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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 | 1820 | Abram DeGraffenreid v. John Kimbro | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
This dispute over a tract of land in Rutherford County includes a survey of the land in question. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Andrew Jackson v. Thomas Smith, et al. | Unknown |
File consists only of a summons for each defendant. County and court of origin unknown. Additional defendants: William Telford, John Nall, Matthew Maclin, Thomas Crutcher, James Elam, Jno. Rayburn, Jesse Harlan, Jno. Keaton, Augustus T. Gore, Wm. McGee, Levi Snow, Samuel McGee, Martha McGee, John McGee, Robert McGee, Susannah McGee, Davis McGee, Nathaniel Payne, Mary Davis, James Nall, William Ellam, Thomas Owens, John Ragsdale, Charles Weatherson, Samuel Jones, Polly McGee, Taylor McGee. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Alex Reid v. John Drewry, William Howlett, William M. Harwood, Thomas Hill, & Willie Barrow | Davidson | Injunction |
Reid worked for Thomas G. Bradford, editor of the Clarion newspaper as his journeyman running the printing press, until Bradford became insolvent later that year. Reid agreed to take Bradford's household furniture as payment. The defendants were owed money by Bradford as well. Reid filed an injunction to prevent any thing conveyed by Reid to him from being taken as collection on debts owed the defendants. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Andrew Anderson, et al. v. Samuel Stalcup, et al., R. P. Currin, Abraham Maury, et al. | Sumner | Estate Dispute |
Estate of Robert Clark, who died intestate. Andrew Anderson and his wife, Dorcas; Samuel Anderson and his wife, Anna (Clark); Andrew Clark. Samuel Stalcup and his wife, Rachel (Clark)- former wife of Robert Clark, dec. Mentions property: Lot No. 54, town of Franklin. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Adam Meek v. J. Perriman | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Charles Lewis v. Richard Edwards | Sumner | Recovery |
Complainant seeks to recover a payment for allegedly necessary repairs on a boat from the Defendant. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | David Pugh v. William Ellis | Carter | Debt | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 49 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Daniel Marshall, et al. v. P. J. Curle, et al. | Rutherford | Wills, Contested |
Additional Plaintiffs: William Marshall, Robert Marshall, Henry White, Nancy White, James Dejernett and Polly Dejernett, John C. Hall, Betsy Hall, Thomas Hamilton, and Michael Hamilton. Additional Defendants: Julia Harris, Jonah Marshal, George Marshal, Isabella Marshal, and Walter Marshal. Although discovered in the Eastern Division, this case names a county from Middle Tennessee. Case file is incomplete; summary and brief and bill of sale only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Daniel Newman & Jesse Bledsoe v. David B. Ayers | Knox | Slaves, Selling of |
A woman slave was sold to the Plaintiffs by the Defendant and shortly died. The Plaintiff's are refusing the sale price. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Elihu Hall v. Caleb D. Gwinn | Davidson | Dissolution of Partnership |
The case involved the dissolution of the mercantile firm in Nashville known as Hall, Gwinn & Company. The business originally began as Hall, Nelson & Company until the death of Henry Nelson. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Elizabeth Gilliland, et. al. v. Augustine Jenkins | Cocke | Unknown |
Rules of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals regarding the taking of depositions. |
East | Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: Oversize Box 10 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Fayette Lathrope, agent for Charles& Williams v. George W. Hale | Bledsoe | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Greene et al. v. Justus Huffacre | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 160 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Gamble v. Barrow | Other |
Case file consists of an opinion as to whether the books of a deceased notary are admissible. Case file is incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | George Gregory v. Solomon Copeland & Rebecca Copeland | Jefferson | Slander |
Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case. oversized and folded Case includes disability claims. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Hurr Mills v. Elias Bowman, John Bowman and Quinn Morton | Washington | Land and Title Dispute |
Mills purchased a 640 acre tract of land in Anderson County on Brushy Fork of Poplar Crk, E. Bowman loaned him $60 for security. When the term of stay ended, Bowman took it to court and had the land forfeited to him and conveyed it to his son, J. Bowman. Bowman then sold the land to Quin Morton |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Mayfield v. Jacob Gray & Stephen Sutton | Williamson | Non-Payment of Debt |
Gray owed Frederick Owen $168 & Mayfield was security on the loan. Gray became completely insolvent & left Tennessee. Mayfield was left to pay the debt. Stephen Sutton had a judgment against Gray for an additional $190. Mayfield sued to have the debt to Sutton discharged so that the debt owed him by Gray would be prioritized & repaid. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | James Irwin v. John Stump & John S. Cox | Williamson | Failure to Pay |
Stump and Cox were merchants in Nashville. They bought a property and house on Market Street in the city of Nashville, located between their own store house & the house of Peter Bassard. The purchase cost $12,000. Money was borrowed from various parties to cover the debt, but it was still not paid on item. Irwin sued to recover the debt or the property. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Jesse Denson v. George Matlock, et al. | White | Bond Dispute |
Other defendants: James Cook, dec., George White, Polly Myers, Phillip Myers. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Mitchell v. Elisha Green, et al. | Sumner | Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer |
Additional defendants - Elisha Green and Patrick Darby. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Armstrong v. William Armstrong | White | Equity |
The case originally involved a dispute between the plaintiff and Armstead Blevins. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Jonas Menifee v. William Hausbrough, et al. | Rutherford | Debt |
Additional Defendants: William Barfield, Henry Trott, and William B. Bartee. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Conger v. John McFarland | Davidson | Trespass with Force of Arms |
The defendant was accused of taking by force of arms a sorrel mare belonging to the plaintiff. McFarland was, at the time, a constable of Wilson County, who claimed he was acting on an execution against Joseph Davis who first owned the horse. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John H. Wilkes & Thomas A. McKeen v. John Drewry, et al. | Davidson | Injunction |
Additional Defendants: Edward Daniel, Robert W. Green, and R. C. Foster and son. The plaintiffs, Wilkes and McKeen, purchased a Nashville newspaper known as the Clarion from Thomas Bradford in 1820 but Bradford had debts owed to defendants. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Watkins v. Jesse Davidson | Rutherford | Debt |
The debt in question was the sum of $1,160 which the defendant owed the plaintiff but never paid back any or all of it. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John McKinney v. Thomas Hickman | Williamson | Land |
The case is addressed to the "Principal Surveyor of the Second District in the State of Tennessee." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | James Winchester heirs v. Alexander Donelson, et al. | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Isaac Bledsoe, Henry Bledsoe |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Joseph Williams v. John Wallin | Carter | Unknown |
Cause of action is difficult to determine, possibly involving a dispute over a tract of land. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 52 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Jenkin Whiteside v. Roger B. Sappington et al. | Davidson | Debt |
This relates to a debt of $1,000. Sappington's security was Thomas Hickman and he was told to pay the costs. This case went back and forth. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Sutherlin & John Sutherland v. Pleasant Hardwick et al. | Anderson | Land |
Additional Defendants: Thomas Shelton, William Culgahoon. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Cooper v. George Gregory | Jefferson | Other |
Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Monday v. William Minor et al. | Rhea | Slaves, Ownership of |
Additional Defendants: Robert Monday, Samuel Monday, Thomas Moore, Elizabeth Moore (formerly Monday), Joshua Monday. Estate Settlement. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 86 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John McKenzie v. John & James Owen, John Bullock, Joseph & James Jones, John Blackburn, John Johnston, James Dobbins, Thomas Owens, Mary Montague, & Henry Graves | Maury | Fraud |
Thomas Owen, formerly a resident of Georgia in 1783 registered 5000 acres of land in Tennessee with the land office in North Carolina, paying in full. Owen died, leaving a will, & the family discovered no legally registered grant or land deed. Bullock settled on the land, as did other defendants. McKenzie made claim to the land suing the other occupants and claimants. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 288 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Josiah Hall v. James Turney et al. | Smith | Land, Fraud |
Other defendants: Edmund D. Tarver |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Josiah Richards v. Jonathan & Samuel Betts | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute revolved around a tract of land on the Harpeth River in Davidson County, sold to the plaintiff by Samuel Betts, agent for Jonathan Betts. There is a survey of the property included in the case. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Joseph Burnett et al. v. Samuel McBride | Rutherford | Debt, Execution on |
Additional Complainants: Brooking Burnette, Bennet Blackman, Reuben Burnette. Complainant Burnette is the Sherriff of Rutherford County, and seeks to secure payment on a judgment that the Defendant has allegedly yet to pay. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | James May v. Pete Turney heirs, et al. | Grainger | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Turney's heirs - James Turney, Elizabeth Turney Hopkins, Lacey Turney, Polly Turney, and Charlotte Turney. Turney had been granted 500 acres by the state of NC (prior to the establishment of TN). The deeds on this land seem to have either not been filed, or filed improperly. Case seeks to settle estate, debts, and land ownership. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Overton& James Mulherrin v. Daniel Perkins, et al. | Williamson | Covenant Broken | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 48 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | James Tisdale et al. v. Sterling Wheaton et al | Sumner | Partnership Settlement |
Dispute between parties of the former mercantile firm of Wheaton and Tisdale |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John B. Buchanan v. Thomas Hickman | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Case is addressed to the "Principal Surveyor of the Second District in the State of Tennessee." Concerns Military Warrant No. 4732. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Buchanan v. Heirs of J. J. Williams | Williamson | Land |
Case is addressed to the "Principal Surveyor of the 2nd District in the State of Tennessee." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Joseph Kingsbury et al. v. Robert W. Green et al. | Davidson | Property Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Jenkin Whitende, Alfred Botch, Elihu S. Hall, Alpha Kingsley, and John Stamp. Additional defendants: William Perkins, William Howbt, and Zachariah Noel. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Jacob Peck v. Parry Talbot | Jefferson | Trespass with Force of Arms | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Joseph Calloway v. Dorcas Wyly's lessee | Blount | Ejectment |
Additional Cause of Action: Trespass. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Townor v. William Jennings & Royal Jennings | Grainger | Loan | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 19 | 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 | 1820 | James Townsend et al. v. Taylor Townsend | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: John Townsend, Thomas Townsend, Andrew Townsend and Eli Sims. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Smith v. Robert Bell & Elizabeth Bell | Rhea | Debt |
Exhibits include two oversize copies in Oversize Box 10, Rules of the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals regarding the taking of depositions. Also took place in Roane county. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Jinkins et al. v. James Carmon et al. | Sevier | Slaves, Ownership of |
Additional Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Jenkins, James Wilson, Sally Wilson. Additional Defendants: Patsey Carmon, Mary Weir, Peggy Montgomery, Ann Marlin. Slaves named Naomi, Betty, Alice and Sarah. Additional Cause of Action: Estate Settlement. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | John Brummett v. State | Roane | Forgery |
Forged Promissory Note. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 6 | Order A Copy |