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Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1825 | Allen Brown, et al., admr. of Davis Kilcrease v. James Hardin | Hardin | Debt Settlement |
Additional plaintiff - Brown & Mahala Kilcrease, admr. of Davis Kilcrease. Amount of debt $150.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Alexander Lowery v. William McKee & Edward McGinaway | White | Debt |
Amount of debt - $450.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Adam D. Stuart v. Sampson Gray | Williamson | Debt |
Amount of debt - $300.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Anthony Dibrell v. Joseph Walling | White | Debt Dispute |
Anthony Dibrell owes $ 65 to Joseph Walling. Anthony Dibrell is also the County Clerk of White County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Adam Huntsman & Robert I. Chester v. Adam R. Alexander | Madison | Mandamus |
This case was in a Middle Tennessee box although it was heard in Madison County, West Tennessee. Adam R. Alexander is listed as surveyor of the 10th District. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | David Grant v. Mary Taylor, exe. of Nathaniel Taylor, dec., et al. | Carter | Recovery |
Additional defendant: James P. Taylor, exor. of Nathaniel Taylor, dec., Alfred W. Taylor, Anna Taylor, Thomas D. Love, Elizabeth Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Lorina Taylor, Sarahphina Taylor, Mary Taylor, Jacob Tipton. David Grant received 640 acres for service in the Revolutionary War from the State of North Carolina. He claimed that Nathaniel Taylor obtained the deed to his military land through fraud and trickery for which he was not compensated. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 666 | 40 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Francis Curtis, et al. v. Thomas Washington | Davidson | Debt |
Additional Plaintiff: John Harrison Amount of debt $150.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Frederick A. Ross v. Leroy May | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
There is a hand-drawn map of the land that the dispute is over. Fredrick Ross and Nathan Green are jointly and firmly bound to William M. Guesenbury for the sum of $250. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | George W. Raymond v. Francis Shoemaker, et al. | Jackson | Debt |
Additional defendants - John Shoemaker, Edward Hogan, Phillip Myers and John Mathews Amount of debt- $500.00. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | George M. Campbell v. Stephen Barton, lessee of John Den | Davidson | Ejectment | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | Isaac H. Lanier v. Eli Lockhart | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Eli Lockhart owes Isaac Lanier $100. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | James King v. Richard Nelson | White | Debt |
Debt was $85.80 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | John McCarver v. William Cassles | Jackson | Debt |
Debt was under $50.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | John G. Caruthers et al. v. Marmaduke Mitchell & Banks M. Burrow | Madison | Other |
Cause of Action: Application for Fieri Facias. Additional Defendants: Robert H. Dyer, Joel Dyer, Stokely D. Hays, Herndon Haralson. Case involves various slaves owned by Robert H. Dyer: woman-Judy, girls-Caroline, California and Jane, man-Peter, boy-Gabriel. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | John Largent v. Rhoda Henson | White | Debt |
Amount of debt $100.00. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | John Lawson v. James Scott | White | Illegitimate Child/Bastardy |
James Scott was accused of having illegitimate child with Elizabeth Campbell. The child was named Rochell Scott. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | John P. Dunn v. William Fore | Henry | Debt | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | Jesse Cheek v. James Conn, et al. | Grainger | Unknown |
Additional Defendant: James Pilant. Incomplete file. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 658 | 6 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | John Stiffees, lessee v. Jeremiah Chamberlain | Grainger | Damages |
Damages for wrongful ejectment. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 664 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Lewis Franklin v. Owen Franklin | Jackson | Land and Title Dispute |
Lewis Franklin was challenging that his brother, Owen Franklin, was not of sound mind to get land and incapable of not managing his affairs. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Mary Wallace v. Theodrick B. Rice, et al. | White | Debt |
Additional defendants: Jacob Love and Charles Hickox; amount of debt: $200.00. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Montgomery Bell v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank of Nashville | Dickson | Other |
Cause of action: Trespass on the Case. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 31 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Mary Gilmore v. James Tisdale, et al. | Madison | Promissory Note |
Co-defendants: Edward D. Tisdale, Sterling W. Tisdale, Daniel Tisdale, Enoch Norton & wife Deborah formerly Deborah Tisdale, Barney Tisdale James Tisdale & Mary Gilmore from Boston, Mary lived in Lexington, KY. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 165 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Montgomery Bell v. Alexander Hamilton | Dickson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | Powell & Klepper v. Thomas L. Gray | Franklin | Debt |
Plaintiffs were Benjamin Powell and Joseph Klepper. Amount of debt $200.00 |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 327 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Patrick Darby v. Reuben Pollard | Montgomery | Trespass with Force of Arms | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 46 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | Robert Office v. Darcus Morrison | White | Debt |
Amount of debt $100.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Sayer Simpson v. William McKee& Edward McGwenaway | White | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | Samuel D. Wilson, et al. v. Joseph Anderson & James Knox | Madison | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: John C. Wilson and William M. Wilson |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Samuel D. Mack v. John Forgy et al. | Maury | Land |
Additional defendants: Solomon P. Maxwell and William A. Maxwell. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 86 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | State v. John P. Thompson | Blount | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 370 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | Theodrick B. Rice, et al. v. Wallace Dixon, et al. | White | Debt Dispute |
William Dixon owes $112.55 to Theodrick Rice and others. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | Thomas J. Hardiman v. James Hardin | Hardin | Debt |
Mentions Joseph Hardin. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 165 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | William Jacobs v. Benjamin Garner | Warren | Debt |
Amount of debt $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1825 | William Gregory v. Archibald W. Overton | Smith | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 360 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | William E. Throckmorton v. Obadiah Hanlon | White | Error in Proceedings | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1825 | Wooten Harris v. State | White | Debt Dispute |
Wooten Harris is sued the State of Tennessee for money owed. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |