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View Entry 1888 A. Jacobs et al. v. W. F. Pearson et al Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiff: Anna Arnold, widow of John Arnold, who at the time of his death owned a large landed estate. The tract in question was assigned Anna as part of her dower. J. Jacobs, father of plaintiff, bought several tracks from the Arnold estate. Plaintiffs sold a large tract of land to defendant in 1859 for $4896 and gave him title; this bill was filed to enforce plaintiff's lenders lien. Defendant claims he had no title at the time of sale, and that he had paid Arnold $900 & Jacobs $500.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 736 130 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Asa Teal & Wife v. J.P. Walker Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Asa and Eliza Teal had owned a tract of land for 7 years when Walker came one day claiming he bought the land and had a deed to it. Walker pressured Teal to sign a paper making him a tenant on the threat of being thrown out of his house. In pending case, Walker sued for unlawful detainer and to collect rents. Teal suing for injunction against Walker's suit and clear title to said land. This files contains many misc. deeds, notes, conveyances, etc. dating back to at least 1827. 2 folders.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 829 284 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Bealy Gaither v. John Haufman et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: A. R. Wood & P. C. Isbull. This case concerns a land dispute in which Gaither purchased a tract of land from Haufman. The deed and/or register papers for this tract of land were destroyed during the war and Haufman later claimed that Gaither was not the legal owner of the land.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 25a 141 Order A Copy
View Entry 1865 David Randal et al. v. A. Barton et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: H. H. Harrison. Additional Defendants: J. A. Carden, C. O. Purvis, W. B. Gibson, and Silas McBer.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 E. J. Rayburn v. N. D. Norton Coffee Land Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 686 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 George P. Burke et al. v. W. R. Hill et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Other complainants: Joseph Earles, David Earles, and William Earles, minors, represented by their guardian, Richard Robinson; Rebecca Ann Green, George Green. Other defendants: Martha Williams, John Williams; Henry Harrell, Mary Harrell; Richard Burke; Elizabeth Williams, Foster Williams; Orry Green, Richard Green; Laviney Moore, William Moore; Eliza Burke, John Burke; Sarah Jane Cauthom, James Cautham.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 623 150 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 I. N. Pearson v. Marion Exander Coffee Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 140 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 John Huffman v. A. R. Wood & James Stephens Coffee Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 6 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1853 Joseph Ramsey v. William H. Thompson Coffee Petition to Sale Land

Ramey petitioned to sell and recover the joint profits of land the parties owned together.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 John Anthony & Tabitha Anthony v. William Eoff[?], et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendant: John S. Moore. William Eoff is admr. Of Joab[?] Short, dec..

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 504 124 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 James M. Freeman v. Jerusha Marbury et al Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Add. Defendants: Aida B. Marbury, Delila Marbury, & F.M. Marbury. J. Marbury is the widow of M.P. Marbury (dec.). M.P. Marbury sold Freeman a large tract of land before his death, but never executed a deed of rightful possession to him and after his death, his widow and children took the land back to sell for a dower and living means. Freeman filed the bill to obtain rights to the land. Includes assignment of error.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 745 45 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 J. S. Bolea & Wife et al. v. T. H. Bales et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: George W. Davidson and Wife. Additional Defendants: Eliza Bales, wife of T. H. Bales, G. L., H. A., C. L. (male), C. L. (female) and S. A. Bales, Wiley, Louisa and Joseph Mangrew (?), and E. H. and Martha Dickson. At the center of this suit is a tract of land deeded to Eliza Bales and Louisa Mangrew from their father Henry.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 864 279 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 J. A. Moore, admr. of William Arnold, dec. v. A. Jacobs et al. Coffee Land, Sale of

Additional parties: Wm. Arnold, C. C. Jacobs, William F. Pearron, Willis Blanton, John P. Steele. W. F. Pearron and Alfred Jacobs purchased of Moore a tract of land near Beach Grove in Coffee County adjoining the lands of Norman G. Norton, William Ashley C. C. Jacobs. Complainant executed several notes one of them being Confederate Money.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 28 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 James Price v. J. B. Walker Coffee Land, Sale of

Additional parties: M. Hill.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 39a 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 J. P. Morrison v. H. R. A. McCorkle Coffee Land, Sale of Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 J. P. Miller v. J. J. Hill, et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Bealy Guither, A. R. Wood, Catherine Hill, and Simeon Hollis.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 164 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 J.W. Hill et al. v. James. S. Logan et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional complainants: R.B. Clow & Wife, Mary L. Clow(?), Ellen Carnes, D. M. Hill, W. A. Hill, B. H. Hill & Mattie Hill Additional defendants: A. C. Lemm(?). Land disputed claimed by M. Hill (deceased) was being sold by James Logan to A.C. Lemm.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 L. B. Austell v. George H. Sims, et al. Coffee Land, Confirmation of Ownership

Other defendants: William H. Sims; James M. Audelott [?].

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 628 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 M. Statler v. Samuel Carmichael Coffee Land, Sale of Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Matilda Vannoy et al. v. Richard Gunn et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Tom Willis, Bill Willis, Maggie King, and Hill Willis, Mattie McFarland, Jennie Clipper, Ophelia Tillman and Lula Hopkins. Additional Defendants: Other Clipper and Ruby Willis, George Rutledge, Lindsley Rutledge, Eugene Rutledge, Mary Rutledge, Abe Rutledge, Clarence Clipper, Beulah Clipper, Ada Clipper, Hazel Clipper, Renny Clipper

 Middle Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Martha E. Jernigan v. J. M. Jernigan Coffee Recovery of Land/Property Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 Mary L. Layne, et al. v. John T. Cunninham Coffee Land, Fraud

Additional Complainants: Wyatt L. Layne, W. H. Cuningham. Complainants sought to have a sale of land declared fraudulent.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 600 313 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 R. A. Webster v. D. P. Rathbone Coffee Recovery of Land/Property Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 65 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 Sally Cunningham, et al. v. J. W. Keele, et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiffs: John S. Moon and J. H. Cunningham. Defendant: Pinkney Cunningham.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 48 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 Samuel L. Colville et al. v. W. S. Huggins et al. Coffee Land, Sale of

Additional Complainant: David Ramsey. Additional Defendants: J. E. Bashaw, H. P. H. Price, W. S. Huggins, John O. Wright.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 Sarah Dolby v. John Huffman, et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendant: Thomas G. Cribbs[?] Bill filed to set up a trust to 16 acres of land in the face of an absolute deed executed by Complainant and her husband, James B. Dolby, to defendant, Thomas G. Cribbs[?]

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 511 180 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 Sally Jernigan, et al. v. John W. Taylor Coffee Possession of Land

This case concerns possession of a 90 acre tract of land. Additional Plaintiffs: Jess Kendall

 Middle Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 875 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1880 Samuel Watson v. Thomas A. Anderson et al. Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: L. Morgan, H. M. O. Morgan, V. Anderson, A. M. Holt, M. Hill, P. C. Isbell.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 70 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 Theresa Harvell v. Thomas P. Stephenson & Ivory Gaither Coffee Land and Title Dispute

Harvell claimed that land defendants were living on was actually owned by her father, James Harvell, deceased. Defendants claimed that James Harvell owed them more than the land was worth so they took possession of it after his death.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 623 78 Order A Copy
View Entry 1875 Winston W. Gill, et al. v. Volney S. Stevenson Coffee Land, Partition of

Additional Plaintiffs: Henrietta B. Gill, Virginia Moore, and Georgette Strong. Additional parties: William Moore, dec.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1882 W. P. Hickerson et al. v. W. B. Bashaw et al. Coffee Land, Sale of

Additional Complainant: P. C. Isbell. Additional Defendant: B. P. Bashaw.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 Woodville Winton v. Mary E. Winton Coffee Land, Confirmation of Ownership

Includes the Will of J. W. Rankin.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 98 365 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 William Wood v. James Mason et al. Coffee Land, Sale of

Additional plaintiffs: W. J. Dillard, Joseph Walker. Additional Defendants: William G. Haile and Millie Haile, Rebecca Mason, Jethro D. Conway, Temperance McMahon, Redding Whitehead, Edwin Whitehead, Andrew Whitehead, Joseph Whitehead, John Whitehead, William Clark, Elizabeth Clark, John Jordon, Millie Jordan, William Teague, Temperance Teague, Jacquie Ann Davidson, Mary Haile, Mary E. Mason, John F. Mason, Clara Mason, Mary Robinson, L. M. Robinson, R. J. Keele, Laura Ann Keele, William Lowry, others.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 W.[?] A. Hill, et al. v. Mattie Herrick, et al. Coffee Land

Additional Complainants: J. N.[?] Hill, Pinkney[?] Norton, N. J. Norton. Additional Defendants: Lizzie Herrick, Thomas Herrick, and Katie, Susan, Clara and Lizzie Eury. Complainants are the heirs at law of James J. Hill married to Catherine R. Herrick Complainants sought to establish a resulting trust to the extent of $1800.00 in 950 acres of land in Coffee county, conveyed in fee by A. R. Wood to Catharine Hill in 1859.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 504 315 Order A Copy