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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Eli Odom v. William Cantrell | Sumner | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | 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 | 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 | L H. Squires, et al. v. J. D. Bone, admr. Of William Bone, dec. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: John Moores and E. A. Wright. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | M. H. Mays& E. S. Spencer v. Thompson& Claiborne | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Defendants' full names are not listed. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Maury Brown, et al. v. Lew Owen, et al. | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute also involves debt. Case file is incomplete; brief only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1865 | Nancy Stephens v. W. H. Shelton et al. | Bedford | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendant: John Jakes. Plaintiff is an elderly woman who claims that the Defendants pressured her into taking Confederate money to pay a debt they owed her despite her protests. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Rose & Turner, admrs. of G. D. Wright, dec. v. Johnson & Robinson, admrs. of J. D. Johnson, dec. | Roane | Debt Dispute |
Dispute over $2,700 for the purpose of paying and satisfying the liability credited when said receipt was executed and the same was never applied in the way in which it was supposed to be. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1865 | Thomas Martin v. William Park et al. | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Elizabeth Baugh, exe. of Philip Baugh, dec. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |