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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 | 1827 | Bryant Breeding, et al. v Sampson Williams | White | Estate Settlement |
Other individuals in the suit include wife Lettuce Breeding, Richard and Zacchaeus Horn, Pleasant and Milly Petette, Sarah Ridge and George Defrees. The case involves slaves originally owned by Richard Horn of Overton County. Deed of gift to his children. Williams believes he owned the slaves as he obtained them as a life estate. The plaintiffs believe that Williams cheated Horn and doctored the documents. Richard Horn had drowned. The slaves had been sold at a sheriff's sale to settle the estate. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 115 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1827 | Daniel Brown v. Jeremiah Hobson | Maury | Estate Dispute |
James Hobson is under guardianship of James Black. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1827 | George Gillespie v. George Brown & William Dodd | Greene | Estate Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1827 | John Bradley, exe. et al. v. Jonas Bedford | Jackson | Estate Settlement |
Additional plaintiff: John Wherry. Additional parties: Martha Wherry, James Revis, John Haden, John Matthews, James W. Hancock, Wm. Lewis Hunter. Sale of a negro is mentioned in this case to help settle a debt. Recorded in book 22. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1827 | James G. Harris v. John McElhatton, et al. | Roane | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiff acting as administrator of estate of Elizabeth McElhatton, deceased. Other defendants: Gabriel McGraw, admr of John Coulter, dec., John Cocke, admr. of H. Howell, John Alford. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 140 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1827 | Smith v. Bell & Wife | Estate Dispute |
Reply brief only, no case summary included. Incomplete information. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 682 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1827 | Thomas Whiteside, admr. of Jenkin Whiteside v. Thomas Hickman& Daniel Ross | Davidson | Estate Settlement |
The estate and debts of Jenkin Whiteside are being disputed between the two parties. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1827 | Timothy & Susanna Hixson v. Sparling Bowman & James Allen | Greene | Estate Settlement | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 684 | 50 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1827 | William F. Claibourne, Abraham P. Maury& wife Mary,& Micajah Claibourne v. Mary Ann Lewis | Davidson | Estate Settlement |
The estate of William Lewis is the issue at hand |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 63 | Order A Copy |