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Meet the many people who argued for and against carceral, institutional, and interpersonal confinement in the petitions filed in County and District Courts throughout the American West over the long nineteenth century. Browse or search people by name, demographic characteristics, case role, and/or relationships described in each petition. Our encoding practice for people features data pulled from the available case files and in some instances additional data from supplemental sources is also included. Only people with case roles are indexed here, while all persons named in a case are listed on the case page. The Glossary defines the attributes used to structure data from the habeas petitions. The Code Book explains the relational structure of the data and functionality of the database website.
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- petitioner 934
- bound party 749
- petitioner attorney 677
- respondent attorney 255
- respondent 239
- holding party 222
- responding party 213
- judge 44
- authority ordering detention 31
- interested party 7
- chief justice 1
- police judge 1
- police magistrate 1
- presumed petitioner 1
Race or Ethnicity
- Unknown 1562
- White 182
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- Black 68
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- 1857 10
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- 1915 1
- 1918 1
- 1921 1
Age Category
- Adult 1492
- Unindicated 508
- Minor 40
- Unclear 15
- Unindicated, Adult 9
- Adult, Unindicated 1
- Minor, Adult 1
Relationships
- attorney for 2023
- judged by 1917
- attorney against 1181
- jailed by 558
- attorney with 450
- opposing attorney to 390
- parent of 202
- detained by 176
- married to 138
- in the disputed interpersonal custody of 105
- represented by 64
- presumed relative of 62
- an institutional ward of 58
- child of 53
- formerly married to 41
- relative of 26
- grandparent of 25
- next friend of 25
- inlaw of 24
- sibling of 24
- an immigrant detainee of 21
- enslaved by 21
- court-appointed guardian of 14
- kidnapper of 13
- colleague of 9
- formerly enslaved by 9
- in the temporary custody of 9
- presumed inlaw of 8
- adoptive parent of 6
- agent of 6
- employer of 6
- parent-appointed guardian of 6
- stepparent of 6
- under the military command of 6
- superintendent of 5
- former inlaw of 4
- friend of 4
- guardian of 4
- Indian Agent of 4
- cohabitating with 3
- in legal custody of 3
- son 3
- alleged parent of 2
- an Indian ward of 2
- stepchild of 2
- business relation of 1
- disputed spouse of 1
- in parent- appointed custody of 1
- self-appointed guardian of 1
Cases
- In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by certain Chinamen, whose names are hereafter written 30
- In the matter of the Application of Ma-chu-nah-zha (Standing Bear) for a writ of Habeas Corpus 30
- In Re Petition of Gus Bendjus et al for Writ of Habeas Corpus 16
- In the matter of the application of Helen Ruth Kelley for a writ of Habeas Corpus 13
- In the matter of the complaint Martin Lawson, John Strom, Christ Anderson, Thomas Steward, Ellias Krebs, Edward Haquer, John Nickels, Peter Nelson, and Victor Martinson. Marines on board the American ship or vessel "War-Hawk" for a writ of Habeas Corpus 13
- State of Nebraska ex rel Agnes Donohue, et al. vs. Kittie F. Noonan, et al. 13
- In the matter of the application of Thomas S. Brown et al for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 12
- In the Matter of the Application of Annie Davis, Clarence W. Davis, and Carrie B. Davis for a writ of Habeas Corpus 11
- In Re Application of Russell and Nettie Watson for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 10
- In the Matter of the Application of Flora Ohler for a writ of Habeas Corpus 10
- In the Matter of the Application of Herman Granger for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 10
- In the Matter of the Application of John P. Whitney for a writ of Habeas Corpus 10
- Peter Nelson et al. v. Lewis V. Wycoff 10
- Habeas Corpus of O. R. Blystone against Robert Hodge, Sheriff 9
- In re-application of Edna Lambert for Writ of Habeas Corpus vs. W. G. Seeley and Mrs. W. G. Seeley, his wife 9
- In the matter of the application of Alson B. Cole for a writ of habeas corpus 9
- In the matter of the application of Charles W. Willard for a writ of habeas corpus 9
- In the matter of the application of Edith Uhling, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 9
- In the matter of the application of James E. Warden for a writ of Habeas Corpus 9
- In the Matter of the application of Louis M. Cohn for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 9
- In the Matter of the Application of Susie Blue and Mary Woods, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 9
- In the matter of the application of Thomas Walton for a writ of Habeas Corpus 9
- In the matter of the application of Wong Sam et al. for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 9
- In the matter of the application of Yvonne La Fevre and Georgette Normand 8
- Charles Gahres and Martha J. Gahres v. Isabella Sutton and W. H. Barrett 8
- Habeas Corpus of A. H. Hubbard against Claude Bannick Chief of Police 8
- Habeas Corpus of George Hanson for Florence Hansen against Louis Hansen et al 8
- In the Matter of a Petition of Harry Thompson, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the matter of the application of A. B. Burks for a writ of habeas corpus 8
- In the matter of the application of Andrew J. Sawyer, United States District Attorney, for the District of Nebraska, Mee Lee Wah Village Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, Chin Tu Ling, Lee Shun and Look Fung, citizens of China, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the matter of the application of Belden Finley for writ of Habeas Corpus for Verne A. Finley 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Charlie Giarratano, for a writ of habeas corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Edna Brookfield for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the matter of the application of Fred Harris and Charles Eick for Habeas Corpus 8
- In the matter of the application of Goldie Abbott for a writ of habeas corpus 8
- In the matter of the application of Jacob H. Blessing for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the matter of the application of Jennie Miller Powers for a writ of Habeas Corpus vs Mary Elizabeth Miller and R.J. Miller her husband 8
- In the matter of the Application of John Wilken for a Writ of Habeas Corpus` 8
- In the matter of the application of Leonard Kephart for a writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Marie Allen, next friend of Walter H. Pilger Allen, a minor, for a writ of habeas corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Mike Indovino, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Nick Arrigo for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the Matter of the application of Nora Leon Gantz, for a writ of Habeas Corpus to obtain the custody of her minor son, Lester William Teter 8
- In the matter of the application of Thomas W. Van Sciever for a writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Tsunetaro Machida, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- In the Matter of the Application of Wah Lee for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Lun Kim, Lun Yuk, and Lun Teu 8
- In the Matter of the Application of William G. Clarke, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 8
- Jennie Miller Powers v. Mary Elizabeth Miller and R. J. Miller 8
- Chung Him and Seid Yam v. Henry M. White 7
- Habeas Corpus of Diamico Oct et. al against Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co. 7
- Habeas Corpus of George Parrish against Capt. Charles Tennant 7
- Habeas Corpus of Joseph H. Abbott against A. E. Griffiths Chief Police 7
- Habeas Corpus of Louisa Tubbs for Samuel Tubbs against Charles and Caroline Spink 7
- Habeas Corpus of Tony Sullivan et al against Claude Bannick Chf. of Pol. 7
- Habeas Corpus of Vernon Lee Goldy + Lucille Goldy against L. M. Lang et al 7
- In the matter of the app of Josie Celestine et ux for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the Matter of the Application of Addaline A. Wilson and Oliver Perry Wilson for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Ah Sam and Ah Who for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Benjamin Wise for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Can- ah- couqua for a writ of habeas corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Charles Chandler, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the Matter of the Application of Chin Quock Wah for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the Application of Edward Shelmidine and Mrs. Edward Shelmidine, for a writ of habeas corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Frank G. Bevans for a writ of Habeas corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of George W. Davis for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the Matter of the Application of Gerhardt Pothoff for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the Matter of the Application of Helen J. Holman for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Henry Neal for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Indian, Peters, for a writ of habeas corpus 7
- In the Matter of the Application of James E. Dils, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of James R. Burleigh for a writ of habeas corpus 7
- In the Matter of the application of L. L. Lindsey for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Molly M. Martin in behalf of her minor son Earl S. Martin for a writ of habeas corpus 7
- In the Matter of the Application of O. V. Lawson for Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Rasmus Oleson for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the Matter of the application of Susan M. Horn the mother and natural guardian of Nora E. Horn and Rapsie Horn for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Theodore G. Clark, for a writ of habeas corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Thomas Francis Smiley, for a writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the application of Walter Scott for a writ of habeas corpuswa 7
- In the Matter of the Application of Wu Kao (Ng Go) for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the petition of Sarah B. Leray for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 7
- In the matter of the petition of Stella Williams for a writ of habeas corpus for Howard Edward Godden 7
- Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Anna Vine vs. Sheldon Jackson 7
- State of Nebraska ex rel Richard Seward by Kittie F. Noonan, his next friend, etc. vs. Agnes Donohue, et al. 7
- The State of Nebraska v. Yellow Sun et al 7
- Habeas Corpus of Schoenbeck against A. E. Griffiths Chief of Police et al 6
- In Re Pet. of Millie F. Porter for Habeas Corp. 6
- Aspasia Petition for Habeas Corpus 6
- Bertha Crader vs. F. W. Durbin and State of Oregon 6
- By the Habeas Corpus Act in the matter of Horatio Napoleon Marsden 6
- Eugene Crowne v. James McAuliff 6
- Habeas Corpus of Charles L. Swan against Austin Griffiths 6
- Habeas Corpus of C.W. Skutt against Robert Hodge, Sheriff 6
- Habeas Corpus of Fred Boughton against Edward Cudihee, Sheriff 6
- Habeas Corpus of George Roy Wood against Edward Cudihee Sheriff 6
- Habeas Corpus of Glenn E. Hoover et al. against Edward Cudihee as Sheriff 6
- Habeas Corpus of J. C. Christopher against Robert Hodge, Sheriff 6
- Habeas Corpus of Lawrence Holland by Margaret Holland against Edward Cudihee 6
- Habeas Corpus of O. E. Sauter for George Cornwall against Charles F. Reed 6
- Habeas Corpus of W. F. Buchanan against Claude Bannick 6
2023 results
Bird, Gustavus A. (G.A. Bird)
- Birth date: June 15, 1789
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Smith, Mary Logan
- Birth date: April 8, 1792
- Birth place: United States
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Gamble, Hamilton Rowan
- Birth date: November 29, 1798
- Birth place: Virginia
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
Glover, Samuel Taylor
- Birth date: March 3, 1813
- Birth place: Kentucky, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Hardee, William Joseph
- Birth date: October 12, 1815
- Birth place: Georgia, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Wilson, Mary
- Birth date: January 1, 1819
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Multiracial, Black
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
George, Wyatt A.
- Birth date: January 1, 1819
- Birth place: Indiana
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Richardson, John Crowley
- Birth date: March 16, 1819
- Birth place: Kentucky, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Simmons, Cyrenius Canfield
- Birth date: March 19, 1819
- Birth place: New York, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Authority ordering detention, petitioner attorney
Minor, Francis
- Birth date: August 15, 1820
- Birth place: Virginia, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Painter, Hattie R. (Hattie Kersey Painter)
- Birth date: January 1, 1821
- Birth place: Pennsylvania
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Kribben, Christian
- Birth date: January 1, 1821
- Birth place: Germany
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Reynolds, Thomas Caute
- Birth date: October 11, 1821
- Birth place: South Carolina, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney
Sullivan, John M.
- Birth date: May 1, 1822
- Birth place: Ireland
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Garesché, Peter Bauduy
- Birth date: November 10, 1822
- Birth place: Delaware, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Sapp, William Fletcher
- Birth date: November 24, 1824
- Birth place: Ohio
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Ferry, Elisha P.
- Birth date: January 1, 1825
- Birth place: Monroe County, Michigan
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, authority ordering detention
Davis, Nelson
- Birth date: January 1, 1827
- Birth place: Tennessee
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Billings, William
- Birth date: October 27, 1827
- Birth place: Vermont
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party
McAuliff, James
- Birth date: January 1, 1828
- Birth place: Ireland
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White, Irish
- Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party
LaMaster, Milton
- Birth date: January 1, 1828
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Sharpstein, Ben L.
- Birth date: January 1, 1828
- Birth place: New York
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney, petitioner attorney
Breckinridge, Samuel Miller
- Birth date: November 3, 1828
- Birth place: United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner, petitioner attorney, judge
Ma-chu-nah-zha (Standing Bear)
- Birth date: January 1, 1829
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
- Case role(s): Petitioner
Burke, Patrick Emmet
- Birth date: January 1, 1830
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Hamilton, Leuvica O.
- Birth date: January 1, 1830
- Birth place: Kentucky
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent, holding party, responding party
Johnson, Napoleon
- Birth date: January 1, 1831
- Birth place: Missouri
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Black
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Butler, Alexander S.
- Birth date: January 1, 1831
- Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Black
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Ta-xha-but (Buffalo Chip)
- Birth date: January 1, 1832
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Voullaire, Seymour
- Birth date: January 1, 1832
- Birth place: Guadeloupe
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Schooner, Elihu (Eli Schooner)
- Birth date: December 1, 1832
- Birth place: Ohio, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Multiracial, Indigenous, Black
- Case role(s): Bound party
Caton, Nathan Thomas (Caten)
- Birth date: January 1, 1833
- Birth place: Maine
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, respondent attorney
Kirk, George Washington (George Washington Kerr)
- Birth date: January 1, 1834
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Multiracial, Black
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Harris, Coley A. D. (Chloe Ann Harris)
- Birth date: January 1, 1834
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Black
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Lowry, Philip
- Birth date: March 3, 1834
- Birth place: Nova Scotia, Canada
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Chandler, George
- Birth date: January 6, 1835
- Birth place: Vermont, United States
- Sex: Unknown
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Ball, Mottrom D.
- Birth date: June 23, 1835
- Birth place: Fairfax, VA
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
Herckenrath, Albert
- Birth date: December 13, 1835
- Birth place: Germany
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Struve, Henry G.
- Birth date: November 17, 1836
- Birth place: Germany
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney, petitioner
Marsden, Horatio Napoleon
- Birth date: January 1, 1837
- Birth place: Unknown
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Primo, Susette (Zazette Primeau)
- Birth date: January 1, 1837
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Lawson, Nelson
- Birth date: January 1, 1837
- Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Black
- Case role(s): Bound party, petitioner
Vetter, Fred
- Birth date: January 1, 1837
- Birth place: Saxony-Weimar
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: German
- Case role(s): Petitioner, interested party
Ma-shud-da-de (Feather Crazy)
- Birth date: January 1, 1838
- Birth place: Unknown, Nebraska
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Shan-gu-e-he-zhe (Yellow Horse)
- Birth date: January 1, 1838
- Birth place: Nebraska
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: Indigenous
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Shrek, Michael (Scherek, Schreck)
- Birth date: January 1, 1839
- Birth place: Germany
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White, German
- Case role(s): Petitioner, bound party
Martin, Nancy (Nancy Belle Miller)
- Birth date: February 29, 1840
- Birth place: Virginia, United States
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Black
- Case role(s): Bound party
Judson, John Paul
- Birth date: May 6, 1840
- Birth place: Prussia
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Petitioner attorney
Church, Martha (Martha Wright)
- Birth date: January 1, 1841
- Birth place: Ohio
- Sex: Female
- Race or ethnicity: Unknown
- Case role(s): Respondent, responding party, holding party
Sturdevant, R. F.
- Birth date: January 1, 1842
- Birth place: Pennsylvania
- Sex: Male
- Race or ethnicity: White
- Case role(s): Respondent attorney
