Clerk's Statements of Writs & Executions, Licenses Granted & Fines Imposed, Deeds & Mortgages

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Case Title: Clerk's Statements of Writs & Executions, Licenses Granted & Fines Imposed, Deeds & Mortgages
Series: Native Americans; Fur Trade
Date Filed: 1815
Filing Date: 1815
Court Name: St. Louis Circuit Court
Court Term: 1815; 1818
Clerk: Leduc, Marie Philip; Gamble, Archibald
Sheriff: Thompson, John W.
Case Notes: Statements of records issued by clerks of St. Louis circuit court, including tavern, ferry and Indian trading licenses; dates 1814 to 1815, 1818.
Identifier: ccr1815.25087.008
Source: Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights: Public Domain
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> *Legal Function: Statement to Auditor*

Statement of Writs and Executions issued out of my office, and of Deeds
and Mortgages Recorded in my office from the first of september 1814
untill the first Monday in March 1815 inclusive.
|   |   |
|---|---|
| 60 writs | \$45-00 |
| 27 Executions | 20-25 |
| 56 Deeds & Mortgages | 28-00 |
| | $ 93-25 |

*St. Louis March 6th 1815 M. P . Leduc[?] Clk St. L . Ct. Ct.*
> *Legal Function: Other*

Statement of licences Granted & fines imposed by the court of common
pleas within & for the county of St Louis at the Term of October 1814
|   |   |   |
|---|---|---|
| 1814 October 25 | to Joseph Presse Tavern Licence | \$10-00 |
| | John Graham do | 15-,, |
| | Joseph Pavin do | 10-,, |
| | Joseph Bissounet do | 15-,, |
| | James Mc. Farlane fine | 5-,, |
| 26 | Andrew Mc. Luittes ferry Licence | 5-,, |
| | Silas Bent ditto | 10-,, |
| [illegible] | St Louis March 6th 1815 | $ 70-00 |

*M. P . Leduc[?] Clk St Lt. Ct. Ct.*

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A List of Invoices filed in my office from the seventh day of March
to the thirty first day of August 1815 both days inclusive, and on which
certificates issued for Indian trading licences
|   |   |
|---|---|
| 1815 July 15th | |
| Henry Delaurier & Brazereux[?] | \$3538-48 3/4 |
| Augt. 28th- Joseph Philibert | 1023-62 1/2 |
| | $ 4562-11 1/4 |
Statement of Deeds and Mortgages received in my office from the
seventh of March to the 31st August 1815 both days inclusive.
83. Deeds and Mortgages 41.50
> *Legal Function: Other*

Statement of Tavern and Ferry Licences Granted
by the county court from the 7th. of March to 31st august
1815- inclusive.
|   |   |
|---|---|
| Baptiste Lebeau[?] | \$10 |
| Francois J. Labrosse | 10 |
| Joseph Pavin | 10 |
| Daniel Shop | 10 |
| John Grayuin | 10 |
| Catherine Belland | 10 |
| Josias Miler | 10 |
| Julien Shouquet | 10 |
| William Herrington | 10 |
| | $ 90 |
| 1815 April Term United States Francis Cooper fine | 50[?] |
| [illegible]fine on the following [illegible] & [illegible] | 131.50 |

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> *Legal Function: Other*

Copy of
statement
to [illegible]
[illegible] by clerk
of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Sept 18th-March-1815
March-Aug-1815
54
C.H. XXI

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> *Legal Function: Statement to Auditor*

Statements of archibald Gamble Clerk of the Circuits
Court within and for the County of St Louis of taxes
on original with Executions: deads and Mortgages
fines imposed on Jurors and tax on Executions for [illegible]
meeting the same fines in examined cases not capital
and taxes on convictions Money collected on tavern
Licences ferry Licences and licenses to and merchandise
from the first of March in the year 1818 to the 7th day
of September 1813 in [illegible]
|   |   |   |
|---|---|---|
| On Original Writ | \$163 | |
| On Executions | 68 | |
| On Deads and Mortgages | 136 | |
| On Tavern Licences at June Term 1818 | | |
| John Manion | 15 | |
| John B Bellond | 10 | |
| Michael Honore | 10 | |
| Paul Gentord | 10 | |
| Joseph Laborge | 15 | |
| Joseph Pavin | 15 | |
| Hippolite Desardain | 15 | |
| Lambert & Jones | 15 | |
| On Ferry Licences at the same term | | |
| Pierre La Compte | 8 | |
| Antoine Danger | 10 | |
| Philip Fine | 5 | |
| Rufus Easten | 10 | |
| Leprenier Chauvin | 10 | |
| Antoine James | 10 | |
| Total Amount of takes on writ
Executions Deeds and Mortgages
Tavere and ferry licence, collected
by the clerk and paid into the
licences of the thereoff | | 525 00 |

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|   |   |   |
|---|---|---|
| Amts Brought forward | | \$525 00 |
| Fines and Taxes on Executions collected
June Term 1818 and in the hands of the
sheriff to writ | | |
| United States vs George Carsner fine | \$5 | |
| Tax on Execution | 1 | |
| United States vs Ralph Davis fine & Executions | 6 | |
| ,, ,, vs Mackey Wherry same | 6 | |
| ,, ,, vs Francis Robedeau fine | 5 | |
| Jan on Execution & alias | 2 | |
| ,, ,, vs Charles Boperon find | 5 | |
| Tax on Execution and alias | 2 | |
| ,, ,, vs George Kennerly fine | 5 | |
| Tax on Execution and alias | 2 | |
| ,, ,, vs alexander Bellesime fine | 5 | |
| Tax on Execution alias & pluser | 3 | $ 47 00 |
| Judgments on forfited recognizance
collected at June Term 1818 and in the
hands of the sheriff | | |
| United States is William Dollie | 50 | |
| Fanon Execution | 1 | 51 00 |
| Fines imposed at June Term in criminal
cases not capital where convictions were
had and Jan on convictions in the following
cases to writ | | |
| United States is Margurite alias Laverdare fine | 3 | |
| Tax on Conviction | 1 | |
| ,, ,, vs George J Todson fine | 20 | |
| Tax on Conviction | 1 | |
| ,, ,, vs Robert Ramson fine | 5 | |
| Tax on Conviction | 1 | |
| ,, ,, vs Maria a black woman | | |
| Tax on Conviction [illegible] | 1 | 32 00 |
| The sheriff is chargeable with only blank
licences to rend merchandise at $ 15 each
attained at October Term 1817 amounting to | | 900 00 |
| Copy of the Sheriffs Receipts
Recep July the tenth 1818 of Archibald
Gamble Clerk of the Circuit Court the sum of | | \$1555 00 |

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the hundred and thirty eight dollars
which has been collected by said clerk
for Tavern and ferry licences granted
by the Court at June Term 1818

*[illegible] Thompson Shff*
St Louis September 7th 1818 Received of
Archibald Gamble clerk of the Circuit
Court for St Louis County for Tax on Original
Writs and on Executions on Deeds and Mortgages
and a balance on tavern and ferry licences from
the first day of March 1818 to the seventh of
september 1818 inclusive the sum of three
hundred and eighty seven dollars

*[illegible] Thompson Shff*
> *Legal Function: Notorization*

Territory of Missouri
County of St Louis
I Archibald Gamble Clerk of the
Circuit Courts [illegible] and for the County of St Louis do
certify that the foregoing is a true statement of all monies
due the Territory aforesaid as there [illegible] from the
first day of March in the Year eighteen hundred and
eighteen to the seventh day of september eighteen hundred
and eighteen inclusive amounting to the sum of one thousand
five hundred and fifty five dollars and now in the hands
of the Sheriff of said County
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto [illegible] hand and offered the
deal of my official St Louis [illegible]
seventh day of september in the Year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen and of the American
Independence the forty third

*A Gamble Clerk*

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> *Legal Function: Caption*

A Gamble Clerk. 5.
Statement to Auditor
Sept of 1818
54
XXI
18265.87 1/2
25.37 1/2
18240.56
2429.66 3/4
25.31 1/2
2404.35 1/4
3061.98
25.31 1/2
3036.66 1/2

Item sets: All Circuit Court Records; Circuit Court Cases; Native American Case Files, 1800-1848; St. Louis Fur Trade Cases, 1800 - 1834