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View Entry | Allen Rogers, et al. v. James Saunders, et al. | Smith | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Add'l Pl's: Thomas & Ally Banks, Berry, Willis, Tabatha, Sarah, & Mary Rogers; Add'l Def's: Michael & Nancy Saunders. In 1801, Bennet Rogers, dec'd, was in partnership with William Saunders, also then dec'd, but had no written agreement. They purchased enslaved people in Maryland, as well as horses, to sell in Natchez & New Orleans, & merchandise there to sell in New York. Rogers died intestate, Saunders made claim to his assets. Suit sought to settle estates. |
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View Entry | Alexander McColloch v. Nimrod Manifee | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
Manifee sold a drove of hogs to William Mitchell & Robert H. Dyer. No contract was made regarding payment. Alexander McCullough was named as their security.When they failed to pay, this suit was filed to recover moneyfrom McCullough as surety. |
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View Entry | Armsteat Stubblefield v. Elijah Howell & Louis Payne | Warren | Land, Contract Dispute |
Stubbelfield purchased acreage from Howell paying with notes in the amount of $500. Stubblefield had considerable debts. The case was filed to settle ownership of the property and to settle the debt. |
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View Entry | Abraham M. DeGroffenreid v. John Kimbro | Rutherford | Trespass |
There is another case between DeGroffenreid & Kimbro over a track of land in 1820. See MT Box 321. |
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View Entry | Angeline Harrison v. B. G. Harrison | Weakley | Divorce |
Claimant is filing for divorce and alimony on the grounds of abandonment and adultery, accusing him of "having gone off with a Mrs. Watson and lived in open concubine with her for a considerable time. |
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View Entry | Archibald H. Harris v. John L. Williamson | Maury | Fraud |
Williamson sold Harris acreage in Kentucky. Williamson claims to have been ignorant about aspects of the land but may have advertised that there was a spring, and a dog trot log cabin and barn. Harris sued stating that the land was not as expected. |
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View Entry | Allen Groves v. Isham Uzzell | Sumner | Slaves, Ownership of |
See additional documents in ET 11a: Allen Groves & wife v. Isham Uzzell |
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View Entry | Archibald H. Harris v. Joseph Cooke | Davidson | Fraud |
Joseph Cooke had an enslaved man named Henry. Cooke hired him out to Harris for a lease of one year, advertising Henry as a compliant servant. However, after Harris had paid a part of the lease & bought Henry clothes, he ran away. Henry was jailed, released by Harris, then ran away again. Cooke agreed to release Harris from the lease, but did not return the value of Henry's clothing. Harris sued for this value to be returned to him. |
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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 | Basil Trail v. Francis & Margaret Espey Youree | Sumner | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Trail owed John Hunt money; Hunt gave the bonds to Youree for payment in another matter. As he was indebted to Youree, having general financial difficulty, Trail offered to turn over an enslaved woman, Lydia, aged 30, & her child. The two began a dispute about the debts, & the enslaved woman. Case filed to settle the matter. Names misspelled in transcripts, but correctly noted on case style here. |
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View Entry | Claiborne Wright v. William Sullivan | Smith | Contract Dispute and Damages |
In 1812, Wright gave Sullivan a note for the for three hundred bushels salt in partial payment of a plot of land. Later, the two disagreed about the value of the salt, and what the remainder of the debt should be. Suit was filed to settle the transaction. |
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View Entry | Chastain-Fowler Company v. Frank Fowler et al. | Knox | Payment for Goods |
Additional Defendants: Harry Atkins and Ben W. Fowler |
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View Entry | C. L. Greenwood et al.v. C. H. Rickman et al | Putnam | Injunction |
Additional plaintiffs: D. A. Verble, G. H. Harp, B. F. Rector, W. D. Quarles, A. O. Burton, L. S. Deck, C. Jones, John Levissay, S. R. Dodson, Sam Poteet, Hillary Williams, W. G. Prichard, J. C. McCormack, S. B. Quarles, J. L. Huddleston, Ernest Gregg H. Gregg, C. C. Johnson, Andrew Williams, Will McCormack, Charlie Huddleston, Levi Maynare, Levi Robinson, Harve Norris, T. B. Peek, E. H. Buck, G. G. Reed, I. N. Haney, M. D. Phy, W. H. Kinley, M. L. Wright, Will Ward, Jim Burgess, Aaron Paragon, Dillar |
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View Entry | Citizens Street Rail Road Company v. Richard Juge | Shelby | Damages |
Damages for personal injury. |
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View Entry | David Hogg v. Edmund Jennings | Smith | Non-Payment of Debt |
Hogg sued for one hundred aces of land from Jennings, as they had previously agreed. The original conveyance contract had not been executed, and Hogg sued so that it may be filed. |
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View Entry | David Andrews v. William Sawyers & Martin Whitford | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Martin Whitford sold David Anderews a cow, a bed, a certain parcel of corn then growing, for $132. However, Whitford had business in North Carolina & asked that the chattel be left in his family's care until he returned. Before taking possession of the land and Chattel, Andrews asked that the deal be broken. Whitford said he destroyed the bond, but then Sawyers sued Andrews to recover the debt on the bond. |
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View Entry | David Shelby v. Elijah Robertson, et al. | Davidson | Estate Dispute |
David Shelby sued James Robertson, Bennett & Robert Searcy, & Sarah Robertson, exe's of Elijah Robertson who died in 1790. Before his death, Elijah had promised to sell Shelby an enslaved male between the ages of 12-25. Following his death Elijah had not yet delivered the enslaved person, so a suit was brought to recover him. Shelby rec'd a judgment to recover the amount through real estate owned by Rbtson. The heirs protested. |
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View Entry | David Winchester v. Matthew Gleaves | Maury | Land and Title Dispute |
In 1807, Winchester filed for ownershp of 300 acres that was supposed to run along property belonging to John Record. A mistake was made in the filing, naming Record as Robertson. Michael Gleaves had interest in this property, then died, leaving it to Matthew. This suit was filed to correct title to the property, and to clarify its locations and boundaries lawfully. |
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View Entry | Edward Wade v. William Anderson | Bedford | Bond |
Wade owed payment for a bond on Elizabeth Pope, Sarah Rutherford and Mary Rutherford who lost a lawsuit to Anderson. |
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View Entry | Ennis Murry v. Theo Murry | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Related to other cases in box. Contains items from 1793. |
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View Entry | Ephraim Davidson v. John Davidson | Rutherford | Equity |
In 1801 John & Ephraim Davidson created a 50/50 partnership, splitting all profits, and co-owning assets. John then purchased 300 acres of land and many other business dealings resulting in debt. Ephraim sued stating that this risky behavior was not in the best interest of the equity of the partnership. |
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View Entry | Elihu S. Hall v. Walter H. Overton | Davidson | Land | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | F. W. Woolworth Company v. Mrs. Gustine Connors | Davidson | Larceny | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Fitzgerald-Litchford Co. v. Caroline A. Howell et al. | Jackson | Debt |
Additional defendants: John G. Howell, C. H. Marton, A. C. Howell Includes two briefs. |
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View Entry | Gideon Pillow v. John Sloan, Adam Sloan, Alexander Sloan, Esther Sloan, & Willey S. Brown | White | Land and Title Dispute |
John James obtained a military land grant from North Carolina in 1785. The grant was later assigned to James & John Sloan, now deceased. John pledged to sell the land to Armstreet Stubbelfield. Stubbelfield accused the heirs of the Sloans from executing the sale. Likewise, Pillow was not able to fully execute his purchase of land from the estate either. The case was filed to officially determine the land ownership. |
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View Entry | George Parks v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company | Obion | Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Harold Wallin et al. v. Lula Wright | Sullivan | Damages |
Damages for the negligent operation of a taxicab, resulting in injuries. Plaintiffs: Harold Wallin, doing business under the names The Yellow Cab Company and Red Top Cab Company and George Akers. |
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View Entry | Henry Arrowsmith v. Mrs. M. E. Rainey et al., Mrs. M. E. Rainey, et al. | Giles | Loan |
Additional defendants: Miss Ida Moore, Richard Moody and wife. |
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View Entry | Irene Stephenson by next of friend, John Irwin v. Wilson Yandell, John Carr, James Turpin, Jesse Turpin | Sumner | Estate Dispute |
In 1805 William Stephenson purchased land in Smith & Sumner counties from the Turpin brothers. Part of his payment was a horse, which soon died. Stephenson died in 1808 in Sumner County leaving widow Esther and daughter Irene. Esther married to John Irwin Dr. Wilson Yandle was admr. of the estate. Yandle & the widow sold the land, & Yandle bought most of it cheaply. Conflicting claims for the land were held by King Carr, John Carr & James Oglesby. Irene sued Yandle protesting the land was her inheritance. |
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View Entry | Ilia Metcalf, et al. v. Willie Barrow | Davidson | Breach of Contract |
Additional plaintiffs: Ilia Metcalf, Duncan Robertson. |
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View Entry | I. C. R. R. Company v. T. P. Ferguson | Lauderdale | Damages |
Damages for destruction of omnibus, injury to horse and livery and transfer business. |
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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 | John Gwin v. Richard Cook | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
In 1797, Richard Cook of Granville County, North Carolina conveyed land to William Gwin of Sumner County, TN. The two made multiple agreements concerning multiple parcels of land over the years. John Gwin was William's heir & sued to settle the land matter so that his bequest might be finalized, and the estate settled. |
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View Entry | John Overton v. John Allison, et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
In 1800, Overton obtained a judgment against the heirs of David Allison of $920.14. In his lifetime Allison purchased many plots of land from many people including Landon Carter & Andrew Jackson, but failed to obtain the deeds or register the conveyances. Overton sued: Jane, John, William, & Peggy Allison, and Andrew Jackson to recover the judgment, even if it were to be paid in land. |
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View Entry | James Moore v. George M. Deadrick, Howell Tatum | Montgomery | Debt Dispute |
Moore sued merchant partners Deadrick & Tatum for $5,773 to recover a debt, then Deadrick & Tatum obtained a judgement against Moore for $3,800. Moore then accused the partners of conspiring to cheat & defraud him from his debt by their counter suit. |
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View Entry | Jonathan Greaves v. Josiah Barnes | Bedford | Ejectment |
Josiah Barnes possessed a grant that was older than the one Jonathan Greaves held for the same plot of 3,000 acres of land, near the current location of Henry Horton State Park. This suit sought to confirm the true owner of the property as well as the boundaries of the land. |
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View Entry | John Hicks & James Hicks v. Nancy Parham | Davidson | Injunction |
The Hickses paid Nancy Parham, exe. of William Parham, dec., $183 for hiring out two enslaved men, Stephen & Dick. John Hicks then hired Stephen out to David McGavock and Stephen was accidentally killed during the period of hire. John argued that the period of hire was so short before Stephen was killed, & that Nancy should not be allowed to collect the full amount of his debt owed her for the hire. |
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View Entry | John Harrison v. Benjamin P. Person | Davidson | Debt |
John Harrison, jr. owed a debt to Person. Corbin Ferguson was listed as surety on the loan. Harrison tried to "abscond" from his creditors. Harrison had suspicious notes that were thought to be fraudulent. |
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View Entry | John Witherspoon v. John Shute | Davidson | Trespass |
Shute was indebted to Witherspoon. The two had made arrangements multiple times to keep the debt in good standing, however Shute was not able to pay it off. The suit was filed to recover the debt. |
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View Entry | John J. Long v. William Dooley | Maury | Land and Title Dispute |
Nicholas died leaving his heirs, John, Richard, Joseph, Lemuel, and George, 5k acres of land altogether in Columbia. William Rutledge had squatted on a portion of the land for some time, then Green Williamson wanted to buy the plot occupied by him, but owned by the Longs. They sold 250 acres to Dooley.Within these sales, the land was further subdivided causing disputes as to land boundaries & ownershp. Case was filed to settle disputes. |
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View Entry | John Overton v. Thomas H. Perkins, William O. & Nicholas Perkins | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
William Thomas obtained a attachment against George Walker, prosecuting for the sum of $500. When Walker failed to pay in full, the sheriff of Wmson County seized his land, which was unfair as the land was worth far more than the debt. Walker sold the land to the Perkinses, but Overton also had an offer to pay the judgement. |
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View Entry | John McKenzie v. John & James Owen, John Bullock, Joseph & James Jones, John Blackburn, John Johnston, James Dobbins, Thomas Owens, Mary Montague, & Henry Graves | Maury | Fraud |
Thomas Owen, formerly a resident of Georgia in 1783 registered 5000 acres of land in Tennessee with the land office in North Carolina, paying in full. Owen died, leaving a will, & the family discovered no legally registered grant or land deed. Bullock settled on the land, as did other defendants. McKenzie made claim to the land suing the other occupants and claimants. |
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View Entry | Jacob Lane v. John A. Wilson | Warren | Non-Payment of Debt |
Lane obtained a judgement against Wilson for $370. Wilson was put in debtor's jail. A survey was filed for a tract of land on Wilson's behalf. Wilson was found to have purchased land from W. Gibbs. Wilson was named insolvent, owing multiple parties money. Lane sued to recover the debt through the sale of Wilson's land or otherwise. |
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View Entry | John Newnan v. Jenkins Whiteside, Redmond Barry, E. Hall, Alfred Balch, Oliver B. Hayes, Roger Sappington, & Nathan Ewing | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages | Tennessee Supreme Court Cases | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | John Peyton v. Ephraim Peyton & Elmore Douglas | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
In 1792 Douglas held a bond on John Dawson for an enslaved worker. In return Ephraim offered to give Douglas 640 acres of land to Dawson, so that he might hold a bond on Dawson. They later found that the land might be lost in the deal. The suit was filed to settle the parameters of the agreement. |
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View Entry | John Peyton v. Anthony B. Shelby & John Brown | Lincoln | Injunction |
Peyton gave John Shelby a note for $25, then another for $30 &$125 for professional services for suits Peyton filed against Elman Douglass. A decision was made in a lower court against Petyon and Peyton filed an injunction to prevent the collection of the judgment. |
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View Entry | Jacob Alan v. John A. Wilson & James McEwen & William White v. John A. Wilson & James McEwen | Warren | Non-Payment of Debt |
In 1815, Thomas Brown obtained a judgment against White on security for Wilson for $300. Then they obtained a judgment against Wilson for $1,800, but Wilson was insolvent. James McEwen then filed a bill of interpleader against Wilson for $500, as leverage for the debt, Wilson had mortgaged an enslaved worker. The suit was filed to settle each of these complaints. |
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View Entry | John Page, admr. of Elmore Douglas, dec. v. Ephraim & John Peyton | Wilson | Covenant Broken |
Related to Petyon v. Peyton & Douglas in box MT 5. |
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View Entry | John McNairy, et al, exe. of Margaret Tait, dec. v. W. L. Hannum, et al, admr. Of Thomas Hill, dec. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: Robert Bell, George Bell. Additional defendants: John Stump, John Con, Felix Robertson, Robert Hill |
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View Entry | John Hodge v. Jesse Wharton & Stephen Caldwell, exe. of George M. Deadrick | Davidson | Trespass |
Cause of action is listed as Trespass and Ejectment. |
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