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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 | 1845 | Asa Todd v. Isaac Wimberly | Cannon | Land | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 236 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1852 | Alexander F. McFerrin& Benton L. McFerrin v. Albert Perry | Cannon | Trespass and Damages |
Case concerns detaining a 7 year old mare. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Achellis Alexander v. J. W. P. Duncan | Cannon | Trespass | Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | Alfred Bone & R. A. Youngblood v. J. G. Parris& Isaac Gunter | Cannon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1843 | Archibald Stone v. Samuel Underhill | Cannon | Ejectment | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1858 | Abel Rushing v. R. H. Mason | Cannon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1861 | Abel Rushing v. Archibald Stone& R. H. Mason | Cannon | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1873 | A. F. Todd v. John Woods et al. | Cannon | Debt |
Additional Defendants: S. S. Jarret, J. A. Jarrett, executors of D. M. Jarrett, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 343 | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Bettie V. Sanford v. John F. Weeden, admr. of George W. Thompson, dec. et al. | Cannon | Estate Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: H. M. Hearn, William Wharton. Defendant was the step daughter of the deceased. The deceased died intestate. Plaintiff claimed that when her mother married the deceased she was owed in her own right valuable property both real and personal including a number of negro slaves in the said county. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 17 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | B. F. Hoover v. Mary Byrum et al. | Cannon | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendant: Blake Byrum. C |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | B. L. McFerrin v. J. A. Jarrett | Cannon | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 337 | 53 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | B. L. McFerrin v. Ed McFerrin | Cannon | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Ed McFerrin is noted as being colored. Case concerns a contract for Ed McFerrin to farm on land owned by B. L. McFerrin and to divide up the corn crop grown on the land. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1847 | Campbell et al. v. Samuel Vance | Cannon | Debt |
Additional plaintiff - Shackleford NOTE: first names of plaintiffs not given in this case. Amount of debt $35.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 224 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | C. B. Summar v. J. A. Collier | Cannon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Callie New v. C. B. New | Cannon | Divorce | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1856 | Cane Johnson v. George H. Barrett | Cannon | Ejectment |
Case also includes a charge of trespassing. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 261 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Daughtry and Tassey v. H. C. Couch | Cannon | Debt |
Plaintiff filed suit and received judgment for debt due by account for work and labor done and material furnished in the sum of $120. Judgement included a tax against Couch for witness fees which he appealed. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 973 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1847 | E. C. Seals v. Malakiah Cummings | Cannon | Trespass |
"For the fraudulent detention of a note for the woodwork of a wagon to the plaintiff's damage fifty dollars." Jurors: William Thompson, Washington Kennedy, Richard C. Price, John D. McDougal, Thomas H. Roughton, John Petty, Thomas E. McCloud, Samuel Denby, Robert M. Jones, James Melton, Jr., James N. Stone, Benjamin Brewer. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 331 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Elijah Neeley v. Thomas B. Brevard | Cannon | Trespass and Damages |
The charge was for trespass on property and the use of two horses. The plaintiff had originally owned the two horses. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | Elizabeth Reeves v. State | Cannon | Breaking and Entering |
With force and arms |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 381 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Everett Blankenship v. Francis M. Willard | Cannon | Trespass and Damages |
Case concerns horse trading. Blankenship, the purchaser, claims the horse, represented to be sound, was in fact unsound, as was well known to Willard, the seller. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 628 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Elijah Neely v. Archibald Stone | Cannon | Theft |
Theft of oxen. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Elizabeth J. Barton v. William Barton et al. | Cannon | Wills, Contested |
Additional Defendants: James Taylor and wife Elizabeth and Joseph Ramsey and wife Hannah. Dispute involves debt, land, and slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 313 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | Frances Ann Baird et al. v. John Webb & S. Trott, et al. | Cannon | Estate Dispute |
Joseph Clark - Admin of John A. Baird Estate. Additional Defendants: S. Trott - admin. Of Henry Wiley estate (a minor), John Webb and wife Sarah P., George A. Sublette and John L. Litton. Francis Ann sues on behalf of Henry Wiley who is a minor. Francis Ann was married to Wiley before he died, Henry is her son. Sarah P was married to Wiley at one point and then was married to Brown who abandoned her. Confusing parties. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 255 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Gray & Brewer v. E. S. Robertson | Cannon | Debt |
Plaintiffs are merchants in the town of Woodbury, Tennessee. Plaintiffs claim that on the night of April 18, 1890 their store was broken into and several items were stolen. After the burglary, the plaintiffs published a notice in the newspaper advertising a reward for the capture of the perpetrator. Plaintiffs later learned that B. Stewart was responsible for said theft after observing him in possession of the stolen goods. Plaintiffs complain that the def. is now unlawfully claiming said reward. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 902 | 44 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | Henry R. Perry v. John Orand | Cannon | Debt, Execution on | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 | 234 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | H. L. Elam v. John McClain | Cannon | Sale of Goods |
Witnesses: M.C. Neeley, Joseph Knose, Alice Wilson, William Moss, James Guy, William Peeler, and Jonathan Craft. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Isaac E. Rucker v. J. B. Hawkins | Cannon | Fraud | Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1857 | Isaac Gunter v. James B. Eldridge | Cannon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1845 | John Martin, admr., of Richard Butcher, dec. v. Joseph Ramsey et al. | Cannon | Slaves, Selling of |
Additional Defendants: James H. Store and Goolsberry Means. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | John Hendrickson v. State | Cannon | Assault and Battery | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Jacob Burger, trustee of A. Burger v. John W. Cook | Cannon | Replevin | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1856 | J. W. D. Duncan v. James Vasser & William Maxey | Cannon | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | J. W. Summer et al. v. B. B. Cooper | Cannon | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. A. Cooper, F. Cooper, E. Frances |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | John K. Rigsby v. James H. Mitchell, Sheriff | Cannon | Petitions for Exception |
Actual charge is Petition for Supersedeas. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Jim Dan Hayes v. State | Cannon | Assault with Intent to Kill | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1858 | James Allen v. James H. Wood | Cannon | Debt, Execution on | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | James Allen v. James H. Wood & John A. Wood | Cannon | Debt Settlement |
Settlement involves debt from a previous judgment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 349 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | John M. Robertson v. John B. Kirk | Cannon | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 459 | 241 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1840 | John Martin, Jr. v. David M. Jarratt | Cannon | Debt |
Possibly James K. Polk's signature as Governor |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | James W. Burger v. William Stone, et al. | Cannon | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendants: Claibourn Gunter and Samuel Gunter. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | John Martin Jr. v. Samuel Vance et al. | Cannon | Trespass |
Additional Defendants: Isaac W. Elleage, and Joseph Ramsey. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 220 | 220 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1847 | John Tate v. Daniel Bleu & Reuben Bleu | Cannon | False Imprisonment | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 331 | 13 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1850 | James K. Eason v. Warren Cummings | Cannon | Replevin | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | John W. Sumnar v. Sarah Cooper, et al. | Cannon | Other |
Other defendants: B. B. Cooper; Rebeccah Cooper; Sally Cooper; John Cooper. Plaintiff trying to have defendant declared "a lunatic or a person of unsound mind" & for him to become her guardian. Other defendants "by false & fraudulent means &… representations get almost unlimited control & influence over the said Sarah…[& they] have sought through that medium to get from her what little property she has." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Jesse& Earnest Manus v. State | Cannon | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape |
The victim: James St. John of Cannon County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | John Holland& William Rigsby v. Elijah Neely | Cannon | Debt Dispute |
Case specifically references the Civil War. Holland purchased a horse from the Defendant "for the express purpose…to be used in the Calvary services of the Confederate state." After Union forces won the war, Defendants are sued for their money back. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | J. L. Fann v. Samuel Bryson | Cannon | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Sale of an unsound gray horse. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 341 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | John Swanyer v. William Espy et al. | Cannon | Damages |
This is an appeal of the finding of a previous jury, which found for Espy. Other defendants: George Espy and Hardy Lewis. Swanyer contends that the defendants whistled his dog to them and shot it to death. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 628 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Joseph Clark v. R. K. Stephens | Cannon | Partnership Settlement |
The situation concerns the purchase and sale of a "drove of hogs" on spec but ultimately at a loss, the borrowing and repayment of $500 of the purchase price, and a decision as to whether the two parties had entered into a partnership, whereby they would share the loss equally. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 632 | 35 | Order A Copy |