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Early Accounts of Arkansas Territory in Arkansas Gazette 1838
Index:
Barnes, James (Art.1838), 3
Buford, Lewis Married (Art.1838), 3
Butler, Charles (Art.1838), 4
Carothers, William JP (Art.1838), 1
Coil, Michael (Art.1838), 3
Curl, Thomas J.-Sheriff (Art.1838), 1
Dawson, J. L.-Louisville, Ky. (Art.1838), 5
Grant, James W.-Murderer (Art.1838), 2
Higginbotham, P. S. (Art.1838), 5
Izard, Mark W.-of St. Francis county (Art.1838), 2
Laughridge, John H. (Art.1838), 4
Longsdale, T. (Art.1838), 5
Martin, Mary Ann, Miss-Married (Art.1838), 3
May, A. S., Esq. (Art.1838), 3
May, Archibald S. Esq. (Art.1838), 3
Mitchell, Isaac-Clerk (Art.1838), 4
Morgan, William-of Mississippi (Art.1838), 1
Oliver. Edward Deceased (Art.1838), 5
Preston, John,Jun.-of Phillips County (Art.1838), 2
Sebastian, William K. (Art.1838), 4
Shaver, Charles (Art.1838), 5
Sibley, Gabriel Murdered (Art.1838), 2
Sibley, Hiram (Art.1838), 2
Sibley, John (Art.1838), 2
Strong, William-St. Francis (Art.1838), 4
Woodruff, William E. (Art.1838), 4
02/21/1838 NEGRO IN JAILWAS committed to my custody and safe-keeping, by warrant of commitment from under the hands of William Carothers, an acting Justice of Peace, in and for the county of St. Francis, and State of Arkansas, bearing date January 20th, 1838, a negro man who calls himself LUKE about thirty years of age, yellow complexion, five feet eight inches high, stout and likely, and says he is a blacksmith. Says he belongs to William Morgan of Mississippi. The owner of said negro is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.Tho's. J. Curl, Sheriff of St. Francis county, Ark's.St. Francis, Jan. 22, 1838
04/25/1838 DIVISION ORDER-2nd Division of Arkansas Militia Order No. 1 C.F.M. Noland, of Independence, Charles F. Notrebe, of Arkansas, Hiram Monell of Chicot, and John Preston, Jun. of Phillips County, have been appointed Aides-de-camp of the Major General of the Division.Also, Dr. J.D. Chapman of Independence, Surgeon of Division and M.W. Izard of St. Francis county, Assistance Quartermaster General of Division; each with the rank of Lt. Col. of cavalry. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly.In consequence of the law of this State, for the organization of its militia, not having provided for the appointment of a division inspector, Lt. Col. C.F.M. Noland, will, in addition to his duties of aid-de-camp perform those of Inspector for this Division, until farther orders.By order of S.V.R. Ryan, Maj. Gen.2nd Div. Ark. Militia-Charles F. Notrebe, Lt. Col. and Aid-de-camp
05/16/1838 A MURDERER AT LARGE THE undersigned will give a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person or persons who will apprehend James W. Grant, and secure him in any jail in the state of Arkansas, so that he can be brought to justice, together with all reasonable charges for his safe custody. Said James W. Grant is charged with the willful and unprovoked murder of Gabriel Sibley, father of the subscribers, on the 6th inst., and broke custody.Said Grant is 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, has dark hair, heavy beard and whiskers, his right eye a little larger than the left, and the vision dim, has somewhat of a down look, talks freely (bordering on arrogance) in company, and in his conversation clearly manifests a strong desire to establish a belife that he possess great erudition on law points. John Sibley, Hiram Sibley, St. Francis county, May 10, 1838 05/16/1838 Another Murder - By a letter from a gentleman residing in St. Francis county, we learn, that a wanton and unprovoked murder was committed in that county, on the 6th inst., by a man by the name of James W. Grant, on another named Gabriel Sibley, who was shot with a pistol, and expired in a few minutes. It took place at a dinner party, where a large number of persons were present. The murderer was immediately apprehended, but found means to effect his escape, and is now going at large. The sons of the deceased (who are young men in indigent circumstances) have offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of the murderer of their father.
05/16/1838 Married, at Madison, St. Francis county, on the 3d inst., by A.S. May, Esq., Mr. Lewis Buford to Miss Mary Ann Martin - all of that place.
07/04/1838 NEGRO IN JAIL WAS committed to my custody, on the 18th inst., by Archibald S. May, Esq., a negro man named Ben, who was apprehended as a runaway, by James Barnes, and Michael Coil. Said negro is about twenty-five years of age, aged five feet high inches high, yellow complected, says he belongs to William Oldham, living about twenty-five miles below Helena, on the Mississippi side of the river. The owner of said negro is requested to come forward, prove his property, pay charges, and take him away; otherwise he will be dealt with as the law directs.Tho. J. Curl, Sheriff of St. Francis county, Arkansas
07/11/1838 SALE OF LOTS IN THE TOWN OF MADISON Seat of Justice of St. Francis County The subscriber will offer for sale, at Public Auction, during the whole of the second week in September next, while the Court is in session, as many Lots in the above named town as may find purchasers, at fair prices. Madison is the Seat of Justice of St. Francis county; is situate on the west bank of the St. Francis river, about 75 miles above its junction with the Mississippi, being on the first bluff of high land above its mouth, to which point the navigation is good for steam boats nearly all the season. The site is surrounded by a beautiful upland country, well-watered, and bids fair to becoming a thriving town.St. Francis is one of the best counties of land is in the State, possessing the advantages of good navigation, numerous never failing springs of the best water, a beautiful elevated country, fertile lands, a climate well adapted to the culture of cotton, corn, &c.The county commissioners have advertised for proposals to make the brick for the erection of a splendid Court-house, which will be immediately put under contract, and completed without unnecessary delay.There are three sizes of lots, viz: 40 x 80, 40 x 100, and 80 x 120 feet. The Streets are 66 feet wide, and cross at right angles. Thirty five lots have already been sold, and the purchasers bound to build on them.The subscriber owns 2000 acres of Land, in the tract embracing the town, which he will sell in lots to suit purchasers, from 5 to 80 acres.He also offers five acres of ground to any person who will erect a STEAM MILL on an eligible site; and also, one acre, with a good spring on it, to any person who will erect and establish a good TAN-YARD thereon.He will also sell 2000 acres of well-selected land in the neighborhood of the town of Madison.Terms of sale- One third in one year, one third in two years, and one third in three years - the purchasers executing their notes, with approved security, bearing interest at ten per cent, after date until paid.I will execute bonds to the purchasers, to make valid titles so soon as the purchase money shall be paid. The titles to all the above described property are indisputable.Any capitalist, wishing to make an interest in the above mentioned town and tract of land, can get a bargain, by application to the subscriber, or by letter addressed to him at St. Francis, Arkansas.Wm. Strong,St. Francis, July 5, 1838The Memphis Gazette will publish the above until the first week in Sept. next, and send the bill to the advertiser.
07/11/1838 State of Arkansas, County of St. Francis Circuit Court of St. Francis, May Term, A.D. 1838 William Strong, Complainant vs. John H. Laughridge, Defendant IN CHANCERY THIS day came the complainant, by his solicitor, Wm. K. Sebastian; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court here, from the sheriff's return of non est, that the said defendant is a non-resident of this State, it is therefore ordered by the court, that a notice be given to said defendant, in any newspaper printed in this State, for nine weeks in succession, requiring said defendant to be and appear at the next term of our circuit court, to be held for the county aforesaid, at the courthouse thereof, in the town of Madison, on the fourth Monday in September next, then and there to plead, answer, or demur, to the said bill of complaint, or the same will be taken pro confesso, and set for hearing ex parte, until which time the cause is continued.A true copy from the Record, Isaac Mitchell, Clerk of St. Francis Circuit Court[$12.50]
10/31/1838 THE SHERIFFS Of the Counties of Crittenden, St. Francis, Phillips, Monroe, Arkansas, and Chicot. WILL confer a favor on me, by transmitting their tax receipts for 1838, for the lands and other taxable property of the AMERICAN LAND COMPANY, in Arkansas, which are listed in the name of Charles Butler and others, to Wm. E. Woodruff, at Little Rock, at whose office I will attend, for the payment of the same, on the 1st November. The Receipts thus specify each tract or lot of land or other property taxed. A compliance with the above request, will save me the trouble of visiting each county seat, and also the cost of advertising, as, in consequence of the low stage of the Ohio, I shall not be able to reach Arkansas before the last of October. J. L. Dawson-Louisville, Ky., September 25, 1838
12/05/1838 Died, on the 2d day of September last, in his residence in St. Francis county, Mr. Edward Oliver. Mr. Oliver was a native of Tennessee, but had resided for many years in Arkansas. He has left this life in the prime of years. A disconsolate widow, and several small children, together with his neighbors generally, will long deplore the irreparable loss; for he was, in the full acceptation of the term "His noblest work of God." [Communicated]
8/8/1838 DOCTOR JOHN SAPPINGTON'S ANTI-FEVER PILLS ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC FOR SALE MANY thousands who have take those pills are ready to testify of their great superiority over any other medial preparation ever offered to the American people in the care of FEVERS OF ALL KINDS. An importing recommendation to this medicine, is, that it cures fevers without sickening or prostrating the patient at all - that it effects a cure in less time than any other medicine heretofore known - and that the patient can then pursuehis ordinary business, without loss of time from prostration of debility. Persons traveling (especially on steam-boats) should always provide themselves with it, and those living in sickly sections of country should use it as directed in the envelopment, to prevent attacks of fever.The following persons have been appointed agents for the sale of the above medicine in the State of Arkansas, viz: In St. Francis county -T. Longsdale & Harrison /Charles Shaver/ P.S. Higginbotham/ William Strong