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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 | 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 |