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Additional plaintiff: Jacob W. Young. Additional defendant: George D. Kornega Amount of debt $200.00

Amount of debt $233.00

This case relates to land grant #300 in the name of John Sevier for 32,000 acres dated 1795 in the Middle Tennessee District. Some of the land was now a part of Overton and Fentress Counties. The land was on the Cumberland River with a plat to subdivide. Sevier sold the land to Gordon and his descendants. Gordon donated the land to the Commissioners of the and town of Monroe. George W. Sevier and William Chilton were to divide the land.

Suit to collect unpaid debt and court costs.

Defendant is being accused by plaintiff of stealing several items including bacon and a sow.

Cause of Action: failure to report for militia duty. Add. defendant: Henry Collins, Judge Advocate of 30th Regiment of Tennessee.

Additional plaintiffs: Gideon J. Pillow, Jerome B. Pillow, George W. Martin, Narcissa Martin, Cynthia Pillow, and Amanda Pillow, heirs of Gideon Pillow, deceased. Additional defendants: Adam Sloan, Alexander Sloan, Esther Sloan, Willy S. Brown… Additional defendants continued: Jane Shumate, heirs of John Sloan, deceased. Also Samuel B. W. Wright, and the heirs of David Shannon, deceased.

Grant and land survey only; no other documents included.

Land warrant #3809 is mentioned in this case. It deals with 3840 acres of land in Carroll County.

Plaintiff claims that there was an error in proceedings in his case against the defendant. The original trial involved land and debt disputes.

Amount of Debt $200

Add. Defendants: William B. A. Ramsey, Eliza Ramsey Scott, James Scott, John Ramsey, Francis A. Ramsey, David Parker.

Legal correspondence only, no other documents included.

Additional plaintiffs: John Dugger and James P. Taylor. Plaintiffs sued Laws for breaking and entering Dew's home and ejecting him to his damage $500.

Other plaintiffs: Words[illeg.] Hammons, Nancy Hammons, Elizabeth Hammons, Leroy Hammons, Jr., Leroy Hammons, Sr. Case mentions mortgage taken out on 2 "negroes."

The case lists the alias of P. N. Marcine for Peter N. Marr.

Additional defendants: Thomas Porter and P. W. Porter

The plaintiff was hired to be the lawyer for the defendants in another case. They entered into a contract with him for his legal services and failed to pay what they owe him in full.

Montgomery Bell was the famous Middle Tennessee iron entrepreneur.

Plaintiff sued to collect damages and costs, alleges Smith defrauded him to two hogsheads of tobacco which he had contracted to convey to New Orleans. Joseph Smith "master and commander" of steamboat named the Pacific