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.

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.

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.

Case file is incomplete; brief only.

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.

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.

Debt origin: pasture bill.

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

Case concerns estate of Charles R. Harrell, dec., and a trust deed for real estate.

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.

Additional Defendant: Royal[?] Jennings. Exhibits: depositions, copies of Supreme Court rules for taking depositions, 1821. Origin of Debt: promissory note.

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.

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.

Plaintiff sued defendants for $49.99 for debt owed for rental of a still.

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.

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.

Land debt.

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.

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).

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.

Exhibit - Includes deed and indenture. Case very brittle.

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.

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.

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.