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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 | Benjamin H. Brown v. John D. Lowery | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
"a plea of trespass with force and arms to his damage one thousand dollars." Incident of 12 Aug. 1833, "with force & arms made an assault upon the person of said plaintiff .. In the county & state aforesaid and then with his fist, a rock & some other weapon, gave & struck the said plaintiff a very violent blow & stroke on the front part of the head thereby falling & knocking the said plaintiff down to & upon the floor .." |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1857 | David H. Dickey v. Washington Ballard & Isaac Cole | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Related case materials are located in ET 78. Trespass on property with force and arms destroying "grass, herbage and other valuable products there and then growing." |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | Elisha Martin, Jr. v. Alexander Suddath & Joel Humbre, Jr. | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
The defendants allegedly violently trespassed on the property of the plaintiff, who is sued for damages in the sum of $2,000. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Hambright & Elizabeth Black v. Childress Wiley et al | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Add. Defendant: Samuel L. Childress. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | Henry Foster, et al. v. Francis Erwinn, et al. | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional Plaintiff: Francis Foster. Additional Defendants: Daniel Mop, John Hulen. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 690 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Den lessee of Richard Richards et al. v. Rebecca Roberts et al. | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional Plaintiffs: Mary Richards, Alpha Kingsley, Elizabeth Kingsley, Gabriel Richards, Margaret Richards, Nancy Ayers, Thomas B. Ayers, Alexander D. Ayers, William B. Ayers, Sophia E. Ayers, Alpha K. Ayers, Zachary Ayers. Additional Defendants: Samuel Roberts, Phillip Roberts, Edward Roberts, Jesse Roberts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1837 | Jane Blair next friend of Wiley Blair, lessee v. W. Gardenshire, G. W. Gardenshire & Pathkiller | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Plaintiffs are suing for $500 in damages as result of breaking and entering.This case stems from the land suit between Pathkiller v James Blair where Blair sued for loss of 640 acres that Pathkiller claimed as a result of a provision in the Calhoun Treaty 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: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1627 | 156 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Jesse Matlock v. George Littleton & Thomas Littleton | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Damages for $100.00 Related to case filed in Chancery Court asking that prosecution of this suit be enjoined: Thomas Littleton et al.v. Jesse Matlock, ET Box 1156. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1102 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1847 | John W. Brown v. Samuel Johnson & John Montgomery et al | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Add. defendants: R.W. Erving, Jonathon Webb, James M. Butler, & Zachariah Key. Defendants allegedly trespassed the property of plaintiff with weapons and ejected him. sued for $500 in damages. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1140 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | J. D. Isham v. State | Roane | Assault with Intent to Kill |
For assault with intent to kill on George Cook. Philip Wilson also took part in assault but was tried separately. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1654 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | State v. Thomas Morgan | Roane | Assault with Force and Arms |
In this cause, Morgan asks to be released from prison. Morgan claims that he stabbed William Spence in self-defense. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1101 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1849 | State v. Henderson Bowling | Roane | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Bowling was accused of assaulting John Enox with a club w/intent to kill hiim. Jury found Bowling not guilty of assault w/intent to kill, but guilty of assault & battery, but court arrested the judgment & discharged Bowling because the indictment was not for simple assault & battery & jury didn't convict Bowling on charge that WAS in the indictment. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1142 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | William Brown v. John L. Campbell | Roane | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Plaintiff in error, along with several other men not included in this appeal, are accused of assaulting, falsely arresting, and imprisoning Campbell for 10 days due to his loyalty to the United States Government. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1230 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1939 | W. A. Kennedy v. State | Roane | Assault with Intent to Kill |
Victim: James Moore. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 83 | Order A Copy |