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View Entry 1868 Alvin Brown et al. v. J. R. Freeman et al. Marshall Estate Sale

Additional plaintiffs: B. A. Brown, John R. Smith, Narcissus Smith; additional defendants: Fanie R. Freeman

 Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 A. W. Carter v. Jackson& Lillard Marshall Debt Dispute Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 48 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Adam Thorne & Co. v. Boyd & Mayberry et al. Marshall Debt

Additional Defendants: A.A. Ewing, S. L. Hardison, admr. Of T.W. Gray, dec., Hardin Mayberry, W.P. Mallard, and P.L. Atkinson.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 692 147 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 A. M. Davis, admr. of Thomas Garrett, dec. et al. v. William J. Garrett et al. Marshall Estate Settlement

Additional plaintiffs unknown. Additional defendants: Heirs of E. T . Garrett dec., heirs of L. C. Garrett dec., heirs of A. H. Garrett dec., heirs of Martha J. Burns dec., David Warren, Kissie Burns, and the heirs of Wriley Garrett dec. Wm. Garrett is the son of Thomas Garrett dec. This is a bill to bring land owned by Thomas Garrett to public auction in order to satisfy debts owed by the estate. Said land is situated in the 13th Civil District of Marshall County.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 902 120 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Andrew J. Edwards et al. v. John A. Emerson, exe., et al. Marshall Estate Dispute/ Settlement

Other Complainant: Thomas J. Wilson. Defendant is the executor for the estate of William Emerson. Additional parties: Josiah Duncan, Wm. Emerson and his wife.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 A. A. Ewing, admr. of Samuel Ewing, dec., et al. v. Thomas B. Hardison Marshall Injunction

Additional Complainants: E. D. Allen, T. A. Allen, M. F. J. Allen, Theresa Ewing. Complainants sought to enjoin Hardison from selling any land or property associated with the partnership of Ewing & Hardison, until an accounting of the business has been made. Thomas B. Hardison is the surviving partner of the firm of Ewing & Hardison.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 579 146 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 A. McGaey v. Fox & Wheatley, exe., et al. Marshall Debt

Plaintiff sued against the estate of Henry Cannon for the payment of a promissory note. Additional Defendants: P. Fox Jr., Alanis Wheatley, J.B. Woods, admr. Of Henry Cannon. Plaintiff

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 847 127 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 Burrell G. White v. Joseph M. McBride Marshall Debt Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 B. F. Moffitt & Laurnia Job v. T. C. Job Marshall Damages Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 703 27 Order A Copy
View Entry Buckner & Co. v. L. T. Burnett & wife Marshall Unknown

Date: 1880's. Incomplete file. Decree only.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 527 3 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Buckner & Co. v. L. T. Burnett et al. & Bransford & Co. v. L.T. Burnett et al.. Marshall Attachment

Additional Defendants: Ale Burnette, wife of L. T. Burnett, J. N. Beasly Writ of attachment to attach property in bill of complaint to satisfy two judgments.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 719 183 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 Benjamin F. Moore v. Solomon Meadows Marshall Trespass and Damages Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 Benjamin Perry v. C. W. Black Marshall Slaves, Ownership of

Perry sued Black for entitled possession of a negro woman named Lucy and her infant child named, Oscar.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 B. F. Woodward v. John Woodward Marshall Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 516 214 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Bank of Lewisburg v. T. A. Montgomery Marshall Recovery of Money/ Wages

Plaintiff, the Bank of Lewisburg sought recovery of funds, $314.05, of defendant T.A. Montgomery, former bookkeeper of this bank. The bank charges that the defendant was in debt due to 'over check'. Defendant insisted the bank owed him $320.00 in salary Witness to the defense: John Wallace, employee of B.O.L., and the defendants father, R.S. Montgomery former president of the bank.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 787 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Bank of Lewisburg v. Moorman & Co., et al. Marshall Debt

Additional defendants: R. S. & T. S. Montgomery, C.M. Moorman, D.G. Shephard, John R. Wallace, Shelbyville Savings Bank, and many others. Bank sued defendants for 2 unpaid notes of $2500 each. Bank prayed that all their various personal properties be levied and sold to pay for debt.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 785 1354 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 Claiborn W. Black v. Samuel B. Ewing Marshall Trespass and Damages Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 C. S. Bittick v. William McNery et al. Marshall Debt Dispute

Additional Defendant: H. N. Cowden.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Cowden McCord v. Emily M. Record, et al. Marshall Petition on Promissory Note

Additional Defendants: I.[?] H. Hill, individually and as trustee of Emily M. Record, John R. Hill, John T. Hill.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 571 407 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 C. C. McKinney & W. H. Wood v. J. C. C. Ewing Marshall Debt

Ewing was awarded a verdict for debt under $500 on a note signed by dfnts, but McKinney & Wood appealed the judgement.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 939 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Catherine Gardner by Next Friend, W. W. Gordon v. J. L. Wilkes, et.al Marshall Land and Title Dispute

Defendants: J. L. Wilkes, William Laurence, W. A. Gardner, R. L. Adams.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 39a 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Calvin M. Hardison, et al. v. Humphrey Hardison, et al. Marshall Estate Dispute/ Settlement

Other plaintiffs: [?] (wife), Joseph N. & Louisa Ann (wife) Field. Other defendants: Cary W. & Eliza (wife) Cunningham, Robert E. Field, James G. Field, Humphrey & Mary (wife) Leggett, Robert & Anne (wife) Montgomery

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 46 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 Claude Collins v. State Marshall Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 C. C. L. Glenn et al. v. W. T. Ownby et al. Marshall Deed Dispute

Additional complainants: James M. Arthur, G. I. Glenn, W. M. Colman, B. A. Colman, John H. Simpson, A. Simpson, J. C. Alexander, N. B. Glenn, Arthur Horace Emerson, William Wade, Martin Rainey, Lee Farmer, W. F. Hambrick Additional defendants: R. C. Emerson, R. C. Thompson, David Nix, J. C. Richardson , J. R. Taylor. Complainant made a deed to two defendants who misrepresented themselves as trustees and tried to convey part of the land to another defendant.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 711 91 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 D. H. Jones v. State Marshall Assault and Battery

William Perry

 Middle Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 43 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 Davide G. Gregory, for the use of Edward Williams v. Isaac M. Foster, et al. Marshall Promissory Note

David G. Gregory, admr. of Henry T. Osborne, dec.. Additional Defendants: F. M. Foster, Harriet S. Foster, Wilson Tucker, John B. Galls[?], Henry B. Dammins[?], admr. of Alexandra Mackey, dec., Franklin A. Polk, A. R. Alley, Vandeman Alley.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: 6 Shelf: Box Number: 571 368 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 D. P. Simmons, et al. v. John M. Leonard, et al. Marshall Petitions for Certiorari

Margaret Simmons died with no children and left her estate to her brother and other relatives. Her brother John Leonard, administrator, located allegedly forged information in the estate documents including the inventory in his favor. The other heirs were illiterate & contested the estate documents. Margaret left a 137 acre farm located in the 2nd Civil District of Marshall County. Add. documents located in MT 942, 943, and 1073. Box 1073 has combined case A. S. Robinett et al. v. Mrs. D. E. Leonard et al.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 847 2234 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Daniel C. Townsend, admr., David W. Alexander, John R. Jones, John Laws, James Adams, G. W. Robinson, John Summers, Edward & G. P. Townsend, J. N. Card v. Septimus B. Cabiness, S. D. Cabiness, David W. Alexander, admr. of Samuel Townsend, dec. Marshall Estate Dispute/ Settlement

Thomas Townsend died intestate in the 1850s, & David W. & Daniel C. Townsend were appointed administrators of the estate. The estate was found insolvent, & Townsends holdings of land & enslaved people were sold to pay the debts. Suit filed in order to settle debts, resolve bequests, and to settle the estate.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 9a 116 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 D. W. Alexander, admr. of Thomas Townsend v. Robert Johnson Marshall Unknown

A sum of money is involved but the headwriting is hard to read. The case is either an estate settlement or an execution on a judgment.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 273 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 David Alexander et al. v. Robert W. Townsend et al. Marshall Estate Settlement

Additional Plaintiffs: Thomas Bend, David Alexander, Sarah J. Alexander, Daniel G. Townsend, John Bend, . Additional Defendants: Robert W. Townsend, Mary S. Townsend, Emily Townsend, Parks H. Townsend, Mary S. Townsend, Ann H. Townsend. Estate of Thomas Townsend, deceased.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 282 272 Order A Copy
View Entry 1895 D. R. Corlett v. Bank of Lewisburg et al. Marshall Deed Dispute

Plaintiff, D. R. Corlett, alleged that he bought a "equity of redemption" from William Shires, whose land the bank had seized, to purchase Shires land but the defendant bank refused to let him redeem it. The bank instead sold the land to co-defendants Flavins Powell and his wife. The plaintiff requested the court void the bank's deed to Powell and the bank sell the land to Corlett.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1073 68 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 David Collins, et al. v. Tempey Cook, et al. Marshall Estate Dispute

Tempey was variously written as Tempy. Addtl pltfs: Sarah Allen, Eleaza & Francis Cochran, Sandy & Elizabeth Cosby, D. B. Collins, Martha McCrory, and J. J. Collins. Addtl dfnts: J.M & Lucinda E. Stilwell. James Collins died leaving his estate to his children, the aforementioned pltfs and dfnts. The partition of James' real estate brought the parties to court.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 948 160 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 Ed McCrory v. State Marshall Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 E. M. McAdams v. M. M. Malone Marshall Debt Middle Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 518 108 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 Edward Richardson v. David Collins Marshall Partnership Settlement

Hon. David Campbell, Chancellor.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 71 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 E. R. Duncan v. A. J. Edwards, admr. of Littleton Lincoln, dec. Marshall Land and Title Dispute

Incomplete case. Erwin R. Duncan recovered of Edwards a tract of land. This bill enforced that ruling.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 73 376 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 Eldridge B. Fowler v. Amy Fowler Marshall Adultery Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 E. T. Williams, et al. v. Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad Company Marshall Taxation, Unlawful

Additional parties: E. F. Falconnett, J Britt Ezell, J. C. Woodall, Abraham Wilson, James Alford, W. A. Murdock, J. C. Ledbetter, W. J. Osteen

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 36 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Eli Cable et al. v. George Cable et al. Marshall Property Dispute

Property dispute. Additional parties unknown.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 286 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 Evans, Fite, Porter & Co. v. John Leonard, et al. Marshall Attachment

Complainants: William H. Evans, Thomas D. Fite, William Porter, John Wilson. Additional Defendant: J. C. Leonard, W. F. McDaniel, J. W. Foster.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 560 114 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 Felix R. McGaugh et al. v. Draper & wife, et al. Marshall Estate Settlement

Additional plaintiffs: Robert W. McGaugh, Doctor A. McGaugh, Elliott H. McGaugh, Elizabeth C. McGaugh, Andrew J. Haslip, Andrew Park, Sary Jane McGaugh, George McGaugh, Benjamin F. McGaugh, Newton McGaugh, William M. Shore. Defendants: Jefferson Draper, Susanah (McGaugh) Draper, John Coffee and William Coffee. Settlement over the estate of Matthew McGaugh who died in 1858, leaving no wife but did have children. He owned a tract of land in Marshall County.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 George Harwell v. State Marshall Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Witness in the case was J. L. Brannon.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 George W. Cunningham& A. Fall v. Foster Hooker et al. Marshall Failure to Return Execution

Additional Defendants: James K. Poindexter, Thomas Lane.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 George F. Weiler v. State Marshall Liquor, Sale of Illegal

This case involves two counts of the sale of liquor without a license and within four miles of a school house

 Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 87 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1861 George Porter, et al. v. J. A. Blakemore, et al. Marshall Slaves, Ownership of

Additional Plaintiffs: Martha Porter and Jane Bell Porter. Additional Defendants: Case involves African Americans who had purchased their own freedom being sold back into slavery to settle their debts.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Harsh McLean & Hardison v. T. J. Cathey, exe. et. al. Marshall Wills, Contested

Def. are the heirs of James H. Cathey. Too many add def. to note. Surnames include: Cathey, Barrons, and Epperson. Def. W. L. and G. A. Cathey were retail merchants, and as such they became indebted to the pla. who were wholesale merchants. Pla. sued, recovered a judgment, and had a levy executed against the rights of W. L. and G. A. in land once owned by James H. Cathey dec. (their father). Pla. file this bill in aid of their levy seeking to reach property left to L. J. Cathey dec., the widow of J. H.

 Middle Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 954 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1856 Hugh McAdams v. Thomas Gibson exe. et al. Marshall Property Dispute

Additional Defendants: Henry Bagley. Land sold as school land.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 90 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Harrison et al.v. Annie E. Guion et al. Marshall Other

Letter from P. C. Smithson to the Clerk of the Supreme Court in Jackson, TN, inquiring when the bill in the case of Harrison et al.v. Annie E. Guion et al.was filed at Memphis. Case decided April Term in 1880, reported in 4 Lea 53.

 West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 422 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 Huffaker Bros. v. W. A. Trice et al Marshall Injunction

Additional defendants: J. C. McAdams, R. L. Adams

 Middle Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1200 198 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 H. D. McAdams, admr., F. K. Rambo, dec. v. W. P. Cochran Marshall Recovery Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 702 44 Order A Copy

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