Howard County (Mo.) Circuit Court documents, 1818-1861

Summary

Creator:

Missouri. Circuit Court (14th Circuit)

Abstract:

This collection is made up of 46 documents produced or filed by the Howard County, Missouri, Circuit Court between 1818 and 1861. It includes depositions, summonses, subpoenas, bonds, financial records, itemized accounts, and other items. The cases pertain to wolf and large cat bounties (1818); local elections (1821); unpaid labor and lumber accounts (1840); the sale of Green, an enslaved teenager (sheriff's announcement, 1846); an estate dispute on the ownership of named enslaved women and men (1849); unpaid mill labor (1852); Ben, an enslaved man permitted to act as a free man and hire himself out for work (1855-1856); unpaid labor for the construction of a tobacco house (1856); unpaid labor for blacksmithing (1857); money owed for purchases by a "fancy liquor store" (1857); the murder of Mark by Dave, both enslaved men (1858); and fraud for selling Caroline, an enslaved woman "not sound in body and mind" (1861).

Extent:

46 items

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Cheney J. Schopieray, May 2022

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection is made up of 46 documents produced or filed by the Howard County, Missouri, Circuit Court between 1818 and 1857. It includes depositions, summonses, subpoenas, bonds, financial records, itemized accounts, and other items. The cases pertain to wolf and large cat bounties (1818); elections (1821); unpaid labor and lumber accounts (1840); the sale of Green, an enslaved teenager (sheriff's announcement, 1846); an estate dispute on the ownership of named enslaved women and men (1849); unpaid mill labor (1852); Ben, an enslaved man permitted to act as a free man and hire himself out for work (1855-1856); unpaid labor for the construction of a tobacco house (1856); unpaid labor for blacksmithing (1857); money owed for purchases by a "fancy liquor store" (1857); the murder of Mark by Dave, both enslaved men (1858); and fraud for selling an enslaved woman "not sound in body and mind" (1861).

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Biographical / Historical:

No contextual history is currently available in this finding aid.

Acquisition Information:

2022. M-7501.1, M-7589.4 .

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in rough chronological order.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Blacksmithing--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Bounties--Missouri--History--19th century.
Building--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Carpentry--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Child slaves--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Elections--Missouri--Howard County.
Fraud--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Liquor stores--Missouri--St. Louis--History--19th century.
Millwrights--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Murder--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Slave labor--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Slavery--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.
Slaves--Health and hygiene--United States.
Slaves--Missouri--Howard County--19th century.

Formats:

Bills of exchange.
Bonds (legal records)
Civil court records.
Depositions.
Estate administration records.
Financial records.
Subpoenas.
Summonses.

Places:

Howard County (Mo.)