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View Entry	Year	Case Name	County	Cause/Crime	Case Description	Division	Location	# Pages	Order
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	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	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 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	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	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	Josiah Nichol v. John Fisher	Wilson	Debt		Middle	Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323	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
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	James Wilson v. Nicholas Perkins	Williamson	Debt	Amount of Debt $712.50	Middle	Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335	7	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	John C. Bradshaw v. Moses E. Cartor& John Mayes	Williamson	Debt	Amount of Debt $2400.00. Payment for land is owed	Middle	Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335	11	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	John Smith v. John Veale	Knox	Condemnation	Defendant is called to "pay the condemnation adjudged against him."	East	Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62	10	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	Lewis C. Anthony v. James Richardson	Rutherford	Debt	Amount of debt $450.00	Middle	Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181	8	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	Moses Frances v. Frederick Ivey	Williamson	Trespass and Damages		Middle	Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181	11	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	Maximillian Riding v. Joshua Farrington	Williamson	Debt	Sum of $331.50.	Middle	Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	Metcalf DeGraffenreid v. Nicholas Perkins, Sr.	Williamson	Debt		Middle	Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183	0	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	Michael Kimmel v. Robert Murray	Williamson	Debt	Amount of Debt $1764.33	Middle	Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335	42	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	Nashville Bridge Co. v. Bernard McKiernan	Davidson	Trespass and Damages		Middle	Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183	0	Order A Copy
View Entry	1822	Pleasant Craddock v. Ephraim Prichett	Davidson	Trespass and Damages	Mentions damages of $3,000, mentions Willie Barrow and John Bosley.	Middle	Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181	0	Order A Copy

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