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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 | 1835 | Alexander P. Love v. Robert Carson | Sevier | Debt |
Origin of Debt: debt due by article of agreement. Defendant agreed in writing to teach an English school of spelling, reading, writing, natural philosophy, and architecture. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Charles Goodall v. Daniel McAuley | Sumner | Debt |
Amount of debt $125.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | David Bell, et al. v. Caleb Putnam | Knox | Debt |
Additional Plaintiff: Samuel Bell. Additional Defendant: John Rutherford. Origin of Debt: writing obligatory. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 694 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Elisha Stockstill& Robert Kerby et al. | Warren | Debt |
Additional defendants - William McMahan, Jonathan McMahan & William Neal Amount of debt $248.56 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Elijah Barnes v. Henry Randolph et al. | Warren | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: George Frazer; Labon Southern; John Cain |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Francis L. Kincannon et al. v. John Cain et al. | Warren | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Laudon A. Kincannon |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | George Petrey v. Joseph Ferrell | Campbell | Debt |
Origin of debt: promissory note. Plaintiff alias: George Petree. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Harden P. Oglesby v. John M. Turner | Overton | Debt |
Amount of debt $12.86 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | James Kennedy v. Benjamin B. Smith | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | Jacob A. Lane v. Charles Manning | White | Debt |
Amount of debt $100.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John M. Turner v. Pleasant Armstrong& Thomas P. Oglesby | Overton | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | Jesse Savage v. Benjamin Hill et al. | Warren | Debt |
Additional defendant - John May Amount of debt $450.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John Lyon, for the use of George C. Graves et al.v. David Russell | Monroe | Debt |
Add. Plaintiffs: William Bird & Julias W. Blackwell. Russell is in debt to the plaintiffs in the sum of $300, but they are also sued for an additional $150 in damages and mental distress due to the unpaid debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1140 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John Patton v. John H. Kain | Knox | Debt |
Patton contracted with Kain to buy a tract of land from him. Patton advanced Kain $4,000 for the land, but Kain later rescinded the contract, stating he would repay all of the money Patton had already paid but never did so.Filed for $8,000 for compensate- ion of the money owed and damages for Kain's neglectful nature towards the debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1146 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John Cocke v. admrs. of George Evans, dec., admrs. of John F. Jack, dec. | Hawkins | Debt, Balance on |
Cocke sued the heirs of George Evans over the proceeds of a toll bridge Evans operated over the Clinch River from about 1812 until it was destroyed by flood in 1823. Heirs include Walker Evans, William D. Nielson and wife, Thomas Walker and wife, Elijah Evans, Jesse Evans, John Jack and wife. Extremely large and delicate file on oversized paper. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1155 | 77 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John L. Smoney& Lucius Winchester, exe. of Henry Betoti, dec. v. A. R. Wynne& Thomas Roberts | Sumner | Debt Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | John Kincaid, assignee of Thomas Chambers v. John Smith | Claiborne | Debt |
Debt due by note of hand. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John Brown v. William Brown | Roane | Debt |
Origin of debt: writing obligatory for $987.12. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John Anderson for the use of Leonard Coker v. William Tipton | Knox | Debt on Account |
Debt under $20.00. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Nicholas Anthony, et al. v. Virginia A. Walker, et al. | Bedford | Debt Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Ezekiel W. Brown; John Landers; Peter Graves. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 81 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Richard Kirby v. Theoderick B. Rice | White | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 374 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | Robert Weathered v. R. M. Boyers, et al. | Sumner | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants: Elijah Boddin. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Richard Kirby v. John J. Lee | White | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | Robert Lanham v. Thomas Scott | Franklin | Debt |
Amount of debt $180.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Rutherford Witt v. James A. Henry for use of D. A. Cobbs | McMinn | Debt |
Origin of debt: Promissory note. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 674 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Solomon Hargis v. David B. Ayres, et al. | Marion | Debt |
Additional defendant - Jonathan Ayres Amount of debt $112.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Stuart Clark v. Uziah York | Warren | Debt |
Amount of debt $205.74 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Theophilus Rogers v. Bannister Hickey | Overton | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | Trustees of Franklin Academy v. Joseph Hart | Campbell | Debt |
Debt due by subscription under the Act of Assembly for the building of said academy. Exhibit: copy of pages from donation book. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | William Kincaid, assignee v. Thomas McClain. | Claiborne | Debt |
William Kincaid, assignee of Crozier and Barton by C. W. Crozier. Debt by note. See also ET1127; 1132; 1188; 1183; 1176. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 696 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | William Reeves, et al. v. John Daughtery, et al | Franklin | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: John J. Hayter Additional Defendants: Elizabeth Ewing |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy |