Tennessee Research Search

Folder only contains account book for the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company listing employees & their pay for April-May 1876. No case name listed on account book.

Assignment only. Survey documents. Assignment of land from J. S. Corner to Wellington McMahah, J. D. McMahan, J. B. Ewert.

Exhibit only. Unidentified ledger. Filed March 14, 1876, John Webb. Ledger lists names along with goods. Original case is unknown.

Plaintiff sued defendant for debt due by account under $200.

Additional defendant: Josephine Blanchard. Dispute over a lot of land in Edgefield sold to the defendant for $900. The defendant had note paid the balance and claimed insolvency.

Additional defendants: Wiley Woodward, E.D. Whitworth. Includes a brief by the defendant.

Cover page with docket # & date is missing. Other defendants: Samuel P. Walker, Jr., exe. Of Samuel T. Walker, dec., Ellen T. Walker, Mary Walker, Elizabeth E. Walker, Maria B. Hall, Ellen W. Portlock, R. G. Portlock, Katherine H. Coney, James Coney. Other plaintiffs: J. Woodward, Jesse W. & John F. Page, exe. Of William M. Folwell, dec. Case documents in 2 folders

Articles in question include 2 copper stills, 2 wash tubs, 2 cider press crates, 40 cider barrels, & other equipment.

Additional Defendants: Caroline Ubele, A.R. Droescher, and Adam Danerli. Part of the case is missing.

Additional defendants implied, but their names are uncertain and were probably on the lost pages.

Other defendants: Joe K. Coleman, Albert Coleman, Thomas W. Coleman, Samuel Coleman, James M. McKenzie, Louisa McKenzie, Mary King, & Samuel Love. R. L. Coleman is indebted to plaintiff for a certain sum of money, for which plaintiff is claiming a piece of property to which defendant holds a partial claim, along with the other defendants.

Actual charge reads, "Debt due by note under five hundred dollars." Folder includes two briefs.

Gallaher guardian of: Irene C., John P., and William P. Barratt. Addtl pltfs: J. E. H. McCrosky and wife, Flora P. (fmrly Barratt). Addtl defs: T. S. Upton, Joseph Upton, and Joseph E. Houston. John G. Barrat was killed in service of the Confederate Army in 1862. At the time of his death he was in possesion of a large amount of real and personal estate and a wife, E. C. Barrat, and 4 kids, previously mentioned. Upton married the widow and attempted to claim the whole of the Barrat estate. In 2 folders

Granville Moore died, & A. B. was named executor. Mary Moore was Granville's widow; the other defendants were their children. Granville's will put A. B. in charge of the estate until the youngest child was "at age." However, A. B. recognizing the time this would take. He petitioned the widow and children to have the estate divided so that it might be settled, making his time as executor much shorter.

Named plaintiff was the widow of G.D. Hancock, dec. who was entitled by will to $5,000 in cash, and a life estate in the remaining assets. By Chancery Ct. decree on Oct. 16, 1860, Hancock's widow used $3200 of her cash inheritance to purchase the land slaves of G.O. Hancock estate. At the time of Addean Hancock's death, Sept. 27, 1870, her remainder life estate passed by her husband's will to his heirs, the defendants. At issue was the valuation of the widow's life estate.

Additional Plaintiffs: Redding Jones

Additional defendants: Mary McCorry and Corinne M. McCorry, daughters of deceased H. W. McCorry, and his sisters, Musidora/Musadora (both spellings used) and Ellen McCorry. File contains copy of H. W. McCorry's will. Will names two additional children: Thomas and Henry McCorry, additional sister Mary, niece Sallie P. McCorry, and brother-in-law James Carruthers. Dated 31 Oct. 1851.

Defendant purchased a house and two lots from Plaintiff. Plaintiff alleged that defendant did not pay on notes issued to purchase house. Plaintiff filed this case to recover unpaid debt.

Defendants are the heirs of Thomas English, dec. and Plaintiff was the admr of the estate. This case was filed to settle debts against the estate. Additional Defendants: Andrew English, N. B. English, William M. Wellett, Elizabeth Wellett

In 1860 B. W. Mason recovered a judgement against D. G. Usery & F. P. McMillion for $150 and costs. Then he recovered other judgements of various amounts from the same defendants. The defendants were found to be completely insolvent and the judgement was transferred to Elisha R. Davis. The plaintiffs asked that the land belonging to McMillion be attached to the debt and sold to satisfy it.

Other defendants: Isaac H. Rainey and Hance H. Aymett. Dennis sued the defendants for forcible and unlawful entry and detainer onto a tract of land in Giles County. Dennis believed he was entitled to the land. Testimony of G. W. McGrew references the burning of the fence that enclosed the land in dispute by Gen. Hood's army during 1864.

Bond & Wright was a partnership comprised of S.D. Bond and W.S. Wright

Cause of Action: Contract Dispute.

Additional Defts.: David & Wesley Goins. Scoggins citizen of Barker Co., TX. In 1865 Cowden won a $20,000 damage suit against the plntff, claiming Scoggins had caused him to be illegally & maliciiously imprisoned by Confederate forces. 240 acres of Scoggins' land was attached & sold to pay judgment. Plntff. unable to defend himself in lawsuit because defts. threatened his life & forced him to leave the state. Plntff. wants sale declared & void. See ET 1631 for additional part of case.