William Clark v. Jeremiah Connor
Item
William Clark V. Jeremiah Connor. 1811, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60557
- Case Title
- William Clark v. Jeremiah Connor
- Series
- Lewis and Clark
- Fur Trade
- Plaintiff
- Clark, William
- Defendant
- Connor, Jeremiah
- Date Filed
- 1812
- Filing Date
- 1812
- Plaintiff’s Attorney
- Hempstead, Edward
- Court Name
- District of St. Louis
- Court Term
- 1812-03
- Judge
- Hammond, Samuel
- Clerk
- Riddick, Thomas F.
- Sheriff
- McNair, Alexander
- Cause of Action
- Action of Debt
- Case Notes
- Plaintiff to use of Missouri Fur Company; Pierre Menard, Manuel Lisa, Sylvestre Labbadie, Pierre Chouteau, Sr., William Morrison, Auguste Chouteau, Andrew Henry, Reuben Lewis and William Clark partners of Missouri Fur Company; note $80.82; damages $150.
- Disposition
- Judgment Confessed
- Case Number
- 40
- Related Court Case Number
- 41
- Related Project ID
- ccr1812.01076.004
- Identifier
- ccr1812.01075.003
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
- Download PDF of all images
- Transcription
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**William Clark vs. Jeremiah Connor**
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**Page 1** (1075_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Plaintiff's Complaint*
District of Saint Louis is:-
William Clark , who sues for the
[illegible] separate use therefore, of William Jhonson Jhonson -> Marvison [illegible] Poke Menard , Andrew
Henry , [illegible] Manuel Lisa - Poke Choahau, william Clark, [illegible] August P. [illegible] Choahau Louis, who with with -> miss Benjamin [illegible] Walker
for [illegible] deceased lovely compond the [illegible] Saint Louis [illegible] Missouri Fur
company complains of [illegible] Jaemia Conna in a plea that
he [illegible] know to him [illegible] for the me of the [illegible] Jai's Saint Louis [illegible] Missouri Fur Company the [illegible] sum of Eighty dollars [illegible] Eighty two
cents. [illegible] money of the United States which to him
he [illegible] owes from him [illegible] aclaims for that
the said[illegible] at the [illegible] town and [illegible] district of [illegible] Saint
Louis on the thirty first day of July, on the year one
thousand eight hundred nine by his certain [illegible] invite
obligating of that date, [illegible] with his [illegible] and to
the [illegible] Court now th[illegible] and [illegible] to the pl[illegible] aintiff then and
there achieved, [illegible] promised him by the [illegible] name of William
Cla[illegible] rks agent for the [illegible] Missouri Fur Company to pay
to him a [illegible] Sixty days after the date of said
[illegible] the [illegible] sum of Eighty dollars [illegible] eighty [illegible] two cents for value received
[illegible] For the said Defendant although often
[illegible] required hath over [illegible] refused the same [illegible] sum of
[illegible] moving to the [illegible] plaintiff to pay and the same [illegible] doth aclaim to the damage of the plaintiff who [illegible] sues as
[illegible] wit the [illegible] sum of one Hundred & fifty dollars
[illegible] whereupon he sues.
*E . [illegible] Hempstead P. G.*
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**Page 2** (1075_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Capias ad respondendum*
Territory of Louisiana
District of St. Louis
set
The united states of america to the sheriff of the
District of St. Louis Greeting
We command you to take [illegible] Jeremiah Connor if [illegible] he be found
within your [illegible] bailiwick and him safely keep so that you have his body before the Judges
of our Court of Common pleas to beholden at the town of St. Louis in and for the district
of St. Louis on the first Monday of [illegible] March next then and there to Answer unto [illegible] Wm Clark who [illegible] sues for the sole separate use and [illegible] benefit of [illegible] Wm morrison, Peter [illegible] Menard ,
Andrew Henry , manuel Lisa , Peter Chouteau , [illegible] Wm Clark , [illegible] Silvestre Labbadie ,
August P Chouteau , & [illegible] & Rubin Louis who with [illegible] Benjamin Wilkerson deceased [illegible] lately com-
posed the saint Lewis [illegible] Missouri Fur Company , in a plea of debt Eighty dollars and
eighty two cents to the damage of the said [illegible] Wm Clark , who sues for the sole seperate use
& [illegible] benefit , of the said [illegible] Wm Morrison , Peter Menard , andrew Henry , Manuel Lisa , Peter
Chouteau , [illegible] Wm Clark , [illegible] Silvestre Labbadie , August P . Chouteau & Rubin Lewis, who
with [illegible] Benjamin Wilkerson deceased lately [illegible] composed the saint louis Missouri [illegible] Fur Company the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars and have you then there
*[illegible] Witness the honbl [illegible] Samuel Hammond presiding Judge of
[illegible] our said court at the town of saint louis aforesaid [illegible] this fifth
day of February in the year of our [illegible] Lord one thousand eight
hundred and Twelve and of our independence the
[illegible] thirtysixth [illegible] Thos. F. Riddick , Clk
for $. 150
[illegible] Thos. F. Riddick , Clk*
> *Legal Function: Caption*
no 40
[illegible] March [illegible] Term 1812
William Clark for
[illegible] the use -
vs
[illegible] Jeremiah Connor
Debt
\$80.82
[illegible] Dams \$150
This is an action of [illegible] Debt
to[illegible] recover money dueon
Bonds - [illegible] Let a [illegible] Capias ad
[illegible]
Respondendum issue, debt
\$80.82, damage \$150
[illegible] bailis required for the
[illegible] last amount.
*E . [illegible] Hempstead
Executed [illegible] the Defendant
go without bail by [illegible] of
[illegible]
plaintiff atty [illegible] A McNair Sheriff*
> *Legal Function: Caption Part 2*
| | |
|---|---|
| [illegible] | \$1.50 |
| [illegible] | \$1.50 |
| | \$3.00 |
> *Legal Function: Confession*
District of Saint Louis
[illegible] Clerks office, [illegible] Court of
[illegible] Common Pleas in [illegible]
February 29 1812
[illegible] Jeremiah Connor appears in the
Clerks office. [illegible] & confesses judgment for the [illegible] sum of Eighty Dollars
Eighty two cents [illegible] Bill of twelve dollars damages, [illegible] in favor
of [illegible] William Clark for the [illegible] of the [illegible] St. Louis Missouri Fur Company
with [illegible] stay of Execution [illegible] will the day of [illegible] October witness our hands - the [illegible]
*[illegible] Jer. Connor
E . [illegible] Hempstead atty for plf
Thomas F. Riddick Clk*
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**Page 3** (1075_003.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Caption*
No. 40
St Louis [illegible] Com Pleas
[illegible] March [illegible] Term 1812
William Clark for
the use [illegible] vs Jeremiah Connor
[illegible] Debt
\$80.82
[illegible] Damages
150
Judgment Confesed
William Clark V. Jeremiah Connor. 1811, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60557