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View Entry Anderson Long, Abraham Rees, Sr. Mary, Lucy, Iredell, Juliet, & Harriet Kittrell, James Agee, John Farrington, Benjamin Motley v. Elizabeth Kittrell, et al. Davidson Debt Settlement

Rees, Long, & the other defendants sued to recover a judgment, against John Fairman and heirs, in their favor decided in a previous suit named and detailed in this case, as well as a judgment against Elizabeth Kitrell, heir of Isaac Kitrell.

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View Entry Anthony Foster v. Thomas Hickman Davidson Equity

Foster & Hickman were partners in a mercantile business. They dissolved their partnership. Foster procured the merchandise and each partner paid half for the goods. Following the dissolution the partners did not agree about the equity each held at the time of parting. Depositions by Thomas Crutcher & John Craighead; includes payment records; financial agreements;

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View Entry Elihu S. Hall v. Walter H. Overton Davidson Land Tennessee Supreme Court Cases Order A Copy
View Entry John Mayfield, et al. v. Benjamin Seawell, et al. Davidson Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiff: Miarrias Seawell. Additional defendant: George Mayfield. Seawell sued over the ownership and boundaries of a tract of land originally purchased by Southerland Mayfield in 1784. Benjamin Sewell died during the trial.

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View Entry Patrick Darby & George Elliott v. Michael Green, et al. Sumner Land and Title Dispute

Dispute over land in Sumner County

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View Entry Robert Johnson & Abram Boyd, admrs. v. Ann Hope Davidson Wills, Contested

David Beaty died, leaving his sister Anne Hope $400, & land to his neighbor, Johnson. The will asks that his enslaved workers George Landon, Isaac, Lewis, Emma & her children, Sophia, Celia, & Edmund, William, Henry, Charles, Albert, Enos, Eliza, Nancy, Martilla, Cynthia, Matilda, & Angelina, to be given money for living expenses & land in Indiana. Hope sued, contesting the will and this request. She claimed the enslaved would become a nuisance to the community without a master.

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View Entry Sally & Timothy Merrill, Henry & the late Betsey S. Merrill Billings, Nemrod & Jenny Merrill Leat, Douglas Merill, Peter & Polly Merill Cowan, Samuel Merill, Peter & Leney Merrill Pritchett v. Phillip Parchment, John S. & Margaret Johnson Giles Slaves, Ownership of

Sally Haden of Rowan, NC married William Merrill, & her father William loaned Sally an enslaved girl Dinah, a boy named Harry. Her father bequeathed the enslaved to Sally & after her death her children. When she died some of the enslaved were at other estates. The suit was filed to return the enslaved for the benefit of Sally's children. Dinah's children included: Milly, her children Dinah, Randolph, Dicey.

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