Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1809 Andrew Campbell v. John McIver& Andrew Lusk Roane Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1812 D. Browder v. William T. Lewis Roane Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff entered into covenant to prevent defendant from obtaining land under a land grant.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 27 Order A Copy
View Entry 1823 Elijah Wilhite v. Joseph McPherson& Uriah Allison Roane Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 59 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1816 Hugh Dunlap v. Samuel Martin, James Trimble & William Brown Roane Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 55 41 Order A Copy
View Entry 1810 John C. Haley v. William T. Lewis Roane Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff entered into covenant to prevent defendant from obtaining land under a land grant.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1822 John Love v. John McIver Roane Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Adam Huntsman (age 37), James Chisum (age 47), William Fleming (age 37), Valentine Mattlock (age 35), Henry H. Atkinson

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 60 760 Order A Copy
View Entry 1819 James R. Rogers v. Robert Burton et al. Roane Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Heirs and Devisees of Richard Henderson, Heirs and Devisees George Doherty, Samuel Henderson and Robert Benton. Plaintiff is trying to prevent defendants from obtaining a land grant.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1815 John Smith v. Milton Center Roane Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff seeking injunction.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 57 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1818 Jacob Welker v. Hugh Dunlop Roane Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1828 James Coody v. Samuel Martin et al Roane Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff is a Cherokee Indian, who is sued to retain land ceded to him by the Cherokee Treaty of 1819. Add. defendant: Gilliland.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 72 Order A Copy
View Entry 1834 John Brown et al.v. Francis Ellis Roane Land and Title Dispute

Add. plaintiff: R.A. Brown & John Den. Plaintiffs contracted a tract of land to a said Den for ten years. However, Ellis states that a majority of the property was theirs and forcefully ejected Den from his property. Filed for damages of $500.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1146 36 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Moses C. Winston v. George W. Stubbs et al Roane Land and Title Dispute

Winston owned 65 acres on Big Poplar Creek & Big Indian Creek, to which both Winston & defs claimed title. Add. defs: Charles M. McGhee, Barclay McGhee, J.W.J. Niles & wife Margaret W. Niles (added selves as defs claiming title to land in dispute). Jury ruled in favor of defendants.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1830 Pathkiller, lessee v. John Blair & James Johnston Roane Land and Title Dispute

This case concerns the ejectment for the recovery of 640 acres of land in Roane County claimed as Reservation under the Calhoun Treaty. This area was known as Blair's Ferry after the defendant. Pathkiller was the last hereditary chief of the Cherokee, and a colonel under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War. See other cases in ET 1627 relating to this case.

 East Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1627 52 Order A Copy
View Entry 1834 Pathkiller's lessee v. John Blair Roane Land and Title Dispute

Pathkiller was the last hereditary chief of the Cherokee and served as a colonel under Andrew Jackson during the Creek Indian Wars. Exhibit: plat map in transcript. See other cases in ET 1627 relating to this case.

 East Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1627 114 Order A Copy
View Entry 1821 Samuel Eskridge v. Henry Wilkes& Robert Mclure Roane Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1812 Samuel Walker v. John Vent Roane Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 54 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1834 Wily Luten v. Samuel Martin, et al. Roane Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Amos Marney, Adam Short. Also mentioned is James G. Williams, the subagent of the Cherokee Nation, of which the Plaintiff may be a member.

 East Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 706 56 Order A Copy