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View Entry 1833 Amon L. Davis v. David L. Mitchell White Slaves, Selling of

Slave Case. The slave boy named Deb was sold but never delivered to the buyer.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Abraham Demoss v. John Hamilton Humphreys Debt Dispute Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Aricus Hatfield v. Jesse Vaughn & William Brown Morgan Land and Title Dispute

Exhibits include hand-drawn maps.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 21 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Bazel Brawner v. George C. Harris Blount Damages

Origin of damages: covenant broken.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Benjamin Posey v. John McCubbins Claiborne Damages

Origin of damages: trespass/lease dispute.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 16 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Charles Canady et al. v. Charles Porter Jefferson Lease Dispute

Add. Plaintiffs: Thomas Pearce, Jacob Peck, Zachaus Mills, Archelaus Elmore.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 101 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Catherine Pharris v. Enock Carter Jackson Possession, Unlawful

Enock Carter unlawfully possessed a 40 year-old Slave named Hannah, who belonged to Catherine Pharris

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Cobb et al. v. Frederick E. Ross Fentress Breaking and Entering

F.B. Cobb, P.B. Cobb, James Shields, William L. Atkinson, Barsheba Cobb, William Murray, John Harris, John Cacke, John Williams - Plaintiffs.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 204 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Christopher Nations v. David Wilson Claiborne Damages

Origin of damages: defamatory words.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 E. H. Porter v. Jesse Cherry& Joel L. Cowell Hardin Debt on Account Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Frederick A. Ross v. Pharaoh B. Cobb, et al Fentress Land and Title Dispute

Frederick Ross claimed on behalf of John & Catherine Blair, orphans & step children to Joseph Cobb whom was not their legal guardian, that their rights as heirs were impeded. Joseph leased out land belonging to the orphans, without the authority to do so. Case was filed on their behalf to identify the legal owners of the land.

 East Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 23 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Frederick Ross A. v. John Den leesee et al. Fentress Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer

John Den is lessee of John Blair Additional Defendants: Catharine Blair, Betty Cobb, Mary Cobb, Nancy Cobb, Sally Cobb, Pharoah Cobb, Frederick Cobb

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 George W. Jewell et al. v. Wade Hampton Warren Debt

Additional Plaintiffs: Jonathan Wooten

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View Entry 1833 H. L. Guion v. Frank N. W. Benton & Matthias B. Murfree Rutherford Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer

Other defendants named are Samuel Anderson, David Wendell, and Willie Patrick. Little remains of the case except records of a number of land grants and transfers. Court records begin with page 17.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Isaac Clendennen v. Adams C. Hamilton Jackson Debt Dispute

Dispute over room & board charges for housing plaintiff's slave.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Isaac J. Leftwich v. George Dawson, et al. White Debt Dispute

Other defendants: Thomas Eastman; Samuel Turney.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 13 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Dew, et al. v. James Eastham White Debt

Additional Plaintiff: Jose C Dew.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 J. A. Blackmon v. Richard Nelson et al. White Debt

Additional Defendants:John B. McCormick. Additional parties: John Topp, Clark M. Shelby, Priscilla (slave). Case is about an unpaid debt resulting from agreement to pay for the services a the slave Priscilla.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John L. Price, et al. v. Robert Officer White Debt Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Patrick Potts.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 24 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 James S. Williams v. James Williams et al. Williamson Estate Dispute

Unable to located heirs of James Williams. Additional defendants are the heirs of James Williams: Peggy Williams Appleton, William Williams, Nancy Williams Harden, Franky Williams and Nelly Williams

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Legon, admr. of John Davies, dec. v. Meredith Helen Maury Detainer

Concerns slave named Sam, age 10 years

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 46 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Joshua Legon, admr. of John Davies, dec. v. Samuel H. Peake Maury Detainer

Concerns slaves: Lucy, 40 years old, Dilecy, 15 years old, Arthur, 12 years old, Stanford, 8 years old, General, 6 years old, Washington, 5 years old, Louisa, 3 years old

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Joseph Noe v. Jacob Purchapile Grainger Damages

Plaintiff sued after being ejected from land he was leasing from defendant.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Wallin v. Arthur Campbell & John Hardy Claiborne Lease Dispute East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 88 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Gill v. William Lytle Davidson Debt Settlement Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Somerville& Thomas Crutcher v. Joseph W. Horton Davidson Debt Settlement Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Douglas& Thomas Brown v. Josiah F. Morford& Leighton Ferrell Warren Debt Dispute

Debt dispute between William Douglas (now deceased, John Douglas and Thomas Brown administrators of his estate) and Morford and Ferrell. Property includes "one Negro man" who was not "a slave for life."

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 James McCullough v. James Foster Maury Debt

Amount of Debt $489.00

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 15 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John W. Cook v. Stephen C. Pavatt, et al. Humphreys Debt Dispute

Other defendants: James Lankford.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Butram v. Nicholas Doherty Morgan Debt

Origin of debt: unknown.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John R. Chaffin et al.v. M. L. Gore et al Jackson Land and Title Dispute Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 614 1325 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 John Brown v. Ephraim & William Hixson Bledsoe Land, Sale of

The plaintiff claimed the defendants owed him payments for land sold by him. The plaintiff was a Cherokee Indian.

 East Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1050 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Nathan Harris v. William P. McDermott Monroe Unknown East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Nathaniel A. McNairey v. Montgomery Bell et al. Davidson Other

Cause of Action: Non-Performance of Promise and assumption. Nathaniel McNairey administrator of George Bell. Montgomery bell, James L. Bell, John J. Bell, Leonard Cheatham Montgomery Bell was the famous Middle Tennessee iron entrepreneur.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Peter Yount et al. v. Thomas Turk Blount Damages

Origin of Damages: Covenant broken. Add. Plaintiffs: James Hayden, Lamont Houston.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Robert Weathered v. John Weathered Sumner Estate Dispute

Concerns the estate of Francis M. Weathered. Note, also spelled "Weatherhead" on some of the pages of the case.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 609 181 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Robert Allen v. Robert J. Chester Gibson Debt

Three Folders

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View Entry 1833 Simon Huddleston v. B. J. Bledsoe Overton Estate Dispute

Bledsoe executor of the estate of Jason Harris, deceased.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 S. H. Cage et al. v. James Foster et al. Smith Debt Settlement

Additional parties: Richard Barkley, Edmond Foster, John Barkley, Robert Bowman.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 State v. Edward Sharp McMinn Assault

Victim: Archebald R. Turk.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 State v. Dillard Collins et al Roane Murder

Victim: unknown. Add. defendant: Robert Stow.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 State v. William Ford Knox Murder

Victim: Patsy Wiggins.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 S. D. Rowan v. George Haley Warren Debt Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Thomas Bedford v. Josiah Farris, Sr. Rutherford Breach of Contract

William Ledbetter, Circuit Ct. Clerk of Rutherford. In 1819, John R. Bedford sold Farris, def.., 289 acres of land including water rights held by Bedford and his mother, Mrs. Ann Bedford. Farris refused access to water well on this land. Farris responds he did not allow access to chain/rope for use at certain water well. Bedford having left the state- question before court is the court costs. Hon. James C. Mitchell, 11th Judicial Circuit.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Willie Lyons v. Nathan Vicks Montgomery Estate Dispute Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 William Patterson, et al. v. John Stewart, et al. Wilson Bond Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Adam Stafford.
Other defendants: William New; Tazewell Mitchell.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 William H. McGee & James H. Beeson v. George Duncan Fentress Other

Cause of Action: Petition for certiorari Supersedeas

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 William B. Crain v. Albert G. Black et al. Franklin Debt

Additional defendants: James Poe and David Osborn

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 William Kincaid v. Thomas McClain Claiborne Unknown East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 14 Order A Copy