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Origin of debt: business transactions.

George and Hinshaw owed the trustees $250 which they failed to pay. They sued in order to settle the debt.

A command to the sheriff of Fentress County to collect from the Cumberland Coal & Realty Co. et al. $3217.65 debt from their goods and lands.

Tatum was the surviving partner of the mercantile company Tatum & (Henry) Wiggins. The partners had purchased a large shipment of goods from Evans & David Allison, in Philadelphia to open a store in Washington, KY. Suit was filed to settle the debt owed to Evans, and to finally dissolve the partnership in accordance to their articles of formation. See additional documents in MT 1 & MT 75.

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.

Additional plaintiffs: Robert Bell, George Bell. Additional defendants: John Stump, John Con, Felix Robertson, Robert Hill

Gray owed Frederick Owen $168 & Mayfield was security on the loan. Gray became completely insolvent & left Tennessee. Mayfield was left to pay the debt. Stephen Sutton had a judgment against Gray for an additional $190. Mayfield sued to have the debt to Sutton discharged so that the debt owed him by Gray would be prioritized & repaid.

Joel Dyer agreed to make a cotton machine for James Roberts. To pay for the machine, Roberts transferred a debt to Dyer owed to him by John Young. Young, in turn transferred a debt to Dyer owed him by Edmund Jennings. Dyer sued Jennings to finally be paid for his work making the cotton machine.

Incomplete case.

Several lawsuits against the estate of Jenkin Whiteside of Davidson, who died intestate. Jenkin Whiteside (1772-1822) was a prominent Nashvillian who had previously served in the State Legislature and in the U.S. Senate. This file appears to be court orders against the estate, no court case included.

For goods and merchandise valued at $202.97 and $18.56. Robert Allen was the partner of Robert I. Chester.

In 1805 Henry Childress loaned Perkins $100. Part of the money was paid back, but Childress felt he had to sue to recover the rest. In 1806 Henry Childress obtained judgment against Thomas Perkins for $65, the remainder. The remainder was unpaid, and this suit was filed to recover it. Peter Perkins also mentioned.