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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 | 1867 | Alexander Jackson et al. v. Judith Bailey et al. | Montgomery | Estate Dispute |
Disputes over selling of slaves as part of estate settlement. Slaves are unnamed. Additional Plaintiffs and Defendants are missing. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Bristol& Skidmore v. Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad Company | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1867 | John W. Lackey, et al. v. Peter O'Neal & A. G. Brown | Montgomery | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: John W. Lackey, James Adkins, Lucy Ann Adkins, George Lackey, William H. Carroll, Reuben Carroll, Mariah Carroll, Lucy Carroll, William Gladish, Louisa Jane Gladish, |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | J. D. West et al. v. Thomas J. Tucker et al. | Montgomery | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: C. H. Beaumont, George Stacker. Additional Defendants: Thomas James Tucker, Alexander Rose, Louisa Rose, William Alexander, Mary Alexander, John W. M. McElsworth, Eliza McElsworth, Quentin Shepherd, Elizabeth Shepherd, James Kinney, Martha Kinney, William H. Tucker, Marion Tucker, Joseph Ennis, Sarah Ennis, Joseph Hughey, Sarah Hughey, John Dellron, Priscilla Dellron, Emmaline Story, G. Ezell, Jason Ezell, Isaac Joiner, William Ezell, George W. Ezell, Ansell Ezell etc. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 116 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | R. M. Hodges v. State | Montgomery | Assault with Intent to Commit Rape | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1867 | Richard Wood, Benjamin Marsh, Lewis Haywood et al. v. J. E. Broadder et al. | Montgomery | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: J. J. Johnson and J. F. Johnson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | State v. Solomon McReynolds | Montgomery | Bigamy |
Defendant is listed as a "Man of Color" in court documents. Case concerns the legality of marriage between newly emancipated enslaved people who were living together as man and wife. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 266 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | T. M. Brennan v. Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad Company | Montgomery | Debt, Execution on | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1867 | W. H. Drane v. City of Clarksville et al. | Montgomery | Debt Dispute |
Dispute involves the sale of the Red River Bridge. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | W. H. Bristol& Thomas Skidmore v. Memphis, Clarksville, & Louisville Railroad Co. | Montgomery | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiffs are appealing the charge that they did not complete the work they were paid for, including building a bridge. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 6 | Order A Copy |