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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1888 | (unknown) | Bledsoe | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Index sheet labelled "Bledsoe County No. 5" with a list of names on it. |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1847 | (unknown) | Bledsoe | Debt Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Park Shipley; Nathan Shipley; James Roddy. Defendant's name also listed as John Kelley. McClure sold property worth $2550.00 to Park Shipley. Kelley was surety for $1275.00 of the debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1128 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1904 | Alex McMillan v. W. E. Snodgrass, et al. | Bledsoe | Ejectment |
Suit was filed to settle a land and title dispute. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 18 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1902 | Alexander McMillan, et al. v. W. E. Snodgrass, et al. | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Final Decree only. Additional Parties: Unknown. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 1 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1945 | A. E. Dearing v. Brush Creek Coal Co. | Bledsoe | Injury and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 495 | 84 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1839 | Archibald White v. Thompson Gardenshire & John Holloway | Bledsoe | Fraud | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 62 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1827 | Aaron Schoolfield v. Robert Vernon | Bledsoe | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1849 | Armistead Jones v. Green H. Pryor | Bledsoe | Property Dispute |
Dispute over land & slaves. Plaintiff, citizen of Alabama, purchased from Edward Seabourne (non-party) Marion Cty land in which Defendant allegedly had a claim. Plaintiff says Defendant & Seabourne acted fraudulently in their dealings with Plaintiff. Jones also says Pryor fraudulently caused judgments against Jones to be levied against slaves Jones then owned. Slaves named: Sylvia, age 24, Lafayette, age 6, Alexander, age 3, & Elizabeth, age 9 mos. Children of Sylvia: Henry, age 2-1/2, Isaac, age 1. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1121 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | Affidavit of G. W. Q. Morgan | Bledsoe | Unknown |
Case file is incomplete; affidavit only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1855 | Alphonse De Montegre v. Bazzell Hedgcoth | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Alphonse owned 3197 acres of land & Bazzell also claimed title to a portion of this land. Jury ruled in favor of Alphonse. Exhibit (1-page hand-drawn map of disputed property) included in transcript. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1932 | Ada McFarland v. First National Bank et al | Bledsoe | Injunction |
Add. Defendant Frank S. Ferguson, Clerk and Master of said county. Plaintiff is the owner in fee and is entitled to the rights of a certain tract of land, originally owned by her husband, R. N. McFarland (dec'd). Since his death, the defendant has sought to sell and land and caused a scire facias to be issued in the cause. Filed to issue an injunction against F. S. Ferguson to stop him from taking the title of the land. |
East | Range: 10 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1411 | 164 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | Aaron Swafford, John Fraley, et al. v. John K. Howard | Bledsoe | Mortgage Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: no other names found. Defendant was County Court Clerk of Special Court. In an action decided in favor of County Clerk against the maker of one of the note securing full payment of the purchase price of the land, the plaintiffs appeal. Plaintiffs claimed they never received notice of the original proceeding against them. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 24 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1844 | Anderson Skillern, et al. v. Joseph G. Smith, et al. | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. Plaintiffs: John Skillern, Henry Miller. Add. Def: James A. Whitesides (later dropped from case). The 2 Skillerns, Miller & Smith formed partnership to speculate in mountain lands, including 10,000 acres in Hamilton County. Per consent of partners, Smith went north to try to sell land & did sell land to Dr. Joseph Evans of New York, in exchange for land in Village of Jamaica, Long Island, NY. Plaintiffs sued Smith to account for proceeds of sale. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1137 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1852 | Aladden Parmley v. John Hale et al. | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. defs: John G. Brazelton, Robert Cox, Edward Herndon. Parmley's land sold at execution sale to Brazelton, who sold to Hale, but description in sheriff's deed was defective, such that title was not conveyed. Defs. successfully sued to reform deed & have title divested out of Parmley, who tried to appeal, but confusion over bond on appeal led to disallowance of appeal, leading Parmley to file this Bill of Review. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1147 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | Alphonsa D. Meatne & Thomas B. Eastland v. Pryatt Adkins et al | Bledsoe | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Add. defendants: Loliver Revis & Feilding Naramow. Defendants allegedly unlawfully broke and entered with force of arms into the property of the plaintiffs. sued for $500 in damages. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Alfonso D. Monteyre v. Thomas H. Fausher | Bledsoe | Ejectment |
Monteyre sued Fausher for breaking and entering and unlawfully ejecting him from a tract of land. Monteyre sued for $500 in damages. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 | 22 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | A. B. B. Billingsby v. Munroe Billingsby; Munroe Billingsby v. A. B. B. Billingsby | Bledsoe | Unknown |
Incomplete case. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | A. B. Billingsley v. Monroe Billingsley & Monroe Billingsley v. A. B. Billingsley | Bledsoe | Unknown |
A. B. Billingsley was awarded a judgment against Monroe, who countersued and appealed. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1592 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1840 | Bersheba P. Cain, admr. of John Cain v. James Cain, et al. | Bledsoe | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Mentioned: Eliza & Lucinda Cain. James Cain owed a large debt to John Cain. In 1828 he sold his land to Major William M. Robinson for about $2.5k. He paid off some, then wrote a promissory note for over $600. Robinson also bought two enslaved women Saphia & Hannah from Cain, & his heirs argue that this sale satisfies the debt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 18a | 71 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | B. F. Bridgeman v. H. B. Tollet et al. | Bledsoe | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 2 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | B. F. Walker v. Thomas Gregory, et al. | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Case involves charges of fraud and neglect of public duties. Case file is incomplete; brief and transcripts only. Related to John P. Walker v. Thomas Gregory in Box ET 20. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 227 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | Benjamin F. Bridgeman & Stephen Hicks v. William Skillern, et al. | Bledsoe | Debt |
Additional Defendants: John Hall, Richard L. Manzy and Eliza Manzy. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1848 | Bird Thomas, et al. v. Austin M. Hammer | Bledsoe | Petition for Injunction |
Other plaintiffs: Robert Burk (also spelled Burke). Defendant won judgment against plaintiff for $1800 using fraudulent notes. Plaintiff brought case to chancery court to obtain injunction on judgment. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1123 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1852 | Bank of Tennessee v. Albert Loyd, et al. | Bledsoe | Debt |
Loyd owed debt to bank, but fraudulently sold one of his many assets, a valuable Negro man named Harry, to his brother-in-law Isaac E. Swafferd [Swafford?]. This was for the purpose of cheating the bank. Other defendants: Swafferd, Benjamin F. Bridgman, Stephen Hicks, Elliott H. Boyd, Reuben Rankin, and William McDowell. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1166 | 59 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. John Gentry et al. | Bledsoe | Debt |
Additional defendant: James Worthington. Bank claims defendants have unpaid debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1182 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1857 | Bird Pankey v. William D. Carnes & John Hutcherson | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Bird bought 585 acres from Carnes. Dispute arose over boundary lines on the land. Then Carnes sued Bird on the purchase money note. Bird filed this suit to enjoin Carnes from prosecuting that suit until dispute resolved. Bird died while suit ongoing & James S. Pankey was appointed his administrator. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1193 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | Benjamin Bridgman v. Henry B. Lollett et al. | Bledsoe | Injunction |
Too many additional defendants to list. Surnames include; Morris, Young, Ford, Thurman, Davenport, Patton, Ray, and Payne. Additional defendants are the heirs of John Lollett. Plaintiff was the security on several bonds for Francis A. Henninger, who was appointed Clerk and Master in Chancery Court in Bledsoe County.The heirs of John Lullett brought suit against Henninger and as his security the plaintiff was sued as well. Plaintiff is seeking an injunction against the defendants from further proceedings. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1243 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1947 | Blaine Smith v. State | Bledsoe | Perjury |
Regarding Emmett Swanner's murder of Mon Real, |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 197 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1860 | Benjamin F. Bridgman v. John H. Rogers et al | Bledsoe | Injunction |
Bridgman sued Rogers & 10 more, some who legislature appointed to organize & fix county seat for newly created Sequatchie County (formed from parts of Bledsoe & Marion), others justices/officers of County, asking activity re organizing county be enjoined, arguing that such action violated the state constitution. Bridgman claimed legislature did an end run around constitution by first taking parts of Bledsoe & Marion & attaching them to Hamilton, then creating the new county out of those parts. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1160 | 164 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Jesse C. Roberson, et al. | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Additional defendants: J.M. Roberson and S.H. Roberson. Defendants owe Bank $2000 for an unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Robert Dweggins, et al. | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Additional defendants: James Worthington and P.S. Hutcheson. Bank sued defendants for $700 for an unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Isaac E. Swafford et al. | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Additional defendants: Samuel Swafford & Thomas R. Swafford [alt. spelling Swofford]. Bank sued defendants for $1856 for unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 81 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Joseph Morr & William Worthington | Bledsoe | Non-payment of Bank Note |
Bank sued defendants for $2900 for unpaid promissory note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1185 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1823 | Charles V. Williams v. Daniel L. Hatch | Bledsoe | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 324 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1879 | Calvin Kearley and wife, Martha Kearly et al. v. William Hale, et al. | Bledsoe | Damages for Wrongful Death |
Additional plaintiffs: Daniel Kearley, minor. Additional Defendants: Susan Hale, William A. Hale, Thomas Hale, James Hale, Alfred H. Hale, Jesse Hale, John K. Hale, George & Mary C. (Hale) Walker, J. W. Henry. In 1872, William Hale was found guilty of killing (manslaughter) Calvin Kearley. Martha sued Hale for $10,000 in damages for unlawfully killing her husband. She recovered a judgment of $300 plus court costs and therefore charged that Hale was justly indebted to her. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 272 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Claiborne Gott v. Timothy C. Goff | Bledsoe | Unlawful Detainer |
Defendant unlawfully detained a farm animal rightfully belonging to the plaintiff. The specific type of animal is illegible. sued for the return of the animal and $200 in damages. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1934 | Cora M. Holloway v. D. E. White, et al. | Bledsoe | Property Dispute |
Plaintiff alleged that defendants unlawfully took possession and resided on her property. She filed suit to have them removed and obsession restored to her. Additional Defendant: Willie Dodson, Exhibit: Small map of house and tract of land it sits on. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1582 | 139 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1851 | David Rankin v. Andrew M. Stone et al. | Bledsoe | Land, Partition of |
Additional Defendants: Mary E. Fort, James A. Fort, and Mary A. Fort. Plaintiff is seeking to establish a dividing line between his land and the land belonging to the Plaintiff Stone. Both tracts of land originally belonged to L. Belcher who divided the land and willed the two tracts to his sons Allen and Willie Belcher. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1422 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Elizabeth White, et al. v. Allen Kennedy, et al. | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; transcripts only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 72 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1839 | Elizabeth White et al. v. Allen Kennedy et al. | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: J. C. White, Francis White, Thomas White, Alexander White, Newton White, Addison White, Matthew White, John M. Humes, Jane Elenor White, Henry Humes and heirs at large of James White, dec. Additional Defendants: Albert S. Lewis, Reynolds S. Ramsey. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1846 | Evander Smith v. John Bridgeman, et al | Bledsoe | Land |
Additional Defendants: Ephriam M. Evans, William Smith & John Smith. William & John Smith brothers of plaintiff. Evander Smith sued for his share of "rents and profits" derived from 332 acre tract that their father, Samuel Smith, left to them. Plaintiff born 18 July 1820 & was only a few months old when his father died. He left TN in 1837; resident of KY. Charges also that Bridgeman & Evans tricked him into deeding the property to them while he was still a minor & asks the court to render the deed void. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1122 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Elizabeth& Mary Romines v. Benjamin F. Bridgman | Bledsoe | Ejectment |
Trespass and ejectment case. Bridgman charged that Elizabeth and Mary Ann Romines broke into and entered his property. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1178 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1842 | Ephraim M. Evins surviving partner of Story & Evins v. Alexander H. Montgomery surviving partner of Story & Montgomery | Bledsoe | Debt |
Evins and Samuel Story, dec. were partners in a mercantile business named Story & Evins. However, Story also partnered with Alexander Montgomery in a concern known as Story & Montgomery. Story & Evins loaned $115 to Story & Montgomery. The suit was filed in an attempt to recover the debt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21a | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | E. L. Gardenshire v. J. Smart | Bledsoe | Debt | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1947 | Euclid Waterhouse v. Tennie Patton et al. | Bledsoe | Debt |
Origin of Debt: promissory note. Add. Cause of Action: Deed Dispute. Plaintiff seeks to collect on promissory notes, as well as have the terms of a deed defined by the court. Exhibits include tax assessments and receipts, deeds, Add. Defendants: Leora Parker Padgett, S. Carl Patton, Katherine Patton Dosson, Charles H. Patton, James D. Patton, Heirs of E. B. Parker, dec. |
East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 501 | 184 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Elizabeth Feagans & Harrison Feagans v. John W. Simpson et al | Bledsoe | Estate Dispute |
Add. defendants: Catherine L. Simpson, Stephen Hick & wife Elizabeth, & B. Feagans. Defendants Catherine & Elizabeth are formerly Feagans. S. Hick is the administrator of Richardson Feagans (dec.). Elizabeth Feagans is the deceased's widow. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1160 | 180 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | Elizabeth White, admr. of James White, dec. v. Thomson Gardenhire et al. | Bledsoe | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: William Y.C. White. Additional defendants: James M. Carroll, Edward Holloway, Samuel B. Mead and John Rogers. James White had sold to defendants goods amounting to $1000. Plaintiffs sued for 2 notes due and unpaid. Plaintiffs want tract of 400 acres sold to satisfy the defendants' debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1262 | 118 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Fayette Lathrope, agent for Charles& Williams v. George W. Hale | Bledsoe | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1955 | Frank Hale v. State | Bledsoe | Assault with Intent to Kill |
"Assault with Intent to Commit Murder in the Second Degree." Victim is unlisted. |
East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 260 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1857 | Frazier& Reed v. Bradford B. Smith | Bledsoe | Debt for Wages |
This is an action to recover for medicines and medical services alleged to have been rendered by the plaintiffs to and for the defendant's son. Appeal to case: Bradford B. Smith v. Frazier and Reed |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1157 | 9 | Order A Copy |