certiorari
bond in Miles v. James (1830); |
| Russell, William |
Sued administrator of John English in
debt in Russell v. English (1823),
wealthy land surveyor and speculator; owned vast amounts of land and
was one of the founders of Little Rock and other towns in Arkansas;
sued by Edmund Hogan in trespass for libel after he wrote a letter
accusing Hogan of making inappropriate political deals and other immoralities,
see Russell v. Hogan (1823); 1816
Lawrence County taxpayer, came to Arkansas in 1817, agitated for establishment
of Arkansas territory (Herndon, p. 144); member of the 1830 jury that
found William Flanakin guilty in 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 in Paxton v.
Crittenden & Trimble (1825); bought interest in Little Rock
pre-emption claim from Benjamin Murphy (Herndon, p. 820), wealthy
land speculator who sued George Purvis in debt, see Russell
v. Purvis (1827), sued Robert McElmurray for payment of a debt
in Russell v. McElmurray (1828);
sued Thomas H. Tindall for failure to pay on a promissory note in
Russell v. Tindall (1828); |
| Ruth, ? [William] |
According to Abram Dehart, Andrew Latting
had possession of a slave which belonged to him, see Latting
v. Miles (1823), |
| Rutherford, A.H. |
Witness in Collins v. Johnson (1834); |
| Rutherford, H.B. |
Earheart v. Murphy & McCall (1831); |
| Rutherford,
Samuel H. |
Came to Arkansas Post in 1817 (5 AHQ, p. 388) and
was an early settler of Clark County (Herndon, p. 741); Indian trader;
clerk for partnership of Pryor & Richards, sued them in Circuit
Court of Arkansas County (Ark. Gaz. Nov. 20, 1819); served on first
1st Circuit Court grand jury at Arkansas Post in 1819 (Herndon,
p. 732); licensed as a retailer in Arkansas County (Ark. Gaz. July
8, 1820); Sheriff of Clark County (Ark. Gaz. Apr. 7, 1821); administrator
of Samuel B. Richards (Ark. Gaz. Apr. 7, 1821); sued Nathaniel Pryor
in Arkansas County (Ark. Gaz. Sept. 8, 1821); Sheriff of Pulaski
County in Dent v. Ashley (1826),
Vaugine v. Coussotte (1826),
Lanusse v. Flanakin (1826), sheriff
of Pulaski County in Hogan v. Woodruff
(1827); Sheriff of Pulaski County and 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 in Paxton
v. Crittenden & Trimble (1825), Miller,
Montgomery & Crittenden v. Bentley (1827), Cummins v. Cotton
(1827), Paxton v. Conway (1827),
Peay v. Martin (1827); administrator
of the estate of Henry Armstrong, he sued Ambrose H. Sevier and
Thomas W. Johnston in assumpsit in Scott
& Rutherford v. Sevier & Johnston (1827) – he also
served sheriff of Pulaski County in the case; Stagner
v. Bradford (1827), Stone v.
Williams et. al. (1827); sheriff in U.S.
v. Johnson (1827); United States
v. Secrest (1827); October 1828 Grand Jury Venire; sheriff of
Pulaski County in Lemmons v. Chouteau
(1828); sheriff of Pulaski County in Lindell
v. Shields, Conway, et. al (1828); sheriff of Pulaski County
in Izard v. Newton (1828); Parker
v. Lewis (1828), sheriff of Pulaski County in Russell
v. Tindall (1828); Secrest v.
Guest (1828); sheriff mentioned in Montgomery
v. Clark (1828); Scott v. Sevier (1828), Pulaski County sheriff
in Stone v. Neill, Johnston, &
Peay (1828); United States v. Laforge & Peeler (1828), United
States v. Skiggs (1828), United
States v. Smith (1828), West
v. Cotton & Caperton (1828); Woodruff v. Lucas (1828), sheriff
of Pulaski County who executed subpoenas in October
1828 Writ of Venire (1828); sheriff of Pulaski County in McLain
v. Johnson (1830); Miles v. James (1830), Stuart made a payment
to him in Postmaster General v.
John Clark (1830); sheriff of Pulaski County in Postmaster
General v. Pickett (1831); sheriff of Pulaski County in Davis
v. Crittenden (1831); sheriff of Pulaski County in Bentley
v. Woodruff (1830); sheriff of Pulaski County in Miles
v. James (1830); Pulaski County Sheriff in
Howell v. Crutchfield (1831); Fisher & Sevier v. Spofford
(1833), Chandler v. Byrd (1834) and (1835), McLain v. Roundtree
(1834), lived mostly in Fort Smith till death in 1867;
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