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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 | 1822 | Anderson Long, Abraham Rees, Sr. Mary, Lucy, Iredell, Juliet, & Harriet Kittrell, James Agee, John Farrington, Benjamin Motley v. Elizabeth Kittrell, et al. | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
Rees, Long, & the other defendants sued to recover a judgment, against John Fairman and heirs, in their favor decided in a previous suit named and detailed in this case, as well as a judgment against Elizabeth Kitrell, heir of Isaac Kitrell. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Alexander Young v. Ralph Crabb, et al. | Franklin | Estate Dispute |
Additional Defendants: James Campbell and Steven Crabtree. Case includes 3 folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Anthony Foster v. Thomas Hickman | Davidson | Equity |
Foster & Hickman were partners in a mercantile business. They dissolved their partnership. Foster procured the merchandise and each partner paid half for the goods. Following the dissolution the partners did not agree about the equity each held at the time of parting. Depositions by Thomas Crutcher & John Craighead; includes payment records; financial agreements; |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4a | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Alexander Gamble v. William Huchison& Gordon White | Blount | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Abram Lowe v. George Selvidge | Monroe | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 71 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Benjamin Joslin v. John Danly | Davidson | Appeal for New Trial |
amount of damages $5000.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Beverly Hughes v. Basil Shaw | Smith | Ejectment | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 64 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Benjamin Neal, et al. v. William Cox & Parry Talbot | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Betsy Cox, Polly Cox, and P. Barkey Cox (heirs of Dudley Cox). Case involves a contested will. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Benjamin Joslin v. John Danley | Davidson | Debt |
Dispute over the payment and upkeep of horses |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Duval & Co. v. Willie Barrow | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | David Dickinson v. John Newnan | Rutherford | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | David Craig v. Stephen Childress | Davidson | Trespass and Damages |
Plaintiff contracted defendant's boat to transport 10,000 lbs. tobacco from Nashville to New Orleans. Mentions market tobacco price $8.50 per 100 lbs. Plaintiff agreed to pay defendant $1 per 100 lbs. of tobacco transported, so fee of $100. Defendant allegedly performed none of task, so tobacco spoiled. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | David Love v. John Peyton | Sumner | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | David Shaver v. Michael Deckard, et al. | Sullivan | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Henry Catron and Joseph Newland. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 60 | 317 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | David Stuart v. John Cocke | Jefferson | Trespass and Damages | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Eli Talbot, et al. v. Fletcher Thomas, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: Eldridge Newsom and John. Stump. Additional Defendants: William Compton and Moses Norville. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Edward Dillard v. George Bradley | Wilson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Elihu S. Hall v. Walter H. Overton | Davidson | Land | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Esom Graves v. Reuben Graves | White | Wills, Contested |
Property includes a slave. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Ephraim Moore v. Alexander Edgar | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 60 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Felix Robertson v. Cantrell & Petway | Davidson | Trespass and Damages |
Defendants: Stephen Cantrell and Henchy Petway. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | George W. Sevier v. Samuel Wilson | Overton | Ejectment |
Amount of damages, $500.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Heirs of Stephen Owen v. Armistead Stubblefield | Warren | Land and Title Dispute |
This was only a couple of statements from the case and not the complete case record. The court of origin and the county are not given; however, the county was probably Smith County as A. W. Overton was the clerk that signed the documents. See also Stephen Owen, et al. v. Armistead Stubblefield in box MT 3a. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Hugh Dickson v. Thomas Butler | Anderson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | John Mayfield, et al. v. Benjamin Seawell, et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: Miarrias Seawell. Additional defendant: George Mayfield. Seawell sued over the ownership and boundaries of a tract of land originally purchased by Southerland Mayfield in 1784. Benjamin Sewell died during the trial. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 159 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John Boyd v. J. & M. Summers | Wilson | Debt |
Debt of $300, Defendants: James Summers, Matthew Summers, Abram Cooper and Shaw Jolly. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John Page v. John G. Williamson & Millenton Simms | Williamson | Debt |
Sum of $461.48. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | James Russell v. Willie Barrow | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Joseph Scales v. Edwin Smith | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | James Bass & William Elder v. Dudley Brown | Rutherford | Debt Dispute |
Amount of debt $250.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John Porterfield v. William Childress | Rutherford | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Jesse Brashers |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John Brooks, et al. v. Andrew Jackson, et al. | Davidson | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Arthur Brooks, Robert Brooks, admr. of Matthew Brooks, dec. Additional Defendants: Thomas Crutcher, Alfred Balch, admr. of William L. Lewis, dec. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | James Cross v. Woodson Webb | Wilson | Debt |
amount of debt $130.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John Boyd v. James& Matthew Summers | Wilson | Debt |
Amount of Debt $284.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Jones Reid v. Samuel Mosely | Wilson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Jacob Troxler v. Andrew Erwin | Franklin | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 364 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | John Noels v. Lewis Freeman | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 664 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | John Love v. John McIver | Roane | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Adam Huntsman (age 37), James Chisum (age 47), William Fleming (age 37), Valentine Mattlock (age 35), Henry H. Atkinson |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 60 | 760 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John McNair for the use of Samuel Martin v. David Moore | Knox | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 664 | 30 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | John Love v. William McIver & Thomas Swann | Roane | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Cause of Action: Debt for purchase of land. Original owner of land: Stokely Donelson. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 63 | 124 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Joseph Williams v. Richard Simpson et al. | Washington | Unknown |
Additional Defendants: John Williams, Ritta Simpson, Duke Williams, Azoriah Graves, Betsy Graves. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Jared Hutchkip v. Stephen Fortson | Roane | Land |
Incomplete case file. Appears to be a land dispute over a tract of land located in Roane County. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 788 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Josiah Nichol v. John Fisher | Wilson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | John McAlister v. Richard B. Purdom | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendant: E. A. Foster. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | James Gray v. P. H. Darby | Williamson | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional Plaintiff: George Sims Elliot. Additional Defendants: Jacob Rider. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John Hinton v. John Watkins | Rutherford | Debt |
Case involves slaves. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Joel Onley v. Thomas Eastland, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Other defendants: John Stamp, Samuel R. Bakewell |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John S. Smith v. Carey Morgan | Rutherford | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Joseph Barton v. Ephraim Foster | Davidson | Trespass with Force of Arms | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Josiah Nichol v. John Fisher | Wilson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |