Nail accused of entering McMillan's land, erecting a fence, & erecting a dam across Swan Pond Creek causing said creek to overflow & damage the land. Justice of Peace ruled for McMillan & awarded $25 damages, which Nail appealed to Circuit Court. Circuit court ruled in McMillan's favor & awarded $8 damages, which Nail appealed to SC. Nail tried to argue overflowing of McMillan's land caused not by Nail but by mill race conveying water to mill.

Additional Defendants: Robert Laird, Caleb W. Wilson. This case could be labeled as estate settlement or custody dispute. Abdallah Brunson is sued on behalf of Mary Ann Wilson, "an idiot." The case states that her brother, Caleb W. Wilson, received custody of her after their father's death in order to take the portion of the estate that was left to her.

Defendants: William J. Lowe, admr. of Abner Lowe; Abraham Lowe, Isaac M. Lowe, Looney W. Lowe, Edward M. Lowe, Enos K. Lowe. Samuel Lowe, father of the plaintiff, dec. July or Aug. 1830, in Monroe Co., TN. Plaintiff was five months of age. Plaintiff's grandmother, Mrs. Anna Hawkins, raised him until 13 years old. Estate dispute involving properties in Monroe County, TN.

Dispute originated with Jones's purchase of land from George House who operated a forge on Camp Creek. Co-defendants: Greenberry Fannon; Alfred, Alexander W., Alexander C., Samuel P., Oscar, and John M. Brabson; George Pearce; and Andrew Kennedy.

Ellen & George (minors) were Charlotte's daughter & grandson. About 10-15 yrs. ago, Charlotte & Ellen were emancipated by will of Charlotte's former master William Townsend (dec) of AL, yet Cain held them in servitude as his wife was Townsend's daughter. Cain often threatened to sell Pla. to slave traders. George born after Townsend died. Pla. asking court to enjoin Cain from selling them & to declare them free. Per Townsend's will (in transcript), Charlotte previously belonged to Holbert family.

Churchwell was collection attorney who rec'd several notes for collection on behalf of Saffell (as assignee of her sister, R. Caroline Berry). Unable to get Churchwell to tell her what he had collected, despite numerous attempts, Saffell filed this suit. Cause of Action: Saffell asked court for accounting & for Churchwell to turn over what he collected. Debtors involved: Samuel Prater (now deceased), George Shetterby. Court's jurisdiction also included Anderson & Blount Counties.

Dickson and Shelby counties are also mentioned. Additional Plaintiffs: Mikhail M. Dickson, Law D. Dickson, Charley S. Dickson, David P. Dickson, Priscilla J. Dickson. Additional defendants: Geo F. Raworth, Jacob Voorheis, Margaret P. Voorheis, Laua D. Bo

Shields died intestate in 1840 leaving a widow, Rachel, and infant child, Isabella. John Cook was appointed Isabella's guardian and later married Rachel. Shields was said to have left a large amount of debt. Nancy Shields purchased land from the estate at auction. John Carson was the principal creditor.

Additional Defendants: Mary E. Fort, James A. Fort, and Mary A. Fort. Plaintiff is seeking to establish a dividing line between his land and the land belonging to the Plaintiff Stone. Both tracts of land originally belonged to L. Belcher who divided the land and willed the two tracts to his sons Allen and Willie Belcher.

Eliza Gillespie is the admin of the estate of George Gillespie, deceased. George Gillespie owes a debt to Alexander Hopkins and Samuel Alsbrook for $1000. This case is an attempt to collect that debt. Other names mentioned: John McKinney, James Taylor, and Peter Parsons.

In 1844, William Robeson gave a note to Isom Woodward's brother for land belonging to Isom's father, William Woodward, who was gradually becoming mentally incapacitated. Wm's land was divided amongst his heirs before he died, some selling off land for profit. Suit sought to further settle Wm's estate, including notes due to the estate.

Additional defendants: Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Tennessee.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendants for the sum of four hundred dollars being the consideration for a parcel of land. Plaintiff claims that the defendant prevented him from collecting his said debt.

Smith complained that Blankenship, administrator of the estate of Samuel Patterson, owed him $220.00.

James Lisley was the guardian of Sarah Alexander. Isaac and Sarah filed suit against him, his securities, William Bell & wife, & other associated with the estate of Anderson Pursley, of which Isaac was admr. James Lisby sold a tract of land he inherited from the estate to Legg, & Lisby was accused of trover, considering the estate was not settled. An injunction was filed to prevent the sale of the land.

Plaintiff was renting room from defendant while working as a contractor for the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. When presented with bill, plaintiff called some of the charges exorbitant.

Action of ejectment for 640 acres of land in Lincoln County. Grant No. 377 from North Carolina to D. Vance, Moore & Williams for 5000 acres of land. Davis Vance, deceased, previous owner of land in question. Deed of partition dated 15th June 1807.

In 1847 Lafferty purchased land from Edmond Collins in Grainger County. The sale was not registered with the sheriff, & the tenants of the land were not notified of the sale. The suit argues that because of these details the sale was void, & land ownership was still rightly Conn's.

Additional defendants: George W. Bandy, Enoch D. Rushing, William D. Hill

Add. Defs: Aladdin Parmley, Robert E. Con, Edward Herndon. Parmley owned land that was sold to satisfy a debt & Brazleton was the purchaser. However, the legal description of the land contained in the sheriff's deed to purchaser was defective. Brazleton then sold the land to Hale. This lawsuit revolves around a dispute related to the defective legal description in the sheriff's deed.

Case originates with Richard Fen breaking into the close of John Den and ejecting him from the premises. Blackburn and Tolliver had title to the land. Others involved: John Armstrong, John Lally, John and Joseph Crabb, John and Mary Warwick [Warrick] and their son Perington and daughter Martha Smith. Text of John Warwick's will included--it provides for the distribution of his individual worldly goods.