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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 | 1865 | (unknown) | Unknown |
Exhibit Only. Blueprint for Patent by John Richards. The invention looks as though it may be something to aid in harvesting crops as there is a blade involved. Oversized |
East | Range: 5 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 1 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | A. M. Torbett v. J. H. Worthy & George Worthy | Monroe | Other |
Torbett was apparently a bond broker and the Worthys were endorsers. However, at least one of the notes were written for Confederate money. The suit sought to determine the amount of debt owed, its validity, and recover the debts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Anthony heirs, et al.v. B. S. Martin, et al. | Sumner | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Jane Anthony, Mary Anthony, Pattie Anthony, John Franklin, and Susan Anthony. Additional Defendants: W. J. Neely, R. A. Bennett, C. L. Bennett, and John Roper. Disputes also involve slaves and land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 231 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Alexander E. Smith v. Conrad Eisenhower | Cocke | Other |
The Confederate Eisenhower (also spelled Icenhour) forcibly took a "rifle gun" from Union sympathizer Smith during the Civil War. Smith was asking for compensation. Governor Isham Harris mentioned in transcript. Case has its roots in the March 19, 1862, order of Tennessee's "Rebel Legislature" to confiscate arms from Union sympathizers. See also State v. Brotherton and Boyer (1866), Box ET 1139. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1132 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Alfred H. Haynes v. The East Tennessee & Georgia Rail Road Company | Bradley | Negligence |
Haynes contracted with railroad to do some repair work and, while he was performing said work, an unscheduled train running from Chattanooga to Cleveland appeared & hit Haynes, thereby injuring him. He sued the railroad for trespass on the case, claiming $10,000 in damages. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Andrew J. Trewhitt v. Lemuel M. Jones et al | Bradley | False Imprisonment |
Add. Defs: Wm H. Tibbs, John G. Carter, Wm A. Camp, Lemuel Shugart, E. F. Johnston, Joseph Tucker. Trewhitt said Defs took him by force & imprisoned him in Knoxville & in Mississippi. He claimed $20,000 damages, asked court to attach Defs' property; he believed Def. had absconded & left Tennessee. Court did so. Camp & Carter dismissed as Def.; default judgment against the rest. Jury awarded $5,000 damages. This was during Civil War; Trewhitt arrested as Confederate conscript. Mentions Capt Foster. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | A. P. Grinstead v. James V. Hayes et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Additional Defendants: John H. Minton, B. G. Hayes |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 303 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Abner Shacklett v. Rebecca Polk et al | Maury | Debt |
Origin of debt: Promissory note. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 525 | 94 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Abner Shacklett v. Rebecca Polk | Attachment |
Plaintiff filed for an attachment against defendant to secure the payment of a note of $10,000.00. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: 7 Shelf: Box Number: 526 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | Alexander Haun Jr. by next friend v. Pleasant A. Witt | Jefferson | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Alexander Haun Jr. sues by next friend Alexander Haun, Sr. for trespass, assault and battery, and false imprisonment against Pleasant A. Witt. sued for damage in the sum of $3,000. |
East | Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 788 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Bank of Tennessee v. C. L. Nelson et al. | Rutherford | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | Burrell Badgett, et al. v. M. D. Bearden, admr. of Seth Lea, dec. | Knox | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. N. Maxwell. sued for damages in the sum of $25,000. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | C. Carter v. Turner Foster et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Mariah Porter, George Hitchings, John Gleares, Henry Gleares, the Bank of Tennessee, William Gleares, F. R. Cheatham, John Gleaves, and W. D. Robertson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Caswell Lyons and W. C. Peters v. Valentine Wyrick, et al. | Union | Land and Title Dispute |
Land dispute during CW. Case noted for early date of 1865 following war cessations. Additional Defendants: James L. Mynatt, Frances Lyon, & L. M. Ellis. see continuation of case in box ET 1189. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 20 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | C. Morrell for use of William Towers v. W. K. Reynolds & Monell Reynolds et al. | Hawkins | Debt |
Cause of Action: Debt for purchase of land. Opinion only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Carrol Martin | Sevier | Land |
A certificate of survey for Carrol [alt. spelled Carroll] Martin for a 15.5 acre plot of land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1201 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | David Randal et al. v. A. Barton et al. | Coffee | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: H. H. Harrison. Additional Defendants: J. A. Carden, C. O. Purvis, W. B. Gibson, and Silas McBer. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | David Chandler v. John Headrick | Blount | Trespass and Damages |
Case also involves charges of slander. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 61 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Daniel Sipe v. Richard Mitchell et al. | Hawkins | Land and Title Dispute |
Transcript of case on remand from SC (not original case). Add. parties: William Sipe, Jesse Reeder, Stockely [Stokely] D. Mitchell (died during suit), Willie B. Mitchell, Anne R. Chesnut, admr., James P. McCarty. hand-drawn map showing disputed land. Stockely's heirs: widow Alice, children Joseph R., Clinton A., James G., R. Pinckney, Martha (m. A.P. Hampton), & minors Stockely (younger), Alice, Amelia, & Hugh N. Willie guardian for minors. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Enoch Fly v. Tolbert Fanning | Davidson | Trespass and Damages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | Eli Odom v. William Cantrell | Sumner | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | Elizabeth Simpson et al. v. Nancy Alexander & Joseph Alexander | Monroe | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Margaret Jane Prather, John J. Prather, Mary Elizabeth Jackson, B. G. Simpson, Martha Terissa Simpson, James C. Simpson, David. F. Simpson, Sarah T. Simpson, John T. Simpson, and John Jefferson. Case also involves John Simpson's will and a large estate. The widow, Elizabeth Simpson, is described as "a stout woman and it is probably [sic?] may live for a long time." |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 30 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Eli Floyd | Sevier | Land |
A certificate of survey for Eli Floyd for a 165 acre plot of land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1201 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Elva M. Crow v. C. Morrell & wife et al. | Carter | Estate Settlement |
Additional Cause of Action: Debt. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | G. Turner v. State | Giles | Theft |
brief only; appeal of livestock theft; no date mentioned - cited an 1865 act; incomplete |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 302 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | G. W. Terry et al. v. W. H. Blackman | Sumner | Bond Dispute |
Plaintiffs seek to collect on debts owed by Defendant. Because Defendant is in default, Plaintiffs seek to collect from his securities. Add. Plaintiffs: Mrs. G. W. Terry, Thomas Lloyd, B. W. Thompson, R. Wilson, J. R. Walsh. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 520 | 43 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | G. R. Scott, admr. of R. H. Alley, dec. v. James T. Connell | Robertson | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff sued the defendant for debt. Alley had recovered a judgment for the debt upon which said attachment bill was filed, but in May 1868 plaintiff filed bankruptcy claiming he was legally discharged of any and all debts. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 16 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Henry Laird v. George W. Scott et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Eloise Scott, E. Keck |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Henry Harris v. J.W. Thornburgh | Grainger | Debt, Petition on |
Thornburgh executed $100 note in favor of Harris, who gave Confederate money (rebel money) for the note, which Thornburgh used to pay another debt & to pay a high price for medicine. Dispute over whether Confederate money qualified as consideration. Thornburgh argued no consideration for note, since Confederate money not recognized by law as money at all & had no legal value. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1141 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Henry J. Fritts v. Wiley H. Monnger | Roane | Trespass and Damages |
The defendant allegedly aided and gave to rebel soldiers two rifles owned by the plaintiff. The defendant did so under malicious and vindictive circumstances and the plaintiff is sued for damages in the sum of $60. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Horace Maynard v. John J. May et al | Knox | Debt on Account |
Add. defendants: Reuben E. Fox, administrator of the estate of Joseph W. Fox (dec.). The plaintiff is sued to recover a debt on account in a sum under $100. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Hyla Glass v. Eilliot H. Glass & Alfred Carter | Attachment |
Cause of Action: Debt for land with attachment of property. Plaintiff claims she was owner of the land that was attached and therefore is entitled to the land or a like parcel. County: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 15 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | Isaac Guthman & Lewis Guthman v. John Henderson, et al. | Bradley | Petition for Injunction |
Isaac and Lewis Guthman prosecuted an injunction bill against Henderson, D.C. McMillin, and Isaac Low. Isaac Guthman had purchased town lot belonging to Henderson from Master of Chancery Court for $1315. Plaintiffs executed 2 notes. Henderson demanded payment in gold or silver, which plaintiffs did not have. One note was not paid and judgment was taken on it in court in favor of McMillin and was in hands of Low, sheriff, who levied it on Lewis Guthman's property. Injunction bill to stop execution. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1201 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | James S. Bingham v. John Rains et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Duncan B. Cooper, R.L. Francis, James B. Akins. Plaintiff sued the defendants for recovery of previous judgments that were never paid. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 27a | 67 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | J& J. A. Barnes v. Waman Leftwich | White | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Sale of 4 town lots in Sparta in 1860 and where the lot lines were noted was wrong. Complainant wanted to set aside the sale. The defendant denies any fraud and had held the land for 20 years. The land was on the public square in Sparta, but some of the land was adjacent to a public walkway which had been used by the public for years. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 264 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | John Thompson v. Turner S. Foster | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | James Johnson et al.v. Mitchell Rose & L. J. Mason | Roane | Partnership Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: J. J. Bell and David N. Bell. For additional part of case see ET 1238. |
East | Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 814 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | John Roberts v. Samuel C. Swan | Knox | Recovery of Money/ Wages |
Roberts sued for $5,000, but Swan "absconded or so conceals himself that the ordinary process of the Law cannot be served upon him." |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1203 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | James H. Vance, admr. of Willie B. Mitchell, dec. | Hawkins | Estate Settlement |
Incomplete file; 1 pg. of transcript only, which relates to appointment of Vance as administrator of estate of Mitchell, who died without a written will. This case may be related to "James H. Vance and R. P. Mitchell admr. et al. v. Joseph R. Mitchell et al." located in ET 1617. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1203 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Joseph Pinkerton & John McEwen v. M. F. DeGraffenreid | Williamson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | James Sartin v. S. P. Goodman& J. C. Walker admr. of H. P. Forrester | Grundy | Slaves, Ownership of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | John Holland& William Rigsby v. Elijah Neely | Cannon | Debt Dispute |
Case specifically references the Civil War. Holland purchased a horse from the Defendant "for the express purpose…to be used in the Calvary services of the Confederate state." After Union forces won the war, Defendants are sued for their money back. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | J. M. Elrod & wife Paralle v. W. S. Rhodes et al. | Cannon | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: William Leech, J. H. Rhodes, A. W. Rhodes, Martin Rhodes, Rosa Rhodes, Allen Williams, A. Allen, James Allen, Rufus Allen, and Samuel Craddrock. Case also includes a dispute over land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | J. C. Owens v. A. E. Drumm, et al. | Polk | Wills, Contested |
Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | James A. Galbraith v. Joel Brooks admr. of D. D. Brooks et al. | Cocke | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendants: Robert Allen, Alex Eckel, assignee of Allen, Nancy Brooks, Sarah Jane Brooks, William Brooks, James Brooks, Isaac Brooks, James Swagerty, James Netherton, John Stokely, and Wiliam Robinson. Concerns the payment of a note from Allen & Brooks, who purchased a threshing machines under said partnership. Case also disputes the statute of limitations for such charges. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 | 151 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | John Brown | Davidson | Other |
Incomplete case file. Receipt and General Order from Provost Marshal concerning John Brown, formerly of the 21st Battery for desertion. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 765 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Jesse Matlock v. William Littleton, Jr. | Roane | Debt, Balance on |
Plaintiff is sued to recover a debt in the sum of under $500 for rent of land for the year 1864. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1198 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | John M. Vanbebber v. John G. Newlee | Claiborne | Debt Dispute |
Response to a previous bill filed by Newlee against Vanbebber about a debt for livestock (hogs and mules). Vanbebber bought the debt and interest of Newlee off a third party. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1201 | 201 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | John B. Edwards v. Melvin Porter et al | Roane | Injunction |
Add. Defs: Jeptha Osborne; Thomas Ballard, admr of Washington Ballard, dec; John Stanfield. Edwards bought land from Porter, paying cash & note for the balance. Porter owed money to Robert Boyd & to Ocoee Bank. Boyd sued to set aside Porter's land sale. Porter assigned Edwards' note to def Osborne, who assigned it to Stanfield. Edwards says both assignments done fraudulently to prevent attachment of the note. Since he no longer has land he bought from Porter, Edwards seeks relief from note enforcement. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1200 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | John A. McKamy, guardian for William R. Dail, admr. v. H. B. Bowling & D. H. Cummings | Anderson | Debt |
John A. McKamy was the guardian of Peggy C. McKamy for the use of W. R. Dail, administrator for the late Peggy C. McKamy. Question regards the lawfulness of U.S. Treasury notes to pay a debt. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1203 | 8 | Order A Copy |