Colorado State Archives - Chancery Cases

Gilpin County Chancery Cases

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1862 - 1878

By Connie Ryan, Colorado State Archives Volunteer

This group of records represent those of a very early period in Colorado's history that documented legal decisions rendered by the territorial and district court of Gilpin County for the years 1862 - 1878. Chancery cases are those types of cases where justice was applied in circumstances not specifically covered by law during these years. Names appearing on this index most likely include some of the early gold seekers that came west in search of fortune and fame. 

An earnest effort was made to transcribe each name correctly. However, some of the handwritten entries were hard to read, making it difficult to ensure that the spelling of the name is accurate. Please check similar or closely spelled names, this may help you in your search. The information contained in the record generally shows the name of the plaintiff and defendant, date of filing, case number, the charge or claim of the plaintiff and supporting documents submitted to the court on behalf of both parties.

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Almy, Thomas J. Flack, Alexander J. 1870 May 14 Chancery
Andre, Francis L. Cheatley, William H. 1871 Apr 12 Chancery
Anschutz, William Holland, Eugene F. 1871 Jan 17 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Barnes, Thomas City of Central 1871 Apr 22 Chancery
Barrett, George W. Griffin, Elias W. 1873 Mar 17 Chancery
Barth, William Rudolph, Frederick B. 1872 May 2 Chancery
Baxter, Enos K. Remine, William W. 1871 Dec 6 Chancery
Beach, H. C. Manhattan Gold Mining Co 1871 May 25 Chancery
Bennett, Alexander C. Bennett, Caroline L. 1873 Sep 22 Chancery
Bennett, Caroline L. Bennett, Alexander C. 1873 Oct 4 Chancery
Berstein, Geo B. Bernstein, Deborah 1874 Sep 26 Chancery
Betts, George F. Rockdale Gold Mining Co. 1876 Apr 21 Chancery
Black, Harriet Black, Phillip 1873 Oct 31 Chancery
Bondshu, Emily Bondshu, Charles A. 1870 Oct 14 Chancery
Borham, Jeremiah S. Fullerton, William 1877 Mar 9 Chancery
Boughton, Emily J. Boughton, George 1876 Oct 4 Chancery
Bradford, Robert B. ? 1876 Apr 18 Chancery
Braston, Henry B. Bradley, Charles 1871 Nov 15 Chancery
Brunel, Calista I. Brunel, Isaac B. 1870 Oct 7 Chancery
Buckman, Anna Teats, Robert 1870 Dec 2 Chancery
Buckman, Fred H. Buckman, Anna 1872 Sep 16 Chancery
Buell, Bela S. Ewers, James S. 1873 Jul 11 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Central ExRel Wilcoxen,I.N. Leland, Charles M. 1872 Dec 2 Chancery
Central Gold Mining Co Theodore H. Becker 1870 Jul 15 Chancery
Central Gold Mining Co Young, Nathaniel 1870 Oct 27 Chancery
Chaffee, Jerome B. Tiffany, William W. 1875 Nov 1 Chancery
Chandler, Aaron Whiting, William A. 1870 Oct 20 Chancery
Chapline, Abram B. Newnes, Richard 1873 Nov 3 Chancery
Clafflin, William Bassett, Henry D. 1876 Aug 10 Chancery
Clark Gardner Lode Mining Co Utley,AlvinH. & Buckhard,John 1877 Jul 24 Chancery
Clark, James Baumert, Martha L. 1873 Sep 26 Chancery
Clark, James Kimber, Job V. 1874 Jan 22 Chancery
Clark, Lizzie Clark, William 1875 Sep 30 Chancery
Cleavelnd, John R. Gibson, George W. 1875 May 6 Chancery
Cochran, Agnes Cochran, Daniel 1872 May 15 Chancery
Corry, Andrew V. Black, Joseph & Co. 1865 Mar 4 Chancery
Corry, Andrew V. McCoy, Samuel 1866 Apr 5 Chancery
Cowin, James Cowin, Eleanor A. 1874 Feb 16 Chancery
Curtis, Edward J. Curtis, Maggie 1872 Sep 16 Chancery
Curtis, Harriet Glennan, Richard 1867 Oct 12 Chancery
Cushman, William H. Carlin, Ann 1867 Jun 8 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Davis, Lavinia Davis, John D. 1877 Aug 18 Chancery
Delbridge, Ann Delbridge, Edward 1872 Aug 27 Chancery
Dennell, Mattie J., Guardian ? 1871 Feb 9 Chancery
Dexter, James V. Winslow, Ferdinand 1873 Jan 7 Chancery
Dingles, Maria Dingles, Adam 1875 Mar 10 Chancery
Douglass, Jeremiah Hobbs, Joshua 1871 Apr 18 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Ellis, William T. Ellis, Angeline 1871 May 24 Chancery
Ely, Dennison J. Ely, Mary J. 1873 Apr 22 Chancery
Ely, Denison J. Applewhite, William 1875 May 1 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Finn, Annie B. Finn, John 1870 Nov 1 Chancery
Flack, John J. Johnson, Hiram H. 1868 Feb 4 Chancery
Freas, Lorenzo M. Hogden, Warren 1867 Feb 28 Chancery
Freas, Lorenzo M. Morgan, John R. 1875 Oct 30 Chancery
Freas, Lorenzo M. Cameron, Alexander 1875 Jun 11 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Gage, David A. Lyon, James E. 1868 Jun 3 Chancery
Garbanati, Henry Shafer, John G. 1868 Jun 24 Chancery
Germain, William EmpireStateTexas&TinderSade 1868 Apr 29 Chancery
Girkin, Henry Andrews, Frank C. 1874 Dec 9 Chancery
Gleason, Thomas Johnson, Charles W. 1868 Apr 24 Chancery
Gorsline, William R. Langrishe, John S. 1872 Oct 12 Chancery
Grant, Fanny Horn, Frederick 1870 Mar 4 Chancery
Gravit, William M. Hawley, Sidney B. 1870 Jun 11 Chancery
Green, Charlotte Green, John 1873 Apr 12 Chancery
Greenfell, Elizabeth Greenfell, Tjp,as 1874 Mar 19 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Haggart, James Kalbaugh, James K.P. ?? Chancery
Hahn, Silas B. Hahn, Caroline S.B. 1872 Jun 8 Chancery
Hall, Mary McCord, Joseph 1874 Mar 31 Chancery
Hamilton, Thomas Hamilton, Emma 1876 Feb 29 Chancery
Hanna, James W. Lewis, Oscar 1875 Sep 3 Chancery
Haskin, Mary Gilpin CountyTrain Railway Co. 1873 Oct 24 Chancery
Hawley, Sidney B. Cole, Charles 1872 Sep 14 Chancery
Hayes, Martin B. NewYork Gold Mining Co 1870 Aug 9 Chancery
Henderson, Edward W. Thompson, James 1876 Apr 29 Chancery
Hensley, Minnie Hensley, Benjamin 1875 May 19 Chancery
Hickman, John W. Chaffee, Jerome B. 1872 Jun 10 Chancery
Holliday, Ben CentralOverlandCalif. & PPExpress 1871 Mar 3 Chancery
Hooper, Mary Hooper, George 1868 Dec 18 Chancery
Hunter, Geo.W.Sr. ? 1867 Aug 25 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Imel, John W. Imel, Amanda E. 1875 Sep 28 Chancery
Iones, Thomas Lindsley, William 1869 Oct 25 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Jacobs, Thomas G. Hobbs, Joshua 1862 Jul 9 Chancery
Johns, Stephen Johns, Elizabeth J. 1867 Apr 6 Chancery
Johnson, Lewis E. Rocky Mt. Gold Mining Co 1865 Feb 6 Chancery
Johnson, Mary Johnson, Peter C. 1873 May 16 Chancery
Johnson, Peter C. Heaton, George W. 1873 Sep 27 Chancery
Jolly, Kate B. Jolly Frank 1877 Feb 23 Chancery
Jones, Catharine E. Jones, James K. 1873 Mar 26 Chancery
Jones, James Mackey, Richard 1870 Mar 21 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Kastor, Isadore H. Harper, Joseph 1872 Oct 5 Chancery
Kelly, Joana L. Kelly, Patrick H. 1871 Apr 21 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Langford, Augustine G. EmpireStateTexas&TinderSade 1868 Apr 25 Chancery
Lewis, Oscar ? 1869 Oct 20 Chancery
Louisville Prize Mining Co. Roworth & Lake, et al 1876 May 25 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Marshall, William B. Stevens, Henry 1870 Apr 25 Chancery
McCord, Joseph Rockwell, Watson B. 1873 Apr 11 Chancery
McNanama, Catharine McNanama, Martin 1873 Sep 24 Chancery
Merrill, Mary Merrill, Leonard 1872 Mar 9 Chancery
Miley, Lawrence C. Abbe, William A. 1871 Oct 26 Chancery
Miller, Loring P. Kimber, Job V. 1876 Nov 23 Chancery
Miller, Loring P. Kimber, Job V. 1876 Nov 27 Chancery
Morgan, Samuel B. Young, John 1870 Dec 3 Chancery
Myers, Mary H. Myers, John H. 1870 Nov 30 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Newell, William T. Neuman, Henry 1875 Apr 22 Chancery
Newness, Richard Newness, R. Jane 1875 May 1 Chancery
Nuckolls, Columbus Faughn, John M. 1871 Mar 31 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
O'Neill, Edward Teats, Robert 1870 Oct 20 Chancery
Orahood, Hill Root, M. H. 1878 May 1 Chancery
Owens, Alfred H. Thomson, James 1876 Jun 27 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Palmer, Sarah F. Palmer, William F. 1872 Oct 18 Chancery
People ExRel Schellenger Brown, Alexander K. 1872 Oct 19 Chancery
Pope, Thomas Berriman, William A. 1865 Mar 4 Chancery
Powell, Anna M. Powell, Henry F. 1872 Aug 26 Chancery
Powell, Benjamin C.&Hollesten,Eli Cody,MargaretE.&Muller,Thomas 1878 Jun 13 Chancery
Pugh, Susan L. Pugh, George A. 1876 May 26 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Quentin, Charles Schellinger, Joseph 1872 May 16 Chancery
Quinn, George P. Gilpin CountyTrain Railway Co. 1873 Sep 2 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Ramage, William W. Richardson, Charles S. 1874 Dec 4 Chancery
Reynolds, Ann Reynolds, Frank 1877 Jul 27 Chancery
Reynold, Gideon Ulead, Clarissa 1875 Oct 30 Chancery
Rist, Joseph Hahn, Silas B. 1870 Oct 24 Chancery
Rittmeister, Alexander Jacobs, Rachel 1872 Apr 25 Chancery
Roberts, William W. Baumgardner, Mary 1870 Apr 9 Chancery
Rockwell, Watson B. Taylor, Alexander 1877 Mar 30 Chancery
Rockwell, Watson B. Taylor, Alexander 1876 Jul 15 Chancery
Rocky Mt.Nat'l.Bank Ophin Gold Mining Co 1877 Apr 1 Chancery
Rogers, Andrew N. Billings, George 1868 Jun 19 Chancery
Rogers, Andrew N. Hahn, Silas B. 1874 Aug 31 Chancery
Root, Mansel H. Drake, Lester 1875 Oct 13 Chancery
Rough, George Maroney, John 1873 May 16 Chancery
Rough, George Cameron, Alex 1874 Jul 13 Chancery
Royle, Jonathan C. Street, David & Litchfield,Abraham G. 1866 May 24 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Sabin, George K. Jennings, Thomas 1870 Aug 27 Chancery
Scarff, E. Norris Cole, Charles 1872 Aug 31 Chancery
Schellinger, John L. Graham, Hiram J. 1870 Nov 23 Chancery
Shupp, Daniel W. Shupp, Lide 1875 May 1 Chancery
Skelly, William Welch, Thomas 1870 Oct 8 Chancery
Smith, Emily D. Mason, Thomas Heirs 1868 Jun 25 Chancery
Smith, Emily D. Johnson, Charles W. 1868 Nov 11 Chancery
Snyder, Lewis C. Moore, Edward 1870 Oct 1 Chancery
Sparks, Oscar T. Pellieler, Loring 1876 ? ? Chancery
Stalker, William J. Roberts, William 1871 Apr 29 Chancery
Stalker, Wm. J. Green, Thomas 1872 Oct 28 Chancery
Standley, Joseph Stacken, William J. 1875 Apr 23 Chancery
Stevens, Henry Sierra Maden Tunnel Co. 1874 Apr 18 Chancery
Stonebraker, Anna Stonebraker, John 1875 Apr 12 Chancery
Susquehanna Gold MiningCo Rockwell, Lewis C. 1876 Apr 18 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Tadder, Hiram J. Ames, Andrew J. 1864 May 10 Chancery
Tappan, William H. Sensenderfer, John 1871 Apr 1 Chancery
Tellen, Henry W. Johnson, Hiram A. 1876 Jun 9 Chancery
Teller, Willard Loback, Israel 1871 Oct 24 Chancery
Thorn, James G. Tucker, Alfred 1872 Oct 14 Chancery
Townsend, Nancy Townsend, Henry 1871 Apr 22 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
United States Gold Mining Co. Stevenson, Alexander 1873 Nov 3 Chancery
United States Gold Mining Co. Clark, John W. 1874 May 5 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Valentine, Phoebe Valentine, Samuel H. 1874 Apr 24 Chancery
VanDeren,A.J.&Tiffany,W.W. Young, Nathaniel 1873 May 5 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Walden, Frederick R. Walden, Elizabeth 1870 Nov 9 Chancery
Walling, William B. Young, Nathaniel 1872 Oct 21 Chancery
Warner, John Moores, Edward W. 1872 Aug 21 Chancery
Wells, Ebenezer T. Mercer, Pearson 1870 Oct 27 Chancery
White, James T. Roth, John G. 1866 May 4 Chancery
Whitton, James C. Whitton, Rebecca F. 1873 Mar 13 Chancery
Wilks, Thomas S. Reid, John S. 1869 Oct 22 Chancery
Williams, Martha Williams, Charles P. 1872 Aug 24 Chancery
Wilskey, Elizabeth Wilskey, William 1872 Sep 21 Chancery
Wolf, Lucy Ann Wolf, Joseph 1873 Apr 4 Chancery
Woodside, Margaret Woodside, James 1872 Oct 2 Chancery
Worn, William H. Buell, Belas 1876 May 13 Chancery

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Plaintiff Defendant Date Inst/Type
Young, Nathaniel Central Gold Mining Co. 1870 Nov 17 Chancery
Young, Nathaniel Commonwealth Gold MiningCo 1872 Jul 13 Chancery
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