Barsheba married to Mitchell McClure 30 yrs (several children). Her parents Absalom & Barsheba Kyle died 18-20 yrs ago, leaving estate of which Barsheba inherited 1/8, some of which used to erect house titled solely in Mitchell's name. Dispute re dealings Barsheba had w/Mitchell (who fell into debt) over land (some on Holston River, some on Clouds Creek, some on old stage road). Add. Def.: Mitchell McClure; Joseph Thompson, Trustee; C. C. Spears, Sheriff of Hawkins County; Joseph McClure, Trustee.

Case involves suspicious goings-on in a land sale made during the Civil War (Confederate money). Defendants: Clisbe Austin, F. H. Austin, and James A. McKinney. Plaintiffs: Thomas S. Bautz and Edward S. Bourne. In 1862 Clisbe Austin purchased of C. J. McKinney 80-100 acres of prime land. Purchase was made in Confederate money. John A. McKinney sued for the recovery of the land, saying that his brother never had title.

Caroline Kincaid by her next friend David H. Kincaid brought this case to court. The cases involved a dispute over the rightful ownership of a 180 acres of land in Hawkins Co.

Austin purchased land and was not given the title to said land.

This case was consolidated with Nancy Dalzell, John Shanks, admr., Margaret Kayter, J. A . McKinney, admr., C. C. Miller, Wiley Miller, Wesley Phipps, all v. George Powell. Stated in Decree on page 319. In May 1868, Alexander purchased land supposedly previously belonging to Powell. Deed said that any debts called on Powell in the next two years could be paid by possession of the land purchased by Alexander. Case seeks to settle debts and disputes on land ownership.

Case filed in 1865 and Lane was awarded a judgment at first hearing. Unclear if issue was timber taken off lands or what. Case in folder is incomplete. See possibly related case: Morgan Lane v. Eaton Pullen et al, ET Box 1231

Add. defs: Charles King, Lucinda Rowan, Jacob Varnal a Freeman of Colour. Bale (m. Mahala Bussel, daughter of Wm Bussel, dec) accused defs of going into Bale's wheat field & cutting, binding, carrying off, & converting wheat to their own use. Defs say wheat not on Bale's land, but land owned by Elizabeth, wife of Charles (now dec) & daughter of Wm Rowan who lived at mouth of Beech Creek & drowned in Holston River, & her claim is through her dad, who purchased from Michael Montgomery who had NC grant.

Additional Complainant: W. H. Watterson, admr. Of George M. Lyons, deceased. Additional Defendants: W. L. Rhodes, Solomon Walters, Enoch Walters, Elijah Walters, John L. Walters, Eliza J. Walters. Cause of Action: Petitioner prayed that a sale of land to his father, G. M. Lyons, by the sheriff be declared void, and that various judgments handed down previously be set aside, and that liens created by the levies of the executions be enforced by a resale of the land.

Add Defs: Lula Catron, Dock Catron, Burket Catron, and William Catron. George Catron and his wife Elizabeth conveyed a tract of land to Gonce for $1400 and issued him a title bond. Gonce paid $500 and 2 horses up front and executed a note for $675, which he paid. Gonce claimed that Elizabeth put the funds to her own use and later died. Gonce claimed his right to ification of the contract and return of payment.

Additional Plaintiffs: James Hicks and Jacob Hawell. In 1878, plaintiffs purchased a tract of land from J. P. Rogers and his wife M. F. Rogers on top of Short Mountain in Grainger County. The plaintiffs disputed the boundaries that were included in the deed and claimed that there was a piece of land that was omitted by the mistake of defendant S. D. Brooks. Exhibit includes a hand-drawn detailed map of land in dispute.

Plaintiff sold tract of land to defendants under condition that he & his wife be allowed to stay on property & defendant would provide for their "decent and comfortable support" for rest of their natural lives, which plaintiff claimed defendant wasn't doing. Defendant claimed that contract didn't define what "decent and comfortable support" actually was. Name of Carter's wife not given.

Dispute over sale of land that was involved in a lieu. Worth upwards of $1,000 but sold for $5 to avoid taxes in a said illegal transaction between defendants who owed a debt to plaintiff. Also mentioned: The Bank of the state of Tennessee.

Additional Defendants: Sallie Charles, John Cape, and Charles Harris. The plaintiff sued the defendants to reclaim 42.5 acres of land he claimed to have a grant for from the state through Governor Robert L. Taylor. He charged the defendants with illegally possessing said land and striping it of its valuable timber. Claymon requested an injunction to halt the removal of resources from the land and requested a survey of the land and confirmation of its ownership. Includes hand-drawn map of disputed land.

This is a complicated consolidated case involving many different plaintiffs and defendants. Shanks was admr. of Thomas Hamblin. The Millers are exe. of C. C. Miller. Along with Netherland: J. C. Stamps, C. W. Heiskell. Also mentions Robert G. Netherland, Nancy Dalzell, John Blevins, W. C. Kyle, Rodham Chesnutt. F. D. Alexander was exe. of Dalzell. 106 pages in ET1953

Many years before this suit the Henard family established an easement by prescription on land owned by the Price family. The Courtney family built a road on the easement to reach a small saw mill on the back of their land. Price put up a fence preventing the Henards from using the road. W/ profits from a lumber sale, Henard paid Price for right to use the road. Oversize maps; excellent landscape photographs. 4 oversize exhibits in M-17-17. See also box 1565

Too many additional defendants to note. Surnames include: Arnett, Headrick, Moore, McCullough, McFerrin, Charles, Rader, and Williams. Most of the parties involved in this case are the heirs of William Arnett dec. In controversy is the division and sale of land left by Arnett after his death and situated in Hawkins County. Plaintiff is seeking an injunction against the defendants restricting any further collection of notes related to the sale of said land.

Add. Defendants: George H. Campbell, F. T. Robinette, & M. F. Robinette. Issue over land left by Arthur Shanks (dec.) and an unclaimed portion sold to F. T. & M. F. Robinette for which a $400.00 bank note was left unpaid.

Transcript of two causes consolidated. In first case, Mary Ruth McCarty, et al. (there are many additional plaintiffs) were sued to collect debt from Kyle's unpaid rents on James R. McCarty, dec.'s property. In second case, Fain by next friend of Edmond D. Wilson, who with several other heirs of James R. McCarty were suing Mary Robert Kyle, minor, to reclaim title to James R. McCarty, dec.'s land, which was fraudulently taken by Robert Kyle.

This is a case involving an bank and the sell of a tract of property owned by Orville Rice to satisfy a debt.

The plaintiffs were heirs of Jonathan and Polly Barnard, dec. Polly Barnard was the daughter of Uberly Ball, dec. who owned a large estate in Hawkins Co. The plaintiffs claim the defendant had unlawfully claimed a 54 acre section of this ancestral land.

Eliza is a freed black woman who was the former slave of one William Smith who is now deceased. His will stated that she be freed upon his death and allowed to live on a certain part of his land. His son sold his land to pay off debts to David Kirkpatrick and now he wants Eliza and her family off the land.

Additional Complainants: Mrs. Vannie Adams, W. B. Newberry, Drew Newberry, Clyde Newberry, Ruth Newberry, Charlie Newberry, Bob Newberry, Naomi Foster Haire, Melvin Foster, Tivis Bergner, John Newberry. Involves the estate of Jesse T. Jones, dec.. Additional Defendants: G. Powell Jones, James S. Jones, Ira Richards, Lon P. Richards, Mary Ann Gardner, William M. Jones, Clint C. Jones, James D. Jones, Grover C. Jones, Ornett W. Jones, Mattie Bailey, Rod Bradshaw.

Additional complainants: Nathaniel Morgan, Francis Morgan, John G. Shaver, and A. L. Manly. Complainants argue they are the heirs of Susan Mitchell, deceased, who was their aunt. Susan died intestate. Susan and her husband sold a tract of land, which she inherited with her siblings, to J. M. Moore and eventually it was sold to Wright. Complainants argued that previous purchases of said land be ified and that the title of the land be transferred to complainants.

Folder contains multiple opinions, considered, reversed, and challenged again. Case concerns multiple heirs to the estate of Alexander Mathis, his land holdings, bequests, and subsequent sales and purchases of land holdings. Two more opinions, filed in 1870. Meek and Simpson wanted all judgments from all courts reviewed and set aside except the one against them for the balance of purchase money due from them.