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| View Entry | (unknown) | Knox | Unknown |
A statement of the amount of fines and forfeitures collected by the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals at Knoxville for the year 1834. pages 182 and 183 only. Mentioned is Hugh Brown. Trustees' Receipt for 1834 |
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| View Entry | Absalom Faris v. Reason Isom | Franklin | Trespass | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| 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 Smith et al. v. Joseph& Nancy L. Hightower | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute: Ejectment |
J. Hightower accused of breaking into home of John Doe and ejecting him. Doe leased property from Smiths & Dewey P. and Elizabeth C. Hadley. Also named: Sarah Smith, wife of Alexander, only heir of James Leiper: Elizabeth Hadley daughter of Smiths. |
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| View Entry | Absalom& Thomas Massie v. Jonathan Hardwick & Benjamin Robertson | Dickson | Debt Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Almedius D. W. Williams v. James Walton | Smith | Trespass | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Arthur H. Henley v. Anderson P. H. Jordan, et al. | Monroe | Covenant Broken |
Additional Defendant: Thomas Hunt. |
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| View Entry | Benjamin W. Wilson v. Henry Turney | Maury | Trespass |
Case involves payment due for a quantity of cotton being shipped by flatboat from Columbia, TN, to New Orleans. |
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| View Entry | Benjamin P. Person v. Richard Napier | Davidson | Trespass and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Benjamin S. Tappan et al. v. McCoy W. Campbell | Maury | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: Peter Perkins and Edmund S. Tappan, all plaintiffs merchants under name of Tappan Perkins and Co. |
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| View Entry | Charles Hammons et al. v. Thomas Hopkins & George Lane | White | Debt Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs not listed. Case is a single page report. In two pieces. Possibly related to case in MT OV 1, John Hammons v. Hopkins & Lane |
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| View Entry | Cornelius Davis v. William M. Bryan | White | Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Charley P. Bynum v. Arthur H. Crawford | Maury | Trespass | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Charles Signer v. Robert Harris & Giles B. Carter | Wayne | Execution on Debt/Mortgage |
Signer levied upon one horse, saddle, blankets and saddlebags belonging to William L. Edwards. Property to be sold to pay Edwards's debts. R. Harris to pay Signer for costs incurred by sale. Signer was Constable of Wayne County. |
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| View Entry | Charles Signer v. William S. L. Edwards | Wayne | Detainer |
Damages of $200.00 |
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| View Entry | Charles Y. Oliver v. Charles McCormick, et al. | Anderson | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Richard Lesallen[?], William McCormick, Charles Price. Debt due by note of hand. |
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| View Entry | Daniel Huff v. Joseph Williams, et al. | Claiborne | Garnishment |
Additional Defendant: Lewis Williams. Daniel Huff v. George Mills; George Mills v. William Hogan. |
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| View Entry | Daniel England v. William Martin, et al. | Warren | Other |
Other defendants: Jesse Martin. |
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| View Entry | Elisha Davis v. Parkes& Campbell | Williamson | Debt |
Elisha Davis Administrator of William Wilkerson dec. Defendants Thomas Parkes and Joseph S. Campbell. |
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| View Entry | Edward Carver& John Hensley v. James Ellison& Joseph Lindsey | Rutherford | Injunction |
Details of case not given. Court rules plaintiffs and defendants must pay some costs. |
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| View Entry | Edward Carver& John Hensley v. James Ellison & Robert Lindsey | Debt Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | ||
| View Entry | Eliza Campbell, et al. v. Samuel B. Mead, et al. | White | Motion for Rehearing |
Additional plaintiffs: Eliza Campbell's children (not named). Additional defendants: Not named. |
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| View Entry | Ephraim H. Foster v. Henry Bridleman | Warren | Promissory Note |
Additional Plaintiffs: Frances B. Fogg |
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| View Entry | Fanny Gillispie v. David Crockett& Elizabeth& George Patton Peggy Ann Patton | Warren | Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer |
Gillispie was lessor of James Patton (deceased), claims to have been ejected by heirs, George Patton & Peggy Ann Patton. David Crockett is the historical frontiersman. His second wife was Elizabeth Patton. Case was included in two different folders and has been combiend into one. Parts of the case are ovesrsized. Several pages are torn or fragmented. |
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| View Entry | George White v. Robert C. Foster& John W. Miller | Williamson | Scire Facias | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Gerald Irby v. Archibald McKissack | Giles | Land and Title Dispute | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Henry Pennington v. John Marshall | Warren | Debt |
The charge in this slavery case is debt, but the description is complex: ""A plea of debt…for harboring, enticing, and persuading a certain Negro woman slave for life named Peggy from the lawful ownership, possession, and lawful service of the said [H.P.] and concealing and harboring said Negro woman when so enticed, persuaded, and absented from said lawful ownership, possession, and lawful service." |
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| View Entry | Henry Hynson& Susan Hynson v. Joseph Davis | Greene | Slaves, Ownership of |
Case incomplete; record only. |
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| View Entry | Henry C. Turner& Askey Y. Partee v. George W. Thomas | Maury | Debt Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | Harry L. Douglas et al.v. John Pruitt et al | Lincoln | Other |
Additional Plaintiffs: Larkin F. Wood. Additional Defendants: James A. Pruitt and Elijah C. McLaughlin. Cause of Action: Covenant Appeal |
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| View Entry | Hallaways v. State's lessee | Ejectment |
Incomplete file. Mentioned is land designated for a school section and Cherokee reservation. Names are illegible and undecipherable. |
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| View Entry | Isaac Clendennon v. Adams Hamilton | Jackson | Unknown |
Appeal only. Case concerns a negro named Jasper. |
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| View Entry | Jesse G. Rainey, William Farrar v. David Looney, Patrick Maguire | Maury | Trespass |
Thomas J. Porter, County Court Clerk. Plea of trespass involving John Gordon of Maury Co. Case originated in Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Maury Co. Jurors: James Wilkins, Adam Dixon, Cheney Crutcher, Seth Goodwin, Ephraim Erwin, Robert Campbell, James Patterson, James C. Powell, Thomas Smith, Jesse Evans, George W. Jennings, John D. Fleming. |
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| View Entry | Joshua Elder v. Peter N. Marr et al. | Montgomery | Debt |
Plailntiff sued to collect 2600.66. Additional defendants: Joel C. Rice and Corneliius Crusman(?) |
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| View Entry | Joseph Wilson v. John C. Morrison et al. | Humphreys | Execution on Debt/Mortgage |
Suit to collect judgment. Additional defendants: Henry H. Marable, Joshua Williams, and John L. McCracken. |
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| View Entry | John H. Smith& William M. Berryhill v. Albert S. McCorkle | Davidson | Debt Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | James Brown v. E. M. Simpson | Montgomery | Debt Settlement | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | John Daughtery v. Susan Trigg, admr. of James McWhorter, dec. | Warren | Estate Dispute |
Case only one page. |
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| View Entry | J. B. Henderson, et al. v. Weasley Crawford | Maury | Breaking and Entering |
Additional Plaintiffs: (?) Lyon, Henderson's wife (?) Minerva Henderson, William and Elizabeth Henderson |
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| View Entry | J. Mabry v. Henry Bridleman | Warren | Debt | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | James McGowan v. State | Davidson | Gambling | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | James Jenkins v. Mark Cadle | Claiborne | Trespass |
Cadle owned a sorrel mare valued at $100. An enslaved man living on Jenkins' estate traded the horse to several different people for a still, tubs, and a cow. It was not his to trade, and the suit was filed to recover the horse or the value thereof. |
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| View Entry | James Neill, et al. v. The Trustees of East Turnpike College, et al. | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Daniel Ragsdale Additional defendants: C. McLemore |
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| View Entry | James Woods& James G. Washington v. James H. Jenkins, et al | White | Debt |
Additional defendants: Crockett Herbert, William Simpson, Jesse Lincoln, Warren Leftwich, John Jett, John A. Jenkins |
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| View Entry | Joel Coffer v. William Wray | Overton | Failure to Perform Official Duties |
William Wray, an official of Overton County, was instructed to collect and pay Joel Coffer $602.00 as this was the amount he was awarded in a previous case. He has failed to deliver the money. |
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| View Entry | John Doe, lessee of Stephen Herring, et al. v. Laird B. Boyd | Maury | Ejectment |
Additional plaintiffs: John Blackman and his wife, Elizabeth, Isaac Foard and his wife Jane, Riley Slocum and his wife Anne, David W. Dobbins, John J. Dobbins, Williams A. Dobbins and Nancy alias Jeanette Agriess Dobbins |
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| View Entry | Jared Hotchkiss v. Elizabeth Fortson, et al. | Roane | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: William Fortson, Charles Fortson, Mary Ann Fortson, Stephen Fortson, Davis Freeman. |
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| View Entry | John Den, lessee of Joseph R. Henderson, exe. of A. Henderson, dec. v. Jacob J. M. Peck, et al. | Monroe | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional Defendant: Patrick S. Peck. |
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| View Entry | James M. McIntosh v. Eli Cleveland, et al. | Monroe | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional Defendants: Preston[?] or Presley Cleveland, William Pennington, John McC[?], Joseph Routh, and Yerps[?] Mayberry, Joseph Hickey, Solomon Barker, |
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| View Entry | James Gray v. Thomas Triplett | Monroe | Petitions for Certiorari |
Gray sought writs of certiorari and Supersedeas on a judgment against him for notes or bonds. |
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