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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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| View Entry | 1822 | Richard B. Owen v. Willie Barrow | Davidson | Debt |
Amount of debt $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Thomas Hill v. Cantrell & Petway | Davidson | Error in Proceedings |
Defendants: Stephen Cantrell and Henchy Petway. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Thomas Talbot v. Robert Lanier, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Other defendants: Eli Talbot |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Thomas Talbot v. William Montgomery | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1822 | Willie Barrow v. Minos Cannon | Davidson | Trespass and Damages |
Mentions promissory note. |
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 |
| View Entry | 1822 | William C. Coates v. Josiah Horton | Davidson | Debt on Account |
Full payment for goods sold is the issue in this case |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | William Howlett v. James Lynch | Davidson | Land, Sale of |
Lynch owned 204.5 acres of land in Davidson through which Mill Creek flowed. Lynch borrowed money from John Haywood. Case contains detailed descriptions of the boundaries of Lynch's land and of repeated money borrowings. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Willie Barrow v. Edwin Smith | Davidson | Debt |
Sum of $1050.00. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 181 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Willie Barrow v. William Faulkner | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1822 | Willie Barrow v. Bennet Smith | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1822 | Willie Barrow v. Thomas Kirkman | Davidson | Damages |
Amount of damages, $200.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1822 | Willie Barrow& Thomas Bradford v. Samuel Perkins | Davidson | Debt |
Amount of Debt $520.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 335 | 8 | Order A Copy |