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View Entry	Year	Case Name	County	Cause/Crime	Case Description	Division	Location	# Pages	Order
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

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