Plaintiff alleged that his father, Samuel Prater died and left his heirs several tracts of land comprising 233 acres which was should have been divided between heirs. However, land was sold as payment for a debt. Plaintiff alleged that land was sold fraudulently and sale is void. Additional Defendants: William Brickell, Benjamin Prater, Hugh G. Prater, J. S. McDonough, William A. Robinson, Mary A. Prater

Dispute over land originally granted to Isaac and Rebecca Anderson. Plaintiff's brief only.

Additional Plaintiffs: George Moore.

The defendant was the son-in-law of the plaintiff and attempted to claim a parcel of land from the family after he was allowed to live on it. The plaintiff expressed that the conveyance specifically stated he would remain the rightful land owner.

Case involves a dispute over the granting of a land grant.

SEE ALSO BOX ET 1890 for 243 pages. Additional defendant: William M. Brickell. Dispute over 320 acre tract of land in 5th Civil District on Halston River. Defendant Prater resided on land.

File incomplete. First 4 pages missing. Details of case unclear, but Jones claims to own a portion of a tract of land that Joseph A. McCully sold to David McCully for $150. McCullys residents of Blount Co

Gamble had sold to Everett in 1862 a tract of 165 acres, part of the old Lowry Farm, for $2325. Everett paid him $725 in Confederate currency, which he had no problem with, and issued 2 promissory notes of $800 and $700 to be paid in current funds. Later, Everett offered to pay Gamble $1000 in Confederate currency to which Everett refused due to its depreciating value. Gamble suing for purchase money in good notes for the land he sold to Everett.

Additional defendant: Alice Patty

2 fldrs. Mentioned: Susan Grindstaff Thompson, Laura Grindstaff Wolfe, Alice Grindstaff Green, Charlie, James, & Robert Grindstaff, Lucinda Grindstaff Burchfield. In their old ages, & supposedly feeble mental states, William C. & Sarah Saphorina Grindstaf executed a deed to Charlie & Robert for land. The brothers were sued for coercing their parents into creating the deed. The other heirs sought money & land from the estate.

Thomas Berry died indebted to McGhee, but owned valuable land in Blount County. The debt was sued upon several times, & the estate was settled. Montgomery & Edward Lynch worked together to sell the land, but the sale may have cheated McGhee out of recovering the debt. However, the court ruled that Lynch was right in selling the land & that Berry had not been cheated.

Additional Defendant: John Wilkinson.

Frank Goddard listed his farm for sale with the Tennessee Real Estate Company with a goal of netting $7500. Wood & Drinnen signed a contract for a purchase price of $7700, then paid only $7500. The real estate company sued to recover the additional $200.

Dispute over 5,000 acres in Hiwassee District, on Tennessee River, bordering Indian Boundary. Mistrial declared, then disputed land surveyed, then jury ruled in favor of Bogle & Best. Claims of both parties were based on grants from State of Tennessee. Bogle & Best grant: No. 4672 (entry No. 6642). Roach's grant: No. 27623 & No. 27626.

Additional Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Reed. Additional Defendants: James Taylor. Plaintiff's name also spelled "Reid."

Case involves acquiring of property for the Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission. Additional defendants: Nancy Oliver.

Samuel Orr, father of the plaintiff's wife Margaret, died as the owner of 140 acres of land and was indebted to the defendant in the sum of $30. The defendant reported that a portion of the land would have to be conveyed to him to settle the debt, but the plaintiff Margaret claims she was ignorant of the proper ways to convey or deed land. After she wed the plaintiff, she heard rumors that the defendant conned her into deeded a larger amount of the land than owed and her husband confirmed it later.

Additional plaintiffs: Mary E. Frow, Joshua French and Cynthia R. French and Sam P. Rowan. Additional defendants: Margaret De Armond, James L. Snider, Susan Snider, Martha Nun, Jorace Nun, John R. Nun and James N. Nun. Land could not be divided equally among the seven surviving heirs. The plaintiff was asking the court to sell the land and divide the sum up between the heirs.

Court ordered the sale of Cox's land, Cox attempted multiple times to block the sale of his land. Cox claims the court did not make the legally required amount of public announcements for the sale.

Dispute involves a land grant. Exhibits include a oversize flyer of "Rules of the Supreme Court" relative to taking depositions Located in ET OV 10.