SALINE COUNTY CHANCERY COURT RECORD, BOOK "A", 1841 - 1871 *********************************************************************************************************************************** **I'D LIKE TO OFFER A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THIS BOOK. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, IT APPEARS THAT THERE WERE TWO COURT JURISDICTIONS: COMMON LAW AND CHANCERY LAW. CHANCERY LAW WAS MUCH AS IT IS TODAY AND INCLUDED ALL MATTERS OF EQUITY. COMMON LAW WAS WHAT IS NOW OUR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTIONS. HOWEVER, FOR WHATEVER REASON, OCCASIONALLY, A DIVORCE WOULD BE FILED IN THE COMMON LAW BOOK, ALONG WITH OTHER MATTERS OF EQUITY. SO, WHEN LOOKING FOR YOUR ANCESTORS, IF YOU DO NOT FIND THEM IN THIS INDEX, BE SURE TO CHECK THE COMMON LAW BOOKS AS I HAVE THEM ENTERED ON THIS WEB SITE. THE FILE NUMBER THAT APPEARS ABOVE SOME OF THE CASES, IS THE FILE NUMBER THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PLAINTIFF WHEN THEIR COMPLAINT WAS FILED. IT CORRESPONDED TO THE ORGINAL HANDWRITTEN PLEADINGS, MOST OF WHICH WERE DESTROYED THROUGH THE YEARS. WHAT IS IN THE CHANCERY COURT RECORD BOOK IS THE JUDGE'S ORDERS AND CLERK NOTES, WHICH WERE MADE DURING A HEARING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU FIND A RECORD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST. YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT E-MAIL, GARRETT@SALINECOUNTY.ORG. THANKS, DEB ROBINSON ************************************************************************************************************************************ PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT COMPLAINT PAGE # (FILE #44) ADAMS, WILLIAM W. & CHRISTOPHER C. DANLEY JAMES F. FAGAN; CATHERINE ADAMS; WILLIAM A. CRAWFORD; JOHN B. TURNER; GORGE T. CLOUD (BILL IN CHANCERY) 225-228, 233-235 ADDY, JOHN T. JOHN H. HAWKINS; WILLIAM CRAWFORD, ADMS. FOR NATHAN WORKMAN (BILL IN CHANCERY) 376,377,397 ANDERSON, SARAH WILLIAM M. ANDERSON (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 167,168,178, 179,186,187 (FILE #61) ARNOLD, MARTHA A. BENJAMIN F. ARNOLD (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 278,279,280, 292, ASHBROOKS, ANNE E. MOSES ASHBROOKS (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 37,43,44 BALDWIN, THOMAS A. FOR JOHN D. MCCLURE ISAAC N. MCCLURE; IRVIN SMITH, LAURA BALDWIN; HEIRS OF JOHN D. MCCLURE 386,387,394, (BILL TO SALE LAND) 410,411,418, 419,410 (FILE #85) BANKSTON, LEWIS, ET AL JAMES ADDY, ET AL (BILL IN CHANCERY) 357,359,371,378, 383,396,407,425 BARTLETT, JESSE WILLIAM CHENAULT; LAWSON RUNYAN; ELIZAH H. LIGHTFOOT (IN CHANCERY) 65,66,69 (FILE #46) BENNETT, WILLIAM M. FRANCES E. BENNETT (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 223,229,230, 239,240,245, 246 (FILE #76) BINGHAM, JOHN A. P. MARIAH B. BINGHAM (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 321,329,332,340 342,343 BRATTON, ELIZA E. STEPHEN R. BRATTON (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 136,137,141,142 (FILE #35) BRATTON, MARGARET H. JAMES BRATTON (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 198,204,207,210, 211 BROOKER, ALEXANDER V. GILES RICHARDSON (INJUNCTION) 1,8 BUCKALOO, JOHN R. CALDWELL, CHARLES; JAMES LOCKERT; CATHERINE WOODSEN MCCARTY; NELLY JOHNSON MCCARTY; HEIRS OF SARAH MCCARTY; JOSEPH MCCARTY; ELIZABETH COLLINS LOCKERT; ELINDER FRANKLIN LOCKERT; BARTHALL JOHNSON LOCKERT; HEIRS OF JOHN LOCKERT; HEIRS OF WILLIAM LOCKERT; HEIRS OF JAMES LOCKERT (INJUNCTION) 18,19,24,25,26 BUSH, MILLY C. EVAN BUSH (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 41,43 CALDWELL, CHARLES BANK OF COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY (INJUNCTION) 4,6,9,14,15 CALDWELL, CHARLES JOHN K. HUTSON (APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR OF DECEASED PLAINTIFF) 38,44 CALVERT, WILLIAM RICHARD BRAZIL; ROBERT F. FINN; HEIRS OF FRANCIS A. MCWILLIAMS (QUIET TITLE) 5,7,10,15,21, 26,27 CASE, JAMES JOHN M. WOODSEN (FORECLOSURE) 16 CATES, ISAAC T. JOHN A. RICKARD & JEREMIAH T. HOFFMAN, STEPTOE B. TAYLOR; S. T. HUDSON (INJUNCTION) 66,67,71,72,73,76, 82,90,97,98,110, 111,113,114,115 121,129,131,134, 140,143,148,149, 162,165,172 CATES, ISAAC T; PRATT CATES; WILLIAMSON CATES, HEIRS OF ISAAC T. CATES ARNESBURY &EVELINE CLARK; LEWIS, CAROLINE &LEE BANKSTON (PETITION FOR TITLE) 176,177,185,186 (FILE #37) CHENAULT, JOSEPH M. NANCY ANN CHENAULT (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 201,203,204,210 (FILE #56) CHILDERS, MARY JANE WILLIAM CHILDERS (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 269,275,284 CHILDERS, SUSAN A. JAMES W. CHILDERS (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 33,36,38,39 CLAYTON, POWELL, GOVERNOR, ROBERT J. T. WHITE, SECRETARY, THOMAS SMITH, SUPER. OF PUBLIC JUSTICE OF STATE OF ARKANSAS MORRIS, BRADFORD, ET AL (SEE FILE #70) (FORECLOSURE) 368,369,370,381, 382 (FILE #43) COKE, JAMES Y., ET AL JAMES B. SANDIFER (BILL IN CHANCERY) 218,229,240 CORE, JAMES THOMAS PACK & PETER DUVALL (BILL IN CHANCERY) 43 DODD, MARY ANN JOHN D. MCFARLAND, ADM., ET AL (BILL FOR DOWER) 317,326,327,328, 335,336,337 FAGAN, JAMES F.; CATHERINE ADAMS &MADISON M. CLOUD WILLIAM A CRAWFORD; GEORGE J. CLOUD; AND JOHN B. TURNER (INJUNCTION) 220,221 FULCHER, AMANDA & WALLIS FULCHER, MINOR JOHN S. GEE; WILLIAM H. DUNCAN AND GUSTAVUS K. FULCHER (PETITION FOR SLAVE) 87,91,95,96, 109 (FILE #65) GRISSOM, JOHN THOMAS J. LEE (FORECLOSURE) 288 (FILE #58) HARDY, MATILDA F. AUGUSTUS D. HARDY (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 268,275,280, (FILE #39) HARRILL, SPROULLS &CO.; LYMAN SEARS &CO.; LEE MURPHY &CO. ELZEY TAYLOR; JOAB CAVENESS; &WILLIAM A. CRAWFORD (CREDITOR'S BILL) 205,211,212, 213,216 (FILE #55) HARRIS, SAMUEL D. JOHN A. MCADOO &WIFE (FORECLOSURE) 265,266 HENDERSON, JETHRO P., IN RE (REVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS TO ENTER BAR TO PRACTICE AS A SOLICITOR) 422 (FILE #78) HENDERSON, SAMUEL T. THOMAS PACK, ADM. (BILL IN CHANCERY) 371,372 HENDERSON, THOMAS P. THOMAS PACK , ADM. (BILL IN CHANCERY) 344,345,357 (FILE #47) HENSLEE, DAVID P. JACKSON C. CORNELIUS & ENOCH HENSLEE (PETITION FOR TITLE) 231,240,244, 252,253,260, 261 HOCKERSMITH, ALFRED R. CHESTER ASHLEY; GEORGE C. WATKINS & DAVID B. GREEN (INJUNCTION) 57,58,65,71 (FILE #42) HOCKERSMITH, ALFRED R. JULIA B. MORROW BRADFORD MORROW; ISAAC N. KING (INJUNCTION) 219,225,236,237, 247 HOFFMAN, JEREMIAH J. STEPTOE B. TAYLOR (CROP BILL) 151,152 (FILE #51) HOOD, REUBEN M. WILLIAM HAMILTON FOR JOHN WHITE (SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE) 248,249,250 HUGHES, GREEN B. JOHN JONES (BILL IN CHANCERY) 2,8 (FILE #33) HUGHES, GREEN B. FOR ELISHA CORNELIUS PEYTON GRAVES (INJUNCTION) 171,172,174,175, 188,190,191, 193, 199,202,207,208 (FILE #50) HUGHES, GEORGE W.; JOHN HUGHES & LOUISA HUGHES, EXECUTORS FOR GREEN B. HUGHES RANSOM THOMPSON; URIAH ALLEN; JOHN F. SLADE &PLEASANT JORDAN (PETITION TO SALE LAND) 241,242,243,247, 248,258,261,262, 263 HUTCHINSON, THOMAS S. JOHN F. HUTCHISON JAMES M. HUTCHISON (BILL FOR RECOVERY) 299,301 INGLISH, ALFRED M. VIRGINIA R. INGLISH (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 99,100,107,108, 117 JAMES, HOMER ELIZABETH JAMES (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 131,132,142,143, 153 JOINER, JOHNSON J. ASHER BAGLEY (IN CHANCERY) 8,12,13,17,20 JOINER, JOHNSON J. DAVID C. MCDANIEL (SEE EZRA M. OWEN) (INJUNCTION) 45,46 (FILE #62) JOHNSON, MARTHA C. JOHN JOHNSON (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 283,292,296,298, 300 JOHNSON, THOMAS H. GILES RICHARDSON (INJUNCTION) 1,8 JOHNSON, THOMAS JOHN B. HAMMOND (BILL IN CHANCERY) 115,120,121,126, 127, 128, 137, 138 JONES, ELIJAH J. &REBECCAH GEORGE W. RUTHERFORD; JAMES MOORE; NATHAN &SUSANNA WORKMAN; WALKER WOODEL; POLLY ANN WOODEL; JOEL WOODEL, ADELINE WOODEL; LUCY WOODEL, SUSAN MAHALA WOODEL; MARTHA J. WOODEL, HEIRS OF LEWIS WOODEL; &ISHAM & HARRIET WALKER (BILL FOR DOWER) 119,124,125,132, 133,140,144-147 155,156,157 (FILE #100) KEESEE, ISAAC N., ET AL JAMES HICKS, ET AL (PARTITION) 406,415,416,417, 421,423,424,426, 427 (FILE #75) KEISLE, JOHN MARTHA KEISLE (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 323,324,333,347 KELLOW, MARGARET SAMUEL KELLOW (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 168,169 KELLY, JAMES JACHARRIAH DODD; JOHN MCIVER BARRETT &WILLIAM A. BARRETT (INJUNCTION) 169,173,178,187, 191,194,196,202 KIRKPATRICK, JOSEPH JOHN A. MEDLOCK &ISABELLA K. FLETCHER (EQUITY) 365,382,395,396 LAWSON, JAMES JOHNSON J. JOINER; EZRA M. OWEN; THOMAS PACK; WILLIAM B. THORN & FREDERIC W. TRAPNALL (CREDITOR'S BILL) 91,93,112 (FILE #53) LEACH, FINIS - SCHOOL COMM. PHILLIP LINK; JOHN W. SHOPPACH; JOSIAH BROOKS; WILLIAM CROCKETT; THOMAS PACK &JOHN D. ADAMS (ACCOUNTING) 118,128,130,135, 136,138,139,150, 153,154,155,163, 165,175,267,271, 272,273,290 (FILE #70) LEACH, WILLIAM BRADFORD &FANNY P. MORRIS; ELIZABETH HAMMOND; JOHN HAMMOND; JOHN HAMMOND, BENJAMIN HAMMOND; GEORGE HAMMOND; PATRICK HAMMOND, JOSEPH HAMMOND, ESTATE OF ROBERT C. HUBBERT; GEORGE HUBBERT; HEIRS OF ROBERT C. HUBBERT, WILLIAM GLIDWELL AND LARKIN COLLINS (FORECLOSURE) 316,317,329,340, 349,360 (FILE #63) LEE, THOMAS C. SARAH JANE LEE (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 294,295,296,297 (FILE #101) LEVERTON, SAMUEL E., ADM THEODORE MARTINDALE AMANDA E. MARTINDALE, JOHN P., ALFRED C. & LAURA E. MARTINDALE, MINOR CHILDREN (PETITION TO SALE LAND) 407,424,425 LOVELY, JACK WILLIAM M. SCOTT, ET AL (BILL FOR FREEDOM) 76,82,85,86,87, 90,99,108 (FILE #52) LUCAS, GATSEY THOMAS LUCAS (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 251,254,255,259, 262 (FILE #38) MARSH, CORNELIUS ELIZA ANN MARSH (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 204,207,211,215, 218,224 (FILE #71) MARTINDALE, AMANDA E. THEODORE MARTINDALE (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 325,331,332,338, 349,356 (FILE #69) MARTIN, JOSEPH W. & EMMA C. MARTIN WILLIAM F. CHASTAIN &WIDOW &HEIRS OF ROBINSON PRILLAMAN (APPT. OF GUARDIAN) 331,337,355,356, 366,367 MCCULLOUGH, HENRY WILLIAM K. INGLISH (MOTION FOR BOND) 83 MCCULLOUGH, HENRY WILLIAM K. INGLISH; A. H. HOCKERSMITH; HEIRS OF CHARLES CALDWELL; HEIRS OF E. L. JOHNSON; HEIRS OF WILLIAM S. LOCKERT, BANK OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS &TRUSTEES OF REAL ESTATE BANK OF ARKANSAS (BILL TO ENFORCE MECHANICS LIEN) 92,93 (FILE #72) MCDONALD, MARY FRANCIS JOHN MCDONALD (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 319,328,334,338, 339,340 MCKEE, ELIZABETH MARCUS MCKEE (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 74,77,78,85 MCKINLEY, NANCY K. HUGH H. MCKINLEY (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 375 MCKNIGHT, CAROLINE THOMAS PACK HOCKERSMITH FOR ESTATE OF WILLIAM T. MCKNIGHT (PETITION FOR DOWER) 305,306,307,308, 318,323 (a), 324 (a) MILLER, GEORGE C. LEWIS M. RUSSELL (FORECLOSURE) 3,9,10,16,17,21, 22 MILLER, MARTHA JOHN MILLER (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 70,75 (FILE #92) MILNER, NANCY, ET AL DAVID L. MILLINER (PARTITION) 386,387,388-392, 397,398-400,404, 405,406,409,421, 429,430 MITCHELL, MARY E. GEORGE F. MITCHELL (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 170,183,187,191, 192 MOODY, GEORGE WILLIAM C. WALKER (WRIT) 7,8 MOORE, L. C. MILLY MOORE (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 79,83,84,97,98 MOORE, MATTHEW MARY MOORE (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 348,349,358,359, 403,404,417 MORTON, ISAIAH HANFORD MARIAH LOUISA MORTON (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 353,358 MULLIN, ELI PRUDENCE E. MULLIN (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 159,160,168 MULLIN, ELI JOHN A. MCADOO, ADM. FOR JAMES M. WILLS (FORECLOSURE) 177,179-182,188 (FILE #54) O'CONNELL, DANIEL JOHN C. HENDERSON, ET UX & JETHRO P. HENDERSON (FORECLOSURE) 261,270,276,284, 287,288,296,298, 300,302,303,304, 315,323,344,354, 372,377,378,379 OWEN, EZRA M. EMELINE OWEN, ET AL (BILL IN CHANCERY) 4,34,38,42,43 OWEN, EZRA M. DAVID C. MCDANIEL; JOHN L. BLACK; JOSEPH BENNETT; LUTHER C. MURREL; MOSES GREENWOOD; JAMES BREWER; NANCY H. BREWER; MARY, BENJAMIN, &ELIZA MCDANIEL, MINORS (INJUNCTION) 45,46,49,50,52, 53,57,58,63 (FILE #57) PACK, MARY J. NATHAN L. PACK (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 268,274,275,286, 287 PACK, THOMAS DAVID C. MCDANIEL (SEE EZRA M. OWEN) (INJUNCTION) 45,46,342 PACK, THOMAS HERMAN LEVI; WILLIAM E. &MARIE E. PAYNE; ESTATE OF MARK S. MILLER, SARAH M. MILLER AND MINOR CHILDREN (FORECLOSURE) 320,324,350,351, 352,361 PACK, THOMAS, ADM. MARY E. GILES, ET AL (PETITION TO SALE LAND) 412,413 PACK, WILLIAM M., ADM. MARY E. HOOPER GILES, ET AL (EXT. TO FILE REPORT) 418 (FILE #102) PACK, WILLIAM M., ADM. MARTHA BEAN, ET AL (PETITION TO SALE LAND) 407,422 (FILE #77) PAYNE, MARIA E. MILLER THOMAS PACK, ADM. (BILL FOR DOWER) 330,341,348 (FILE #66) PORTER, JOHN S. CATHARINE PORTER (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 304,309,310, 313,314 (FILE #41) PRILLAMAN, JACOB, MINOR ROBBISON PRILLAMAN; JOSEPH PRILLAMAN; STERLING &ELIZABETH BORLIN; JAMES S. MARTIN; THOMAS J. GILES; BENJAMIN F. GILES; GEORGE W. GILES; MARTHA A. GILES; ANDREW J. GILES AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ANN PRILLAMAN HAROLD (DISTRIBUTION) 214,216,217, 221,222,223, 228,237,238, 247,256,257, 248 RAMSEY, W. F. B. ALBERT DAVIS (BILL IN CHANCERY) (FILE #49) RHODES, RICHARD C. JOSEPH SITES (INJUNCTION) 245,253,254 RICHARD, JOHN R. STEPTOE B. TAYLOR (CROP BILL) 151,152 RIFFEY, MASTIN E. CYNTHIA J. RIFFEY (BILL FOR DIVORCE/ CUSTODY) 411,412 (FILE #60) ROGERS, ELIZA S. ROBERT J. ROGERS (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 277,285,286, 291 (FILE #45) ROWLAND, LITTLE PAGE & GREEN S. ROWLAND ALEXANDER E. ROWLAND (PARTITION) 224,229,230 (FILE #68) ROWLAND, SAMUEL S. JOHN F. SANDERS &WIFE; WILLIAM O. STODDARD (FORECLOSURE) 311,312,314,318, 322,337,338,346, 347 (FILE #73) SHEPHERD, NANCY E. PELTON JOHN W. SHEPHERD; MINOR PELTON HEIRS (BILL FOR DOWER) 328,329,340,341 SHOPPACH, JOHN W. CHRISTOPHER C. DANLEY; WILLIAM W. ADAMS (ACKNOWLEDGE DEED) 235,236 SICK, ADAM JANE SICK (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 17,22 SIDES, MALINDA ALFRED SIDES (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 54,59 SHIPP, CHANEY E. WILLIAM R. C. SHIPP (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 362,363,364,365, 380,381 SMITH, THOMAS &CHARLES B. SMITH JOHN C. &HENRIETTA E. WILLIAMS; EZRA &LYDIA OWEN, EZRA M. AND CYNTHIA M. OWEN, ANDREW M. &LYDIA DODD; SAMUEL M. RUTHERFORD & JOHN HARRIS (FORECLOSURE) 88,89,91,92, 94, 95, 101 - 107, 116,117 SNOW, OBEDIAH SARAH J. SNOW (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 75,80,81,82 (FILE #64) SNOW, RUTH S. SNOW, OBEDIAH (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 281,282,283, 293 SNOW, THOMAS OLIVIA WILLS, ADM. FOR JAMES M. WILLS (SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE) 179,184,189,190 STAPP, JESSE L. ALPHONSO F. MITCHELL (BILL IN CHANCERY) 375,385 STEARMAN, WILLIAM H. FOR JOHN PELTON WILLIAM J. PELTON; M. F. PELTON; MARINA PELTON (APPT. OF GUARDIAN) 383,384,394,408 STILTY, ENTHA MOSES STILTY (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 17,18,23 (FILE #95) STOWERS, GARVIN C. WILLIAM TAYLOR (BILL IN CHANCERY) 338,343,346, 349,373,374, 385,401,402 409,417,428,429 SYDES, ELIZABETH JAMES C. SYDES (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 393,408,409 TAYLOR, ELZEY JOAB CAVENESS (INJUNCTION) 194,195,198, 198,199,200, 204,205 TIERY, WILLIAM TIERY, SUSAN JANE (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 35,39,40 TURNER, ELIZABETH JANE THOMAS W. TURNER (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 68,69,70,76,77 (FILE #59) TURNER, JOHN A. SARAH E. TURNER (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 281 WALKER, WILLIAM C. JAMES, JEREMIAH & JOHN J. WALKER; WILLIAM T. & MARTHA H. BOND; JOHN &BENJAMIN F. MOODY; SIMPSON &ELIZABETH WILLIAMS (BILL IN CHANCERY) 1,4,11,12,13,14, 20,27-33,36, 39, 44,51,52,53,59,60, 61, 63,64,70 WALKER, WILLIAM C. GEORGE MOODY (BILL IN CHANCERY) 4,11,12,13,14, 27-33,36,39, 44,51,52,53,59, 60,61,63,64,70 WHITEHEAD, JAMES CLARISSA (REDFORD) WHITEHEAD (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 110,120 (FILE #40) WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MALVINA WILLIAMS (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 206,209,210,215 WILLIS, JOHN P. FRANCES M. (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 159,166 WILSON, SAVILLA ALEXANDER MCPHERSON (FORECLOSURE) 196,197 WINCHESTER, CATHERINE JONAS WINCHESTER (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 166,167,182,186, 189,193,197 WOOD, DAVID O. ALPHONSO F. MITCHELL (ORIGINAL BILL) 345,357,373,392, 410,429 WRIGHT, NILSON HARRIETT WRIGHT (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 379,378,392,393 YOUNG, JOHN J. MARTHA F. YOUNG (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 352,359,362,364 (FILE #48) YOUNG, MARY ISABELLA WILLIAM A. YOUNG (BILL FOR DIVORCE) 232,238,239,246