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View Entry 1860 Allen McCoy v. Christian Heffner Union Debt Dispute

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant who won an earlier judgment against him for the sum of $35. The parties are sued over payment of a note, and the Circuit Court found for the plaintiff, as the delivery of a note by payee does not assign liability.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1139 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1940 Ada Nelson et al. v. Curtis Braden et al Union Land and Title Dispute

Add. Plaintiffs: Gethie Sharp, Opal Kidwell, Francis Carmon, Clayton Kitts, Lee Kitts, Pat Kitts, Millard Kitts, Edward Kitts, Gene Kitts, Cleo Smith. Add. Defendants: Cam Braden, W. R. Debusk, Lucy Toliver, Sarah Braden, William J. Braden, Lizzie Beeler, Sallie Debusk, Nora Baker. Deceased: A. J. Braden.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 607 84 Order A Copy
View Entry 1884 A. A. Baker v. A. L. Leinart, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Case is incomplete; brief only. In Nov. of 1874 Thomas L. Branson executed a deed of trust to J.W.Branson for a parcel of land in Union County. Deed was made to secure a debt due A. A. Baker who was named in the deed. In 1876, debt due Baker had not been See ET Box 1871: paid- the land was sold by the Trustee, J.W. Branson and purchased by Baker. Later Baker took a trust deed for land. At the time trust deed was executed, T. L. Branson was legal owner of land. Conveyance was bona fide.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 86 246 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 Caswell Lyons & W. C. Peters v. Valentine Wyrick, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Land dispute during the Civil War. Case noted for early date of 1865 following war cessations. Additional Defendants: James L. Mynatt, Frances Lyon, & L. M. Ellis. See additional pages in box ET 28.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1189 117 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 1883 Coraw Acuff v. C. S. Cox, et al. and Halston Salt and Master Co. v. C. S. Cox et als. Union Land and Title Dispute

Case file incomplete; brief only. In May, 1883 Acuff contracted with Cox to sell him a tract of land in Raccoon Valley containing about 130 acres. Price for the land was $800.00. Cox paid about $450.00. and executed a note for the remainder. At the time See ET Box 1871 as well - no deed or title was drawn as some surveying needed to be done. Cox became very ill and Acuff was advised to draw up a deed but kept the deed in his possession. Cox recovered and refused to acknowledge deed as was written.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 67 96 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 Cumberland Gap Stone & Pipe Co. v. Union County, Tennessee, et al. Union Debt Dispute

Complainant company says it sold concrete drain pipes to Union County through its officials, P. E. Collett and Charles L. Ousley of the County Road Commission, and that it never received payment for the pipes.

 East Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 882 51 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Caswell C. Lyons, admr.,& Heirs v. Valentine Wyrick, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Opinion only. Complex land and title dispute. Lyons took deed of conveyance from Anderson Acuff for a tract of 140 acres. Acuff had obtained judgment against Lyons for unpaid purchase money. Land was sold by sheriff to L.M. Ellis. Deed eventually came to Wyrick. Lyons and Ellis had made verbal agreement on the redemption of the land but Ellis sold to J.L. Mynatt. Plaintiffs charges a vendor's lien was created in favor of Lyons.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1217 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1938 George Satterfield, et al. v. Victor Kitts, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Bettie Satterfield. Other defendants: Lucy Chesney.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1111 363 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 Halin Skaggs, admr. of Moses Skaggs, et al. v. John Epperson& Harriet Epperson Union Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs are difficult to determine.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 29 60 Order A Copy
View Entry 1866 Hiram Norton v. Nicholas Ailor, admr. Union Estate Dispute

Nicholas Ailor was guardian of one Pauley Hutchison who was mentally handicapped. Her father Reuben Hutchison received a Union pension. After her father's death, Pauley received the pension. After her own death, Ailor sought to recover some of the money

 East Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1955 125 Order A Copy
View Entry Henry C. Ogg v. A. L Leinart, et al Union Land and Title Dispute

Partial documents. Continuation of case in box ET 1192.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1067 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 Henry C. Ogg v. A.L. Leinart, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Isaac L. Davault, Benjamin Skaggs, John D. Popejoy, John C. Baker, and W.W. Gibbs. Previous case between Ogg v. Gibbs and James Carter in which Ogg recovered judgment against them for $6000. Leinart, Skaggs & Popejoy, Baker, and Davault all brought separate cases against Gibbs et al.. Ogg wants an injunction restraining defendants from proceeding to cloud his title to tract of land. See related case Henry C. Ogg v. A.L. Leinart, et al. in box ET 1067.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1192 153 Order A Copy
View Entry 1948 Ima Davis, et al. v. Mary Gladys Weaver, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: Vada Davis, Zela Davis Cassidy, Verlin Davis, Scott Davis, Blanche Davis, Sedella Davis, Beulah Monroe, Eleanor Thomas, Clayton Davis. Additional defendant: Audrey Weaver.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 589 87 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Jacob Haynes, Sr. v. Jacob Haynes, Jr. Union Land and Title Dispute

Concerns land deeded by plaintiff to defendant 9 Dec. 1865. The case materials relate that Haynes Sr. was indicted for treason at the end of the Civil War. Knowing that most individuals indicted for treason at that time were stripped of their property, his son talked him into deeding his land to him to hold until such time as everything could be settled. Additional case materials in ET 1895 (Range 19, Section B, Shelf 6).

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1082 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 John W. Lea v. Sterling C. Kincaid et al; Sterling C. Kincaid v. Reuben Craig et al Union Debt Dispute

Kincaid owed Lea money on a note. Lea left TN & went to KY. Lea brought this suit to get judgment on note & satisfy same from Kincaid's land and/or from Maynardville land of Kincaid's security Calvin Monroe. Consolidated w/case: Sterling C. Kincaid v. Reuben Craig et al. Kincaid died while suit pending. Kincaid's heirs: James H., Daniel, Martha, Creed F. Molly & Sterling Kincaid.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1237 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 John C. Baker, et al. v. John Robertson, et al. Union Debt Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Francies Smith, James Smith, and Samuel Smith. Additional Defendants: W. W. Gibbs, Allen Hurst, and James Turner. Dispute involves the sale of a "negro" boy.

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 40 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James H. Lambdin v. Mary M. Lambdin, et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

3 folders. Addl. defendants: John Bowman, M.D.L. Kincaid, Joseph Buler, Michael Lambdin, Susan Lambdin, Ludlow Lambdin, heirs of John Lambdin, James Lambdin. Jame H. Lambdin was listed as a resident of Grainger County. Michael, Susan, and Ludlow Lambdin were all listed as "minors under fourteen years of age." M.D.L. Kincaid was listed as the guardian of Ludlow and Susan. Joseph Buler was listed as the guardian of Michael. Land dispute related to the estate of Samuel B. Lambdin.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1868 854 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 James Hubbs v. S. N. Kelley Union Land, Contract Dispute

Hubbs owned land on Flat Creek but went into debt and was forced to sell it in court to Howard Howell in 1872. Hubbs went to his neighbor Kelley and entered into an oral contract, wherein Kelley would put up the purchase money and Hubbs could reclaim the land. This motion was brought to enforce Kelley’s payment so that Hubbs may claim his redemptive right to the land. 228 pages in ET1959

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 728 238 Order A Copy
View Entry 1861 J. G. Palmer, et al.v. John B. Malone, et al Union Debt Dispute

On 4 April 1859 complainants executed a $676 note to the Circuit Court Clerk for a slave sold under a decree of that court. On 2 Oct. 1860 the clerk's successor reported that the note was unpaid & rendered a judgment for $736, the entire amount plus interest, without notifying complainants. Complainants seek to enjoin an execution from the Court, also state that they did make payments on the note that were not properly recorded.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1067 29 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 J. S. Palmer et al.v. John B. Maline et al Union Estate Dispute

Add. defendants: John Sharp & Alphea Sharp. Add. defendants: James Lett, Administrator of the estate of Richard Malone (dec.) & Allen Hurst.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1190 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1863 John Vancil et al.v. Tabitha Evans et al Union Personal Property Dispute

Add. plaintiffs: Allen Hurst, by next friend John Vancil, Roland Vancil, & Samuel Vancil. Add. defendant: T.H. Evans, Alexander Vancil, D.M.C. Vancil, Haston Butcher, & ? Johnson, executioner of the will of Clairborne Johnson (dec.). T. Evans is the widow of Elias Vancil and executioner of his estate.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 John Vansel et al.v. T. H. Evans et al Union Estate Dispute

Additional plaintiffs and defendants listed in file. Missing first 12 pages. Plaintiff's name also spelled "Vancil". Dispute over the estate of Elias Vancil (dec.).

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 164 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 J. G. Palmer et al. v. T. H. Butcher Union Property Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: William H. Sharp, and A.J. Savage. The plaintiffs are common school commissioners for the 10th school district in Union County. The defendant is accused of illegally occupying the Miller Schoolhouse. Related documents can be found in ET 1066.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1197 31 Order A Copy
View Entry 1877 James J. Sellers v. A. Donehew Union Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendant A. Miller. Case was to determine who had rightful ownership of a tract of land.

 East Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1673 68 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Joel Coppock v. Amos Norton & Others Union Deed Dispute

In 1851 James Norton deeded a tract to his son Amos Norton. Amos was at the time was "an idiot, is now an idiot, and he has been his entire life." He should have a trustee. In 1854 James sold the land to John Allred and Jesse Carroll. In 1860 Carroll sold his portion to Lewis Loy. Then Amos's stepmother installed Amos in Carroll's vacated house so that Loy couldn't take possession. Amos's only property was "an old quilt which is placed upon a pile of straw on the floor…." Complications developed.

 East Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1622 121 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 L. Huddleston, et al. v. John A. Williams Union Debt Dispute

Defendant left TN to join Union Army in 1861, while indebted to Plaintiffs who conducted business under the firm name Huddleston Bros. Plaintiffs sued to recover costs, selling land abandoned by defendant. Case also mentions John Huddleston & Pressley Buckner. Fearing for his safety during the Civil War, the defendant left Tennessee for Kentucky, & joined the Federal Army. See additional documents in box ET 6a.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 78 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 Mack C. Cook et al. v. S. G. Cox et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Exhibits include deeds. Add. Plaintiff: Audrey Cook. Add. Defendant: C. E. Cox.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 605 224 Order A Copy
View Entry 1870 Nathan Kelly v. Polly Mettabarger Union Land and Title Dispute

Plaintiff conveyed a tract of land to his son, Calaway Kelly, with the stipulation that the land could not be sold without the plaintiff's consent. Calaway sold the land to Roland Mettabarger, the now deceased husband of Polly Mettabarger, without giving notice to his father. Calaway then died.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1238 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1891 Ollie Petree v. Henry Berry et al. Union Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Joseph Ellison & Ben Berry Jr. Plaintiff Ollie Petree, widow of Joel Petree, deceased, claimed rights to land her husband bought, and occupied, from George W. Petree and his wife. However, the deed was never registered. In 1883, without the plaintiff's consent, George Petree and his wife signed over the deed and registered the land to Henry Berry who then sold it to Joseph Ellison. Ellison then conveyed partial ownership to Ben Berry Jr.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1813 134 Order A Copy
View Entry 1868 Peter Sharp v. George Fields, et al. Union Rent Dispute

Other defendants: James Hammock; John McHone.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1068 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 Robert P. Miller v. W. Robert Miller Union Land and Title Dispute

This case deals with a dispute between family members as to the rightful owner of two tracts of land in Union County. There is an argument as to who the land was left to in the will of M.L. Miller.

 East Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 915 71 Order A Copy
View Entry 1893 Robert F. Merritt by next friend James Merritt v. E. M. Miller et al Union Estate Dispute

Additional defendants O. A. Carr and Lucy Carr. The plaintiff was married to M. C. Miller. The plaintiffs father in law passed away and the plaintiff believed that the decd. Was not in a state to sign documents stating the conveyance of land and property. The plaintiff was asking the court to state that the deed was and void and the land be partitioned off between the heirs.

 East Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1703 219 Order A Copy
View Entry 1859 State v. John Cole Union Land and Title Dispute

Case incomplete; opinion only.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 102 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 Sallie Wallace et al. v. William Toliver Jr. Union Land and Title Dispute

Exhibits: 5-plat maps; deeds W. J. Lay to Alfred Waddington, A. Hamilton to W. L. Hamilton, William Hamilton to Creesey Hundley, Aaron Hamilton to William Butcher, Thomas L. Branson to William Yaden, J. F. Smith to Samuel Waggoner, other deeds. Add. Plaintiffs: John Hines, E. S. Evans, J. E. Sexton.

 East Range: 7 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 609 226 Order A Copy
View Entry 1935 Sallie Wallace et al.v. William Tolliver, Jr. Union Land and Title Dispute

Additional Plaintiffs: Hubert Weddington & Eva Robinson, children of Alfred Weddington, dec. July 1895. Sallie Wallace his widow. Plaintiffs argue that def.., whose property adjoins theirs, trespassed, cut & sold valuable timber & caused other property damage. They ask court to establish their boundary line, enjoin Tolliver from trespassing & recover from him value of timber & other property damage. Tolliver argues that boundary line is in error & the property is actually his.

 East Range: 8 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 841 492 Order A Copy