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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1853 | Barney B. Stephens & W. D. Davis v. Duck River S. W. N. Co. | Maury | Property Damage |
Stephens and Davis claim this company has erected a dam that has caused back up, flooding, and damage to their mills. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Bank of Tennessee v. John C. Neilly& William Pillow | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | Columbia& Hampshire Turnpike Co. v. William L. Garner | Maury | Failure to Pay |
Failure to pay toll. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Edward H. Chaffin, exe. of R. C. Whiteside v. James N. Scribner | Maury | Debt |
Amount of Debt $500 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Fanny Duff v. John Duff et al. | Maury | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Jackson Phillips, John McNeeley, Leonard Phoebus Concerns slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 244 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Hightine Middleton v. George R. Long | Maury | Damages |
Property includes slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | John Scribner v. Edward H. Chaffin | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | John F. Jordan v. Franklin A. Polk | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | Joseph H. Sheppard& William H. Gordon v. Arthur Ferguson& Thomas H. Treadway | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | J. W. Edwards v. Edward H. Chaffin exe., of Richard Whiteside | Maury | Debt |
Amount of debt $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Jonathan P. Hardwick, admr. v. Dillard Hardwick | Maury | Estate Dispute |
John Jones Hardwick, son of plaintiff, died instate in Washington County, Alabama in July 1839. At time of his death he was working a plantation in Clark County, Alabama with defendant, who was also the son of the plaintiff. The deceased owned 32 slaves and defendant owned 18 slaves that worked on the plantation. The deceased had debts when he died. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 3 | 117 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | James H. Wilkes & William Perry, admr. of B. F. Macon v. Edward H. Chaffin, admr. of R. C. Whiteside | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | Joseph A. Walker & John B. Langford v. Noble D. Ellis & Christopher C. Moore | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | Jeremiah Crafton v. Samuel P. McGee | Maury | Breach of Contract |
Failure to transport corn. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 242 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | John Jamison v. John Davis | Maury | Debt |
Jamison claims Davis owes him $50 for the use of one of his slaves |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Lionel Hawkins & Joseph M. Fowler v. E. H. Cressy | Maury | Debt |
Plaintiffs were partners in trade under Hawkins & Fowler in Maury County and sued the defendant for $285.83 plus another $41.25 with interest owed to Fowler. Plaintiffs claimed that Cressy had absconded from the law and had moved out of the state but left personal property in Maury County and thus can be subject to paying off his debts. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 80 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | President, Directors & Co. of the Union Bank of the State of Tenn. v. Alfred& John Smiser | Maury | Debt |
This deals with the estate of G. T. Greenfield and Mrs. Greenfield as executrix on a thousand dollar certificate and how it was credited at the bank |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | President & Board of Directors of the Bank of Tennessee v Richard C. Whiteside, John C. Neeley& Jesse S. Harris | Maury | Debt |
Richard C. Whiteside died and his executor was Edward H. Chaffin. Chaffin was trying to settle the estate with the partners against the bank. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Robert A. Parker v. Edward H. Chaffin | Maury | Estate Dispute |
Chaffin executor of John Kirk, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | R. B. Mayes v. E. H. Cressy | Maury | Debt |
Mayes sued Cressy for $299.86 upon a notes of $400 payable to the Union Bank of Tennessee but that Cressy had removed himself beyond limits of the State. Mayes claimed that Cressy had considerable personal property that could have been subjected to the payment of said debt. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Samuel A. Pointer v. Edward H. Chaffin | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | Silas D. Thompson, et al. v. Absalom Thompson | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs: John Bridgeforth and wife Elizabeth, Joseph Smith, James Robertson and wife Harriett, Enos Crawford and wife Susan, Robert Crawford and wife. This case concerns a slave. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | State v. The Columbia& Hampshire Turnpike Company | Maury | Breach of Contract | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | Sydney Y. Watson v. Lewis G. Lanier | Maury | Covenant Broken | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | William Turner v. Hugh Bradshaw & George W. Gordon | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | William T. Roberts v. Robert Cross | Maury | Promissory Note |
Roberts states that Cross has failed to pay him the amount agreed upon in a promissory note |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | William McKissack & James T. McKissack v. Harmon W. Smith | Maury | Scire Facias |
This seems to be a debt of Harmon Miller with the business of the McKissack Company. The administrator of the estate of Harmon Miller, Harmon W. Smith filed against the McKissack |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | William McKissick v. Irby Smith | Maury | Slaves, Selling of |
Cross bill. In Oct. 1834, McKissick bought from Smith two Negros, Sam & Lem and a negro girl, Bet for $900. In Mar. 1834, he bought 2 more negro girls, Armena & Mary Ann and a negro boy, Washington for another $900. Dec. 1837, he bought 3 more slaves Alsey, Citta & Susan for $1500. McKissick claimed Smith later set up a pretense that he owned a life estate for the lifetime of his wife for the slaves & filed a bill against McKissick to set up that life estate to have an accout of hire for slaves. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 4 | 150 | Order A Copy |