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View Entry	Year	Case Name	County	Cause/Crime	Case Description	Division	Location	# Pages	Order
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Achilles A. Dickerson v. Ananias Oliver	Giles	Debt Dispute		Middle	Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279	0	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	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	1854	Benjamin Franklin v. George W. Ezell	Giles	Debt	Amount of debt $300.00	Middle	Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 246	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1860	Benjamin F. Carter v. John C. Johnson, et al.	Giles	Debt	Defendants name also spelled Johnston. Other defendants: Washington R. Dickerson; Gray J. Hopkins.	Middle	Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 264	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1898	Brennon & Co v. Hill & Ballentine	Giles	Debt Dispute		Middle	Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 53	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1877	Bazil Wagstaff v. A. Cox, et al.	Giles	Debt Dispute	Additional defendants: Caleb Thomas, W. H. Black, David H. Parsons.	Middle	Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 62	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1858	B. W. Thompson v. Jonathan Ford, et al.	Giles	Debt Dispute	Additional Defendants: James Vaughan, F. Barrett, and J. J. Richardson..	Middle	Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 283	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1832	Benjamin Ingram v. Marshall Moody	Giles	Debt	Amount of debt $233.00	Middle	Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372	9	Order A Copy
View Entry	1884	B. F. Reed v. Florence Simonton, et al.	Giles	Debt for Rent	Additional Defendant: Ann Simonton.	Middle	Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 558	27	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	1858	Cullen Vick v. George W. Pullen& William N. Hackney	Giles	Debt Dispute	Additional Defendant: Wesley Vick.	Middle	Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1894	Charles J. Robinson v. R. S. Drew	Giles	Debt	Plaintiff, Charles Robinson, sued the defendant R. S Drew for payment of debt for horses purchased from the plaintiff by the defendant. Prior to appeal the judge in Giles County awarded the plaintiff $292.50 and court costs.	Middle	Range: 36 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1067	34	Order A Copy
View Entry	1844	Charles C. Hardy et al.v. Isaiah Ivey	Giles	Debt Dispute	Additional plaintiffs: Ajax Royster and Benjamin Teppan. Oversize	Middle	Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1844	Charles Haynie v. Basil Wagstaff et al.	Giles	Debt	Additional defendant - Mary Wagstaff Amount of debt $325.20	Middle	Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1876	Calvin A. Reynolds v. Wells & Young	Giles	Debt Dispute	Defendants were T. J. Wells & J. C. Young, partners in trade under the style Wells & Young. Plea of debt due by note under $1000.	Middle	Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 17	21	Order A Copy
View Entry	1877	C. N. Ordway, et. al. v. R. G. P. White	Giles	Debt Dispute	John C. Gordon, J. P. McGuire, R. H. Dudley, R. Harris	Middle	Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 51	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1855	Clement H. Eliff v. Willis Griggs et al.	Giles	Debt	The defendants were Griggs, James D. Goodman, A. R. Moore and Hardin Griggs. William Griggs was a constable. Eliff said because of his poverty, he could not bear the expense of the lawsuit.	Middle	Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1870	Constantine Perkins admr. of Robb Whitfield, (col), dec. use of Viney Whitfield, col. V. Lawrence Johnson et al.	Giles	Debt	Additional defendants: Henry Clay Crow, John A. Jackson; Plaintiffs are African American.	Middle	Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320A	45	Order A Copy
View Entry	1866	D. C. Carter & Co. v. John Atkins	Giles	Debt Dispute		Middle	Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280	48	Order A Copy
View Entry	1871	Dyonitia White, et al. v. William M. Beasley	Giles	Debt Dispute	Additional plaintiffs: Newton White. Dyonitia White was the administrator for Thomas C. White, deceased.	Middle	Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 333	54	Order A Copy
View Entry	1832	Ezra Webb v. Thomas Porter	Giles	Debt Settlement		Middle	Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1874	Elizabeth Kennedy v. M. H. Butler, et al.	Giles	Debt Dispute	Additional defendants: Isaac J. Barber and T. B. Harwell	Middle	Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 62	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1858	Edward R. Field v. N. C. Buford& W. W. Potter	Giles	Debt Settlement		Middle	Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 267	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1831	Elizabeth Angus v. Simpson H. White, John Gordon, Samuel E. Tomlinson	Giles	Debt	Plea of debt rendered unto Elizabeth Angus of $450.00, "which to her they owe and from her unjustly detain." Damages of $200.00.	Middle	Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 374	7	Order A Copy
View Entry	1877	Edward E. Cox v. W. W. Gordon	Giles	Debt Dispute	Plaintiff rented land to Ellis McGuire, a black man, who gave a $225 note on Jan. 1873 promising to pay off the note when the 1873 cotton harvest was sold. On the way to the market, Dec. 23, 1873, the 4 bales of harvested cotton were attached by def who who had obtained a judgment against McGuire for the unpaid balance of $71.72 owed on the purchase of a horse during the spring of 1873. Plaintiff relieved the bales claiming delivery of the bales by McGuire. So, McGuire owned no bales for attachment.	Middle	Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 29	36	Order A Copy
View Entry	1882	E. F. Aymett v. John D. Butler, et al.	Giles	Debt Dispute	. Additional Defendants: N. E.(?) Landcaster and W.H.(?) Landcaster.	Middle	Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1887	E. H. F. Gordon v. J. H. Burrows, et al.	Giles	Debt Settlement	Debt due on judgment, $600.00, re: tract of land lying in 16th Civil Dist., Giles Co., 157.8 acres near Richland Creek, conveyed 1 Jan. 1872. Isaac Compton, N. F. Compton, A. M. V. Compton, Barbara Compton, W. A. Compton, M. F., Compton	Middle	Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 702	70	Order A Copy
View Entry	1878	F. R. Kellum v. Dick Dougherty	Giles	Debt Settlement		Middle	Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1859	Fountain Wade v. Milton McClure et al.	Giles	Debt Dispute	Additional Defendants: Frederick McClure and Newton McClure.	Middle	Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 277	5	Order A Copy
View Entry	1832	George T. Gillespie v. William B. Brooks	Giles	Debt		Middle	Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1879	G. W. Staley v. M. B. S. Gordon	Giles	Debt Dispute		Middle	Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 56	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1850	George W. Tillery v. Archibald C. White	Giles	Debt		Middle	Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 230	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1880	G. T. Williams v. John T. Steele	Giles	Debt Settlement	Additional parties: Ed Dickenson	Middle	Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55	0	Order A Copy

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