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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 | 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 |