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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1852 | Aquilla [Aquila?] Jones v. Joseph Williams | Grainger | Debt, Execution on |
Judgment rendered against Jones in favor of Williams, who then satisfied that judgment by levying on a parcel of corn (14 barrels) belonging to Jones, which corn Jones believed to be exempt from execution because Jones was a head of family. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1152 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | A. P. Greene v. James H. Starnes | Grainger | Debt Settlement |
Greene was a surety holder on notes of Starnes. Starnes was guarantor on notes on John Popejoy to John Nance. The title of land held by each party came into question, and whether it could be encumbered to pay debts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6 | 146 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1940 | A. L. Green, et al. v. R. H. Williams, et al. | Grainger | Debt for Rent |
Additional Complainants: A. B. Green, H. C. Lawson. Additional Defendants: Ralph Black, Nick Black, Citizens Bank and Trust Co., C. B. Cabbage. Also mentioned is J. R. Miller, dec. who entered into lease agreement with Defendant. Exhibits: lease, chattel mortgage, public sale notice, deed. |
East | Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 518 | 368 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Abraham M. McConnell v. Josiah Kilgore et al. | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Add. Defs: Philip Luster, Wm Bates, John M. Coffin, Russell Riggs, Elisha Ball. McConnell owned 2 6-horse teams (2 waggons & 12 horses) w/full set of grass. Kilgore, Luster & Bates: South Carolina partners dba Kilgore & Co. Teams sent to SC for loading. In SC, firm attached teams & sold them to satisfy debt Henry Counts owed firm, but McConnell says he (not Counts) owned teams & grass, worth $1200, & wants to attach firm property including proceeds of sale of female slave & debt Riggs & Ball owed firm. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1137 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Alexander v. Whiteside | Grainger | Debt |
The plaintiff and defendant were in a partnership and a disagreement arose. The defendant wished to disolve the partnership. The plaintiff invested in the partnership and wishes for the capital invested to be returned to him. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1177 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Beran and Co. v. C. F. Davis et al. | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
The plaintiffs were William Willard and Edgar Miller. Additional Defendants: William Allen. The defendants bought good from the complainants for the sum of $454.24. The file states that the defendants were caught committing fraud with a sale of land in order to hinder the defendants from paying the stated debt. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1668 | 168 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | Cowan, McClung & Co. et al. v. Samuel Gire, et al. | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Percy Dickinson, Frank McClung, Charles McClung, Matthew McClung, James Cowan, Robert Rhea, and J. L. Thomas. Additional defendants: James Gire, James Shields, Lizzie Gawman, Mary Gawman, James Gawman, U. S. Shields, Joseph Hoffmaster, admr. of P. Godwin, decd., John Oliver, William Phillips, John Phillips, Alexander Hilton, T. W. Dalton, William D. Gawman, James Rose, D. P. Raroe, A. B. Brandon, and E. J. Wells, E. J. Sanfrord, W. P. Chamberlain, A. J. Albers, etc. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 642 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Claiborne W. Lathim v. Thomas W. Turley, exe. of Thomas Whitesides | Grainger | Debt on Account |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 93 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | C. C. Smith v. John Daily | Grainger | Debt |
Plaintiff in error had a judgment rendered against him in a previous case. Judgment was awarded to defendant, this case was filed in an effort to reverse judgment which was for $50.00. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1631 | 45 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1942 | Dona Arnold Vineyard v. Edgar Vineyard et al. | Grainger | Debt |
Exhibits include envelopes, cancelled checks, sale agreement, correspondences, warranty deed. Origin of debt: mortgage. Add. Defendants: R. Y. Stone, C. Edgar Vineyard, Harley Berry, A. R. Williams, Doss Roach, H. N. Maples, Bertha Maples, P. E. Vineyard, Bessie Vineyard, & 11 banks named. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 555 | 816 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | David Evans v. Allen Hurst, et al | Grainger | Debt |
Evans sued to have the court prevent the sale of his land for debt; he also asks the court to ascertain how much he does owe Hurst as he believes that some of the debts with which he has been charged are fraudulent. Evans death suggested September 1847. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1124 | 58 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1861 | Drury Morris v. James K. McAnally, admr. of Jesse Livingston, dec., et al. | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants: Galen Livingston, admr. of Jesse Livingston, dec.; E. B. Snoddy, admr. of Russel Riggs, dec.; Lewis F. Leaper, admr. of Russel Riggs, dec. Plaintiff was security on note from decedent Riggs to decedent Livingston. Riggs estate was insolvent, so defendants were seeking to collect from plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1174 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Elijah Evans v. Allen Hurst | Grainger | Debt on Account |
For goods sold. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1153 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1926 | French Fugate v. Huston Mallicoat | Grainger | Debt |
Debt origin: pasture bill. |
East | Range: 6 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 399 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | G. B. Mitchell v. James A. McKinney, Samuel Shields, et al. | Grainger | Debt Settlement |
James A. McKinney, Samuel Shields were the admrs of Set McKinney's will. Mitchell sued the admrs to recover debts owed him via notes. The court ordered that the land holdings in the estate be divided and sold in order to satisfy the debts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1937 | Grainger County Electric Co. v. A. M. Nance, et al | Grainger | Debt |
Additional Defendants: H. J. Nance & H. A. Smith. Defendants partners in firm of Clinchdale Lumber Co. in Morristown, TN. Plaintiff sued to recover $856.18 in unpaid electricity bills. Two Folders |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1049 | 425 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | Gregg and Co. v. D. J. Jones | Grainger | Debt |
Plaintiff was seeking a sum of $100.00 for debt. Reason for debt not given. |
East | Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1703 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | Greensboro Joint Stock Land Bank& George F. McCanless v. Gwendolyn H. Garrett& H. W. Garrett | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Case concerns estate of Charles R. Harrell, dec., and a trust deed for real estate. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 852 | 197 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | H. O. Taylor for Grays use v. Elika A. Taylor et al | Grainger | Debt |
Additional defendants: Daniel Carmichael & Henry Mayse, admr. of James Mayse, dec. Plaintiff brought suit to collect $150 debt and damages of $100. Jan 1840, defendants had entered into loan agreement with plaintiff, and eventually paid $193.29. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1131 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Henry Harris v. J.W. Thornburgh | Grainger | Debt, Petition on |
Thornburgh executed $100 note in favor of Harris, who gave Confederate money (rebel money) for the note, which Thornburgh used to pay another debt & to pay a high price for medicine. Dispute over whether Confederate money qualified as consideration. Thornburgh argued no consideration for note, since Confederate money not recognized by law as money at all & had no legal value. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | Haston [Hasting?] Butcher v. John Lambden | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Dispute re: prior suit by Lambden against Isaac B. Butcher (and Peter Sharp & Co. as security) over 2 notes owed by Isaac, who then died, after which Lambden revived suit against Haston, believing he had bound himself as security for debt, which he denied Case related to 2 other cases, one found in ET Box 1158 (Peter Sharp & Co. et al. v. John Lambden) & the other found in ET Box 1121 (John Lambden v. John Sharp & Allen Hurst). |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1158 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1826 | John Tanner v. William Jennings, et al. | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Royal[?] Jennings. Exhibits: depositions, copies of Supreme Court rules for taking depositions, 1821. Origin of Debt: promissory note. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 664 | 114 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1846 | John Lamden, Elias Warwick & Jacob Peck v. Peter Sharp & Co. | Grainger | Debt |
Original case involved a the plaintiff's five hundred dollar debt to Peter Sharp and Allen Hurst. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1125 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Jacob Peck v. Pleasant Williams & Parrott Godwin | Grainger | Debt, Execution on |
Incomplete file; contains only decree. Peck recovered judgment against Williams, but execution returned showing Williams had no property from which to satisfy judgment. Peck filed suit, claiming Godwin owed Williams money & asking that Peck's judgment against Williams be satisfied out of funds Godwin held. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1144 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | John Baker v. English Crawford | Grainger | Debt |
Defendant, a citizen of Knox Co., was selling property he wished to liquidate to fund his move to Indiana. Plaintiff arranged to purchase a negro man, Johnston, for $650, with $130 paid in advance; a bill of sale was stricken, yet slave not delivered. Case further complicated by Crawford's leaving the area for Indiana. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1148 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | James W. Perry v. Cain and Richardson | Grainger | Debt on Account |
Defendants contracted with the plaintiff for the purchase and delivery of 335 crossties. Plaintiff delivered said crossties but defendants denied entering a contract and refused to pay. Plaintiff brought suit to collect debt. |
East | Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1722 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Jackson Fry v. John Collins | Grainger | Debt |
Fry sued Collins for $100 debt for taking and converting for his own use Fry's mare. Fry issued an attachment suit for Collins' property to satisfy debt. See related Chancery case: Jackson Fry v. John Collins et al, ET Box 1241 |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1230 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | J. W. Joyce v. George H. Burton and John P Burton | Grainger | Debt |
Plaintiff sued defendants for $49.99 for debt owed for rental of a still. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1861 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | J. R. Jarnagin Motor Co. v. S. H. Roach et al. | Grainger | Debt |
Additional Plaintiff: W. F. Jarnagin, partner with J. R. Jarnagin. Additional Defendants: W. I. Daniel & N. J. Johnson. Daniel was Grainger Co. Court Clerk; Johnson Grainger Co. Judge. Plaintiffs sued to collect $245 from Roach which he owes them for oil, gas & other automotive supplies. Plaintiffs had warrants issued by the County Judge, but the warrants were attached when plaintiffs also instituted attachment proceedings in a Justice of the Peace Court at Rutledge, TN. |
East | Range: B Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 859 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | John Cox v. James A. Waggoner & Thomas Waggoner | Grainger | Debt |
Cox became security for James Waggoner to William Tate; to Charles C. Smith to James Talling; and to the Bank of Tennessee for various sums. Other involved. Amended bill by John Cox found in old box 1843 and added to this case. Possibly related debt case: President & Directors of Bank of TN v. James Waggoner, Thomas Waggoner, & John Cox in box ET 1162. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 197 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | John Lawrence v. Pleasant Williams | Grainger | Debt |
Continuation of a previous bill of complaint for a debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Lookout Bank of Morristown, et. al. v. S. B. Noe & Co., et. al. | Grainger | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: Cone, Shields & Co. Additional defendants: R. W. Turley, J. T. Essay, George Brown, D. J. Briscoe, and numerous others. Case involved checks being submitted to the bank for payment that were written by S. B. Noe & Co., but there was not enough money in their account to pay for them. Total debt was $1099.98. Also Shields sued for $178.30. There was also a charge of fraudulent conveyance by defendant Noe to avoid paying the debt. Housed in 2 folders. |
East | Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1907 | 589 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Lewis A. Garrett v. William P. Rogers | Grainger | Debt |
Rogers sued Garrett for debt due by note. Court ruled in favor of Rogers for $353.96. Garrett appealed. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1935 | O. Horace McCoy v. J. A. Ford, et al.and J. A. Ford, et ux v. Martha Henry McCoy, et al | Grainger | Debt |
Land debt. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 819 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1839 | Polly Moss et al.v. John Kincaid | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Marcellus Moss, deceased. Case took place in the district composed of Grainger, Claiborne and Campbell counties. Additional plaintiffs: David C. Cothrill, James Renfro and June Peck. Debt for $1,500.00 over land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1102 | 80 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | P. P. Nance v. James Bunch | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Nance the assignee of a judgment for $94 ordered against Bunch in 1860. Execution was issued in 1868 & returned "satisfied by note". Plntff. seeks to have the satisfaction cancelled on grounds that the note was never secured or delivered. He also asks the court to reinstate the original judgment in full force & wants an attachment levied on land belonging to Bunch. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1248 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Parrott Godwin, admr. of James Lafferty, dec. v. Drury Morris, et al. | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: B. F. Harris, William P. Long, and William Taylor. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | Peter Sharp & Co. et al. v. John Lambden | Grainger | Debt Dispute |
Peter Sharp & Co. comprised of Peter Sharp, John Sharp & William Sharp. Add. Pltf: Allen Hurst, admr. of Isaac B. Burton, dec. Pla. disputed validity of notes Lambden held & judgments he obtained on those notes, as well as their liability on same. Case related to 2 other cases, one found in ET Box 1158 (Haston [Hasting?] Butcher v. John Lambden) & the other found in ET Box 1121 (John Lambden v. John Sharp & Allen Hurst). |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1158 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Robert F. Bibb & James Knowles, dba Bibb & Knowles, et al.v. The Cincinnati Cumberland Gap & Charleston Rail Road Company et al | Grainger | Debt, Execution on |
Add. Pla. too many to mention; Add. Defs: stockholders in Def Rail Road. Circuit Court entered numerous judgments in favor of Pla. & against Def Rail Road (enumerated in transcript), all upon which execution issued but returned unsatisfied. However, Rail Road's stockholders were indebted to Rail Road to extent of unpaid stock subscription, so Pla. filed suit to ask Chancery Court to satisfy their judgments out of said debt of said stockholders (names & amounts enumerated in transcript). |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1205 | 323 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Robert Loyd, admr. Of C. M. Ore, dec. v. Margaret A. Ore, et al. | Grainger | Debt |
Additional defendants too many to name. After exhausting the personal effects, the estate still had a large balance of debt. Loyd wished to sell part of the 405 acres of land and an enslaved boy named Ben and use the roughly $2500 to satisfy the debts. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1230 | 148 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1923 | R. L. Rutzler v. J. S. Bond et al | Grainger | Debt |
The plaintiff claims that the defendant is indebted to him for the sum of $400 dollars with interest growing out of the purchase and sale on an Electric Lighting Outfit and equipment. |
East | Range: 10 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1423 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | Samuel Nicholson & Thomas Johnson v. William Acklen & David Profit | Grainger | Debt |
Exhibit - Includes deed and indenture. Case very brittle. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | Samuel Shields, admr. V. J. Allsop et al. | Grainger | Debt Settlement |
Additional Complainant: Henry Allsop (dec.). The estate was used to pay off debts that were owed before the complainant passed away. |
East | Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1670 | 132 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1846 | Sam Rhea v. William L. Atkinson & Joseph Cobb | Grainger | Debt, Execution on |
Rhea recovered judgment against Atkinson for debt & filed suit to execute that judgment against Atkinson's property, specifically a negro girl aged 9 or 10 named Nancy, but her ownership was in dispute. Atkinson was married to Rhea's daughter Elizabeth. Nancy's mother was Dinah, who originally belonged to Rhea. Case mentions the Atkinson children: Pharoe, Joseph, Catherine, & James. Joseph Cobb was Atkinson's security. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1126 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Sarah Sie v. Joseph Femill | Grainger | Debt on Account |
Femill indebted to Sie for $140 from an executed note by Femill for goods, who later claimed he was in debt to avoid payment. Sie alleges that he has property that can be levied against the debt and is fighting for recovery of the debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1135 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Samuel Gill v. Russell Wyatt& Russell Wyatt v. Samuel Gill | Grainger | Debt |
Gill claims Wyatt is indebted to him for $1,190 but moved out of state in order to avoid paying him. Wyatt claims that he moved because he did not feel safe in his home during the Civil War and was therefore unable to pay the debt or respond to Gills complaints in court. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1187 | 52 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1933 | Sarah Hamblen v. Earl Goode, et. al. | Grainger | Debt Settlement |
Plaintiff alleged that defendant owes her a debt for a personal loan, she is seeking to take property however, defendant also has a mortgage against said property through Citizens Bank. Additional Defendants: Citizens Bank and Trust Company |
East | Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1526 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | The President & Directors of the Bank of Tennessee v. James A. Waggoner, Thomas Waggoner & John Cox | Grainger | Debt |
Bank sued defs for $1200 debt. (At some point, James dropped from the suit.) Debt related to underlying bill of exchange drawn on Bank of Harrisburg in Harrisburg, SC, which bill was presented for payment but not paid. Jury found defs owed the bank $800 (not $1200).Possibly related to debt case: John Cox v. James A. Waggoner & Thomas Waggoner in box ET 1159. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Thomas Dalton v. William Ledgerwood et al | Grainger | Debt, Balance on |
Add. defendants: Columbus Justice & Robert Justice. In 1866, the plaintiff was the owner of a large tract of land that was later conveyed to the defendant for the consideration of $2,500. The defendant executed a bond for $1,500, which was the balance of the purchase money after an initial payment. The defendant failed to completely pay the balance and the plaintiff now believes he will fraudulently dispose of certain property and funds to avoid judgment for the balance. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1229 | 110 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1851 | William Cleveland v. Jacob Beeler, et al. | Grainger | Debt, Balance on |
Additional Defendants: Royal Jennings and William M. Cleveland, administrators of Martin Cleveland, dec. The plaintiff sued by his guardian and next friend, Lewis M. Ellis. |
East | Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1050 | 0 | Order A Copy |