1839-1869 Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court Docket
Archive Items Details
Description
Court docket does not describe the nature of the case. David English files a motion to dismiss. Missouri Archives Judicial Records Historical Database indicates "Appealed from justice of the peace court of William Yeats, on a debt, account case for $72.43 3/4." David English owed Ambrose $72 for "kept two Negroes four months for the said Defendant." Case refers to two negroes, Patsy and child."
Missouri Archives Judicial Records Historical Database has an on-line record and scanned case file images.
Date(s) of Creation
7/22/1839
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Unidentified Child (Patsy's child)
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Ambrose Scott "A Man of Color" vs. David English - Debt
