Series 531: Case Files. 1788-1817.
Mississippi Territory. Court (RG 6).

Series 531: Case Files. 1788-1817.
Mississippi Territory. Court (RG 6).

      Case files for court cases heard in various territorial courts, particularly county Superior Courts of Law and Equity, but also other courts such as the Superior Court of Chancery, Western District. Files may include all types of materials pertaining to the case: transcripts of the proceedings (statement of the cause or complaint, and the defendant’s response), exhibits (deeds, mortgages, wills, promissory notes, bank receipts), sheriff’s summons and fees, depositions, motions made, court orders, and court costs.

      The cases have been alphabetized by plaintiff name.

MF 3062

• John Allen versus Robert Williams, #172, 1809
• John M. Alston versus John Hyman and Archibald Douglass, 1804
• John M. Alston versus Thomas Austie, #75, 1806
• John M. Alston versus Edmond Johnston, 1809
• Edmond Andrews versus Richard Curtis, 1814
• Edmond Andrews versus Charles Mills, 1817
• Edmond Andrews and Robert Moore versus Charles McKiernan's Executors, 1816-1824
• James Andrews versus Charles McElhany, et al., 1810-1815
• Joseph Augot versus Rayna Hulbert, #70, 1812
• Alexander Ballie and Benjamin Goodin versus John Poultney and Cummings, #109, 1805
• Love Baker versus David Forman, 1813
• Love Baker versus Theodore J.H. Richey, 1813
• Samuel Blackman versus Mary Blackman, 1817-1818
• Bank of Mississippi versus John and Ethan A. Wood, 1816-1817
• Barclay and Solkeld versus Thomas M. Winn, 1816
• William Barland versus John Eldergill, 1803
• Willis Bonner versus Heirs of Moses Bonner, #35, 1803-1804
• Martha Booker Heirs versus William Booker, et al., 1816
• Shelby Booth versus E. Frazer and Company, 1811
• Jason Bosley versus G. Cochran (Agreement), 1801
• Thomas Bosley versus Benjamin Kitchen, 1812-1813
• William Boyd versus Daniel D. Elliott, 1812
• Ann Brashears versus Will Brocus, 1801
• Ann Brashears versus Thomas Calvit, et al., 1806
• Phillip Breall versus Mary Breall, 1815
• William Brocus versus Thomas Crab, #115, 1807
• William Brooks versus Charles Miles, et al., 1816-1824
• William Brooks versus Edward Turner, 1816-1818
• Phebe Buford versus Henry Buford, 1813
• Andrew Burt versus William Tharp and Eber Rees, #2411, 1813
• Adam Caldwell versus Peter and John Anthony, #781, 1815
• Anthony Calvit versus Samuel Ratcliff, 1812
• Montfort Calvit versus John Girault, 1813
• Montfort Calvit versus B.R. Grayson, 1808
• Montfort Calvit, et al., versus Wilson Hunt, 1814-1815
• Montfort Calvit, et al., versus Trigg and Doherty, 1814
• Montfort Calvit, et al., versus William Varnell, 1814
• John Cammach versus Rachel Bisset, 1805
• Marian and Elizabeth Carney's Guardians versus William Carney, #45, 1813-1817
• John G. Caston versus Wilson Hunt's Lesse, 1814
• Anthony Cavalier and Peter Petit versus the Heirs of Thomas Tyler, #134, 1808-1816
• Gabrial Cerre, Administrator versus E.W. Burling, et al., 1810-1816
• William L. Chew, et al., versus James Stewart, 1816-1824
• William Christie versus Charles Miles, 1816
• Ferdinand Claiborne versus Samuel Elkins, 1811-1818
• Thomas A. Claiborne versus Bank of Mississippi, 1814
• Thomas A. Claiborne versus Charles Miles, 1813-1823
• John Clair versus Francis A. Clair, 1817-1818

MF 1112

• George S. Clark versus Austin S. Hubbard and Pierson Lewis, #114, 1808
• Daniel Clark versus Ferdinand L. Claiborne, 1809-1811
• Joseph Clarke versus Joseph Ferguson, 1811
• Robert Cochran versus Jason Bosley, 1806
• William Conner versus Thomas Ragan's Executors, 1812-1813
• Lydia Cook versus John Cook, 1816
• Jeremiah Corey versus Alexander McCay, 1804
• Richard Cotton versus Timothy Merrick, 1811
• Peter Crayon versus Polly Crayon, 1812
• John Cummings versus Abner L. Duncan, et al., #81, 1812
• Richard Curtis, Administrator versus Edmund Andrews, 1815
• John Curtis versus Platt Bayless and Robert Williams, #16, 1813
• John Davis versus Andrew Williams, 1815
• Jonathan Dayton versus Joseph Vidal, #30, 1805
• Dayton and Rees versus Nicholas Hitchter, 1804
• Phebe Dayton and Peter Walker versus Robert Moore, 1802-1813
• Vachel Dorsey versus John B. Willis, 1809
• John Eldergill versus Arthur Carney, 1802-1810
• Daniel D. Elliott versus Charles Boardman, 1816-1817
• William Eliott versus Francis and James Wood, 1813-1814
• Jason Erwin versus William Stephen's Executors, #116, 1807-1809
• Lewis Evans versus Robert B. Stubblefield, 1803
• Thomas Ewing versus Alexander Baillie and Benjamin Goodin, #58, 1805
• David Ferguson and John Rabb versus Priscilla Connelly, widow and Executrix of Patrick Connelly, #132, 1808
• Thomas Fitzpatrick versus Henry Hunter, 1808-1809
• Patrick Foley versus Jason Carrick, 1804
• Joseph Forman, et al., versus Joseph Montgomery, 1817
• Gideon Foster versus Stephen Minor, Administrator of Josiah Flowers, 1811
• John Foster versus Montfort Calvit, et al., 1815
• Isaac Franklin versus William Parker, 1816
• Elizabeth Fraser versus Jeremiah Jones and Seth Caston, #907, 1816
• E. Frazer and Company versus Shelby Booth, 1809-1814
• Simeon Gibson versus David Ferguson and Milling Woolley, 1812
• John Girault versus Robert D. Gale, 1806
• John Girault versus John Garrett, 1806
• Daniel Grafton versus Alex Owen, 1788
• Richard Graham versus Clemmons Boyce, 1814
• Mary Grant versus John Grant, 1815
• Clinch Gray versus Pierson Lewis and Wife, 1812
• Samuel C. Grayson versus Joseph Robinson, et al., 1815
• Henry Green versus Thomas Ewing, 1808
• Henry Green versus Abijah Hunt and Elijah Smith, 1808
• Thomas Green versus John Hinds, 1803-1804
• John Griffing versus George Selser, 1817
• Isaac Guion versus Andrew Marschalk, 1812-1813
• Jesse Hamilton versus D.W. Breazeale and Bennet Truly, 1806
• Rachel Harvard versus Elijah Harvard, 1815
• William Henry versus Elias Fisher and Richard King, 1804
• Luke Hill versus Jeremiah Sturgeon, 1811-1813
• Jason Hoggatt (Agreement) versus William Bosley, 1809
• Phillip Hoggatt, et al., versus Abijah Hunt (Mortgage of), 1807
• Josephine A. Hopkins versus City of Natchez, #143, 1814
• David Howard versus Joshua Harrison, #224, 1816
• David Howard versus John Mullamphy and Jacob Eiler, 1813-1823
• Edward Howard versus Timothy Terrell, 1805
• Jane Howard versus Edward Howard, 1805
• Joshua Howard versus Edward Howard, #114, 1806
• Austin Hubbard versus G.L. Clark and B. Truly, 1809
• Felix Hughes versus King and King, 1808
• William E. Huling versus F.L. Claiborne's Heirs, 1814-1815
• Abijah Hunt versus Henry Green, #112, 1808
• Abijah Hunt versus James Bosley, 1807-1809
• Abijah Hunt and Elijah Smith versus Heirs of William Maury, #101, 1807
• Abijah Hunt and Elijah Smith versus Henry Green, 1808-1810
• David Hunt and Company versus John Cummings, 1812
• David Hunt, Executor versus Robert Williams, 1815
• Richard Hunt versus T.L. Claiborne, #15 and #94, 1814
• Wilson Hunt versus Heirs of William Murray, 1805-1807

MF 3216

• James Huston versus John Smith, 1807
• Lewis Iron versus Charles T. Lee, 1808 (transcript dated 1817)
• Jason Johnson versus Thomas Vile's Estate, 1813
• Jordan Johnston and William Hunt versus Michael and Mary Brunner, 1815
• John C. Jones versus Samuel Postlewaite, 1815
• John G. Jones versus Robert J. Turnbull, 1812
• John G. Jones versus Jason Dunlap and Samuel Postlewaite, #755, 1816
• John J. Jones versus Catherine Jones, 1815
• Parthenia Judkins versus John Judkins, #41, 1812
• William Keary versus John Bodley, #175, 1813
• Patrick Kelly versus Richard Stern, 1809
• Kenned for Hammerson versus Montfort Calvit, et al., 1815
• Nathaniel Kennison versus William Thompson, 1814-1816
• Esther Kilerease versus Robert Kilerease, 1805
• Edward King versus Robert and Elizabeth Williams and John Higgins, 1812-1816
• George King versus David Ferguson, 1812-1813
• Benjamin Kitchens versus Caleb Potter, et al., 1817
• Benjamin Kitchens versus Charles Stephens, 1817
• Christopher H. Kyle versus William Ferguson, 1815
• Jonathan Lape versus Jonathan Morris, 1812
• Charles S. Lee versus Caleb Potter, 1815 (transcript dated 1817)
• Edwin Lewis versus Jonathan Selser, 1816-1817
• Seth Lewis versus Ebenezer Rees, #39, 1813
• Baker Love and Samuel Postlethwait versus Theodore J.H. Richey, 1813
• Daniel McGraw and John Railton versus J.W.A. Lloyd, 1808
• Murdoch McLeod versus Heirs of Jason Booker, #816, 1816
• Henry McNeil versus Richard R. Newman, 1808
• Jonathan Mackey versus Nathan Robins, 1812-1813
• Rebecca Magruder versus Walter Magruder, 1812
• John Marshall versus Henry Maynadier and George L. Locke, 1815
• Hugh Mathews versus Allen Purvis, #17, 1811-1814
• Cowles Mead versus Charles McKernan's Executors, 1813-1816
• John Medcalf versus Thomas Atwood, 1812
• John J. Merieutt versus James Moore, 1808
• I. Metcalf versus C.B. Minnis, #43, 1816
• I. Metcalf versus C.B. Minnis, 1815-1822
• C. Miles versus William Christie, 1814
• Sarah Miles versus Edward Miles, 1810-1817
• Charles Mills versus Bennet Truly, et al., 1812-1814
• Joseph Minor versus William Shaw, 1811-1813
• Joseph Montgomery and Daniel Higgdon versus Samuel Ratcliff, 1812-1814
• John Mulanphy and Jacob Eiler versus Abraham DeFrance, 1815
• Robert Moore versus Joshua Draughon, 1807
• William Morford versus William Collins, #174, 1809
• Thomas Morris versus Vernon Cooper and J.G.T. Prince, 1812-1815
• Alexander Murray's Executors versus Thomas A. Claiborne, 1813
• Samuel Neill versus Peter A. Vandorn, #127, 1805-1807
• David Neilson, et al., versus Jesse Smith, 1817
• John B. and Mary Nevitt versus John Steele and Roger Dixon, 1811-1814 (three folders)

MF 2373

• George Newman versus Henry Turner and Daniel Cox, 1811
• Hezekiah Newman versus Deborah Newman, 1810
• Levi Norrell versus John Cummings, et al., 1811-1812
• Joseph Pannel and F.L. Claiborne versus Jason Pettison, #117, 1807
• William Parken versus Isaac Franklin, 1816
• George Parkin versus Anne Parkin, #17, 1813-1815
• Joseph A. Parrott versus Robert Miller, et al., 1804
• Charles Patterson and Zachariah Toliferro versus John Peyton, #5, 1812
• Robert Percy versus John Collins, Executor, 1804
• John Perkins versus John and Susan Reagh, 1807
• S.C. Phillips versus Michael Snyder and Chilton Stiles, 1813
• James Piper versus The Territory, 1814
• Buckner Pitman versus Charles McAlisher, 1816
• Catharine Plowden versus Banister Plowden, #12, 1813
• George Poindexter versus Lydia Poindexter (Jesse Carter, Attorney), 1815
• Stephen Powell versus James Ard and William Davis, 1817
• John and William Prince versus James Piper, 1813-1814
• Edward Randolph versus Samuel Davis, 1811
• Edward Randolph versus Henry Hunter, 1815-1818
• Samuel Ratcliff versus Joseph Montgomery, 1813-1814
• Ebenezer Rees versus Executor of Patrick Connelly, #14, 1803-1814
• Ebenezer Rees versus John Reed and Standish Ford, 1808
• Ebenezer Rees versus William T. Voss, 1812-1815
• William Rice versus Stephen Elliot, 1804
• William R. Richards versus F.L. Claiborne, 1814
• George W. Rider versus Montfort Calvit, et al., 1815
• Charlotte Roundtree versus Elisha T. Roundtree, 1815-1826
• Winthrop Sargent versus Samuel C. Young, 1808-1822
• Clarissa Scott versus William Junkin, 1814-1818
• Jonathan Selser versus Thomas Ramsey and R. Stoddert, 1807-1813
• Palser Shilling versus Thomas Regan, 1807
• William H. Shipman versus James and Robert Moore, 1815
• John Short versus John Foster, et al., #191C, 1806-1819
• William Skidmore versus Robert Moore, 1813-1814
• William Skidmore, et al., versus Ebenezer Rees, 1813
• John Smith and Roger Dixon versus Robert McCray, 1805
• Mrs. Sarah Smith (alias Mrs. Sarah Franklin) versus Samuel R. Franklin, 1811
• William B. Smith versus Moses Crist and Lyman Harding, 1808
• Synder and Stiles versus William Scott, 1813
• Elisha Soward versus Phebe Calvit, 1805-1807
• John B. Stout versus Joseph Medley, 1808
• Thomas Sullivan versus Silas L. Payne, 1803
• Jacob Surget versus Francis Surget, 1812-1814
• John Taylor versus Isaiah Parkard, #388, 1814
• Richard Terrell versus Charles Miles, 1814-1817
• Timothy Terrell versus George F. Wilkinson, #16, 1813
• Manuel Texada versus Augustina Solano Rodreguiz (Heirs of), 1812
• William Thompson versus Edward Turner, 1815
• John Tittle versus John Reynolds, #106, 1804
• Nathaniel Tomlinson, et al., versus Nehemiah Carter, et al., 1803-1805
• Nathaniel Tomlinson versus John Holland, 1803
• Catherine Townsend versus George Townsend, #23, 1813
• James Trahern versus William Thompson, 1815
• Robert Tremble versus Edward Patis (Administrator), 1814

MF 2947

• Stephen Trigg versus Theodore J.H. Richey, 1813
• Robert Trimble and T.H. Hyland versus Ambrose McDaniel and Jonas Griffin, #22, 1811
• Bennet Truly versus Jesse Hamilton, #86, 1806
• Bennet Truly, et al., versus Susan Price, 1812-1814
• H. Turner and D.A. Cox versus P.A. Vandorn, #117, 1808
• H. Turner versus F.L. Claiborne's Heirs, #95A, 1817
• Henry Turner versus Robert Moore, 1809
• Henry Turner versus Henry Hunt, #18B, 1814-1815
• Linton Turner and Company versus William Brocus and George Humphreys, 1806
• William Turner versus Robert Henry, #142, 1814
• Francisco Urrust versus M.B. Urrust, #118, 1808
• Peter A. Vandorn versus Abijah Hunt, 1797-1823 (six folders)
• Roswell Volentine versus Polly Volentine, #56, 1815
• William T. Voss and Alexander Bailey versus Peter Vandorn, 1806
• William Vousdans' Heirs versus William Brooks, et al., #99, 1807
• Peter Walker versus Andrew Marschalk, 1808-1809
• Peter Walker versus Willing Woolley and Francis Nailor, 1805
• Oliver Walton versus William Smith, 1805-1806
• E. Watson versus Richard H. Cotton and John W. Hamilton, 1814-1815
• Jere Watson versus David H. Bell, 1817
• John Weart versus Jason and Anthoney Andrews, 1811
• Robert Wescott versus William Tharp, 1810-1812
• Alexander White versus Philip Alston and Thomas Green, 1803-1804
• John Wilkins, Jr. versus Daniel D. Elliott, 1812-1814
• James Williams versus Isabella Nichols, et al., 1815
• Robert Williams versus John Allen, 1811
• Robert Williams versus George Poindexter, 1812-1813
• William Williams versus James Kirk's Heirs, #110, 1806
• William Williams and James Cook versus Richard King, Prosper King and John Hughes, 1807
• John B. Willis versus Adam Duncan and Alexander Jackson, 1812
• Robert H. Windsor versus Abijah Hunt, 1803
• Esther Witherspoon (by Gerry Carter) versus Jason Witherspoon, 1807
• James Wood versus M. Synder and C.F. Stiles, 1815
• John Wood versus Lewis Evans, #102 and #88, 1816
• John Woodhull versus Joseph Forman, 1814
• William Wright versus John Wood, 1814-1815
• Lydia A. Young versus Samuel C. Young, 1814
• Samuel Young versus Henry Melburn and Moses Armstrong, 1807