Trespass on the case. W. W. Williams signed promissory note to def. Martin for $6571.66, payable at Bank of Charleston in Charleston, SC., & Martin endorsed it to Bronson, but when it came due, neither maker nor endorser paid it. File includes testimony regarding handwriting of Williams & handwriting of Martin.

Add. defendants: Mary C. Coleman & Margaret R. Coleman.

The defendants are indebted to the plaintiffs for $1,500 in goods, which they unjustly detained from them. The original sum was for $2,000 and the defendants paid off part of the sum, but never returned to pay the rest of the account balance.

The defendants are executors of Henry Chiles (dec.). Plaintiff is sued the estate of H. Chiles for a debt owed of $200 plus interest and damages of $100 for the unjust detainment of the funds due.

Plaintiff bought a town lot in the city of Knoxville from def. Williams for $400 on installments, yet received no title. Plaintiff then built a house & other improvements on the lot. Indebted to M. Allison, Williams conveyed said lot to him as payment. Allison brought an action of ejectment against Rhea, pending in Circuit Ct. Plaintiff asks for injunction bond against this action and a lien against the value of her improvements.

Additional plaintiffs and defendants are listed in file. The plaintiffs signed on as securities for a William McLeer, not a party in the bill, made payable to W.A. Spencer for $8,500. McLeer was later brought to court for failing to pay the note in full. The plaintiffs were also a party in the case and now filed an injunction to prevent the further prosecution of them or their property until the previous case was settled.

Defendant is the administrator of Sarah McDaniel (dec.). Bill filed over the inheritance of slaves and property from S. McDaniel's estate.

George Stormer is charged with maliciously stabbing one Jacob Reed

Victim: William Fielden. Charged with murder in the first degree. The defendants forcefully entered the property of the victim and shot him with a pistol (it's unclear whether the bullet struck the victim), then stabbed the victim in the face.

The State charges the defendant with unlawful cohabitation and sexual intercourse without being legally married to each other to the common nuisance of all the good people of the State and against the peace and dignity of the State.

Caleb Powell was the owner of 22 slaves and executed a deed of gift to the plaintiff for that population. The defendant is the husband of a woman said to be the daughter of Caleb Powell, possibly from an unwed woman. The defendant fraudulently obtained a bill of sale supposedly from the plaintiff for the slaves, claiming to have paid $1,500 for them. The plaintiff filed the bill to declare the bill of sale fraudulent and and to remain the owner of the population.

Incomplete case file; brief only. Baker was convicted of attempting to rape Annie Owens. The appeal seeks to change the venue of the trial- defense argued that incident took place in another county.

Add. plaintiffs: Joseph L. King & Richard R. Bearden, Executor of the estate of M.D. Bearden (dec.). Add. defendants: Amanda E. Kidd, Caroline J. Kidd, James W. Kidd, & Eliza Kidd, minor heirs of David S. Kidd (dec.). Defendants inherited a tract of land, the legal title to which was in W.H. Sneed's possession. The land previously belonged to Sneed & Kidd & Company, bought in 1854. Sneed paid the balance of the interest.

Trespass on the case. Johnson indebted to Baker (physician) for $495.00, for Baker's medical service & attention to Johnson's wife over 18-month period. Witnesses: Dr. James Rodgers, practicing physician in Knoxville who waited on Mrs. Johnson with Baker. Her case "was a very dangerous and critical one for a long time." She stayed at Dr. Baker's house & under his care for lengthy period. Dr. Paxton also testified. Mention also made of coffin purchased to bury Johnsons' infant.