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      Circuit Court Records

      1850 - 1855

      Pages 1 - 234

      Abstracted Feb 2007 by Milly Wright; Submitted for use on these pages 6 Aug 2007.

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      Note: The entire book has not been transcribed. Included are all lists of jurors (some with occupations described), applications for citizenship, cases involving slaves and other cases of interest. Spelling follows the original as closely as possible.

      Page 1

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      1st Monday after the 4th Monday in September 1850 (Sept. 30th)


      Honorable Thomas A Walker one of the Judges of said Court Winston P Pettus Sheriff of Lauderdale County
      “You are hereby commanded to summon the following jurors being good and lawful men of said county of Lauderdale duly drawn to serve as Grand Jurors for the first week of the next term of the Circuit Court to be held for said county at the court house in the Town of Florence on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in September next to wit
      (Issued 27 August 1850)


      1. Stauton Flint, farmer, Sinking Creek
      2.William F Tunsley, farmer, Bluff Creek
      3. Saml C Stafford, Grocer, Florence
      4. John Skipworth, farmer, Blue Water
      5. William L Crow, carpenter, Florence
      6. John McCabe, farmer, Shoal Creek
      7. Wm Estes, farmer, Blue Water
      8. John Martin, carpenter, Cypress factory
      9. Michael Olive, farmer, Cypress
      10. Thomas Dewberry, farmer, Cypress
      11. David Long, farmer, Waterloo
      12. Jona Paulk, farmer, Cypress
      13. David L Kennedy, farmer, Blue Water
      14. Thos M Phillips, farmer, Cypress
      15. Richard M Faires, farmer, Reserve

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      Issued 27 August 1850, R B Baugh, Clerk
      “You are hereby commanded to summon the following persons .. duly drawn to serve as Pettit Jurors ...


      1. Joseph Hough, farmer, Shoal Creek
      2. Thos Burnside, merchant, Florence
      3. Benj F Chisholm, farmer, Blue Water
      4. Richard S? Coffee, farmer, Blue Water
      5. John Killen, farmer, Blue Water
      6. William McClanahan, farmer, Lexington
      7. John H Wesson, farmer, Cypress
      8. Thomas A Lansford, farmer, Brush Creek
      9. Shadrach E Cross, farmer, Shoal Creek
      10. Jessee Harrell, farmer, Blue Water
      11. Jonathan M Cunningham, farmer, Rodgersville
      12. John Anderson, Cabinet maker, Florence
      13. Joseph Stepp, farmer, Shoal Creek
      14. John W McGuire, Grocer, Lexington
      15. Samuel Hendrix, farmer, Cypress
      16. Oliver P Asher, merchant, Florence
      17. George Looney, farmer, Mill Creek
      18. Hugh Simpson, Tanner, Florence
      19. Hugh Reynolds, farmer, Butlers Creek
      20. William F Baldridge, farmer, Shoal Creek
      21. Stewart Wilson, farmer, Blue Water
      22. James J Atchley, Carpenter, Rodgersville
      23. Alfred A Westmoreland, merchant, Raw Hide
      24. Wilson Carroll, farmer, Bluff Creek

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      27 August 1850

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      Page 2


      September 30, 1850

      #4110
      Winston P Pettus, Admr of P F Pearson use of Willis Pope Jr vs Stockley Donelson and Eliza Donelson - Continued

      (Other suits Pages 4 and 5)


      Sept. 30, 1850

      Cases #5051, 5052, 5064
      Florence Female Academy - Suits brought against it by: Zebulon P Morrison, Andrew Blair, Joseph P Schwing

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      Pages 6 and 7


      Thomas J Crow - debt - #5075


      Elijah Fowler/James Young - #5082

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      Page 11


      October 1, 1850

      Jabez Cannon To: Deed Gift


      Archibald Branch Trustee for the use of Elizabeth Branch his wife. This day personally came in open court Jabez Cannon and produced a deed of gift executed by him to Archibald Branch as trustee for his wife Elizabeth Branch daughter of the said Cannon conveying to him for the use aforesaid one negro girl named Margaret about fourteen years of age of copper complexion and the said Jabez Cannon here in open court having acknowledged the due execution of said deed of gift, it is therefore ordered by the court that said deed be certified and the same is done accordingly.

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      Page 11


      October 1, 1850
      #5091
      James Lamb vs Captain and owners of the Steam Boat Mustang - Appeal - 


      Defendants to recover of plaintiff the costs of suit - a non suit.

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      Page 12

       

      October 1, 1850
      #5088
      David C Oats vs William Beckwith - Power Attorney

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      Page 15


      October 2, 1850
      #5040
      Milly Tate vs Winston P Pettus Admr of Waddy C Tate dec'd -

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      Suit dismissed.

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      Page 16


      October 2, 1850
      Cases #5078, 5079, 5080, 5081
      Goodloe W Malone vs Thomas J Crow, Robert M Patton and Baylor Barker

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      Page 18


      October 2, 1850
      #881
      Newton, a slave, to be tried for murder

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      Page 18


      October 2, 1850
      John Rea Deed of Gift to Sarah Rea


      This day personally came in open court Nathaniel F Sulivan the subscribing witness to a deed of gift from John Rea to Sarah Rea. Giving to the said Sarah Rea one wagon and four work oxen, two cows and calves, thirty head of hogs marked with a crop and a split in the right ear and a swallow fork and under bit in the left, four feather beds and furniture, one bureau, one clock, five bed stands and three pair of fire irons. Who after being duely sworn states that the said John Rea whose name is signed to said deed of gift signed sealed and delivered the same to the said Sarah Rea in his presence for all the purposes therein expressed on the day of its date. It is therefore ordered by the Court that the same be certified which is done accordingly.”

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      Page 19


      October 3, 1850
      #724
      State of Ala vs Lucy Prosser, Maria Majors, Mary Snider, Eliza Prosser, Elizabeth Prosser - Disorderly House -

      nol prongeri - defendants discharged

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      Page 20


      October 3, 1850
      #882
      Case of assault and battery against James J Kirkman - 20 dollar fine

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      Page 20


      October 3, 1850
      #883
      Charge of affray against William M Jackson - pleads guilty - fine of $1.45

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      Page 21


      October 3, 1850
      #843
      Edward Winniner - Adultery


      Bernard McKernan the defendants surety - acknowledged debt to Henry W Collier governor of Alabama for $200.00 each - bond - indictment against him for living in adultery

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      Page 22


      October 3, 1850
      #883
      Alexander Jackson - Affray - fine of $4.00


      Indictments for retailing spiritous liquors without a license

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      Page 23


      October 3, 1850
      #892
      David Adams and Alexander Simmons - Ten Pin Alley without a license

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      Page 24


      October 3, 1850
      #894
      Pleasant, a slave, to be prosecuted for murder.

       

      His death was suggested by the prosecuting solicitor and suit was to abate

       

      Page 25


      October 3, 1850
      #880
      James M Sutherlin guilty of manslaughter in the first degree -

       

      5 years in Penitentiary

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      Page 25


      October 3, 1850
      #881
      Newton, a slave, found guilty of murder.


      “Came the solicitor who prosecutes in behalf of the state of Alabama and the defendant in his own proper person charged in a bill of indictment against him for the murder of William Oliver pleads not guilty thereto and for his trial puts himself upon the county and the solicitor doth the like and came a jury of good and lawful men to wit John Killen and 
      eleven others who being elected tried and sworn well and truly to try the issue joined in this cause and a true verdict render according to the evidence upon their oaths do say we the jury find the defendant guilty in manner and form as charged in said bill of indictment, and we find the defendant to be the property of Baylis E Bourland Administrator 
      of the Estate of William Oliver, deceased, and assess the value of said Newton to the sum of $775.00.”

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      Page 26

       

      October 3, 1850
      Bill of Indictments:


      Gaming, carrying concealed weapons, affray, assault and battery, manslaughter, defaulting overseer (Giles McBride, James J Anderson, George R Rice), assault and battery (Zebulon P Morrison), retailing without a license (Thomas McDonald), keeping disorderly house (? James, James Louderbuck, Levi Partrick, Peter F Partrick), trading with a slave, assault with intent to kill (Zebulon P Morrison, Elias Thrasher), keeping ten pen alley, malicious mischief, larceny.

       

      Page 28

       

      October 5, 1850
      #4991
      James Irvine vs Hervey Dillahunty - Continued

       

      Page 31

       

      October 7, 1850
      #4856
      Jury found that Sidney C Posey was detaining from Thomas B Fenner and others their slave named Rix of the value of five hundred dollars, their slave Amy, wife of said Rix of the value of $350.00 and their slave Abram of the value of $100.00. Fenner was to recover the slaves, but if they cannot be found he was to be paid for their value.

       

      Page 32


      October 7, 1850
      #4858
      Thomas B Fenner and others vs LeRoy P Walker


      Plaintiffs to recover slaves that LeRoy P Walker was detaining - slave named Altimon of the value of $900., Allen of the value of $700.00. $235.00 damages for detention of Altimon and $200. damages for detention of Allen.

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      Page 32

       

      October 7, 1850
      #5095
      Martha H Almon, Admrx and Michael W Mays Admr of Lorenzo D Almon, dec'd vs Thomas B Fenner

       

      Detention - found for the defendant

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      Page 32


      October 7, 1850
      #5097
      Thomas B Fenner and others to recover slaves from Benjamin Harris:

       

      Luke, value of $700.00, plus $295. damages for detention of Luke

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      Page 33

       

      October 7, 1850
      #881
      Newton a slave to be hanged for the murder of William Oliver

       

      Page 34

       

      Summoned for Grand Jurors: Issued 14 January 1851 for March 31, 1851
      1. John Sherrod, farmer, Reserve
      2. John H Faires, farmer, Big Cypress
      3. Shaylor J W Ives, farmer, Shoal Creek
      4. William Hill, farmer Cowpen
      5. William Fielder, farmer, Second Creek
      6. James Wilson, farmer, Blue Water
      7. Anderson P Neely, farmer, Tennessee River
      8. Nathan Boddie, farmer, Reserve
      9. Hugh Simpson, farmer, Florence
      10. David J Cannon, farmer, Rodgersville
      11. William P Withers, farmer, Anderson Creek
      12. Thomas J Foster, farmer, Florence
      13. Lewis C Moore, farmer, Cypress
      14. Mark Richardson, farmer, Blue Water
      15. Asa Richardson, farmer, Cowpen

       

      “... all good and lawful free holders or house holders qualified to serve as Grand Jurors”

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      Page 35


      Petit Jurors 14 January 1851
      1. John Burrow, farmer, Blue Water
      2. William M Trousdale, farmer, Huntsville Road
      3. John S Hardwich, farmer, Shoal Creek
      4. William C May, Blacksmith, Blue Water
      5. William Rhodes, farmer, Cypress
      6. Abram Dean, merchant, Florence
      7. John Pettipool, farmer, Bluff Creek
      8. John Wilcoxson, farmer, Blue Water
      9. Josiah Higgins, farmer, Second Creek
      10. Robert Dickey, carpenter, Florence
      11. Bryant Dean, farmer, Blue Water
      12. Elijah Fowler, farmer, Cypress
      13. John W Briggs, merchant, Lexington
      14. James B Price, farmer, Sweet Water
      15. Horatio P Pettus, farmer, Blue Water
      16. William R Anderson, farmer, Shoal Creek
      17. William R Porter, Clerk, Lexington
      18. Hosa Belew, farmer, Andersons Creek
      19. Joseph Ijames, farmer, Cypress
      20. Jessee Pratt, farmer, Anderson Creek
      21. John Skipworth, farmer, Blue Water
      22. George S Newton, Constable, Blue Water
      23. Jacob Stutts, farmer, Blue Water
      24. Nathan Rice, farmer, Blue Water

       

      Page 38, 39

       

      March 31, 1851

      Cases involving debts
      Among others: Elijah Fowler, Samuel J Young, Thomas H Perkins, Thomas B Crow

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      Page 41


      March 31, 1851
      #5120
      Jonathan Beckwith assignee of James Caruthers and Henry D Mason vs William Beckwith and Thomas A Lansford. -

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      J. Beckwith recovered amount of debt ($52.62) plus costs and damages.

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      Page 44


      March 31, 1851
      #5119
      Hannah Eddins recovered from Edward A O’Neal and Basil W O’Neal a debt of $250.00 plus costs and damages.

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      Page 44

       

      March 31, 1851
      #5033
      Vincent M Benham Adm of P F Pearson use of Willis Pope Jr. vs Sidney C Posey and Alexander D Coffee, executors of Andrew J Hutchings - continued

       

      Page 49


      April 1, 1851
      #5125
      Robert L Bliss vs Levi Todd -

      Todd to pay Bliss $185.86 plus costs

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      Page 50

       

      April 2, 1851
      #5139
      David N Martin vs Christopher Price -

       

      Levy on land - debt of $10.66 plus interest and costs of suit. Land to be sold: SW/4 of SW/4 of S3 T1 R14, also NE/4 of NE/4 S9 T1 R14

       

      Page 51

       

      April 2, 1851
      #5137
      Charles Sharp vs Nelson A Bunch


      Levy on land - court had no jurisdiction - defendant to recover court costs from plaintiff

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      Page 51


      April 2, 1851
      #941
      Lewis Robertson indicted for the murder of Beverly Wallace.

       

      Trial date set. To be held in jail.

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      Page 51


      April 2, 1851
      #5116
      Patton & Barker vs Richard M Beckwith

       

      P & B awarded damages -$169.74 plus costs of suit 

       

      Page 55

       

      April 3, 1851
      #899
      State of Ala vs William Koger Jr for gaming -

       

      guilty - fined $20.00 plus costs

       

      Page 62

       

      April 3, 1851
      #919
      State vs Zebulon P Morrison -

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      Indicted for Assault and Battery. Pleads guilty - fine of $10.00 plus costs. Vincent M Benham his security.

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      Page 62


      April 3, 1851
      #920
      State vs Zebulon P Morrison


      Assault with intent to kill. Pleads not guilty. Jury found him guilty of assault and battery. Fine of one cent plus costs.

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      Page 63


      April 3, 1851
      #926
      State vs Levi and Peter F Partrick

       

      Indicted for keeping a disorderly house - plead guilty - fined $10.00 each.

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      Page 67


      April 3, 1851
      Bills of Indictment

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      Page 68


      April 3, 1851
      #5111
      William and Cornelius Fellows vs Thomas B Crow


      Crow was to pay damages of $36.00 plus costs

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      Page 68


      April 3, 1851
      #5112
      William and Cornelius Fellows vs Isaac Newton Crow


      Crow was to pay damages of $45.36 plus costs

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      Page 69


      April 4, 1851
      Charges:


      Disturbing public worship, assault and battery, perjury, gaming, affray, retailing without a license, arson (Faithey, a slave), assault with intent to murder, trading with a slave, rape, manslaughter, defaulting overseer (George R Rice), receiving stolen goods, murder (Alexander H Whitehead), obstructing public road

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      Page 75

       

      April 5, 1851
      #941
      State vs Lewis Robertson

       

      Lewis Robertson to be hanged for murder on 5/9/1851 at “such place as may be selected by said sheriff within one mile of the court house for the county of Lauderdale between the hours of 12 o clock and two o clock p.m.” Jury: Thomas Williams, James Lefan, David P Porter, H. Belew, Nathan Rice, George Herndon, William Rhodes, Joseph Ijames, William R 
      Anderson, George S Newton, Josiah Higgins and William C May.

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      Page 76

       

      Summons for Grand Jurors 13 June 1851 for Sept. 29, 1851
      1. John W Smith, farmer, Cypress
      2. Joseph Ijames farmer, Cypress
      3. Joshua D Stamps, farmer, Rodgersville
      4. John W Tapp, Centre Star
      5. William Butler, farmer, Blue Water
      6. William Koger, farmer, Reserve
      7. Abner Beard, farmer, Shoal Creek
      8. Josiah Pollock, Tinner, Florence
      9. Anderson Cost, farmer, Lexington
      10. William P Withers, farmer, Anderson Creek
      11. William R Koonce, farmer, Big Cypress
      12. Henry Richardson, farmer, Blue Water
      13. Thomas McCorkle, merchant, Waterloo
      14 Joseph Hough, farmer, Shoal Creek
      15. Patrick H Hewitt, farmer, Reserve

       

      Page 77 

       

      Pettit Jurors 13 June 1851
      1. Robert B Allen, farmer, Blue Water
      2. William Stutts, farmer, Cowpen
      3. John A Portlock, Blacksmith, Florence
      4. Robert McClanahan, Constable, Lexington
      5. Anderson P Neeley, farmer, Bainbridge
      6. Henry S Harrison, farmer, Shoal Creek
      7. Charles Gookin, merchant, Florence
      8. James A Johnson, machinist, Coxes Creek
      9. Richard M Faires, farmer, Reserve
      10. William H Key, farmer, Reserve
      11. Daniel Killen, farmer, Blue Water
      12. William F Turnley, Tanner, Bluff Creek
      12. William Tomlinson, farmer, Blue Water
      14. Nicholas Wright, farmer, Possom Creek
      15. William A Oliver, merchant, Rodgersville
      16. James H Witherspoon, farmer, Waterloo
      17. John Williams, farmer, Blue Water
      18. Jacob D Casey, farmer, Cypress
      19. James R Alexander, farmer, Blue Water
      20. Altamon Thompson, farmer, Reserve
      21. Robert R McKnight, farmer, Cypress
      22. James Key, farmer, Reserve
      23. Nathaniel R Sturdivant, merchant, Rodgersville
      24. William Sholar, farmer, Rodgersville

       

      Page 79

       

      September 29, 1851
      #5145
      Martha Cross vs John J Crow and Thomas B Crow

       

      Crows were to pay a debt of $55.00 plus damages (interest) and costs

       

      Several cases of debts

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      Page 85


      September 29, 1851
      #5177
      Thomas J Crow Jr vs Zebulon P Morrison.


      Crow to recover $225.03 plus costs from Morrison

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      Page 86


      September 29, 1851
      #5181
      LeRoy P Walker and Richard W Walker vs John McKinley.


      Suit was dismissed.

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      Page 89


      September 29, 1851
      #4795
      Robert M Patton and James Caruthers and Henry D Mason, Executors of Henry Smith vs Isaac F Crow -

      Continued for a Competent Court

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      Page 91


      September 29, 1851
      “Circuit Court held in and for said county at the court house in Florence Fall Term 1851. This day personally appeared in open court James MacNicholas who being duly sworn on his solemn oath here in court declares, that he was born in Mayo County Ireland on the ___ day of ___ 1829 or 1830 that he arrived in the United States of North America on the 13th day of September 1844 and hath resided therein ever since. That it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the said United States and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince potentate state or sovreignity whatever and particularly to Victoria Queen of Great Brittain and Ireland to whom he is a subject. Sworn to & subscribed in open court September 29th 1851
      Jas McNicholas
      Test R B Baugh Clerk

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      Page 93

       

      September 30,1851
      #5197
      The Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Decatur vs Richard B Baugh Exr and Mary L Cassity Executrix of Levi Cassity, dec'd - Continued

       

      Page 95


      October 1, 1851
      #5152
      William Beckwith vs Jonathan Beckwith


      Mistrial - case continued

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      Page 95


      October 1, 1851
      #958
      Robert R Chaney and David B Chaney indicted for the murder of David N Martin -

       

      Remanded to the jail of this county.

       

      Page 95


      October 1, 1851
      #959
      Friday, a Slave, the property of John Price, indicted for the murder of David N Martin.

       

      Remanded to jail.

       

      Page 97


      October 1, 1851
      “It is ordered by the Court that James C Reed be fined the sum of Ten Dollars for Contempt of Court. It is therefore considered by the Court that the State of Alabama recover of this order, and cause Richard M Faires his surety and confessed judgment for said fine and costs. It is therefore considered by the Court that the State of Alabama recover said fine and costs as well of said surety as of the said James C Reed.”

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      Page 97

       

      October 1, 1851
      “It is ordered by the court that James Jackson be fined the sum of Ten Dollars for Contempt of Court. It is therefore considered by the court that the State of Alabama recover of the said James Jackson said sum of Ten Dollars the fine aforesaid also the costs of this order.”

       

      Page 97

       

      October 1, 1851
      #5187
      Sterling A M Wood Adm of Augustine T Leftwich dec'd vs William B Wood Executor of John B Leftwich dec'd


      Jury found for the plaintiff - damages of $240.00 - to the levied and collected of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of John B Leftwich dec'd in the hands of John B Leftwich. John Leftwich’s estate was insolvent - to receive pro rata share on a final distribution of said Estate.

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      Page 99

       

      October 2, 1851
      #843
      State vs Edward Winniner

       

      Defendant filed his plea in abatement - defendant discharged (He had been indicted for adultery.)

       

      Page 102


      October 2, 1851
      #923
      State vs James J Anderson

       

      Indictment against him as a defaulting overseer of the road - found not guilty by jury

       

      Page 102


      October 2, 1851
      #927
      George R Rice found guilty of defaulting overseer of the road -

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      Fine one cent plus costs

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      Page 102

       

      October 2, 1851
      #933
      State vs Elijah G Chandler and Thomas McCorkle found guilty of trading with slaves.

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      Fined ten dollars each plus costs.

       

      #934
      Same - fined $10.00 each

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      Page 103


      October 2, 1851
      #945
      State vs Levi Partrick and Peter F Partrick


      Fined $25.00 each for trading with slaves

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      Page 103


      October 2, 1851
      #945
      State vs John Robertson


      Trading with slaves - fined $15.00

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      Page 105


      October 3, 1851
      #952
      State vs Harrison and Jonathan Howell - obstructing a public road - 


      discharged

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      Page 106


      October 2, 1851
      #961
      State vs William Beckwith and Richard M Beckwith - assault with intent to kill and murder James Vincent.

       

      Bond of $500.00. William M Jackson the defendants security.

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      #962
      State vs William Beckwith - Assault and battery.

       

      William M Jackson defendants security. Bond of $100.00 each.

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      Page 106


      October 2, 1851
      #974
      State vs Henry W McVay - assault with a pistol

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      Page 106


      October 2, 1851
      #5198
      Patton and Barker vs John R Henry -

       

      Henry to pay $217.42 plus costs.

       

      Page 107


      Bills of Indictment


      October 2nd 1851
      #970
      Affray: James Jackson, William M Jackson, James C Reed


      #971
      Assault with pistol: William M Jackson


      #972
      Assault with knife: William D Crow


      #973
      Mayhem: Kenneth Stutts


      #974
      Assault with pistol: Henry W McVay


      #977
      Trading with slaves: Alexander W Falk, Herman Rosenthal, Jacob Falk, James M Simmons


      #975
      Trading with slaves: James R Sparks


      #976
      Retailing without a license: James R Sparks


      #978
      Defaulting Overseer of Road: William White


      #979
      Defaulting overseer of road: James T Turnley


      #980
      Defaulting overseer of road: Winston Beckwith


      #981
      Assault and Battery: John Dewberry


      #982
      Assault and Battery: William Walker


      #983
      Betting on Election: George M Ingram


      #984
      Betting on Election: Benjamin F Crittenden


      #985
      Defaulting Overseer of Road: Charles B Jones


      #986
      Defaulting overseer of road: Jeremiah Burns


      #987
      Defaulting overseer of road: Dennis Holden


      #988
      Defaulting overseer of road: Alexander Mackey

      ​

      Page 108

       

      October 3, 1851
      #958
      State vs Robert B Chaney and David B Chaney - murder of David N Martin


      Trial to be held in Franklin County

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      Page 108

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      October 3, 1851
      #958
      State vs Robert R and David B Chaney - murder

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      “Came John G Martin, Wilson Whitsett, Wesley Williams, John Perkins, Daniel W Long, James S Martin, John Mathews, Thomas Parish, Harvey Haynes, Andrew Carr, Andrew Hipps, Andrew Douglass, Wiley E Martin, Jasper Matthews, John Adams, Richard Johnson, Daniel Davis, James Pool, Robert B Turpin and Jonathan Turpin - subject to fine of $100.00 each - bond Also: William Turner, David Simpson, Thomas Simpson for himself and his daughter Caroline Simpson, Silas L Feilder, John Foster, William A Price, Benjamin F Rhodes and John Price for his daughter Elizabeth Hutton - $100.00 each - bond

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      Page 109


      October 3, 1851
      #959
      State vs Friday a Slave the Property of John Price - murder of David N Martin.

       

      Trial to be held in Franklin County. Same people as in #958 gave bond.

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      Page 110


      October 3, 1851
      #741
      Green Sharp


      Disturbing Public Worship


      #745
      Green Sharp


      Assault and Battery


      #809
      William Lacefield


      Gaming


      #810
      William Lacefield


      Gaming


      #821
      Nicholas Weatherford


      Assault and Battery


      #826
      Archibald Olive and James Lisle


      Affray


      #827
      Newell Spain


      Assault and Battery


      #849
      James Puckett and Jessee Reaves


      Assault and Battery


      #871

      Robert A King


      Assault and Battery

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      Other cases for: gaming, arson (Faithy a slave), retailing, assault and battery, affray, rape (Stephen Reaves), murder (Kelly Stegall, Christopher Price, Alexander H Whitehead), running stolen goods, aiding escape of a prisoner, assault with a knife (William D Crow), mayhem, trading with a slave, assault with a pistol (William Jackson, #971), disturbing public worship, Defaulting Overseer of roads (Winston Beckwith and others), betting on election

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      #920
      Elias Thrasher


      Assault with Intent to Kill

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      Page 114


      October 4, 1851
      #964
      Richard Carter alias John Wright


      Bigamy

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      Page 115


      October 4, 1851
      #972
      State vs William D Crow


      Assault with a knife

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      Page 117


      October 4, 1851
      [No case number]
      State vs William D Crow - charge of gaming -

       

      Didn’t show up, fine of $100.00 unless he appear at the next term of this court and show cause to the contrary

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      Page 118


      October 4, 1851
      [No Case Number]
      State vs Friday a Slave


      Change of venue to County of Franklin. “It is therefore ordered by the Court that the Sheriff of this County within a reasonable time and so soon as convenient take charge of the person of the said defendant and deliver him safely to the jailer of the said County of Franklin at the Court house in the Town of Russellville in said County of Franklin and for that purpose he is hereby required to summon a sufficient guard to render the removal of the said defendant safe and certain.”

      ​

      Page 119


      October 4, 1851
      George G Armistead vs H C Chambers and James Irvine (garnishee).

      ​

      Page 119


      29 March 1852
      John E Moore, Judge of the fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Winston P Pettus, sheriff of Lauderdale County
      “Good and lawful men” to be summoned for Grand Jury:
      21 January 1852 for 29 March 1852
      1. George W Foster, farmer, Florence
      2. James B Price, farmer, Sweet Water
      3. John G Martin,, farmer, Brush Creek
      4. Isaac N Crow, farmer, Blue Water
      5. Jonathan Cunningham, farmer, Rodgersville
      6. John McMillan, farmer, Lexington
      7. John Harrison, farmer, Shoal Creek
      8. Thomas Skipworth, farmer, Burcham
      9. Duncan Smith, merchant, Cowpen Creek
      10. Henry Darby, farmer, Cypress
      11. Asa Harrell, farmer, Blue Water
      12. John A Portlock, Blacksmith, Florence
      13. Bryant Dean, Farmer, Blue Water
      14. Phillip J Iron, farmer, Bluff Creek
      15. Moses Wright, farmer, Waterloo


      “And it appearing to the court that but eleven of the regular pannel are in attendance. It is therefore ordered by the court that the Sheriff forthwith summon eight good and lawful men of said county of Lauderdale the same being house holders or free holders, being twice the number necessary to complete said pannel and thereupon the sheriff returned 
      into court the following good and lawful men to wit: William H Hays, Neander H Rice, John Simpson, Lewis C Moore, Andrew Blair, Benjamin F Rhodes, Zedekiah Willett and William Estes from which the following was drawn to wit: Andrew Blair, Benjamin F Rhodes, Zedekiah Willett and William Estes to complete said pannell and thereupon the following good and lawful men were including as well those of the regular pannel as those summoned and drawn under the order of the 
      court from the bye standers constitute said Grand Jury to wit Jonathan Cunningham, sworn as foreman, Andrew Blair, Benjamin F Rhodes, Zedekiah Willett, William Estes, James B Price, John G Martin, John Harrison, Thomas Skipworth, Henry Darby, Asa Herrell, John A Portlock, Bryant Dean, Philip J Irion and Moses Wright, Walter Glenn Jr. being sworn as Bailiff to attend said Grand Jurors and after they received their charge from the court they retired to consider of their findings.

      ​

      Page 121


      March 29, 1852


      #4795
      Robert M Patton and James Caruthers and Henry D Mason Adm of Henry Smith dec'd vs Isaac F Crow

      ​

      Page 123


      March 29, 1852
      #5202
      George G Armistead vs Henry C Chambers and James Irvine, garnishee

      ​

      Page 124


      March 29, 1852
      #5212
      Hervey Hogue vs Thomas J Crow Jr


      Hogue to recover debt of $58.00 plus costs

      ​

      Page 126


      March 29, 1852
      #5217
      Ferdinand Sannoner vs Samuel D Beloute -

       

      Beloute to pay S $70.00

      ​

      Page 127


      March 29, 1852
      #5222
      Kirkman & Rice vs Ferdinand Sannoner


      Sannoner to pay $250.00 plus costs

      ​

      Page 130


      March 29, 1852
      #5244
      James Caruthers and Henry D Mason vs Levi Todd


      Todd to pay debt of $60.00 plus costs

      ​

      Page 132


      March 29th, 1852
      “This day came in open court, John A Thompson who upon oath states that he emigrated to the United States of America from Ireland three years preceding his arrival at twenty one years of age and that he resided therein three years next preceeding his twenty first year and that he has resided therein up to the present period of time being more than five years and that he has resided in the state of Alabama more than five years prior hereto and that it has been bona fide his intention for three years next preceeding the present period of time to become a citizen of the United States and that he doth here now renounce and abjure all allegiance to any foreign Prince Power or Potentate and particularly to Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of England Ireland and Scotland of whose Kingdom he is a native born subject, and that he 
      will hereafter support the Constitution of the United States of America, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court from the testimony adduced upon this application that the said John A Thompson is a native of Ireland and that he emigrated to the United States of America three years preceeding his arrival at twenty one years of age and has resided 
      therein five years previous to this time and has resided in the state of Alabama five years previous to this time and that it has been for three years past bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America and that during his residence in the United States he has behaved himself as a person of good moral character attached to the 
      principles of the Constitution of the United States of America. It is therefore considered by the court that the said John A Thompson be admitted and he is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States of America with all the rights priviledges and immenities thereunto belonging.

      ​

      Page 133


      March 29, 1852
      #5152
      William Beckwith vs Jonathan Beckwith


      Suit dismissed.

      ​

      Page 134


      March 30, 1852
      Jacob W Falk
      Expartee


      “This day came Jacob W. Falk in open court and produced to the court here a certificate from the clerk of this Honl Court of his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America to renounce and abjure all allegiance to every foreign Prince Power and Potentate and particularly to Frederick William the fourth King of Prussia of whom he was a subject which declaration of intention as aforesaid was filed in the Honl Circuit Court of Lauderdale County Alabama on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March 1850 and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Jacob W. Falk has resided within the United States at least five years previous thereto and within the state of Alabama at least one year last past that during the time aforesaid he has behaved as a man of good moral character attached to the principles of the United States and well disposed to the good order of the same and the said Jacob W. Falk having this day in open court been duly sworn declared that he would hereafter support the Constitution of the United States and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince Potentate State or Sovreignity and particularly to Frederick William the fourth King of Prussia of whom he was lately a subject. It is therefore considered by the court that the said Jacob W. Falk be admitted and he is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United 
      States of America with all the rights priviledges and immenities thereunto belonging.”

      ​

      Page 135


      March 30, 1852
      Alexander M Hannay
      Expartee


      “This day came Alexander M Hannay in open court and produced to the court here a certificate from the Clerk of this Honl. Court of his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America and to renounce and abjure all allegiance to every foreign Prince Power and potentate and particularly to Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Brittain Ireland and Scotland of whom he was a subject which said declaration of his intentions as aforesaid was filed in the Honl the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County Alabama on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March 1850 being the first day of April 1850 and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Alexander M Hannay has resided within the United States at least five years previous thereto and within the state of Alabama at least five years last past that during the time aforesaid he has behaved as a man of good moral character attached to the principles of the United States and well disposed to the good order of the same and the said Alexander M. Hannay having this day in open Court been duly sworn declares that he will hereafter support the Constitution of the United States of America and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all alligance and fidelity to every foreign Prince Potentate State or Sovrignity and particularly to Queen Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Brittain Ireland and Scotland of whoom he was lately a subject. It is therefore considered by the Court that the said Alexander M Hannay be admitted and he is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States of America with all the rights priviledges and immenities thereunto belonging.”

      ​

      Page 137


      April 1, 1852
      #854

      State vs Alexander Simmons
      Keeping a Disorderly House

       

      Guilty - fine of one cent - and cost of suit - William W Till his surety

       

      Page 139


      April 1, 1852
      #913
      State vs Anderson S Davidson, Archibald McDonald, Kenneth M Stutts

      Gaming


      Case not prosecuted

      ​

      Page 139


      April 1, 1852
      #944
      State vs John M Johnson and John C Wilson
      Aiding escape of Whitehead (indicted for murder)


      Case continued

      ​

      Page 141


      April 1, 1852
      #966
      State vs Alexander M Hannay


      Indicted for assault and battery - pleads guilty - fine of $5.00 plus costs. His surety, Edmund Brown, confessed judgment for said fine and costs.

      ​

      Page 141


      April 1, 1852
      #970
      State vs James Jackson

      Affray


      Guilty - fine of one cent plus costs

      ​

      Page 141


      April 1, 1852
      #971
      State vs William M Jackson
      Assault with a pistol


      Pleads not guilty - jury found him not guilty - discharged

      ​

      Page 142


      April 1, 1852
      #972
      State vs Willliam D Crow
      Assault with a knife


      Pleads guilty - fine of one cent and costs

      ​

      Page 142


      April 1, 1852
      #977
      State vs Alexander W Falk, Jacob Falk and James Simmons
      Trading with a slave - pleads guilty.

       

      Each one fined $10.00 and costs of suit.

      ​

      Page 143


      April 1, 1852
      #980
      State vs Isaac Winston Beckwith
      Defaulting overseer of the road


      Pleads not guilty - jury finds not guilty

      ​

      Page 143


      April 1, 1852
      #983
      State vs George M Ingram


      Betting on elections. Pleads guilty - fine of $50.00 plus costs

      ​

      Page 143


      April 1, 1852
      #984
      State vs Benjamin F Crittenden


      Betting on elections - pleads guilty - fine of $50.00 plus costs

      ​

      Page 145


      April 1, 1852
      #994
      State vs Burrell A Warren

      Murder of Abner Lambert


      John L Smith and M T Emerson gave bond for him.

      ​

      Page 145


      April 1, 1852
      #995
      State vs Jasper C Cooper
      Horse stealing


      Pleads guilty - three years in state penitentiary plus cost of suit


      #996
      State vs Jasper C Cooper
      Larceny -

       

      Nol prosequi - discharged

      ​

      Page 146


      April 1, 1852
      Bills of Indictment


      #994
      State vs Burrell A Warren
      Murder


      #995
      Jasper C Cooper
      Horse stealing


      #996
      Jasper C Cooper
      Larceny


      #997
      John K Peeden
      Murder


      #998
      Christopher Stutts, Thos. Lowry??, James Jackson, Richard Stamps
      Gaming


      #999
      John K Peeden
      Gaming


      #1000

      Zebulon P Morrison
      Assault and Battery


      #1001
      William Cooley
      Selling Slave without license


      #1002
      Peter Finch and William McGarth
      Peddling without license


      #1003
      Moses Stepp
      Assault and Battery on slave


      #1004
      Moses Stepp
      Assault with gun


      #1005
      John Stephens
      Gaming


      #1006
      William Prear??
      Peddling on Flat Boat


      #1007
      William D Robinson
      Keeping and Exhibiting faro Bank


      #1008
      William Prear??
      Retailing


      #1009
      Major M Price
      Perjury


      #1010
      Mayberry White
      Perjury


      #1011
      William P Herring
      Forgery


      #1012
      Thomas Curtis
      Obtaining goods under false pretences


      #1013

      Horace Summerhill
      Assault and Battery


      #1014
      Edmund Cannady
      Defaulting overseer of road


      #1015
      Jessee Koger
      Defaulting overseer of road


      #1016
      John H Atwell?? Stovall??
      Defaulting overseer of road


      #1017
      Aaron Clemmens??
      Defaulting overseer of road

      ​

      Page 146


      April 1, 1852
      #994
      State vs Burrel A Warren


      Murder of Abner Lambert - remanded to jail of Lauderdale County

      ​

      Page 147


      April 2, 1852
      #1003
      State vs Moses Stepp
      Assault and Battery on slave


      Thomas Massey, Isaac Hunt and Joseph Stepp made bond for him


      #1004
      State vs Moses Stepp


      Assault on John C F Wilson with a gun. Same people made bond for him.

      ​

      Page 151

       

      October 4, 1852

       

      Summoned for Grand Jury July 8, 1852 for October 4, 1852
      1. John M Davis, merchant, Lexington
      1. John Murphy, Tanner, Florence
      3. James Martin, Factor, Cypress
      4. John Dewberry, Farmer, Cypress
      5. William Herman, farmer, Blue Water
      6. Samuel Landman, farmer, Anderson Creek
      7. Thomas H Perkins, farmer, Reserve
      8. Zedekiah Willett, farmer, Florence Beat
      9. Adam Weaver, Wagoner, Rodgersville
      10. Lewis C Moore, farmer, Coxes Creek
      11. Robert E Carr, farmer, Cypress
      12. William C Phillips, merchant, Centre Star
      13. Littleberry Underwood, farmer, Reserve
      14. Samuel Vaughan, farmer, Reserve
      15. Thomas M McCorkle, merchant, Waterloo


      July 8, 1852

      Sheriff to also summon:
      Phillip J Irions
      Joseph Ijams
      William B L Thrasher
      Anderson P Neeley
      Abia Parsons
      Isaac Hunt
      Irions, Ijames and Thrasher were drawn to complete the pannel.

      Those to serve on Grand Jury:
      John M Davis sworn as foreman, Phillip J Irions, Joseph Ijames, William B L Thrasher, John Murphy, James Martin, John Dewberry, William Herman, Samuel Landman, Thomas H Perkins, Zedekiah Willet, Adam Weaver, Lewis C Moore, Robert E Carr and William C Phillips. Walter Glenn Jr. being sworn as Bailiff to attend said Grand Jurors.

      ​

      Page 152


      Those drawn to serve as Pettit Jurors:
      1. Robert Springer, farmer, Second Creek
      2. George W Karsner, merchant, Florence
      3. Horatio P Pettus, farmer, Lexington
      4. Spencer Rhodes, Blacksmith, Reserve
      5. William McMurtry, farmer, Cowpen Creek
      6. Ephraim Sheffield, farmer, Masonville
      7. Albert B Hammons, farmer, Lexington
      8. Alexander M Hannay, Tailor, Florence
      9. John W Smith, farmer, Bircham Creek
      10. Joseph Hough, farmer, Shoal Creek
      11. Wilson Carrolll, farmer, Bluff Creek
      12. John W McAlester, merchant, Florence
      13. Columbus Rhodes, farmer, Cypress
      14. Neander H Rice, merchant, Florence
      15. Thomas Dewberry, farmer, Cypress
      16. William C Reynolds, farmer, Butlers Creek
      17. William F Turnley, Tanner, Bluff Creek
      18. James Wright, Cabinet maker, Foundry
      19. Johnson Trousdale, farmer, Blue Water
      20. Aristides E Jackson, farmer, Blue Water
      21. Charles C Lewter, farmer, Florence
      22. Oliver P Asher, merchant, Florence
      23. John Wilcoxson, farmer, Blue Water
      24. Daniel Killen, farmer, Blue Water

       

      July 8, 1852

       

      Pages 156 and 157

       

      A number of people have suits against Samuel Tillman
      (James T Hargraves, James B Harris?, Nathan Boddie, Henry W Sample & Co., Patton and Barker, Martin and John Harkins, Albery H Jones, Judge R Burns)

      ​

      Page 159

       

      October 4, 1852
      #5278
      McCorkle and Chandler vs James Webb

       

      Webb didn’t come to court - owed the plaintiffs $53.00. ($2.67 damages by reason of the detention of said debt - also had to pay cost of suit) Many cases of debts owed.

      ​

      Page 168


      October 4, 1852
      #5328
      Simpson McAlester & Co vs Thomas J Crow, Jr.

       

      Crow owed $110.52 plus interest and costs.

       

      Page 170

       

      October 4, 1852
      “This day personally appeared in open Court Robert T Patton who being duly sworn on his solemn oath here in Court declares that he was born at Belfast in the County of Antrim Ireland, That he arrived in the United States of America on the 29th day of June 1850 and hath resided therein ever since. That it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of 
      the said United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate or sovreignity whatever and particularly to Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to whoom he is a subject. 
      Robert T. Patton
      Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
      October 4th 1852
      Test R B Baugh, Clerk”

      ​

      Page 170


      October 4, 1852
      “This day came Joseph Milner in open Court and files the certificate of the Clerk of the Probate Court of Marshall County Mississippi of his declaration to become a citizen of the United States of America which declaration and certificate are in the following words and figures 'The State of Mississippi Be it remembered hat at a Probate Court begun and held in and for the County of Marshall at the Court House thereof in the town of Holly Springs on the fourth Monday being the twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, There was present the Honorable Tryon M Yancy, Judge of the Probate Court of said County presiding. When the following amongst other things were done on Thursday the fourth day of said Term Viz, This day came into Court Joseph Milner a foreigner who being first duly sworn made declaration on oath of his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, which being reduced to writing is ordered by the Court to be recorded on the minutes as follows to wit, United States of America, The

       

      State of Mississippi, Marshall County Court of Probate, March 1st 1849.
      This day personally appeared in open Court Joseph Milner being a free white person of the age of twenty three years, a native of England in the Kingdom of Great Britain and declared that he emigrated to the United States of America in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four 1844 and that he landed at New Orleans in the State of Louisiana in the month of October of the said year 1844 and that it was and is his bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince Potentate State or Sovrerignity whatever and particularly to Queen Victoria the Sovreign of England and Scotland and Ireland of whose dominion this declarer was and up to the time of his emigration was a subject.

      March 1st 1849 Joseph Milner
      T M Yancy Probate Judge

      ​

      The State of Mississippi
      Marshall County
      I Gordentin Waite, Clerk of the Probate Court of said County hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a true and perfect transcript from the minutes of our said court in the matter of Joseph Milner declaring his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States of America as stated in said order of said Court. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the town of Holly Springs the 13th day of March A.D. 1849. Gordentin Waite, Clerk

      ​

      I Tryon M Yancy Judge of the Probate Court of said County hereby certify that Gordentin Waite whose genuine signature appears to the forgoing Certificate and attestation is the Clerk of said Court duly elected qualified and commissioned, that his said certificate and attestation are in due form of law and by the proper office and that all of his official acts as such are and ought to be entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of March A.D. 1849. 
      T. M. Yancy, Judge

      ​

      And it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Joseph Milner has resided within the United States of America for more than five years previous hereto and within the state of Alabama for more than one year last past that during the time aforesaid he has behaved as a man of good moral character attached to the principles of the United 
      States and well disposed to the good order of the same, And the said Joseph Milner being how here in open Court after having been duly sworn declared that he will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Alabama and that he doth now absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince 
      Potentate State or Sovreignity whatever and particularly to Queen Victoria Queen of the United Kingdoms of Great Brittain Ireland and Scotland of whoom he was lately a subject. It is therefore considered by the Court that the said Joseph Milner be admitted and he is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States of America with all the rights priviledges and immunities thereunto belonging.”

      ​

      Page 172


      October 4, 1852
      Henry Donahoo, Deed Gift to John K Wren, Trustee for Margaret B Wren


      Donahoo gave a negro girl or woman named Jane aged about fifteen years of yellow complexion to John K Wren as Trustee for his wife Margaret B Wren, daughter of the said Henry Donahoo.

      ​

      Page 172


      October 4, 1852
      “This day personally appeared in open Court Charles Zumhasch who being duly sworn on his solemn oath here in Court declares, that he was born at Nordwalde Circuit of Burgsteinfurt in the Kingdom of Prussia. That he arrived in the United States of America on the 22nd of September 1848 and hath resided therein ever since. That it is bona fide his intention 
      to become a citizen of the said United States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign King Potentate or Sovreignity whatever and particularly to the King of Prussia to whoom he is a subject.
      Charles Zumhasch
      Sworn to and subscribed in open court October 4th 1852
      Test. R B Baugh, Clerk

      ​

      Page 172


      October 4, 1852
      Josiah Rosenthall
      Exparte


      “This day came Josiah Rosenthall in open court here and produced to the court the Certificate of the clerk of this Honorable Court of his intention to become a citizen of the United States of America and to renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince Power and Potentate and particularly to Frederick William the Duke of 
      Nassau of whoom he was a subject which said declaration of his intention as aforesaid was filed in the Honorable the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County Alabama on the 29th day of November 1849 and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Josiah Rosenthall has resided within the United States more than five years previous to this time and 
      within the state of Alabama for the last five years past that during the time aforesaid he has behaved as a man of good moral character attached to the principles of the United States and well disposed to the good order of the same and the said Josiah Rosenthall being this day in open court duly sworn declares that he will hereafter support the Constitution of the United States of America and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince Potentate State or Sovreignity and particularly to Frederick William the Duke of Nassau of whoom he was lately a subject. It is therefore considered by the court that the said Josiah Rosenthall be admitted and he is hereby declared a citizen of the United States of America with all the rights priviledges and immunities thereto belonging.”
      Note in margin: Certificate Issued 11th Sept. 1856.”

      ​

      Page 173


      October 4, 1852
      #5343
      Fleming Jordan vs Steam Boat James Jackson
      Libel

      ​

      Page 173


      October 4, 1852
      “This day personally appeared in open court Maximilian Swoope who being duly sworn on his solemn oath here in open Court declares, that he was born at Fillheim in the Kingdom of Bavaria, That he arrived in the United States of America on the 1st day of August 1850 and hath resided therein ever since, That is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince Potentate or sovreignity whatever and particularly to Maximilian the Second King of Bavaria.
      Maximilian Swope
      Sworn to and subscribed in open Court October 4th 1852
      Test R B Baugh, Clerk
      Note in margin: Certificate Issued 19 January 1856”

      ​

      Page 174


      October 5, 1852
      #4369
      John McKinley Surviving Trustee vs James Irvine


      “Came the parties by their attorneys and the plaintiff’s counsel suggest to the death of the plaintiff in this cause and that Luther T Thustin and Andrew McKinley are the Executors of the Estate of the said John McKinley deceased. It is therefore considered by the court that this cause be revived in the name of said Luther T Thustin and Andrew McKinley Executors as aforesaid and that this said cause be continued.

      ​

      Page 174


      October 5, 1852
      #4431
      Hervey Dillahunty vs Neander H Rice, Executor of Robert Andrews dec’d.

      ​

      Page 177


      October 6, 1852
      Grand Jury Bills of Indictment


      #1018
      Jonathan Crump
      Horse stealing


      #1019
      Jonathan Crump
      Horse stealing


      #1020
      William J Barnett
      Forgery


      #1021
      James Hagwood
      Assault with Intent to Murder


      #1022
      Briggs McLemore
      Assault with Knife


      #1023
      John Sherrod
      Assault and Battery


      #1024
      William Beckwith and James Reaves
      Affray


      #1025
      James M Sherrod and Thomas Sherrod
      Assault and Battery


      #1026
      William Smith and Benjamin Sholar
      Affray


      #1027
      Robert B Allen
      Adultery


      #1028
      Isaac Spears and James Hood Simpson
      Assault and Battery with Stick


      #1029
      Johnson Cooney? and John Butler
      Affray


      #1030
      David P Gant
      Gaming with Minor


      #1031
      James Craddock
      Assault and Battery


      #1032
      James Bradshaw
      Retailing Spirituous Liquor


      #1033
      Munroe Peeden and Haywood Peeden
      Disturbing Public Worship


      #1034
      Manso? F McKinnan and David P Porter
      Gaming


      #1035
      John Ivey
      Assault and Battery


      #1036
      Benjamin F Rhodes
      Assault with Gun


      #1037
      Benjamin F Rhodes
      Assault with Gun


      #1038
      William C Best
      Assault and Battery


      #1039
      Walter Danley
      Assault and Battery


      #1040
      Gray Olive
      Assault and Battery


      #810
      William Lacefield
      Gaming


      #834
      James Young


      #834
      Matilda Perrygo?


      #834
      Robert Perrygo


      #838
      James Matheny


      #854
      David Adams

      ​

      Page 180


      October 8, 1852
      #920
      Elias Thrasher
      Assault with Intent to Kill and Murder James A Sloan? -

      Bond of $500.00

      ​

      Page 181


      October 8, 1852
      #1000
      Zebulon P Morrison
      Assault and battery -

       

      Guilty - fine of $10.00

      ​

      Page 191
      October 8, 1852
      #944
      State vs John C Wilson


      Indicted for aiding the escape of Alexander H Whitehead, charged with murder. Pleads not guilty - jury found him not guilty

      ​

      Page 193


      October 8, 1852
      #4620
      Detince?
      Peleg Tenorle? Admr of Martha Prater deceased vs Drucilla Darby. Jury found for the defendant.

      ​

      Page 194


      October 8, 1852
      #4991
      James Irvine vs Hervey Dillahunty


      Dillahunty to pay Irvine $660.00 plus cost of lawsuit

      ​

      Page 195


      October 8, 1852
      #5033
      Vincent M Benham, Admr of Percifer F Pearson dec’d, use of Willis Pope Jr. vs Sidney C Posey and Alexander D Coffee, Exrs of A J Hutchings dec’d


      Plaintiff no further wishing to prosecute his said suit against these defendants. Suit dismissed. Plaintiff to pay costs of suit.

      ​

      Page 196


      October 9, 1852
      #5256
      Priscilla Wilson vs Moses Stepp

      ​

      Page 198
      October 9, 1852
      “It was made appear to the satisfaction of the Court that on account of a press of public business it would not be proper for the sheriff of this county to convey Jonathan Crump and James Hagwood two convicts to the Penitentiary. It is therefore ordered by the Court that Winston P Pettus sheriff of Lauderdale County Alabama be authorized to appoint 
      Robert B McKnight deputy for the purpose of conveying the said Jonathan Crump and James Hagwood to the Penitentiary and that he be allowed a guard consisting of five persons to assist him in the performance of said duty.”

      ​

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      April 4, 1853


      Hon. John E Moore, Judge
      Winston P Pettus, Sheriff
      Summoned as Grand Jurors 19 January 1853 for April 4, 1853
      1. William C Bailey, Millright, Butler Creek
      2. Champion Anderson, farmer, Reserve
      3. Samuel L Clark, Plasterer, Florence
      4. Johnathan S Springer, farmer, Second Creek
      5. Jessee W Koger, farmer, Reserve
      6. John M C Hooks, carpenter, Florence
      7. William Stutts, farmer, Shoal Creek
      8. Peterson Goodwin, farmer, Second Creek
      9. James Beddingfield, farmer, Blue Water
      10. Richard A Bailey, farmer, Shoal Creek
      11. John H. Faires, farmer, Cypress Creek
      12. Thomas Stone, farmer, Anderson Creek
      13. Andrew S Porter, Clerk, Lexington
      14. James Jackson, farmer, Reserve
      15. Allen W Oliver, Merchant, Rodgersville
      16. Joseph Weaver, farmer, Rodgersville
      17. William R Koonce, farmer, Cypress
      18. Thompson Letchworth, farmer, Waterloo
      19 January 1853


      Those chosen for Grand Jury:
      Anderson, Bailey, Clark, Springer, Koger, Stutts, Goodwin, Beddingfield, Bailey, Faires, Stone, Porter, Jackson, Weever, Koonce, Letchworth.
      Champion Anderson, foreman
      Walter Glen Jr, Bailiff

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      April 4, 1853
      “This day personally appeared in open Court Marcus Lensensmeyer who being duly sworn on his solemn oath here in open Court declares that he was born in the principality of Baden in Germany. That he arrived in the United States of America on the __ day of October 1845 and hath resided therein ever since arriving in New Orleans, State of Louisiana he has resided there and in Florence Ala, Huntsville Ala & Chattanooga Tennessee ever since. That it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States and forever renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince Potentate or Sovreignity whatever and particularly to the Grand Duke Leopold of Baden Germany to whom he is a 
      subject, sworn to and subscribed in open Court April 4th 1853.
      Marcus Lenensmeyer
      Test. R B Baugh, Clerk

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      Page 199


      April 4, 1853
      Pettit Jurors for first week of term
      1. Henry D Smith, farmer, Reserve
      2. James S Holland, farmer, Cypress
      3. William Sholar, farmer, Rodgersville
      4. John A Smith, farmer, Cypress
      5. Samuel D Weakley, factor, Florence
      6. Thomas N Williams, farmer, Lexington
      7. Robert C Bumpass, farmer, Bluff Creek
      8. John S Lansford, farmer, Reserve
      9. Jonathan Paulk, farmer, Cypress
      10. Benjamin Taylor, farmer, Blue Water
      11. William W Trousdale, farmer, Blue Water
      12. Abia Parsons, farmer, Shoal Creek
      13. James Wilson, farmer, Mill Creek
      14. Henry S Harrison, farmer, Shoal Creek
      15. James W Stewart, Tailor, Florence
      16. Henry Gibson, farmer, Blue Water
      17. Reuben Reeder, farmer, Cypress
      18. Andrew Jackson, farmer, Cypress
      19. Edmund Brown, Constable, Florence
      20. John I Olive, farmer, Cypress
      21. Bluford T Allen, farmer, Blue Water
      22. John Killen, farmer, Blue Water
      23. Thomas Ross, farmer, Cowpen Creek
      24. Samuel H Richardson, farmer, Blue Water
      25.Andrew McLaren, farmer, Mill Creek
      26. William W Pettus, farmer, Lexington
      27. Anderson Cox, farmer, Blue Water
      28. Mitchell Malone, farmer, Reserve
      29. Booker Foster, farmer, Anderson Creek
      30. Thomas Devenport, farmer, Rodgersville.
      19 January 1853
      “Executed in full 1 April 1853”

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      April 4, 1853
      Pettit Jurors for second week
      1. James Wilson, farmer, Second Creek
      2. Jordan Ham, farmer, Cowpen Creek
      3. Peter A Andrews, farmer, Shoal Creek
      4. John McCabe, farmer, Shoal Creek
      5. David Musselman, farmer, Shoal Creek
      6. John McClain, farmer, Waterloo
      7. William Rhodes, farmer, Cypress
      8. William McCorkle, farmer, Cypress
      9. David Snoddy, farmer, Blue Water
      10. John J Craig, farmer, Florence
      11. Thomas M Dement, farmer, Rodgersville
      12. John L House, Saddler, Cypress
      13. Asa Richardson, farmer
      14. Thomas J Foster, farmer, Florence
      15. John Cooper, farmer, Rodgersville
      16. Jonathan M Cunningham, farmer, Rodgersville
      17. Grey Dunn, farmer, Rodgersville,
      18. James Holbert, farmer, Rodgersville
      19. Charles W Haraway, farmer, Rodgersville
      20. John McCorstin, farmer, Florence
      21. Elijah G Chandler, Merchant, Bluff Creek
      22. Washington White, farmer, Reserve
      23. Allen W. Howell, farmer, Butlers Creek
      24. William H Key, farmer, Reserve
      25. Burrell McManus, farmer, Cypress
      26 Henry Richardson, farmer, Blue Water
      27. John H Thrasher, Mill Right, Cypress
      28. Stewart Wilson, farmer, Blue Water
      29. John R Myrick,, farmer, Blue Water
      30. Baylis E Bourland, farmer, Rodgersville
      19 January 1853

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      Page 203


      April 4, 1853
      #5358
      Barnhard Rosenthal assignee of Vincent M Benham vs John A Branch


      Branch didn’t come to court - ordered to pay debt of Ninety dollars plus nine dollars damages and costs of suit.

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      Page 204


      April 4, 1853
      #5362
      William B Wood vs Thomas J Crow, Jr.


      Debt - $66.92 to be paid by Crow plus damages and costs

      Many cases of debts.

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      Page 207


      April 4, 1853
      #5462
      John S Jackson vs William H Mason, John Jones and James G Crittenden


      Execution in favor of plaintiff for $36.25 plus interest and costs of suit on 27 January 1853. For want of personal property levied on the following described land as the property of John Jones to be sold in order to satisfy the debt. Land adjoining the town of Waterloo - 160 acres - Fractional Section 12, R15, T2.

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      Page 207


      April 4, 1853
      #5463
      The President and Trustees of La Grange College use of Oscar F Casey vs Edward A O’Neal


      O’Neal didn’t come to court - to pay $56.00 plus damages and costs of suit.

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      Page 213


      April 6, 1853
      #4367
      Luther T Thustin and Andrew McKinley Exrs of John McKinley vs James Irvine


      Order reviving this cause in the name of Luther T Thustin and Andrew McKinley Executors of the last will and testament of John McKinley the original plaintiff in this cause be set a side and that said suit abate.

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      Page 214


      April 6, 1853
      #5197
      The Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Decatur vs Richard B Baugh Executor and Mary L Cassity Executrix of Levi Cassity dec’d


      Defendants to pay $96.60 plus costs

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      Page 216


      April 6, 1853
      #960
      State vs Christopher Price


      Murder of David N Martin - Pleads not guilty. Sheriff to summon a jury of fifty good and lawful men in addition to those of the regular pannel to try said cause and that the defendant or his counsel be furnished with a list of the venire and a copy of the indictment two entire days before the trial of said cause and that said prisoner be remanded to the 
      jail of this county.

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      Page 216


      April 6, 1853
      #1041
      State vs William Fisher


      Murder of Robert Kirkland. Pleads not guilty. Same as above - fifty additional jurors to be summoned.

       

      Page 219


      April 7, 1853
      #5400
      M P and O P Asher vs William A Koger


      Koger didn’t come to court - to pay debt of $95.02 plus interest and costs.

      Other debts

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      Page 221


      April 7, 1853
      #5415
      John M Yates vs Levi Todd


      Todd didn’t come to court - to pay debt of $107.25 plus $30.25 damages sustained by plaintiff by reason of the detention of said debt and the costs of the suit.

      Other debts

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      Page 225


      April 7, 1853
      #5449
      Robert M Patton Admr of Hugh McVay dec’d vs Joseph Ijams


      Case continued

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      Page 227


      April 7, 1853
      #5464
      Andrew Blair vs Thomas J Crow


      Crow to pay $396.73 debt plus interest and costs.

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      Page 229


      April 7, 1853
      #5472
      James Key vs Sidney C Posey and Edward A O’Neal


      Posey and O’Neal sent their agent, Richard B Baugh to confess a judgment - to pay Key $250.00 balance of debt plus $80.12 damages plus court costs.

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      Page 230


      April 7, 1853
      #5202
      George G Armistead vs Henry C Chambers


      Jury found for Chambers. He was to recover costs of suit from Armistead.

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      Page 233


      April 11, 1853
      #834
      State vs James Young


      Defendant dead - prosecution abate


      #834
      State vs Matilda Perrygo


      Case dismissed


      #834
      State vs Robert Perrygo


      Case dismissed


      #834
      State vs James Matheny


      Case dismissed
      Other cases dismissed or continued

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      Page 234


      April 11, 1853
      Case # 872 -
      George W Green, Wiley T Hawkins, James Jackson


      Green to pay $5.00 fine - assault and battery. Scifacias issued to Green, Hawkins and Jackson to be set aside


      #874
      George W Green, Wiley T Hawkins, James Jackson


      Green found not guilty of assault with a gun. Hawkins and Jackson and Green had Scifacias set aside.