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View Entry | Andrew Goff, Jr. v. Thomas Montgomery, et al. | Williamson | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Anthony Dibrell v. Thomas Eastland | White | Debt Settlement |
Also see MT 191. |
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View Entry | Alfred M. Young et al. v. Jesse Pate et al. | Williamson | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: Jacob W. Young. Additional defendant: George D. Kornega Amount of debt $200.00 |
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View Entry | Andrew Fay v. Marshall Moody | Giles | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Absalom Harris v. Parson Isom | Franklin | Debt for Wages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Arthur Orr & George Hix v. James Rutledge | Monroe | Unknown | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Ballard D. Matthews v. Rus A. Porter | Lawrence | Slander | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Boyd McNairey v. Thomas Eastland | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendants: John W. Simpson |
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View Entry | Benjamin Ingram v. Marshall Moody | Giles | Debt |
Amount of debt $233.00 |
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View Entry | Charles Bailey v. Eli Lockert et al. | Montgomery | Breach of Official Duty |
Defendant, a tax collector, used tax monies collected toward payment of his own debt. |
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View Entry | Commissioners of the town of Monroe in Overton County v George Gordon et al | Fentress | Land and Title Dispute |
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. |
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View Entry | Calvin J. Moore v. Nancy Morely & Samuel E. McQueen | Washington | Slaves, Ownership of |
Moore was admr. of James B. Morely, dec. Included Carter, Johnson & Sullivan Counties. Slaves in dispute: Alfred, Abigail, James, Isaac, John. |
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View Entry | Drury Scruggs& John Graham v. Joshua Reams | Williamson | Debt Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Daniel Meadows v. Wood M. Burge& Elijah D. Roach | Debt Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | Ephraim Brown v. William M. Wright | Williamson | Debt |
Suit to collect unpaid debt and court costs. |
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View Entry | Ezra Webb v. Thomas Porter | Giles | Debt Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Eli Bailey v. John Wood | Warren | Theft |
Defendant is being accused by plaintiff of stealing several items including bacon and a sow. |
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View Entry | Early Albertson v. William McGee & James H. Beeson | Fentress | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Edmond Bean v. 30th Regiment of Tennessee Militia et al | Rhea | Other |
Cause of Action: failure to report for militia duty. Add. defendant: Henry Collins, Judge Advocate of 30th Regiment of Tennessee. |
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View Entry | George T. Gillespie v. William B. Brooks | Giles | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Granville Pillow, et al.v. John Sloan, et al | Franklin | Estate Settlement |
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. |
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View Entry | George House v. James A. Mitchell, et al. | Washington | Covenant Broken |
Plaintiff: George House, assignee of John Johnson. Additional Defendants: Owen Roberts, Jane Roberts, William Collom, Eliza Collom. |
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View Entry | George Brock | Unknown |
Grant and land survey only; no other documents included. |
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View Entry | Henry Bundy et al. v. Joshua Carney, et al. | Smith | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Thomas Bundy, Nathan Bundy, Piceebrene Bundy, John Bundy, James Bundy, David Bundy, Arnie Bundy, and James Walton. Additional defendants: Samuel Andrews, John Hall, Daniel Carney and Harrison Lewis. |
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View Entry | Heirs of John White v. Daniel Cherry | Carroll | Land |
Land warrant #3809 is mentioned in this case. It deals with 3840 acres of land in Carroll County. |
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View Entry | John Faris v. Thomas L. Gray | Franklin | Slaves, Ownership of |
Plaintiff sued to regain slaves from Gray. Slaves' names given in the case. |
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View Entry | Jonathan Lett v. Peter N. Marr | Montgomery | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Joseph Ferrell v. Willis D. Alder, admr.; Ezekiel Birdseye v. William P. Gillett & Jacob Peck | Knox | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Related to the estate settlement of Thomas McClain. See also ET 2008: Joseph Ferrell v. Willis D. Alder, Claiborne Co., 1852. |
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View Entry | James A. Porter v. Isaac Earthman | Davidson | Error in Proceedings |
Plaintiff claims that there was an error in proceedings in his case against the defendant. The original trial involved land and debt disputes. |
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View Entry | James Gant v. Matthew Rhea, Thomas Porter& Pary W. Porter, exe. of Joseph B. Porter, dec. | Maury | Breach of Contract |
James Gant claims the late Joseph B. Porter broke a contract between them and is sued the executors of his will for his damages. He sues for $4224.96 in damages. |
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View Entry | Joseph Bradford v. George Gray | Franklin | Debt |
Amount of Debt $200 |
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View Entry | John Daughtery v. Susanah Trigg, admr. of James McWhorter, dec. et al. | Smith | Debt Dispute |
First two pages missing. Complainant claimed that the deceased was indebted to him on several accounts, in large amounts, and were complicated in nature. Possible additional defendants: M. Anderson & Holden James Estill. |
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View Entry | James Rodgers v. James Ramsey et al | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. Defendants: William B. A. Ramsey, Eliza Ramsey Scott, James Scott, John Ramsey, Francis A. Ramsey, David Parker. |
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View Entry | John Denn & Jacob Peck v. Christopher Haines | Monroe | Trespass and Damages |
Exhibit: Plat map. |
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View Entry | James H. Miller v. Henry Brazeale | Roane | Unknown |
Legal correspondence only, no other documents included. |
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View Entry | James Brown v. Joseph Black | Anderson | Debt |
Origin of debt: unknown. |
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View Entry | John Dew, lessee of William Dugger et al. v. Jeremiah Laws | Carter | Ejectment |
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. |
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View Entry | John Newnan v. Jenkins Whiteside, et al. | Maury | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Redmond Barry, E. Hall, Alfred Balch, Oliver B. Hayes, Roger Sappington, Nathan Ewing. |
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View Entry | John Hammons, et al. v. Hopkins & Lane | Warren | Land, Contract Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Words[illeg.] Hammons, Nancy Hammons, Elizabeth Hammons, Leroy Hammons, Jr., Leroy Hammons, Sr. Case mentions mortgage taken out on 2 "negroes." |
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View Entry | James W. Combs & Thomas B. Haynie v. Heirs of Nathaniel Young | Giles | Debt Settlement |
Attempt by creditors to take the proceeds of Young’s tavern in Pulaski away from the widow and minor children. Conner and Dickeywere the guardians of Caroline V., Robert, Nancy, Margaret and Felix Young. John Young. Nancy Young was the widow. |
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View Entry | John McCarty v. Peter N. Marr | Montgomery | Debt |
The case lists the alias of P. N. Marcine for Peter N. Marr. |
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View Entry | Joseph Kleper v. Peter S. Dechard et al. | Franklin | Debt |
Additional defendant: David Dechard Amount of debt $200.00 |
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View Entry | James Gant v. Matthew Rhea et al. | Maury | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Thomas Porter and P. W. Porter |
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View Entry | Joseph Poor v. James Leeton | Fentress | Debt Dispute |
Dispute over the payment of a note between the two parties. Amount of note was $3.75 |
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View Entry | James Rodgers v. Henry Lyda et al. | White | Failure to Pay |
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. |
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View Entry | James Caruth v. Ann Hogshead | Monroe | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Montgomery Bell v. Joseph Johnson & A. W. Hicks | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Montgomery Bell was the famous Middle Tennessee iron entrepreneur. |
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View Entry | Nathaniel Hunt v. Stephen Clark | Franklin | Ejectment |
Amount of damages $500.00 |
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View Entry | Nace F. Trice v. Joseph Smith | Montgomery | Fraud |
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 |
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View Entry | Nathaniel C. Davis et al. v. William Simpson | White | Debt |
Additional Plaintiff: Samuel Davis |
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