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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1855 | Bank of Tennessee v. Edward H. Chaffin, et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional defendants: Richard C. Whiteside, B. Dufield, Henry J. Yeatman |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | B. H. Green v. Daniel Brown | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1852 | Charles D. Crawford v. John Williams | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 242 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | Charles McGee v. Archibald Gilchrist | Maury | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1880 | Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Rail Road Company v. W. W. Cochran | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Cause of Action: unlawful ejectment from land |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Ewell & Elizabeth Leigh v. John A. Briggs | Maury | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | Edwin H. Childress v. Andrew J. Polk et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Defendants: Lewis Polk and George Polk. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | George White v. Aaron White | Maury | Land and Title Dispute |
Includes an ex parte. Case includes signed affidavits. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | J. B. Henderson, et al. v. Weasley Crawford | Maury | Breaking and Entering |
Additional Plaintiffs: (?) Lyon, Henderson's wife (?) Minerva Henderson, William and Elizabeth Henderson |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | John H. Duvall et al. v. Richard C. Whiteside | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: Landen C. Duvall, Michael W. Rodgers |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 235 | 0 | 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 | 1854 | James B. Wilder et al. v. James Walker et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional plaintiffs - Oscar Wilder and Edward Wilder - additional defendants - James W. Walker and J. Knon Walker Amount of damages $700.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | J. W. McCombs v. William T. Briggs | Maury | Land and Title Dispute |
Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 299 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | John S. West et al. v. John S. Gregory | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: J. H. Gregory. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | John A. Rivier v. Robert H. Hill& Thomas Holcomb | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 421 | 15 | 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 | 1859 | Lewis G. Lanier et al. v. James G. Voorhies | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: James Colebrorn. Case also involves a charge of wrongful ejectment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1831 | Margaret Neil v. Richard F. Smith & George James | Maury | Assault with Force and Arms | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Mayor& Aldermen of Columbia v. Hugh B. Cook | Maury | Assault and Battery |
Victim: Nan Hare. Additional parties: Ambrose Truitt, Armstead Baughn and John Latta. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | Nathaniel Nicholson v. S. H. Lanier et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiff: James Nicholson. Additional Defendants: William Phillips and H. C. Hendley. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Peay, Boyd & Williams v. Samuel Hardison | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Perry Cohen v. William Bradshaw | Maury | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 22 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1834 | Samuel Hays v. Charles Hardison | Maury | Contract Dispute and Damages |
This slavery case involves the sale (and non-delivery) of a Negro woman named Rachael and a two-year-old child named Jincy. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | State V. Bailey Peyton | Maury | Assault and Battery | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 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 | 1831 | Thomas Hiett v. Thomas K. Hall | Maury | Land and Title Dispute |
Involves F. Zollicoffer & Co. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 389 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1840 | Union Bank v. Phillip Osburn, et al. | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional defendants: Edward H. Chaffin, John Kirk |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 385 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Western Oil Refining Company v. H. W. Thomas | Maury | Contract Dispute and Damages |
The defendant, H. W. Thomas, was County Court Clerk of Maury County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 118 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | William Perry et al. v. James Andrews | Maury | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Plaintiffs: Young S. Pickard, Abraham Soony, and William Pickard. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | William W. Small v. Henry T. Osborne | Maury | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 313 | 0 | Order A Copy |