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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 | 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 | Arthur Orr & George Hix v. James Rutledge | Monroe | Unknown | East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1832 | Ballard D. Matthews v. Rus A. Porter | Lawrence | Slander | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 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 | Charles Bailey v. Eli Lockert et al. | Montgomery | Breach of Official Duty |
Defendant, a tax collector, used tax monies collected toward payment of his own debt. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | Commissioners of the town of Monroe in Overton County v George Gordon et al | Fentress | Land and Title Dispute |
This case relates to land grant #300 in the name of John Sevier for 32,000 acres dated 1795 in the Middle Tennessee District. Some of the land was now a part of Overton and Fentress Counties. The land was on the Cumberland River with a plat to subdivide. Sevier sold the land to Gordon and his descendants. Gordon donated the land to the Commissioners of the and town of Monroe. George W. Sevier and William Chilton were to divide the land. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 120 | 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 | Eli Bailey v. John Wood | Warren | Theft |
Defendant is being accused by plaintiff of stealing several items including bacon and a sow. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 35 | 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 | Edmond Bean v. 30th Regiment of Tennessee Militia et al | Rhea | Other |
Cause of Action: failure to report for militia duty. Add. defendant: Henry Collins, Judge Advocate of 30th Regiment of Tennessee. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 | 24 | 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 | Granville Pillow, et al.v. John Sloan, et al | Franklin | Estate Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: Gideon J. Pillow, Jerome B. Pillow, George W. Martin, Narcissa Martin, Cynthia Pillow, and Amanda Pillow, heirs of Gideon Pillow, deceased. Additional defendants: Adam Sloan, Alexander Sloan, Esther Sloan, Willy S. Brown… Additional defendants continued: Jane Shumate, heirs of John Sloan, deceased. Also Samuel B. W. Wright, and the heirs of David Shannon, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 127 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | George House v. James A. Mitchell, et al. | Washington | Covenant Broken |
Plaintiff: George House, assignee of John Johnson. Additional Defendants: Owen Roberts, Jane Roberts, William Collom, Eliza Collom. |
East | Range: 7 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 636 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | Heirs of John White v. Daniel Cherry | Carroll | Land |
Land warrant #3809 is mentioned in this case. It deals with 3840 acres of land in Carroll County. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | John Faris v. Thomas L. Gray | Franklin | Slaves, Ownership of |
Plaintiff sued to regain slaves from Gray. Slaves' names given in the case. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | James A. Porter v. Isaac Earthman | Davidson | Error in Proceedings |
Plaintiff claims that there was an error in proceedings in his case against the defendant. The original trial involved land and debt disputes. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | James Gant v. Matthew Rhea, Thomas Porter& Pary W. Porter, exe. of Joseph B. Porter, dec. | Maury | Breach of Contract |
James Gant claims the late Joseph B. Porter broke a contract between them and is sued the executors of his will for his damages. He sues for $4224.96 in damages. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 10 | 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 | James Rodgers v. James Ramsey et al | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. Defendants: William B. A. Ramsey, Eliza Ramsey Scott, James Scott, John Ramsey, Francis A. Ramsey, David Parker. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | John Denn & Jacob Peck v. Christopher Haines | Monroe | Trespass and Damages |
Exhibit: Plat map. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 | 214 | 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 | John Dew, lessee of William Dugger et al. v. Jeremiah Laws | Carter | Ejectment |
Additional plaintiffs: John Dugger and James P. Taylor. Plaintiffs sued Laws for breaking and entering Dew's home and ejecting him to his damage $500. |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1281 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | John Hammons, et al. v. Hopkins & Lane | Warren | Land, Contract Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Words[illeg.] Hammons, Nancy Hammons, Elizabeth Hammons, Leroy Hammons, Jr., Leroy Hammons, Sr. Case mentions mortgage taken out on 2 "negroes." |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: Oversize 1 | 0 | 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 | 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 | James Gant v. Matthew Rhea et al. | Maury | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: Thomas Porter and P. W. Porter |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 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 Rodgers v. Henry Lyda et al. | White | Failure to Pay |
The plaintiff was hired to be the lawyer for the defendants in another case. They entered into a contract with him for his legal services and failed to pay what they owe him in full. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 45 | 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 Hunt v. Stephen Clark | Franklin | Ejectment |
Amount of damages $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | Nace F. Trice v. Joseph Smith | Montgomery | Fraud |
Plaintiff sued to collect damages and costs, alleges Smith defrauded him to two hogsheads of tobacco which he had contracted to convey to New Orleans. Joseph Smith "master and commander" of steamboat named the Pacific |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 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 | Richard Waterhouse v. Robert Cozby | Hamilton | Unknown |
Add. Plaintiff: Blackstone Waterhouse. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. Robert Chesney | Overton | Gambling | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. George Rowland | Claiborne | Assault |
Victim: Jonah Moore. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. Black et al. | Warren | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional defendants: William Blake, Robert Black, and Henry Pennington. Black also charged with recognizance. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. Robert Ridley | Williamson | Assault with Intent to Maim | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. Robert Yancy | Maury | Malicious Stabbing |
The defendant was convicted of stabbing. Contents of this folder deal with the court costs involved in this case and who will be responsible for paying them. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. William McCormick | Anderson | Assault with Intent to Kill |
McCormick charged with assault & battery with intent to kill. On 2 July 1832 he beat Titus England on the head with a "piece of plank" with an "intent to kill". Witnesses: Joseph Worthington; John Jarnagin; Samuel H. Bunch & George H. Black |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1100 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | Thomas Eastland et al. v. Anthony Dibrell | White | Land, Sale of |
Additional Palintiffs: Charles Cooper, Charles S. Barthe, John Herbert, and George Dawson. Also see MT 196 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy |