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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1832 | Andrew Fay v. Marshall Moody | Giles | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1844 | Amara Ezell v. Elihu McDonald | Giles | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1856 | Alexander M. Carter & Benjamin F. Carter v. Nathaniel F. Cheairs | Giles | Debt |
Cheairs administrator of William McKissack. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | A. J. Roberts v. Thomas G. Jones, et al. | Giles | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Redding Jones |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | A. J. Abernathy v. B. F. Carter | Giles | Debt Settlement |
Additional parties: Cynthia R. Carter, Jno. C. Walker, J. B. Stacy |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1872 | Alex Wade v. William Gay & Co. et al | Giles | Injunction |
Additional parties: S. Harrison, J. Williams |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Allen White v. William N. Hackney | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Case also involves a suit for debt and damages, though the reason is unclear. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 261 | 3 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1857 | A. S. Young v. B.W. Knight& Stephen Vaughan | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Annaias Oliver v. William H. Baugh | Giles | Replevin | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1858 | Achilles A. Dickerson v. Ananias Oliver | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1860 | A. C. W. White, et al. v. Emily White, et al. | Giles | Slaves, Ownership of |
Additional Plaintiffs: Rufus White, John White, Newton White, John Boyd and wife Malvina, M. M. Johnson and wife Elizabeth, and Caleb Thomas and wife Benty. Additional Defendants: Nancy White, Mary White, Grace White, and James White. Case involves a contested will, in which the freedom of more than 70 slaves is determined. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 313 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | Ammon T. Quarles et al. v. Samuel Sullivan | Giles | Slaves, Ownership of |
Additional Plaintiffs: Mildred Patton and John Vaughn. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1830 | Adam Bell v. William Brown & James Brown | Giles | Debt |
Amount of Debt $245.70. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1850 | Archibald L. White v. Terry H. Cahal | Giles | Libel |
Additional cause of action: Slander. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 388 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1846 | Alexander M. Ballantine v. Samuel Rodgers & Judith Rodgers, his wife | Giles | Land and Title Dispute |
James H. Brooks, citizen of Ohio wrote a letter to his brother, John W. Brooks of Giles County wanting to move to Giles County with his family. They moved to lot 37 in Giles County which boarded the defendants lot. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 3 | 33 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Archibald C. White v. James T. Norville | Giles | Injunction |
In Dec. 1847, White recovered a judgment against William C. Mayfield the security of one James T. Norville for $624.50. Mayfield was the only security of Norville. Norville claimed that a large part of judgment was upon claims that were for usury upon bound money and he therefore obtained a injunction in March 1848, restraining the collection of $305.24 of that judgment upon the grounds of usury as charged. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1854 | A. C. White v. George W. Tillery | Giles | Notes |
White claimed that Tillery had sued him in 1848 for three notes for $700 each due in December 1844, 1845, 1846 amounting to $2100. At time of executing three notes Tillery lived on a tract of land and had pretended to sell the land to White. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1860 | Archer Cheatham & Bro. v. William T. Abernathy, et al. | Giles | Debt |
Add. Defendant: James R. Bunch, Lewis Bird. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 486 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Amos Grigsby v. James C. Saunders, et al. | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants: William H. Black, Eliza Black, James C. Saunders, admr. of Abner E. Pate, dec., James G. Erwin. Origin of debt: note. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 549 | 76 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | A. J. Ballantine v. John L. Yancy | Giles | Debt |
Plea of debt due for damages under $500.00 for removing and appropriating corn upon which Ballantine had a lien. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | A. J. McKinnon v. Henry Everly | Giles | Other |
In 1885, Everly contracted with McKinnon to make a crop. Around 6/20/1885, McKinnon drove Everly off and refused to let him have any part of the crop. The judge ruled in favor of Everly for $180.00 damages. Case incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 723 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1838 | Andrew M. Ballentine v. William R. Brown et al. | Giles | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Kircher Brown, Samuel Brown Amount of debt $727.50 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 208 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1844 | Archibald C. White v. Ira E. Brown | Giles | Debt |
Amount of debt $740.20 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 213 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1851 | Abdallah Brunson v. Henry Laird, et al. | Giles | Custody |
Additional Defendants: Robert Laird, Caleb W. Wilson. This case could be labeled as estate settlement or custody dispute. Abdallah Brunson is sued on behalf of Mary Ann Wilson, "an idiot." The case states that her brother, Caleb W. Wilson, received custody of her after their father's death in order to take the portion of the estate that was left to her. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | Andrew J. Fleeman, et al. v. Francis Marion Fleeman et al. | Giles | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Sarah Caroline, widow of Charles Wilkerson who had since intermarried with James Word, and William B. Fleeman & others. Additional Defendants: Marrion Bishop & William Bishop & others. Frances Marion Fleeman, admr. of Washington Fleeman, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19 | 39 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1877 | Albert A. Dunnevant et al. v. Mary Garrett et al. | Giles | Wills, Contested |
Other plaintiffs: Abigail Dunnevant, Mary Ann Hester, John T. Garrett, Nancy Potts, A.J. Niss, Ethalinda Niss. Other defendants: William Garrett, Billie Garrett. Adion Garrett, deceased |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 21a | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | A. R. Richardson, Commissioner, B. H. Peden, admr. of John Abernathy, & Henry Howze, admr. of A.S. Young v. W. D. Smith, B.S. Wilson, John S. Cathey | Giles | Failure to Pay |
In 1861 Smith executed to Richardson as Clerk and Commissioner of Giles County a note for $805 due in twelve months for property belonging to the estate of John Abernathy, dec. Other judgments were recovered by the various plaintifs, against other defendants. The case details the amounts, dates, and transfers for each of these debts in order to recover the amounts owed to the plaintiffs. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 56 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | A. R. Garrison et al. v. A. L. Harvey et al. | Giles | Failure to Pay |
Additional Complainants: George F. Phelps. Additional Defendants: E. E. Harvey, D. N. Ordway, James (Servyys)?-admr.. Of George D. Servyys, Thomas B. Daly-admr.. of James M. Vause, B. M. Gregsley, Silas Jenkins, William H. Baugh, Judith Freeman, William M. Baugh, James M. Childress, John Bass, Allen M. Harlow, William C. Addins-admr.. F A.C. McWilliams, William Brown, William Everley, William Austin, P.W. Phelps, R.L. Holloway, Thomas Reid, William Stevens, Andrew Carlos, John Fagan et al. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Augustin Dishough v. William J. Rainey | Giles | Trespass | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1877 | Albert G. Wells v. F. F. Pallerd, et al. | Giles | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional defendants: Ann Pallard, John A Beaseley, Sarah Beaseley. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1857 | Archibald C. White v. Calvin J. Clack et al. | Giles | Trespass |
Additional Defendants: John Clarks and James Goodman. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 251 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1858 | Alfred C.W. White, admr. of Archibald White, dec. v. Wesley Burge | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1866 | Andrew M. Wilson v. John Cox& R. W. Pillow | Giles | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1866 | A. C. Cobbs v. Elizabeth C. Cobbs et al. | Giles | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Andrew Alernatly, John Woldridge, Jesse Cobbs, Margaret Cobbs, Alison Cobbs, William Lainer, and Meredith Connelly. Case also includes a contested will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1828 | Andrew Fay v. Thomas Wilkerson | Giles | Notes | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 370 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1920 | A. E. Birdsong v. H. P. Hayes | Giles | Breach of Warranty |
other causes of action: fraud and deceit in the sale of a horse, and in action to his damage, under $500 dollars. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 391 | 55 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1852 | Archibald C. White v. John C. Walker | Giles | Injunction |
In 1857, the county court recovered a judgment against White for $638.15 debt & $13.21 in damages. White disputed this judgment and said he owed Walker nothing and that he had paid every cent he ever owed him. White also claimed that he was unable to make a proper defense in the case against him. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1852 | Archibald C. White v. Richard C. Suttle, et al. | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendant: C. W. H. Biles. White claimed that since 1840 he had transactions with Biles that led to indebtness and therefore as a result sold a tract of land to White containing about 62 acres. White agreed to give the recovery of the land if Bile paid him back $4600 in separate payments of $2300. White claimed Bile failed to pay either of these payments. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 134 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1884 | Adams Throne & Co. v. W. I.[?] Rainey, et al. | Giles | Ejectment |
Complainants: A. G. Adams, Robert G. Throne, William P. Rutland, James A. Mason. Additional Defendants: Henry Watson, colored, John Perkins, colored, George McKissack, colored, Adaline Graves, colored. Defendant Rainey is sometimes written as W. J. Rainey. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 554 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | Alex A. Hall v. H. H. Bledsoe, admr. of J. S. Gibson, dec., et al. | Giles | Guardianship of Minors |
Additional Defendants: Martha A. Gibson, James T. J. Gibson, Mary A. Gibson.gu |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 580 | 70 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1886 | A. J. Troustine, et al. v. F. R. Daley, et al.. | Giles | Debt |
Complainants: Joseph Troustine, Abram Troustine, Henry Hess, Phillip J. Troustine, Sam H. Troustine - all citizens of State of Ohio. Defendants: F. R. Daley of Ala.; F. E. Daley, W. H. McCallum, John S. Wilkes of Giles Co., TN. Decision appealed to Middle Div., Tenn. Supreme Court. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 164 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1887 | Alexander Harley, admr. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad | Giles | Wrongful Death |
P. H. Harley, deceased. P. H. Harley died as a result of being run over by a train (Louisville and Nashville Railroad). Alexander Harley is the father of P. H. Harley. He wishes to recover damages for the negligence which caused the death of his father. Exhibits: Hand drawn map of street and railroad tracks showing where P. H. Harley was killed. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 717 | 154 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1894 | Austin Hewitt v. Mayor & Aldermen of Pulaski, et al. | Giles | Injunction |
B. F. McGrew owned two lots in Pulaski, and sued the Mayor and Aldermen of Pulaski to prevent them from selling Commons land adjacent to his lots. After the first suit, McGrew sold the lots to Hewitt who sued for the same. Add dfnt: Stone, Porter, & White In 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1041 | 189 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1889 | A. C. Moon v. Dr. J. M. Leonard | Giles | Malpractice |
Plaintiff hired defendant to treat his injured leg and knee. Plaintiff claims that defendant failed to treat him in a skillful manner, worsened his pain and delayed his recovery. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 782 | 91 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1836 | Benjamin Carter et al. v. Ralph Graves | Giles | Damages |
Additional defendant Nathaniel G. Nye Amount of damages $2000.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1844 | Bank of Tennessee v. William C. Mayfield et al. | Giles | Trespass and Damages |
Additional defendants - James T. Norvell and William S. Davenport Amount of damages $1000.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 213 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1855 | Bank of Tennessee v. Archibald C. Esselman et al. | Giles | Debt |
Additional defendants, Thomas Kennedy and Alexander Esselman |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Benjamin Franklin v. James McNeece, et al. | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants: John C. Walker. Plaintiff claimed that defendants were indebted to him for $300. Complainant was the surety of McNeece upon a note executed to George McGee for $139.92 in Oct. & Dec. 1860 which note was transferred by McGee to E. Ed(?) who brought suit upon and recovered judgment before S. A. Parsons in Jan. 1861 against McNeece. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 16 | 65 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | B. F. Carter, et al. v. P. Melvin et al. | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: A. W. Carter & B. M. Mason. Additional Defendants: R. L. Evans. Plaintiffs formerly made up B. Carter & Co., B. F. Carter had since died. Plaintiffs were trying to recovery a previous judgment from defendants. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | B. H. Malone & T. H. M. Hunter use of W. D. McClure & A. Cox v. Sterling H. Brown & D. B. Garrett Trustee Giles Co. | Giles | Failure to Pay |
Malone and Hunter were school teachers in the 17th District and were contracted to be paid $100 per month for their services. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 18 | 69 | Order A Copy |