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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 | 1821 | Archibald & George McNeill v. Samuel Elam | Davidson | Debt |
Case is heard by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. It involves the non-payment of a debt of $450; as in a similar case, one of the charges is trespass. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Alexander Aiken v. James Morrow | Knox | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Caleb Job v. Christopher Catron | White | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Defendants: M. Catron, Stephen Catron, Elizabeth Catron, & Christopher Catron. Plaintiff claims that he previously bought from Christopher Catron a piece of land that was mistakenly willed to Catron's heirs. Folder includes several land grants signed by Gov. Joseph McMinn. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Daniel Allen v. Nathaniel Hunt | Franklin | Execution on Debt/Mortgage |
Nature of case unclear; contains receipt for execution on John Daughtrey, Elizabeth Ewing, Wallis Estee; contains sheriff's bond for Nathaniel Hunt. Named in file: Nathaniel Hunt, Sheriff, Franklin County; William Floyd, Deputy Sheriff, Franklin County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Ennis Murry v. Thomas Murry | Davidson | Estate Dispute |
Mentions William Murry & John Murry. Children of William Murry: Ennis, Alfred, Matilda, Ursula, John & Mallon. Mentions Henry Murry, Kemp Holland, Jean Holland, John Murry, James Murry, Rosanah Murry-widow. Matilda Peyton formerly Matilda Murry |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 193 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Edwin Dibrell v. John Dreury& Edmond Cooper | Davidson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 76 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Ephraim Moore v. Alexander Edgar, et al. | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Andrew Edgars, Isabella Edgar, Andrew McFarland, Peggy McFarland, Zach Cannon, Elizabeth Cannon, William Patton, Polly Patton, and John Carson and Florence Carson. Case file is incomplete. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Elizabeth Gilleland, admr. of John Gilleland, et al. v. Augustine Jenkins | Cocke | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Suwellen Gilleland, Ellina Gilleland, Elizabeth Gilleland, and Sarah Gilleland (minors). |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 194 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Ezekiel Norris v. George W. Campbell | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 370 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Enoch Dauge v. Arnold Russell | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Edward Moore v. Alexander Edgar, et al. | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Parties: Ephraim Moore, Isabella Edgar, Thomas Snoddy, Andrew Edgar, Andrew McFarland, Peggy Mathias McFarland, Zachariah Edgar, Elizabeth Carrow Edgar, John L. Carrow, Florence Blackburn Carrow, and potentially other unknown parties. Oversized and folded. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Elizabeth Gilliland, widow, & heirs of John Gilliland, dec. v. Augustus Jenkins | Cocke | Unknown |
Exhibit only. Case file unknown. Exhibit includes oversize flyer of 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 | 1821 | Francis Adams v. Edmund Jennings, et al. | Jackson | Land and Title Dispute |
Edmund Jennings and others was indicted on owing Francis Adams $881.88. Other defendants are Joseph Woodfolk and William Woodfolk. Supreme court of errors and appeals |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Felix Robertson v. James Russell | Davidson | Trespass |
Plea of trespass, $2,000; promissory note of Willie Barrow to John Bosley, Nashville, endorsed by Robertson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | George Andrews v. David Mason | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Andrews alleges that Mason trying to force him off land that he purchased legally from Andrew Spratt. Property once belonged to Thomas Spratt, ordered sold by court and purchased by Mason. Ownership had been transferred to Andrew S. before sale. Property originally part of NC land grant belonging to Joseph Blythe. File contains copies of grant and deeds. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | George Shall, et al. v. Marble Stone, et al. | Dickson | Debt Dispute |
George Shall and Ephraim Prichett, plaintiffs. Marble Stone and John Reed, defendants. Case concerns business of Shall & Prichett in Dickson County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Henry Van Pelt v. Benjamin DeGraffenreid | Williamson | Debt |
Debt of $100. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Isaac Walton v. Vincent Rust, David Wallis | Smith | Debt |
Purchase of a tract of land in Smith Co. estimated at 310 acres. Debt on remaining bond. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Robertson & heirs v. George W. Campbell | Sumner | Other |
John Armstrong gave Robertson a military land grant in 1784 for 5,756 acres. Armstrong died intestate with no heirs other than his brothers Martin in Tennessee, & Thomas in Ulster, Ireland. Matthew Brooks was named admr. of the estate. At his death, Armstrong owed William Lewis money, and Lewis sued the estate to recover. The land was sold to multiple parties including Campbell for the debt. Robertson sued to recover his land. Cause of Action; scire facias, fi fa, Venditioni exponas. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 152 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Frazier v. White, Humble & Nichols, exe. of John Dickinson, dec. | Sumner | Non-Payment of Debt |
In 1813 Frazier employed Dickinson to prosecute a suit to recover land he purchased from the estate of John Clendening, dec. pledging to pay Dickinson a commission if the sale succeeded. Dickinson then became very ill, and died before the sale was settled in court. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Russell v. Pleasant Craddock | Williamson | Debt |
Additional names: Willie Barrow. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Joseph Washington v. Bryson B. Trousdale | Robertson | Trespass with Force of Arms | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | James Russell v. Thomas Hill | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
This is a confusing case in which someone endorsed a check written to pay a bill to someone else, and the bill seems never actually to have been paid. One of the charges is trespass, apparently since one person was not supposed to be part of this at all. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | John Britton, Fielding Lucas v. heirs of William Slade | Franklin | Debt |
Grant #3657, William Slade, assignee of Samuel Pike, 2,957 acres in Franklin Co., 2nd Dist., on the Elk River. John Britton of Pennsylvania, Fielding Lucas of Maryland. William Slade was indebted to said parties in amount of $2,565. Plat map of properties; copy of land grant, signed by Gov. Willie Blount, 1812. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | John Poor v. Caleb Langley, et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Dougherty and George Dougherty. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | John Cain v. George W. Saunders et al. | Warren | Debt Settlement |
Named in case: Elijah and Elihu Saunders; the Saunders had moved to Alabama. File contains land warrant for 100 acres in name of Elijah B. Saunders |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Austin v. George Keeling | Franklin | Debt |
Details about Keeling's life; names of slaves purchased from Thomas Dillon and their children; estate settlement of Dillon |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | John Crook et al.v. Eli Lewis et al. | White | Tax Collection |
Additional parties: Jesse Conway, Plaintiff, Thomas Taylor, John Gartin, William Taylor, Elijah Johnston, Joseph Hoffman and George Kean - Defendants. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Russell v. John Bosley | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendants: Helen Robertson |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Jacob Ragland, et al. v. William Anderson, et al. | Jackson | Debt |
William Anderson was indicted on a debt bond (bill of recovery) along with Matthew Anderson from Jacob Ragland and James Ragland. Other names John Ragland, Richard Anderson, Stephen Anderson, and John Anderson. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | John Boyd v. Richard C. Napier | Davidson | Promissory Note |
Boyd claims that Napier owes him $2,250, for which he holds a promissory note (signed by attorney Felix Robertson) in which Napier agreed to repay the money within 30 days. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Hibbits v. James Conner& Henry W. M. Conner | White | Fraud |
Plaintiff claims that the defendants took advantage of his illness to obtain two tracts of land through fraudulent means. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 31 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Jacob Ragland v. William Anderson | Jackson | Land |
Additional names associated with the case: Henry Sadler, James Young, Matthew Anderson |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Jacob Tillman v. Claiborne Goodman | Rutherford | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | John& Joseph Hodge v. Peter R. Booker, John Walthall | Giles | Mortgage Dispute |
Merchants- J & J Hodge of Pulaski. A number of slaves held against mortgage, $2,487.94; re: Negros, John (35 years old), Henry (25), Jim (16), Lydia (22), Hull (8), Andrew (4), and one girl, not named. Hon. Alfred M. Harris, Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Bonner v. Wilson Gilbert, Alfred Kennedy, exe. of Lemuel Kennedy, dec. | Davidson | Estate Settlement |
Estate dispute of Lemuel Kennedy, dec. November 1820, including negroes Isham and Sandy, cattle, horses, implements, household furnishings. Estate indebted to Bonner sum of $450.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Joseph Lacy v. State | Roane | Fraud |
Plaintiff is appealing the charge that he defrauded John Oliver via a forged bank note. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Asdell v. George Sutherland | Blount | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 43 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | James Walker v. John Den, lessee of Joseph Anderson, Norton Pryor | Bedford | Trespass |
2,697 acres of land in Bedford Co. on the middle fork of the Duck River., near Grant #245, also near NC Grant #220 (1798) of 5,000 acres to John Gray Blount, Thomas Blount; also near tract of 1707 acres of Alexander Outlaw; also near tract of Andrew Jackson, 600 acres. Plat map showing three leases in question along fork of Duck River. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | John Smith v. Robert Bell & Thomas Bell | Rhea | Wills, Contested |
Case involves the will of Britain Goodwin, dec. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 53 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Joseph Blair v. Joseph Ward, et al. | Davidson | Estate Settlement |
Joseph Blair, native of Rockbridge Co., Va. Joseph Ward was partner with Isaac Paxton, dec. (d. 1809) in a cabinet & furniture manufacturing business. Isaac Paxton died intestate. Joseph Blair was married to Rachel (Paxton), 1811. Indenture of James Jackson, Washington Jackson of Nashville and Joseph Ward, Isaac Paxton, 1812. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | James Terdale, et al. v. Sterling Wheaton, et al. | Haywood | Unknown |
Although discovered in the Eastern Division, this case names a county from Middle Tennessee. Case file is incomplete; power of attorney only. Sterling Wheaton resided in Haywood Co., TN. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | John Hankins v. William Mitchell | Knox | Unknown |
Case incomplete; opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Kilpatrick Carter v. Benjamin Joslin | Dickson | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Leonard Keeling v. James Austin | Davidson | Slaves, Selling of | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Leonard Keeling v. James Mulherrin & Edward Butler | Williamson | Injunction | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 51 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | M. C. McGannon v. H. T. Brackin& wife | Injury and Damages |
Surgeon left a sponge in the abdomen of the patient. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 154 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Moses Norvell v. Jenkin Whiteside | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 5 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Michael Huffaker v. Isaac Casner | Knox | Debt Dispute |
Debt involves an investment in a "cotton boat." |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 91 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Montgomery Bell v. Bank of Nashville | Davidson | Debt |
Plea that Bell render unto said Bank of Nashville debt of $400.00. Second (#18), plea of debt to said Bank of $2,450.00. Bell's agent is Jenkin Whiteside of Nashville. Hon. Thomas Stuart, Judge, 4th Circuit Court. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 18 | Order A Copy |