Complainants F. C. Bearden and Archie Ferguson did business as Bearden & Ferguson, a firm that dealt in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, and other building materials. The company furnished such for erecting a house on a lot for Gaylon. He contracted the building to one Manis by verbal agreement. Manis never recorded the deed or paid anything on the house, so a real estate company sold the property to Gaylon. Gaylon sub-contracted the masonry to Scott, who eventually asked for a Mechanic's lien.

Add. Def: J. Gus Williams and wife. This is a bill to set aside a deed made by the Def. J. S. Williams to the Def. J. Gus Williams and wife as a fraudulent conveyance and to enforce a trust deed against the property in dispute made by J. S. Williams to the Pla. to satisfy a debt owed by J. S. Williams to the Plaintiff. J. S. William is the father of J. Gus Williams. Property in question is located near Heiskell's Station in Knox County.

Add. Pltfs: Kate Acker, A. E. Edington, Helen Edington. Exhibits: Warranty deeds for a property near Bearden on the Kingston Pike. Named on deeds: Herbert H. Hoover (N. Y.), Dora Watt (Wyo.), and Brevard & Mary Hoover (N. C.). Indenture from R. H. Edington to Catherine J. Edington conveyed land for "One Dollar, with love and affection." 6 photos show the land on the pike. Some include the Kingston Tourist Home with a sign advertising "Heat & Hot Water." Oversize blueprint map.

Final Decree only. Additional Plaintiffs: C. W. Sanders, Mary V. Sanders, C. A. Carter, Etta Carter, Hedda K. Delano, B. F. Wilkerson, Rachel Wilkerson, R. L. Jones, Nellie Jones.

Plaintiff: Jane Elledge, by next friend R. T. D'Armond. Defendants: John P. Elledge, Mary Elledge, Isaac Elledge, Nancy Saville-all of Knox Co. Plaintiff is 80 years old, not of good health, illiterate. Land dispute, lands of Joseph Morrow, brother; orig. 148 acres, 2nd Dist., Knox Co. Add. son, William Elledge, "insane since the late War, 1865."

Additional Complainants: Grace Cameron, C. W. Jack, Hazel Jack, Mary E. Gamble. Additional Defendants: A. M. Welch, Malcolm Hill, Marjorie Campbell, Fidelity Bankers Trust Co., M. D. Arnold, Jr. This bill was filed for the purpose of setting aside deeds to certain tracts of land which complainants had executed to D. G. Campbell. Complainants alleged that the execution of these deeds had been induced by fraud.

In debt to Rodgers for $48.75 for various goods.

Also named: John Baxter, R. J. McKinney, William Haskell. Elliott purchased land in downtown Knoxville in the 1860s. He then sold it to William Swan. Following Swan's purchase the land was put up for sale again. From, liens followed the property and deed chain. McCloud & Karnes seek to unencumber the lot and recover money owed for their clients.

2 Folders. Additional Defendants: Winston E. Kelso. Additional Cause of Action: Debt. Case includes deed of trust documents.

The plaintiff timber company issued its co-plaintiffs, William P. Alexander and Joseph B. Braithwaite of Great Britain, a deed of trust for two tracts of land to secure payment of a debt. As joint holder of the title, the plaintiffs contested the building of a railroad track through the middle of their timber land and claimed the deed to the land that the defendant railroad claimed to possess was a fake.

Complainant sues by his next friend, Henry O. Brown. Additional Defendants: Alma Karnes, Frank A. McSpadden, M. W. Kirby, Betty Word Parker, Garrett Parker. Karnes is sometimes spelled Karns[?].

Verna Huston is the minor daughter of John Hutson, deceased. Charles R. Marley and wife have possession of a tract of land owned by John Hutson. They said they have a deed for this land but Verna Hutson does not believe it is legitimate. Verna Hutson argues that she is the rightful owner of her father's land and all of his possessions. This case is divided between two folders in Box 845.