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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 | 1827 | A. B. Shelby v. Oliver B. Hayes | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Andrew Lawson et al. v. Bartlett Anderson | Sevier | Debt |
Origin of debt: collection on previous judgment. Add. Plaintiffs: William Montgomery, John W. Porter, Richard Shields. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Bennett Smith v. William Smith | Rutherford | Debt |
Debt was $104.80. Defendant was ordered to pay interest on debt as well. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Benjamin King v. Eliza Jenkins by her guardian Joshua P. Vaughan | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 374 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Christopher Robertson v. John C. Collier | Dickson | Debt |
Amount of debt, $200.00. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Daniel Richmond v. James Mitchell | Sumner | Debt |
Mitchell was administrator of Cullen Edwards Estate. Richmond claimed that a debt owed by Edwards to Randolph Patterson had been assigned to Richmond and remained unpaid. Debt was $376. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Gov. William Carroll et al.v. John Erwin& Peter Bass | Davidson | Debt |
Amount of debt $30,000.00 Additional plaintiffs Robert Farguharson and wife Eliza, Rebecca Porter, Eleanor Porter, Nathaniel Porter, orphans of James Porter |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John E. Turner v. T. B. Rice | White | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Jacob Grymes v. Jesse Bartee | Dickson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | James Russey v. Stephen Wilkinson | Franklin | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | James Overton v. Susannah Metcalf | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | James Marshall v. Benjamin Gist | Jackson | Debt Settlement |
This is a simple debt settlement case. Recorded in book 21 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John W. Overton, et al. v. B. W. Bedford | Davidson | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: Patrick A Overton. Recorded in Book I, Page 435. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Joseph B. Dibrell v. Sawyer Simpson | White | Debt Settlement |
Dibrell is assignee for Samuel Turney in this case. The outstanding debt is for fifteen dollars, thirty-seven and a half cents. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John O. Cooke v. Benjamin B. Smith | Maury | Debt |
Plaintiff won a judgment against the defendant in the sum of $42.36 and court costs. Judgment being appealed. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | James Patterson v. William C. Anderson et al. | Giles | Debt |
William Anderson executor of Francis Anderson, dec., Jones Wood and Sarah Wood, Thomas Pride and Harriet Pride, defendants. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | James Gordon & Robert F. Walkin v. Thomas Whiteside, admr. of Jenkin Whiteside | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Jacob Link v. J. R. Snapp | Sullivan | Debt |
Origin of debt: collection on previous judgment. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | James Blair v. John Carmichael | Roane | Debt |
Origin of debt: previous judgment. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | James Eastham v. Richard Nelson & Nathan Haggard | White | Debt |
Debt was $100. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John Topp v. James Lockhart | Davidson | Debt |
Lockhart was Executor for Estate of John Strather (sic), who owed $384.56 to Topp. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | James Simpson v. William Glenn, et al. | White | Debt |
Additional Defendant: Jesse Lincoln. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Joseph Walling v. Sayer Simpson | White | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | John Watson v. John Nichols | Williamson | Debt |
Recorded in Book K, Page 100. Additional parties: Nicholas P. Perkins, Isham R. Wiueatt |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John Edmondson v. Eli Lockert | Montgomery | Debt |
Complainant sued estate of Moses Lockert for $250. Edmondson administrator of David Read, deceased. Eli Lockert, administrator of Moses Lockert. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John Winston v. William Ayrnette | Rutherford | Debt |
Amount of debt $250.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | James H. Hooper v. John Nichols | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | John Wilson, Jason C. Wilson& Elisha Davis, Admr. of Samuel Wilson v. John Wilson& Bailey Hardeman | Williamson | Debt |
Amount of debt $247.18 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Joseph Allen v. William L. French et al | Greene | Debt |
Origin of debt: unknown. Add. Defendants: Abraham Lain, Thomas Loyd. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John Love v. George Gordon | Greene | Debt |
Origin of debt: collection on previous judgment. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | John Eason et al. v. Frederick Sherly & M. Bledsoe | Washington | Debt |
Origin of debt: Add. Plaintiff: John McAfee. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Jesse Powers v. Joseph H. & Cyrus L. Lewis | Knox | Debt |
Origin of debt: land purchase. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Luvena, Stephen Crenshaw v. David Crenshaw | Sumner | Debt |
David Crenshaw had been found guilty of assault, false imprisonment and other charges against Luvena and ordered to pay $1000 damages. Lawsuit was filed because the $1000 had not been paid to Luvena. David Crenshaw is noted as originally being from Virginia, moving to TN in 1801. Luvena is listed as the daughter of "Delpha". |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Leonard Brown v. Thomas B. Haynie& Lewis B. Marks | Giles | Debt |
Amount of debt $91.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Martha Wilson v. Elisha Davis | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Matthew Mullins v. Ignatius F. Woods | Bedford | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Nicholas P. Perkins, trustee of John R. Banks v. John Nichols | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Nashville Bank v. Rueben A. Higgenbotham & Duncan Robertson | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 396 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Nathan Nesbit, assignee of Hicks Shearon v. Henry H. Marable | Dickson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Patrick Maguire v. Edward W. Dale | Maury | Debt Settlement |
Other names in the case, not directly involved in the suit: Thomas D. Clark and William R. Hill. Book I page 463 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Peter Bass& Brent Spence v. Lawrence L. Davis& Zepheniah H. B. Anthony | Rutherford | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Russell Hamilton v. Elijah Moran | Rutherford | Debt Settlement |
Amount of debt is $330. Book I page 455 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Robert Weakley v. John Wilson | Williamson | Debt |
amount of debt $1536.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Robert Green, admr. of Robert Long v. James Hicks | Robertson | Debt |
Amount of debt, $100.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Samuel McCullough v. Jesse Howell | Hawkins | Debt | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 32 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Thomas Old, et al. v. John Nichols, et al. | Williamson | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs: Joseph W. Camp. Additional defendants: Joshua Wm. Cown, Erastus T. Collins. Additional parties: Nicholas P. Smith. Recorded I Book K, Page 88. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Thomas Goff v. Bernard M. Patterson | Giles | Debt Settlement |
Defendant is accused of fraud and trespass on account of his failure to pay the promissory note. Also named in the case, not as a defendant: John Henderson. Book K page 32 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Thomas Wynns et al.. v. (?) William Carroll | Davidson | Debt |
additional plaintiffs - John Williams and Nathan Skinner - amount of debt $551.55 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | The Nashville Bank v. Felix Grundy | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1827 | Talbot Jones v. Nicholas Perkins | Williamson | Debt |
amount of debt $6430.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 10 | Order A Copy |