This exhibit is intended to highlight Arkansas State Archives materials related to the United States Western District Court of Arkansas records, 1839-1908.
Materials include maps featuring Indian Territory and the state of Arkansas, postcards with images of the fort at Fort Smith before and after Judge Isaac Parker's court, Garrison Avenue over the years, and a letter of recommendation for a new U.S. marshal written to President Abraham Lincoln.
Find more information on related materials on the United States Western District Court resource guide.
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Voucher, for fees earned by deputy marshals William G. Asbill, B.C. Burchfield, Charles L. Bowden, E.N. Bruner, W.R. Cowden, Daniel Chapman, Bynum Colbert, Barney Connelly, William Ellis, Jasper Espendine, William Foreman, Jack Hulse, S.P. Isbell, T.B. Johnson, Grant Johnson, Mark Little, S.P. McLaughlin, W.J. Malone, E.B. Ratterree, Bass Reeves; Jacob Yoes, U.S. marshal
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Voucher, to William J. Johnston for subsistence furnished prisoners; Squire Allen, Cy Abraham (alias Bill), Henry Buffington, William Bowhin, Charles Buffington, Bob, Isaac H. Burris, Johnnie Brown, Charlie Brown, John Bowlin, M.L. Bailey, M.T. Crow, William Cochran, Charles Carr (alias Greenwood), William Christie, Albert Chruddle, William Clark, J.N. Cox, Wesley Crawford, James Crittenden, Silvester Cunningham, Rae Cox, William Cox, Ed Colbert, W.H. Cochran, Blue Duck, William Davidson, Dan Davis (alias Muskogee Dan), Doctin, George Daughtry, Quinn Dryer, John Ellison, David Easley, Alexander Easbob, William Fowler, Willia Frazier, E.T. Farmer, John M. Floyd, Rufus Forrester, Morris Green, Frank Greenwood, David Goff, Charles Gulcutcher, Charles Ganter, Albert Graving, Hammer, W.J. Hays, Jeff Hildebrand, Hastco, Squire Hamilton, Abraham Hunh, William Hunh, Oche Harjo, P.M. Hatfield, James Hamilton, William Harrison, Henry Hood, William Hamilton, William Huton, Robert Hickery, Joseph Hunter, Julius Hanshaw, Mark Ingram, Joseph Jackson, Calvin James, Jacob Jefferson (alias Lyms), Charlie Johnson, William Jones, Robinson Kemp, William Knight, John Kelley, Robert Kanawa, Dandridge Kannady, W.J. Litterman, Michael Leflin, T.H. Lee, James Leedy, Levi Lumby, Massey Lee, Otis Lustin, Mat Moore, W.M. Madison, Tom Martin, Lewis Mitchell, Henry Moon (alias Engrum Basber), George Miller, J.M. Mann, Tom Martin, John McLaughlin, S.J. McClellan, Mip Jennie McLey, George McGlochtin, Randell McGee, Young Newell, Ed Newell, Murrell Nelson, Robert Orr, J.W. Parrott, Taylor Parris, John Parris, Tuck Parkmeeker (alias James Alexander), George Poloka, William Pegean, Henry Robrey, Franklin Reed, John Robertson, John J. Robertson, Bass Reeves, Richard Ross, Mrs. Rogers, Robert Roads, Ellis Russell, Link Sprole, Edwin Starr, Tom Shelton, Thomas Smith, James Smith, William Smith, Frank Smith, Miles Swank, William E. Stall, Newbur Scrinsher, James Storn, Toanackey, Joe Tobler, Jake Tobler, Sam Thumpson (alias Alberson), J.B. Thompson, Alexander Tober, John Tutter, prisoners; Thomas Boles, U.S. marshal
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Complaint, U.S. v. Robert Wolf, murder; includes statements and cross examinations of multiple witnesses; George A. Grace, assistant U.S. attorney; H.M. Cravens, attorney; Drew Frank Stockbridge, victim; James Brizzolara, U.S. commissioner; Mary Randolph, Eliza Randolph, Richard Randolph, George Randolph, Lucy Randolph, Jiminey Henry, Ann Henry, Belle Henry, Ellick Juzon, Andy Keen, Lem E. Mitchell, John Stockbridge, Mark Ingram, Andrew Hanson, Mrs. Watkins, Isaac Frazier, witnesses
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Voucher, to Bynum Colbert, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, for assisting James Williams, deputy U.S. marshal, in U.S. v. Mat Williams, Jim Brooks, Marvin Benton, and One Fergeson; James Brizzolara, U.S. commissioner; Stephen Wheeler, U.S. clerk of court; S.A. Williams and C.M. Barnes, witnesses of signatures; D.P. Upham, U.S. marshal
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Voucher, to Samuel McLoud; includes cost of subsistence furnished to prisoners in U.S. jail per day; Joseph Allen, Arnold Adams, Neal Adams, George Aikman, Zack Baldridge, Adolphus Butler, J.W. Bell, Charles Bergeron, Chaney Bill, Walter Bigbee, E.W. Brown, B.H. Bolin, William Brown, Thomas Ballard, W.T. Barnes, Rabe Beard, W.S. Burgess, Steve Blackhawk, Edward Crawford, John Chesley, Lum Crittenden, J.T. Chaffin, L.A. Chaffin, John Caron, John Campbell, Henry Chalk, James Diggs, W.R. Dennison, Albert Douglas, Abe Davis, Bud Dean, Austin Deaner, J.W. Elliot, Lewis Ernest, Henry Fields, W.R. Fox, S.P. Filmore, Samuel Fivekiller, Carlina Greyson, George Gardner, Eli Gentry, Augustis Hecht, S.P. Hughes, William Housley, Joe Halfmoon, William Howell, Allen Housely, Joshia Herd, J.A. Hopkins, Theodore Hall, Peter Hammer, Tarless Holden, Wesley Howes, David Jones, Green Lowry, James Lettery, A.J. Lettery, John Martin, G.W. McKinney, Solomon McCoy, J.H. Morgan, William Martin, A.J. Merrill, J.R. Postoak, James Phillips, W.T. Parks, John Revell, Alexander Roe, Albert Reynolds, Enoch Raper, Thomas Raper, John Smith, William Secrest, M.T. Sartain, Ruth Sheppard, Jackson Simons, Jackson Still, Henri Stewart, T.A. Teryman, John Towers, David Tull, Frank Taylor, William Triplet, James White, Zack Williams, William Weatherby, and John Wade, prisoners; D.P. Upham, U.S. marshal; Stephen Wheeler, U.S. clerk of court
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Map of Arkansas and portion of Indian Territory, 1872-1873
Color map of Arkansas, a portion of Indian Territory, and other neighboring states from 1873.
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Map of post routes in Arkansas and Indian Territory, 1879
Black and white map of post routes in Arkansas and Indian Territory. Includes parts of surrounding states.
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Map of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, 1871
Hand drawn map of Fort Smith from survey done on September 1871. Survey for map done by Boundary Commission.
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Map of Arkansas and portion of Indian Territory including names of river ports, 1870
Color map of Arkansas, a portion of Indian Territory, and other neighboring states from 1870. Includes names of river ports.