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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1876 | Benjamin McLeskey v. Bond & Wright | Lauderdale | Debt for Wages |
Bond & Wright was a partnership comprised of S.D. Bond and W.S. Wright |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Hardin J. Turner v. Eliza J. Barfield | Lauderdale | Promissory Note | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1876 | J. J. Winston& wife Nancy Winston v. George H. Summerow | Lauderdale | Attachment |
Nancy Winston's maiden name Nancy Summerow. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | James M. McCaleb v. Louisa McClelland | Lauderdale | Debt |
Plaintiff claims that defendant still owes a portion of the contracted price for a piece of property she purchased from him. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 37 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | L. S. Maclin v. A. J. Felts & J. N. Wardlaw | Lauderdale | Breach of Contract |
Maclin once in business with Felts, buying and selling real estate, dry goods and cotton under firm name of Maclin & Felts. Partnership lasted from Feb. 1866 till dissolved on 11 March 1873. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Lilly Partee, admr. of Hiram Partee v. A. L. Rains | Lauderdale | Conveyance | West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 220 | 75 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1876 | Matthew P. Lankford, admr., of William J. Lewis v. Mary F. Lewis, Laura A. Lewis, et al. | Lauderdale | Estate Settlement |
Additional defendants: Samuel D. Lewis, John C. Lewis Franklin C. Lewis, and Ira N. Lewis. These and Laura A. Lewis are his only children and heirs at law. Widow, Mary F. Lewis. William J. Lewis died in Lauderdale Co., TN on 17 Sept. 1869. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Philip A. Crow et al. v. John A. Coleman et al. | Lauderdale | Promissory Note |
Additional Plaintiffs: William P. Shyrock and David W. Rowland (citizens of St. Louis, MO). Additional Defendants: Sterling A. Peters, Green H. Bradford, and George L. Brantley. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 84 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | State v. Nat Bryan | Lauderdale | Larceny |
Bryan accused of stealing two watches valued at $150 from R. O. Crump. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Sarah L. Nearn v. William E. Campbell, et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: C. R. Parr (resident of Dyer Co.) and Sidney A. Pugh. Sarah widow of Jonathan W. Nearn who died Feb. 1873. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | State v. Alex Caldwell | Lauderdale | Marriage, Unlawful |
Additional parties: Cindra Stone Green, Jim Daniels, Isham Coleman, Ben Mullins, Tom Wilson. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | State v. F. H. Amick | Lauderdale | Forgery |
Also named in case: George Morris, African American. F. H. Amick lived with his brother, Jonas Amick. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 4 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Tapp, Kennedy, & Walsh, et al. v. R. J. Blackwell | Lauderdale | Debt |
Plaintiffs: Robert C. Snoddy, Robert Parish, Nicholas Gwynn, Henry S. Moss, John M. Trigg, Charles Temple, E. W. Books, J. C. Neely, S. H. Brooks. W. J. & T. J. Tapp, E. W. Kennedy, and E. P. Walsh were partners in the firm of Tapp, Kennedy & Walsh. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | Tapp, Kennedy & Walch, et al. v. R. J. Blackwell, et al. | Lauderdale | Debt, Balance on |
Documents in the file include a brief and a witness statement. Other plaintiffs: Snoddy, Parrish & Co.; Moss, Trigg & Semple; Brooks, Neely & Co. Other defendants include W. A. Blackwell, Nannie E. Blackwell, Robert W. Warren. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1876 | William Turner v. Sarah E. Simpson, admr. & widow of Hugh Simpson, dec., et al. | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: William W. Patton & wife Martha J. Patton, Mary F. Simpson, Julius G. Simpson, John Simpson and Ann E. Simpson. Four Simpsons and Martha J. Patton only children and heirs at law of Hugh Simpson. Hugh Simpson died ca. 7 October 1873. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 77 | 0 | Order A Copy |