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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 | David Pugh v. William Ellis | Carter | Debt | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 49 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 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 | 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 | Poindexter Thompson v. Christopher Metcalf | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff's name also spelled Thomason & Thomison. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Phillip Shute v. George Wade et al.. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendants - Middleton Wade of full age and Thomas and David Wade under the age of twenty-one - Amount of bebt $20,000.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Robert J. Chester v. John Womack, et al. | Smith | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Robert Allen. Additional Defendants: John Womack and John Sadler. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Rosco Cole v. Joseph Philips | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1820 | Robert I. Chester & Co. v. John Wommack& John Sadler | White | Debt on Account |
For goods and merchandise valued at $202.97 and $18.56. Robert Allen was the partner of Robert I. Chester. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Robert McGaugh v. Alexander Patton et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Benjamin McIntere and Andrew Work (secretary to McIntere). |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Samuel Dickson v. John J. Floyton et al. | Franklin | Debt Dispute |
Concerns slaves. Additional defendants: Francis James and Wallace Estill. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 363 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Thomas Sanders & James N. Menifee v. William Davis | Davidson | Debt |
Amount of debt $900.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 321 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | William Harding v. Samuel Wilson | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 15 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1820 | William Wade v. William Edwards & Charles Dement | Rutherford | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1820 | William Love v. Robert McFarland Sr. et al. | Jefferson | Debt |
Additional Defendants: James Carmichael, Robert Hill, Robert McFarland Jr. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1820 | Zachariah Harley v. Thomas Palmer | Cocke | Debt |
Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 18 | Order A Copy |