On May 14, 1823, Ambrose Sevier, attorney for Reuben Blount, filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court against Johnathan Hampton. Blount alleged that in July of 1818 Hampton had made a promissory note payable to Benjamin Murphy for $108.00, due by December 17, 1822. Murphy had transferred the note to Blount, and now Blount was trying to collect. Clerk David McKinney issued a subpoena to the Sheriff of Miller County, commanding him to summon Hampton to appear before the court on first day of its next term. The sheriff executed the summons on July 22, serving Hampton in Pecan Township. However, at the next term, Sevier appeared before the court on April 26, 1823, and the record book notes that he asked for the case to be discharged. At the August Term, Judges Joseph Selden and Andrew Scott ordered that this be done, and also ordered plaintiff Blount to reimburse Hampton for his court costs.

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