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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
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