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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Nathan Randolph, et al. v. Adam Huntsman | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Case contains many documents that do not seem to have relevance to the case: particularly a petition to the court from John Griggs who fought with George Washington in the Revolutionary War and speaks of the capture of Cornwallis at York. Lots of references to Revolutionary War service. Small plat map of Blue Springs Cove near Sparta included. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Nancy Stratton v. John Imes | Grainger | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 93 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Robert Bell v. Nathaniel Mitchell & Thomas Nolan | Knox | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 23 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Samuel & Polly Williams v. James Boyd, et al. | Rutherford | Land and Title Disputel |
Add'l Def's: John, Thomas, James, Elisha, Andrew, Robert, Jane, Rebeckah, and Elizabeth. Boyd, for himself & as agent for Elijah Flack, James Brckin,Hennekin Harris agreed to sell Richard Myrick 750 acres of their land for $1k. Myrick made partial payment then died. Myrick "mortgaged" an enslaved woman allowing Boyd to use her until the debt was recovered. She had a child. The suit was filed to settle the debt, & therefore the estate. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 292 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Samuel Eskridge v. Henry Wilkes& Robert Mclure | Roane | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 63 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | Vance, et al. v. D. Chey, et al. | Land and Title Dispute |
Case file consists of a copy of a letter (presumably evidence) between Slade (first name unknown) and Isaac Kennedy. Case file is incomplete; correspondence only. Case references a Martin County. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1821 | William Polk v. Thomas P. Polk et al | Maury | Land, Partition of |
Additional defendants: George Dougherty, Martin Armstrong, John Nelson. Case is divided into 3 folders (I, II, III) |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 362 | 382 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | William Patterson v. John Doughtery | Franklin | Land |
This is three pages of a case and not a complete case. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |