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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 | 1940 | Carl Kidwell v. State | Union | Counterfeiting | East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 | 141 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | George H. Cheek v. State | Carter | Counterfeiting |
Plaintiff indicted for passing counterfeit money. On 1 May 1845 he purchased a slave named Vina from Samuel B. Patterson for $500, paying with bank notes on the Southwestern Railroad Bank. Bank notes were counterfeit. Cheek also used alias of John Thomas. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1174 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | George Ward v. State | Sequatchie | Counterfeiting |
Ward was accused of making and passing counterfeit money, namely the $.05 coin "commonly called nickels." |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1635 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | J. Crouch& Co. v. Elizabeth Martin | Washington | Counterfeiting |
There appears to be a dispute over whether or not Elizabeth Martin used a counterfeit bill when paying for services at the company of J. Crouch. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1839 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | State v. William Clifton | Williamson | Counterfeiting |
Counterfeiting bank bills. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | State v. James Fletcher | Jackson | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | State v. Albert Osborne | Maury | Counterfeiting |
In 1874 Osborne forged an order for goods as if had been made by Eli Offord. It said "Mr. Elam, please let Bas Offord have twelve dollars worth of goods, Eli Offord," not only committing fraud, but creating a debt for Eli Offard. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 11a | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | State v. Leonard Murry | Fentress | Counterfeiting |
Defendant is accused of circulating a fraudulent bank bill of the Northern Bank of Kentucky. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. R. J. Harwood, alias R. J. Harber | Dyer | Counterfeiting |
Case includes testimony from William Harber, father of defendant, and ___ Harber, uncle of defendant, first name not given. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. James W. Rhodes | Dyer | Counterfeiting |
File contains drawings of the counterfeit United States Treasury notes. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 71 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. Jim Cox | Shelby | Counterfeiting | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1857 | State v. Shed Peters | Davidson | Counterfeiting |
Defendant is a black freeman who is accused of inventing a machine which minted counterfeit silver half-dollars. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 253 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1824 | State v. James Reed& David Perkins | White | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 365 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1818 | State v. Wyat Adkins | Anderson | Counterfeiting |
Defendant's name spelled "Atkins" as well. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1833 | State v. Lemuel S. Edwards | Humphreys | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1848 | State v. John H. Officer | Overton | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 382 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1828 | State v. Elijah Skidmore & William Skidmore | Roane | Counterfeiting |
Case includes counterfeit drawing. |
East | Range: 6 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | State v. Spencer Webb | Sullivan | Counterfeiting |
Cause of Action: possession of debased and counterfeit bank notes, possession of stamps and moulds for the purpose of counterfeiting. |
East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1899 | State v. Henry Mooneyhan | Knox | Counterfeiting |
Defendant alias: Henry Messer. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 741 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. C. H. Patrick | Counterfeiting |
Incomplete case file. Order of Commitment only. Court: Circuit Court of the United States, Western District of Tennessee. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1236 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Henry Douglas | Counterfeiting |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. Court: United States, Western district. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1859 | State v. John Sizemore | Washington | Counterfeiting |
John Sizemore is accused of "passing counterfeit money." This appears to be a transcript only and not the complete case file. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1130 | 18 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | State v. Blackburn Oneal, Jesse Killian & Daniel Smith | Hamilton | Counterfeiting |
Defendants charged with passing to George W. Haskell a counterfeit $100 bank bill of Southwestern Railroad Banking & Co. in Charleston, South Carolina (which entity did not exist). |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1136 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1854 | State v. Elisha Hall | Claiborne | Counterfeiting |
The defendant kept in his possession machines and instructions intended for the forging counterfeiting the silver currency of the state. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1150 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | State v. James Owens | Knox | Counterfeiting |
The defendant unlawfully and feloniously passed and offered to circulate a $50 counterfeit note on the Bank of Tennessee letter and a $10 note on the Northern Bank of Kentucky letter. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1163 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | State v. Thomas Cloud | Knox | Counterfeiting |
Cloud charged with fraudulently and feloniously giving William Bearden a counterfeit $5 bill. Jury found him guilty and sentenced him to 3 years on the penitentiary. The defendant moved the court to arrest the judgment. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1195 | 15 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | State v. James R. Smith | Bedford | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 306 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1852 | State v. James Pike | Robertson | Counterfeiting |
Pike charged with passing a counterfeit "Spanish Milled Dollar." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. William H. Dyer | Bedford | Counterfeiting |
Dyer was accused of attempting to pass counterfeit money in the town where he lived. Daniel Dyer signed as bond on this case. The appeal was scire facias. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 48 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | State v. John Wright | Dyer | Counterfeiting |
Additional parties: E. S. Thurmond |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. Jesse Washington | Shelby | Counterfeiting |
Washington is accused of trying to pass off a forged $5 bank note to Catherine Untra. Actual charge is "uttering and passing counterfeit money." |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 100 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. Henry Dunlap | Shelby | Counterfeiting |
Defendant charged with passing a false $50 treasury note to Ben Adams on 5 March 1878. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 110 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Irvin Powell | Davidson | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Simon Moorman | Davidson | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 367 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1828 | State v. David Dunn Harper | Bedford | Counterfeiting |
Defendant claims he received fraudulent bank notes from one John Heath, near Bowling Green, Ky. Passed fraudulent notes onto Bramfield Long for payment of debt. Counterfeit bank note re: Bank of the State of Alabama (1827). |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1825 | State v. John P. Thompson | Blount | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 370 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1831 | State v. James Fuston | Smith | Counterfeiting |
Counterfeiting of bank notes, Planter's and Mechanics Bank of South Carolina. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 374 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | State v. James Power | Davidson | Counterfeiting | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 385 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | State v. Daniel Fleming | Shelby | Counterfeiting | West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 281 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | State v. George W. Watson & John Welsh | Shelby | Counterfeiting |
Passed fraudulent note for $1,000 purported to be from the United States Gold and Silver Mining Company of Battle City, Montana [also referred to as Bluff City, Montana]. |
West | Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 309 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | State v. Shadrack Gentry | McMinn | Counterfeiting | East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 729 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | State v. William Robinson et al | Cocke | Counterfeiting |
Add. Defendants: William Wright, John Stuart, Joseph A. Marshall, L. B. Young, John Womble, Lorenzo D. Porter, John A. Waddell, Marcus Hall, James C. Taylor, Royale Hall, Joseph Anuit, Sam Parrott, William Gann, Richard Umsted, Lloyd B. Young. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. William Jones | Knox | Counterfeiting |
Opinion only, case summary not included. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. Walter Adcock | Knox | Counterfeiting |
Opinion only, case summary not included. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1848 | State v. Martin Williams | Bradley | Counterfeiting |
Charged with passing counterfeit money rather than making it. Defendant, a laborer, attempted to use a forged bank bill supposedly from Planters Bank of Alabama in amount of $10. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1123 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1846 | State v. Ralph Shelton | Claiborne | Counterfeiting |
Def. accused of keeping in his possession & passing counterfeit $10 bank note--specifically, "an imitation of a Bank Bill of the Planter's Bank of Tennessee." A bank by that name did exist & was located in Nashville, TN. Witness William Neal described Def. as "an old man having but one eye & in the habit of using spectacles." Def. allegedly received the note from collector from Lee County, Virginia. In one instance, Def. allegedly passed the note in lieu of cow he owed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1125 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1845 | State v. Alexander Hogshead | Anderson | Counterfeiting |
Def. accused of several counts of either passing counterfeit coin (or offering to pass it) to Hugh Sevier, and also to a slave. One of the issues on appeal was the capacity of a juror known to be subject to attacks of delirium tremens who became sick. The juror was James Hall & the doctor who treated him, Milton Tate, found him "quite sick and in danger of fit of mania." |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1130 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | State v. William K. Morgan, Joseph Divine & Thomas Hensley | Monroe | Counterfeiting |
Morgan accused of passing three counterfeit bank bills to William S. Robertson, 2 purporting to be of the Farmers Bank of Kentucky & 1 purporting to be of the State Bank of Indiana. At one point, Morgan failed to show up for court, later explaining his absence as having been sick & also charged by State of NC with assault with intent to kill, for which he was arrested. Judgment entered against Morgan & his securities, Joseph Divine & Thomas Hensley, on $1500 recognizance bond, from which they appealed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1160 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | State v. William Creasman | Hancock | Counterfeiting |
William Creasman was charged with counterfeiting and keeping silver coins that he tried to pass off as official. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1171 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | The United States v. Francis M. Overby | Knox | Counterfeiting |
Incomplete case file. Judgment document only. Court: Circuit Court of the United States being held for the Eastern District of Tennessee at the Federal Court Room in City of Knoxville. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 3 | Order A Copy |