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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 | 1836 | Alexander Brightwell, admr. of John W. Lumpkins v. James Mallory | Davidson | Debt |
Amount of debt $243.44 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Alexander Landrum v. Hugh A. Hale | Greene | Debt |
Origin of debt: unknown. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Amos Marney v. William Haroldson | Roane | Debt |
Origin of debt: unknown. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Charles Reeves, et al. v. Charles Butler (use of John Estill) | White | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: Robert Nelson |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Elijah Barnes v. Nathaniel Dick et al. | Jackson | Debt |
Additional defendant James Dick - Amount of debt $100.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | George C. Hays v. Patrick Armstrong | Overton | Debt |
Amount of debt $150.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | George W. Thompson v. Matthew Watson, Robert Gibson | Williamson | Debt |
Merchant firm of "Watson & Gibson." Debt owned on note; also with George W. Richardson, a merchant located in Hillsborough, Franklin County, TN. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Henry Trott, admr. of Henry Wiley v. Patterson B. West, et al. | Warren | Debt |
Additional defendants: Thomas Gallop and Simon Bradford. Amount of debt, $1,070.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Henry Hoge et al. v. John W. Croft | Giles | Debt |
Amount of debt $150.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 200 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | John H. Foster et al. v. D. McVan et al. | Sumner | Debt Dispute |
Additional Complainants: Charles W. Hitchcock, T.J. Hinley, and Miles B. Hinley. Additional Defendants: Mary Elizabeth Maddox and Robert Maddox |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | James Harvey v. Joseph B. Bacon et al | Washington | Debt |
Origin of debt: previous judgment. Appeals documents only, no other case documents included. Add. Defendant: Walter Hale. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | James Smith v. John E. Wheeler | Campbell | Debt on Account |
Wheeler indebted to Smith for $331.25 for goods provided, failing to complete a promise to make good on the money owed. This case may be related to later Knox Cty Chancery case between same parties (who were also in partnership w/each other, as merchants in trade dba Smith & Wheeler. Knox Cty case located in ET Box 1261. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1146 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | James Wilkinson v. Stephen Elliott et al. | Franklin | Debt |
Additional defendant Micah Taul Amount of debt $158.86 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | James Caughran v. Askey Y. Partee | Maury | Debt |
Amount of debt $100.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Jenky Jenkins v. John Smith | White | Debt |
Amount of debt $11.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | John Monday v. William Burris et al. | Sumner | Debt |
Additional defendant Rial J. Roberts Amount of debt $40.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Joseph Bates v. Thomas Hughes | Overton | Debt Settlement |
Amount of debt $20.00 - Hughes did not deliver 15,000 shingles as promised |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 200 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | John Gardner v. George Wilson | Morgan | Debt | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | John Blair et al. v. Pathkiller | Roane | Debt, Execution on |
Origin of debt: previous court judgments. Add. Plaintiff: James Johnson. The original case concerns the ejectment for the recovery of 640 acres of land in Roane County claimed as Reservation under the Calhoun Treaty. Pathkiller was the last hereditary chief of the Cherokee, and a colonel under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War. See ET 1627 for other related cases. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1627 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | John Kincaid v. Richard Morris | Campbell | Debt |
Origin of debt: previous judgment. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 676 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Leonard Brown v. Willoughby Williams | Giles | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 | 11 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | Nathaniel G. Nye v. George W. Green | Giles | Debt Dispute |
Cause unclear. Possibly related to the shipment and sale of cotton. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | Patrick Fergusson v. Jonathan Davis, et al. | Smith | Debt |
Additional defendant: Elijah Butler. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | P. Maguire v. William Yancy | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | Thomas G. Birdwell et al. v. Andrew M. Ballentine | Giles | Debt |
Additional Defendant: Annanical Oliver Amount of debt $57.37 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | William W. Prim v. Thomas Bradley | Wilson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | William Bartlett v. James J. Brown | Overton | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | Wade& Caperton v. Shirley & Ormsby | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | Zachariah H. Murrell v. Mary Parrish | Rutherford | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 198 | 0 | Order A Copy |