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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 Gwin v. Thomas Perkins | Sumner | Land, Contract Dispute |
The parties are in disagreement over the conditions of a land contract/agreement involving several hundred acres of land There appears to be several counties involved in this case |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 62 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | John & Robert Thompson v. Jason Thompson | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 161 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1822 | John Anthony v. Joseph McMinn | Knox | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1822 | James White v. Michael Deckard, et al. | Washington | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Henry Catron and Joseph Newland. Case is technically from a court in Virginia, involving a Tennessee resident. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 60 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | John Dickson& Daniel Wheaton | Deed Dispute |
Case file is incomplete; indenture and correspondence only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 5 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 | letter, Robert Weakley to Edward Butler | Davidson | Deed Dispute |
Although discovered in the Eastern Division, this case names a county from Middle Tennessee. Case file is incomplete; brief and correspondence and order only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Martha Poindexter v. A. P. Rawlings | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Incomplete file; opinion only. Poindexter & Rawlings were involved in purchasing multiple tracts of land over time. Poindexter had difficulty making payments at one time, selling livestock, and baled hay to make up the owed amount. Their agreement expired over seven years ago, and the defendant's attorney argues that the lien is invalid due to the seven year statute of limitations. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 4a | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Malinda Ivey, Margery Johnson Ivey, & Abram Scott Ivey, Sarah Minerva Ivey, et al. v. Henry Holmes & John McLemore | Rutherford | Estate Dispute |
An original deed issued to Curtis Ivey in 1783, was lost. Thomas R. Ivey, a Murfreesboro tailor, discovered he was heir to this land around 1819. He drank alcohol habitually, owed great medical bills due to this habit, & died in 1821 before the land ownership was settled. In this document, Dr. Holmes was accused of fraudulently charging Ivey, perhaps in an effort to run up a debt that might be settled by a transfer of Ivey's land ownership. Although contained with East TN files, case is Middle, TN. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8a | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Peter Mosely & wife v. Nicholas B. Pryor | Sumner | Estate Dispute |
Wife Sally Mosely, executor of Bedford Brown deceased, co-defendant Samuel Mosely. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Patrick Darby & George Elliott v. Michael Green, et al. | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute over land in Sumner County |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 96 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Samuel Neel v. Williams Brooks | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Neel was from Ohio. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Sarah& James Thompson v. Young Laughlin, et al. | Rutherford | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Cretty Laughlin and Elizabeth Thompson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 213 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Thomas Claiborne v. Ralph Crabb | Franklin | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Sarah Claiborne. Additional Plaintiffs: Mariam Crabb Estate of Joel Lewis, Nashville Female Academy. 3 folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | William McClung, guardian of Mary R. Wallace v. Andrew Henderson & Matther Wallace | Blount | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute involves a land grant. Exhibits include a oversize flyer of "Rules of the Supreme Court" relative to taking depositions Located in ET OV 10. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 114 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | William Gill, admr. of Sally G. Gill v. John Peyton | Sumner | Estate Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1822 | William Shute et al. v. Thomas Shute | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Witherspoon and Elizabeth Witherspoon |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | William N. Bedford v. Rachel Stump et al. | Davidson | Estate Dispute |
Dispute over the estate of Christopher Stump, deceased |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 13 | Order A Copy |