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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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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 |