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View Entry | Name(s) | Last Name | County | Cause/Crime | Crime | Notes | Database - TN Research | Order a Copy |
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View Entry | (unknown) | White | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Diagram of room and location of bullet hole. Deposition of W. W. Gilbreath. oversized |
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View Entry | Anthony Dibrell v. William M. Young | White | Debt |
The case was over the debt of an estate for $350.50. Other names in the case are Woodson P. White. |
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View Entry | Anderson S. Rogers v. William Green's heirs: Henry, William, Mary Lous, Hank, Laura, John, & James Green | White | Application for Scire Facias |
Anderson Rogers bought a lot of cattle from Green in 1862 for which he paid $65 in the for of a promissory note. The note was to be paid to Southern Bank. Green's estate claims that the note was not paid in full, however, they were unable to locate the note in Green's papers. This is a countersuit. |
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View Entry | A. J. Simmons v. B. Worley [?]& wife | White | Lien |
Others mentioned: Emily A. Swofford, Mary E. Worley, Bluford Worley. Ware. |
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View Entry | A. S. Rodgers v. [?] Leftwicke | White | Unknown |
Incomplete file. |
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View Entry | Alexander Cameron v. State | White | Unknown |
Cause of Action Unknown. Incomplete case file. |
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View Entry | Alexander Lowery v. William McKee & Edward McGinaway | White | Debt |
Amount of debt - $450.00 |
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View Entry | Anthony Dibrell v. Joseph Walling | White | Debt Dispute |
Anthony Dibrell owes $ 65 to Joseph Walling. Anthony Dibrell is also the County Clerk of White County. |
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View Entry | Alsey England v. Joseph Kerr, et al. | White | Damages |
Joseph Kerr, William Kerr, and J. C. Davis owe Alsey England $100 for damages. |
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View Entry | Anthony Dibrell v. Thomas Eastland | White | Debt Settlement |
Also see MT 191. |
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View Entry | Amon L. Davis v. David L. Mitchell | White | Slaves, Selling of |
Slave Case. The slave boy named Deb was sold but never delivered to the buyer. |
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View Entry | Archibald Corman v. Jenky Jenkins | White | Ejectment | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |||
View Entry | Archibald Kirby v. State | White | Murder | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |||
View Entry | Anderson Green & Co. v. W. J. Little et al. | White | Debt, Execution on |
Other defendants: Elmira Little, James Wallis or Wallace. |
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View Entry | A. J. Johnson v. Lucie Miller, exor. of Nancy Officer, dec., et al. | White | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Other defendants: Alexander Officer, exor. of Nancy Officer, decd. |
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View Entry | Allen Jones v. Hannah Jones, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Jasper Anderson and Joseph Healdenfield. File also includes a contested will. |
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View Entry | Anthony Hogan, exe. of Edward Hogan, dec., et al. v. William Carland, et al. | White | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Other plaintiffs: Rebekah Hogan, exec. of Edward Hogan, dec. |
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View Entry | Alexander Officer, et al. v. Oliver H. P. Sims[?], et al. | White | Promissory Note |
Additional complainant: L. Miller, exe. of Nancy Officer, dec. Additional defendant: William Glenn. |
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View Entry | A. L. Patts by next friend v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company, et al. | White | Estate Dispute |
A. L. Patts next friend of: Oscar, Alsie, James, and Thomas Laurey. Additional defendants: Lafayette Siurrell(?) and wife, Laucitta /// Complainant attorney, H.C. Snodgrass (possible relation to TN Comptroller William R. Snodgrass) |
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View Entry | Bank of Tennessee v. Samuel Turney | White | Debt, Execution on | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |||
View Entry | Bearcroft Beaver & Co. et al. v. Bank of Tennessee | White | Debt Settlement |
Additional Defendants: Whetherel Lee and Co. 5 folders. |
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View Entry | Bryce Little & wife v. Joseph G. Mitchell & George G. Dibrell | White | Guardianship of Minors |
Complete case: Brice Little and wife, Rachel Little, guardians of James Wallace and S.H. Coleman v. Joseph G. Mitchell and George G. Dibrell. Mentions deceased brother, William Wallace, who is the son of Rachel Little. |
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View Entry | Bob Thompson v. State | White | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Joe Pointer was a witness at the trial. |
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View Entry | Bank of Tennessee& State v. Anthony Dibrell et al. | White | Debt |
Additional Defendants: George G. Dibrell, Arthur R. C. Anthony Dibrell in debt to the bank for a sum of over $2000. |
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View Entry | Bryant Breeding, et al. v Sampson Williams | White | Estate Settlement |
Other individuals in the suit include wife Lettuce Breeding, Richard and Zacchaeus Horn, Pleasant and Milly Petette, Sarah Ridge and George Defrees. The case involves slaves originally owned by Richard Horn of Overton County. Deed of gift to his children. Williams believes he owned the slaves as he obtained them as a life estate. The plaintiffs believe that Williams cheated Horn and doctored the documents. Richard Horn had drowned. The slaves had been sold at a sheriff's sale to settle the estate. |
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View Entry | Barry Arnold et al. v. R. L. Anderson | White | Motion to Set Aside Execution |
Other plaintiff: Luisy Arnold, also listed as Lindsay Arnold. Arnold claims he was falsely arrested for an assault on Julia Ann Baker and tried in a court that did not have appropriate jurisdiction over the case. |
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View Entry | Benjamin | Springs | White | grand larceny | Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850 | |||
View Entry | Berryman Hamblett v. James Simpson | White | Petition to Compel Payment for Goods |
Simpson maintains that case arises from his refusal to pay for a horse that he had purchased in good faith from Hamblett, but which proved dangerously unsound. |
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View Entry | Bank of Tennessee v. William Holton, S. H. Colins, & M. C. Dibrell | White | Non-Payment of Debt |
Def's drew a promissory note for $350 in Confederate currency in 1861. The value of the note following the war, and the state of the debt following the war were contested by the defendants. Suit sought to properly evaluate the original debt and recover payment. Includes Civil War battle narrative on Page 15. |
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View Entry | Benjamin Gist, admr. of Joseph Gist, dec. v. James M. Austin, William Austin, & Joseph S. Mitchell | White | Estate Settlement |
Joseph Gist died intestate. Before he died Gist signed as surety on a note for James Austin at the Bank of TN. Austin also owed Gist $196. Gist was also surety on a note for $1k for Austin to the estate of John Austin, dec. Gist had attempted to collect the debt from Austin before he died. However the case continued, later pursued by his estate's administrator. |
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View Entry | Bearcroft Beaver & Co. v. Snodgrass Brothers, et al. | White | Recovery of Money/ Wages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |||
View Entry | Bank of Tennessee & State v. Anthony Dibrell, et al.. | White | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants: Arthur Crozier and George Dilbert. |
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View Entry | Beaver, Bearcroft, & Co., et al. v. Lafayette Snodgrass et al. | White | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Stacy Bearcroft, Thomas Beaver, Wetherill Lee, Thomas Foster, Matthew McEwen, John Bray, Daniel Hadrick, Charles Reed, Stephen Kimbal, Hazen Hadd, Charles Litter, Samuel van Culin, John Glass, Robert Levick, Peter Levick, Josiah Basset, John Knen, Charles Truitt, Robert Truitt, Samuel Crustylong, John Bennet, Richard Dale, John Rass, Hamen Withers, Jerald Dale, Samuel Egleston, C. M. Jackson, Samuel Morgan, Charles Cheney, St. Clair Morgan, W. W. Berry, Felix Demorville, etc. |
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View Entry | Beaver Bearcroft & Co. v. Snodgrass & Brothers, et al. | White | Deed Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: George Ealilrell and Lafayette Luster. Additional Defendants: Robert Crawford, Louisa Snodgrass, Eleanor Snodgrass, Eliza Snodgrass, James Snodgrass, and Fanny Snodgrass. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
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View Entry | Benjamin Gist v. Jerry Webb | White | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |||
View Entry | Bank of Tennessee v. Thomas B. Swan | White | Debt Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |||
View Entry | Bank of Sparta v. W. L. Gracy, et al | White | Bank Note |
Plaintiff sued defendants for an unpaid note. Additional Defendants: C.D. Gracy, C. Marchbanks, Waman Clark |
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View Entry | Ben | Pope | White | larceny | Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870 | |||
View Entry | Calvin Morgan v. James H. Jenkins | White | Unknown |
The plaintiff was a partner in the firm of "CG&R Morgan" (Calvin Morgan, Gideon Morgam, and Rufus Morgan). |
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View Entry | Charles Reeves, et al. v. Charles Butler (use of John Estill) | White | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: Robert Nelson |
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View Entry | Cobb v. Cobb | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Case severely fragmented. |
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View Entry | Cook, James et al. v. Menifee, Joseph S. | White | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: William Graham, N. Hoover, Rutherford and Doyle Cook |
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View Entry | Chamberlain & Bancroft v. James A. Hill, admr. | White | Estate Dispute |
Chamberlain & Bancroft a company from Charleston, S. C. obtained the services of Joab Neill to collect a debt which was owed by D. F. Woods of Van Buren County. Neill returned some of the money owed to Chamberlain & Bancroft but not all before his death. They wanted a review of all his accounts before Hill could settle the estate. |
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View Entry | Charles Talliaford v. William H. Montgomery & William A. Montgomery | White | Debt Dispute |
Case also involves the dissolution of a partnership. |
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View Entry | Caroline A. Young v. T. T. Watson et al. | White | Wills, Contested |
Additional Defendant: A. J. Gamble. |
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View Entry | Charles Manning v. Jesse Lincoln | White | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |||
View Entry | C. B. Baker, et al. v. Mans Paston, et al. | White | Fraud |
Additional plaintiff: Genelta [?] Baker wife of C. B. Baker. Additional defendants: Jas Martin, Jess Paston, and Henry Paston. Defendants purchased a tract of land from C. B. Baker. Plaintiffs claimed that at the time of the conveyance Baker was insane and unable to make the transaction. Plaintiffs sued for relief. C. B. Baker was noted to be in his "right mind," at the time of the trial. |
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View Entry | Corporation of Sparta v. Pate Lewis | White | Assault |
Plaintiff is accused of assaulting Charles Passons with a knife. Before the assault, plaintiff was arrested for public drunkenness and placed in jail. In the evening Charles Passons made a trip to the jail to bring water to Lewis, and claims this is when he was attacked. Plaintiff insists he was whittling, when in the process of taking his knife, Passons was accidently stabbed. |
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View Entry | Charles Borden v. J. S. Doyle | White | Injunction |
An execution in favor of the defendant was levied against a tract of land owned by the plaintiff. Plaintiff complains said execution was not made subject to his homestead rights and is void. He is now seeking an injunction restraining its sale. Said land is located in the first civil district of White County. |
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View Entry | Charles | Harris | White | stealing | Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870 |