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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1858 | F. B. S. Cocke v. Thomas R. Read | Grainger | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiff sold property in Grainger County to defendant for $12,000. Defendant paid a portion of sale price but refused to pay the rest. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1177 | 57 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | F. W. Brown, in error v. State | Grainger | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Original case: State charged Brown with selling intoxicating liquors within 4 miles of a school house and for failing to appear before the county court before selling said liquor. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1783 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1949 | Howard E. McComb, et al. v. Thomas Cantwell, et al. | Grainger | Land, Sale of |
Judgment for plaintiff, affirmed on appeal. Exhibits include plat map, appeal bond, depositions, 2 warranty deeds, County court clerk's deed, 4 B&W photographs. Additional Plaintiff: Zelma B. McComb. Additional Defendant: Emily Cantwell. Also includes plat map. |
East | Range: 6 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 323 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Hezekiah Baxley & wife v. William Wolfenbarger, et al. | Grainger | Land, Sale of |
Wife: Susannah J. Baxley. Other defendants: Peter Wolfenbarger; Sarah Wolfenbarger (wife of Peter). Susannah and Sarah were sisters & the daughters of A. G. Helton, dec. Decedent had willed each of them interest in a tract of land. Susannah sold her interest in the land to William Wolfenbarger based, she claimed, on fraudulent claims made by him. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1644 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | J. N. Goldman, admr. of Michael Goldman, dec. v. Martha Goldman et al.& W. Easley Jr. v. J. N. Goldman | Grainger | Estate Sale |
Additional defendants: A. J., M. J., and H. F. Goldman, all children of Michael Goldman dec., W. Easley Jr., S. J. James, S. H. Morgan, and W. B. Cameron. Martha Goldman is the widow of Michael Goldman dec. J. N. Goldman, son of Michael Goldman brings this bill to settle the insolvent estate of his father by identifying creditors, establishing dower for Martha Goldman, and selling land located in the 9th and 1st Civil Districts of Grainger County to pay creditors. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1601 | 107 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1862 | Miranna Jennings & others, widow & heirs at law of John P. Jennings, dec., Ex parte | Grainger | Petition to Sale Land |
Add. Pla.: Miranna as guardian of minor dau Cynthia Elizabeth; dau Mary Elvira (m. Robert P. Moore); son Lemuel I.; dau S. C. (m. J. W. Parrott); Thomas Lathem as guardian of John J. Moore, son of deceased dau Sophronia Moore; dau Sallie (m. Thomas Lathem); son Lafayette; dau Margaret Emily (m. John W. Kincaid); Martha Harriet (m. Charles H. Davis); James T. Shields, admr of John's estate. 1500 acres on Clinch River: home tract, McGinnis tract, Augustus Jennings tract, Parrott tract. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1199 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | R. P. Moore, admr. of Samuel C. Moore, dec. v. Augustus Gooch | Grainger | Land, Sale of |
Notice of Court sale of land only. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | William B. Cameron v. William Hayse | Grainger | Land, Sale of |
Cameron sold Hayse a house & lot in Rutledge for an unspecified amount. Purchase agreement stated that if all of the money owed was not paid by a certain date, the Hayse would pay Cameron $4/month in rent. Cameron claimed that Hayse neither paid the purchase money owed nor paid any rent. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1653 | 132 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | W. J. Hayworth, et al. v. Benjamin Peck, et al. | Grainger | Estate Sale |
Plaintiffs alleged that defendant, who was responsible for the estate of their mother Caroline Dyer, sold the home of their mother without consent. Additional Plaintiff: Richard Hayworth. Additional Defendant: James Peck |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1590 | 70 | Order A Copy |