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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1832 | Andrew Goff, Jr. v. Thomas Montgomery, et al. | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Anthony Dibrell v. Thomas Eastland | White | Debt Settlement |
Also see MT 191. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Alfred M. Young et al. v. Jesse Pate et al. | Williamson | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: Jacob W. Young. Additional defendant: George D. Kornega Amount of debt $200.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Andrew Fay v. Marshall Moody | Giles | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Absalom Harris v. Parson Isom | Franklin | Debt for Wages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Boyd McNairey v. Thomas Eastland | Davidson | Debt |
Additional defendants: John W. Simpson |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Benjamin Ingram v. Marshall Moody | Giles | Debt |
Amount of debt $233.00 |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Drury Scruggs& John Graham v. Joshua Reams | Williamson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Daniel Meadows v. Wood M. Burge& Elijah D. Roach | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 4 | Order A Copy | ||
| View Entry | 1832 | Ephraim Brown v. William M. Wright | Williamson | Debt |
Suit to collect unpaid debt and court costs. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Ezra Webb v. Thomas Porter | Giles | Debt Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Early Albertson v. William McGee & James H. Beeson | Fentress | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | George T. Gillespie v. William B. Brooks | Giles | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Jonathan Lett v. Peter N. Marr | Montgomery | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Joseph Bradford v. George Gray | Franklin | Debt |
Amount of Debt $200 |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | John Daughtery v. Susanah Trigg, admr. of James McWhorter, dec. et al. | Smith | Debt Dispute |
First two pages missing. Complainant claimed that the deceased was indebted to him on several accounts, in large amounts, and were complicated in nature. Possible additional defendants: M. Anderson & Holden James Estill. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 2 | 115 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | James Brown v. Joseph Black | Anderson | Debt |
Origin of debt: unknown. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 48 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | James W. Combs & Thomas B. Haynie v. Heirs of Nathaniel Young | Giles | Debt Settlement |
Attempt by creditors to take the proceeds of Young’s tavern in Pulaski away from the widow and minor children. Conner and Dickeywere the guardians of Caroline V., Robert, Nancy, Margaret and Felix Young. John Young. Nancy Young was the widow. |
Middle | Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1212 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | John McCarty v. Peter N. Marr | Montgomery | Debt |
The case lists the alias of P. N. Marcine for Peter N. Marr. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Joseph Kleper v. Peter S. Dechard et al. | Franklin | Debt |
Additional defendant: David Dechard Amount of debt $200.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Joseph Poor v. James Leeton | Fentress | Debt Dispute |
Dispute over the payment of a note between the two parties. Amount of note was $3.75 |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 17 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | James Caruth v. Ann Hogshead | Monroe | Debt | East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Montgomery Bell v. Joseph Johnson & A. W. Hicks | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Montgomery Bell was the famous Middle Tennessee iron entrepreneur. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Nathaniel C. Davis et al. v. William Simpson | White | Debt |
Additional Plaintiff: Samuel Davis |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Peyton Fletcher& wife v. William Seal | Robertson | Debt Dispute |
Amount of debt, $365.50. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Robert C. Foster v. Thomas Patterson, et al. | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendants: James Carter, John Maxey, William Maxey (executors of the estate of William Maxey). |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Robertson & Curry v. Turner B. Henley | Davidson | Debt |
Thomas Talbot and Turner B. Henley were partners in trade. Duncan Robertson and Isiah Curry were also partners in trade. Talbot and Henley owed $500.00 to Robertson and Curry and would not pay the debt. The debt related to furniture and other household material. Together Henley and Talbot had owned the Eagle Tavern in Nashville and it was occupied by Elezer Baker who was in debt to various individuals. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 53 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Thomas McClain v. Daniel Graham | Knox | Debt |
Origin of debt: unknown. Defendant acting as administrator of John McIver, dec. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Thomas Hopkins v. Burchit Pile | Warren | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 373 | 55 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Vaulx& Williams v. Isaac Earthman | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
Only appellate case included. Appeal was for payment of court costs. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | William Scanland, et al. v. Samuel Houston | Jackson | Debt |
Additional plaintiffs - John Wilson, John Graham, Amos Kirkpatrick and David Rose Amount of debt $10,000.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | William H. Wells v. Thomas Wilson | Williamson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Wyatt W. Bailey v. Lewis Hazard | Smith | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | William Fontaine v. Isaac Garner | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | William Arnett v. Levi Hinds | Overton | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | William Wallace& Joseph Wallace v. Samuel Atkinson | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |