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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1867 | (unknown) | Washington | Other |
Case of post CW culture in NE TN. Crouch having been working in a mine for the Confederacy & Cox a pro union sympathizer charges and intimidates pl with threats of violence. A large # of witnesses for both sides; tales of vigilante violence on both sides. Decree for pltf. Cause of Action: War reparations/threats |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 16 | 145 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | (unknown) | Haywood | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Additional plaintiffs: Edward Fitch & M. C. Peter (of firm Arthur Peter & Co.) and James S. Lithgow, Jacob Sawyer & C. O. Smith (firm J. S. Lithgow & Co.). All plaintiffs from Louisville, KY. Additional defendants not named. Claxton from Haywood Co., TN. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | (unknown) | Unknown |
Cover of the Minutes of the 8th and 9th Annual Sessions of the General Missionary Baptist Association, Held at Elizabethton, Tennessee August 28--Sept. 1, 1878, and at Loudon, Tennessee Sept. 3-7, 1879 and the District Associations. Minutes published in Knoxville, TN in 1879 by the Herald Printing Co. Cover also bears the note: Page 43. |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1874 | 1 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | (unknown) | (unknown) | Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: | 0 | Order A Copy | ||||
View Entry | 1865 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Blueprint for Patent by John Richards. The invention looks as though it may be something to aid in harvesting crops as there is a blade involved. Oversized |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 1 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1934 | (unknown) | Sullivan | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Sumner Stores of Tennessee Articles of Incorporation. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 209 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1932 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Constitution of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen. The name "H. C. Crow" is written after the words "Exhibit B." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 391 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1929 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. X-Rays of Willie Hill - Exhibit to the Deposition of Dr. Eugene Abercrombie and Dr. Dan R. Thomas. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1896 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Expense Report and Accounts of Horne Svans & Company. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1890 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Memorandum and Articles of Association for The Embreville Land, Iron and Railway Company, Ltd. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only; plat for Union Dye & Chemical Corp., Kingsport, TN. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 208 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1920 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only; photographs of electrical and barbed wiring. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 206 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1910 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only; photographs of land diagrams. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 208 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1908 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only; photographs of poor black and white miners and farmers. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 208 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Minutes to National Baptist Convention in Philadelphia, PA. List of Delegates attending the 1917 convention. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 78 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Exhibits to Deposition of Francis R. Weller. Photographs. Caption: Otter dams for tail race and power house; Lock and mixer plant; Right bank showing quarry. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1931 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Blueprint/map of Hillvale. Exhibit to Montgomery Deposition. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1943 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Exhibits filed to report of Special Master J. E. Brading. Ledger sheets articulating cash disbursements. Oversized. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1934 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Deposition of W. K. Armstrong. Receipt books. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 218 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1909 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Southwestern Reporter. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 276 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1925 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Exhibits to deposition of J. C. Julian. Gilmer and Hughes saw mill tally. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 137 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1941 | (unknown) | Knox | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Domestic Relations Court Receipts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 885 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Exhibit to deposition of Dr. Rufus W. Weaver on "The Vanderbilt Decision and Our Baptist School." |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1927 | (unknown) | Knox | Theft |
Exhibits only. Exhibit to testimony of Ted Gregory. L. Gault stole a rental car in Knoxville. Copy of rental company letter to sheriff seeking a reward. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1804 | (unknown) | Debt |
Exhibit Only. Statement of Debt between Kennedy & McCleary. Depositions. County: Unknown. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 13 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | (unknown) | Sevier | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Land survey done by Jesse Stafford. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1854 | (unknown) | Sevier | Lien |
Exhibit only. Assignment of land debt to Samuel Pickens from A. Lawson. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Receipts from the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. Court of Origin: Unknown. Case Name: Unknown. County: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 82 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1894 | (unknown) | Knox | Land, Sale of |
Motion only. Case Name: Unknown. Court of Origin: Unknown. Land to be sold belongs to M. Roberts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1928 | (unknown) | White | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Diagram of room and location of bullet hole. Deposition of W. W. Gilbreath. oversized |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only: Letter from Mrs. R. McFarland to Mr. Reeves concerning the condition of her husband who is unwell. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only: Ledger sheets from the Union Consolidated Mining Company. Oversize. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1912 | (unknown) | Maury | Unknown |
Exhibit only: Maury County Bank Receipts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Receipts from supreme court clerk E. C. Reeves. Crystal Ice Company receipt issued to Reeves, 1887. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
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View Entry | 1910 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Photographs only, no other information or documentation available. Photograph shows 2 individuals standing around a building that appears to be a railroad loading depot. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | (unknown) | (unknown) | Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: | 0 | Order A Copy | ||||
View Entry | 1912 | (unknown) | Shelby | Unknown |
Memphis Lumber Co. minute book only, no other case documents or information included. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 737 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | (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 |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 706 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1831 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Deed only, no other case information included. Parties are Patsey McAffrey and William C. Mynatt. McAfree - Mynatt Deed |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 739 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | (unknown) | (unknown) | Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: | 0 | Order A Copy | ||||
View Entry | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Case file unknown. Bank of Trenton account ledger. Only date listed is July 1869. |
West | Range: Section: Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 7 | 0 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | (unknown) | Other |
This page from a letter describes the character of Judge Howell Edmunds Jackson. It states that the writers chose to hang a portrait of him next to Hugh Lawson White. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 920 | 1 | Order A Copy | ||
View Entry | 1934 | (unknown) | Knox | Unknown |
Book of stock certificates and stubs for Day-Evans Iron Works, Knoxville, 1925-1932. Stamps affixed to several. Case unknown. Preferred shares issued to Bertha R. Spencer (?); Edith I. Kennedy; Lucinda E. Thompson; Hugh W. Day; Mrs. A. B. Day; A. B. Day, Trustee for Edith Day Kennedy or her surviving children incase of her death; A. B. Day, Guardian of Cave (?) Bryant Day; T. (?) Spencer, Guardian of Carroll Neal Kennedy; East Tennessee National Bank. Board covers. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 787 | 10 | Order A Copy |