Additional defendants: Charles Hubard, Amelia Burgess, O. O. Burgess, John Rhinesminth, J. H. Simonson, Jelen F. Fleming, M. Fleming, G. F. McKine, W. M. McKine, C. S. Dinnen, J. M. Dinnen, H. G. Furman, A. B. Furman, M. E. Willien, L. J Willien and Luke Fleming. Both parties entered into a contract to sell a large amount of land. Plaintiff found a buyer for the land and was to receive commission for the sale. Plaintiff was seeking the money due to him from the sale of the land as the contract stated.

Isaac Cole died in 1867 leaving 600 acres valued at $5-6k. His heirs contest the line of inheritance, his son Wm P Cole and A. S. Deen sued to have the land partitioned for sale. Cole purchased land, as did other heirs, but were unable to pay on the purchase. This suit seeks to settle the debts and distribution of the land left by Isaac Cole.

Additional defendants are the heirs of Thomas and James Devine. The plaintiff purchased land from the defendant but when the defendant died, the plaintiff was informed that the defendant had never held the deed to the land. Devine alt. spelled Divine.

Defendants: F. K. Berry and wife, C. C. Berry; Sidney G. Cleveland, & A. W. Cozart of Loudon Co. Dispute over land, S.E. quarter, 5th Section, 1st Township, 2d. Range, Hiwassee Dist., lying E. of E. Tenn. & Ga. RR., sold at $8,500, 31 Oct. 1867. Unpaid notes left by R. R. Cleveland, decd. intestate, both F. K. Berry, Sidney G. Cleveland, admrs. Sale of land to Matthew Nelson, decd., and wife Martha Nelson, decd. 1862-63?
Case file contains plat map of properties.

Additional Defendants: Naomi White Arden, W. B. White, Sarah Sherrill White.

Def. bought land on the Little Tennessee River from G. W. & A. M. Swaney for $17,500. Purchase made in note secured by the Chickamauga Trust Company that soon went bankrupt. Taxes went unpaid on the property. The deed of trust on the property was also never released. Multiple insurance companies also have interest in the case.

Case involves the estate of Lemuel H. Hughes, deceased; seeking of dower.

Add. plaintiff: Charles Kelsoe, Thomas L. Upton, G.C. Torbitt, & John Torbitt. Add. defendants: John Hall, John A. Cannon, John McGhee, Mahala Upton, & William Upton. James Torbitt (dec.) left real estate, personal property, money, and slaves to be divided after he and his wife passed in the same year.

Additional Defendants: E. A. Taylor, Thomas D. Taylor, Vastine Stickley, and Woodson Taylor. The plaintiff creditors of the defendants sued to have a conveyance of a tract of land from D. B. Childress to another declared fraudulent and for the purposes of avoiding repayment of debt to the plaintiffs.

Partial document: Large estate of Barclay McGhee. Elizabeth and other minor children were the wards of C. M. McGhee. Division of slaves: Jack, his wife and children Maria, Mary, Jim and Monteray; Patience and son Nelson; Mahala and children Louisa, Santa Anna, Andrew, Margaret and John; Susan and children Alfred and two others "whose names are not now recollected"; Peggy and child Josephine; Chaney [?] and child Isabella; and Lavinia, Jim, Charley, Lemuel, and Jane. Many acres of land involved.

"Workmen's Compensation." Xrays located in ET Oversize 1.

Dayley [alt. spelled Daily] wanted an injunction against Clift from collecting an execution in favor of Clift against Dayley. Dayley sued Clift to get a credit of $100 (balance of note Dayley claimed he paid and which Clift had received execution for) and to give up bond to make A. Newton a title for tract of land.

James M. Young was liquor dealer in the county of Monroe. He owes D. Kirpatrick and Co. for several purchases of liquor which he has not yet paid in full. They seek a judgement against him to get the money they are owed. They also charge that James Young has fraudulently deeded personal property over to his wife in an attempt to get out of paying the debt.

Addtl dfnts: P. L. Griffith (formerly White), Thos. W., Oliver Y., Caroline, Susan W., Richard L., William S., Sallie J., Charles E., Sallie J., and Charles E. Griffith, Charles F. White, Joseph I. & Susan W. Wright (formerly White), and Joe W. Griffith. Thos L., John J., Susie, and Mary White - minor children of Richard L. White. White is admr. of Thomas White. After Thos. White died intestate, his heirs went to court to settle the division of his estate amongst themselves.

Add. defendants: Thomas E. Scott, Sarah Ann Cannon (Scott) (widow of Bartley Cannon), J. M. Lanter, Mary J. Lanter (Scott), James E. Roberts, Joseph M. Spradlin (minor), & Samuel P. Hall. Issue over the estate of Joseph Scott (dec.), who left a large amount of land to his widow and heirs. He was married twice, both unions resulting in children, who are now in dispute over certain parcels of land.

Henry Tucker, dec. left a will that stated that a certain parcel of land would be given to his widow and her husband if she remarried. If she did not remarry the land was to be given to James Tucker when he reached 21 years of age. Meanwhile, David Tucker conveyed the land to Trotter. The plaintiff asserts that Trotter knew that David Tucker did not have the right to sell the land.

2 Folders. The Vice President of the First National Bank, Grover Cleveland Adams, lacking the authority, made loans totaling $7,200 to his brother in law B.B. Fite, without notifying the Bank President or Board. Loan written to finance the Fite Construction Company. To recover the money, the Bank sued the Indemnity Company, asserting that the loan was invalid. Royal Indemnity denied liability and insisted the loan was in fact valid. Exhibits include copies of loans & bills. See also ET 1545.

Plaintiff sued the estate of John Hightower, dec. for an unpaid note that was taken out before his death. Additional Defendant: M. G. Wright

Betsey (Elizabeth) & son John Walker, Jr. were native Cherokees. Betsey owned 2 slaves: Isaac & Molly. She incurred debt & sold them to John so they couldn't be sold for her debt. John died, then Betsey. McCarty sued & secured slaves but they escaped (helped by Robert T. Hanks & McElrath, Morgan's sons-in-law). Same case as John L. McCarty, ex. of John Walker Jr., dec. v. Gideon Morgan, admr. of Betty Walker, dec. (1842, circuit court, Bradley County) in ET 1169.

In 1862, plaintiffs bought a slave from James Cliborne for $1500 to be paid in Confederate treasury notes. Plaintiffs paid him $750 and gave a promissory note for the other $750 in Confederate currency. Defendants brought assignment suit against plaintiffs for said note (which plaintiffs claimed to have paid). According to plaintiffs, said suit was meant to defraud and hinder them from collecting $3000 due them from Cliborne. Add. documents located in ET 1651.

The cause of action in not completely clear in this case but it appears to be a debt case involving the exchange of notes between numerous parties and a tract of land that had a lien against it.

Additional Plaintiffs: Z. A. Robertson, W. O. Robertson, C. B. McNeil.