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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 | 1817 | Alexander McMillan v. Joshua Clanton | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Both Clanton and McMillan made claim to land in Sumner County. The contested land ownership was linked to a very lengthy and convoluted chain of title. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Abram DeGraffenreid v. John Kimbro | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
This dispute over a tract of land in Rutherford County includes a survey of the land in question. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | Alexander Smith et al. v. Joseph& Nancy L. Hightower | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute: Ejectment |
J. Hightower accused of breaking into home of John Doe and ejecting him. Doe leased property from Smiths & Dewey P. and Elizabeth C. Hadley. Also named: Sarah Smith, wife of Alexander, only heir of James Leiper: Elizabeth Hadley daughter of Smiths. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Allen Yowell v. Thomas Hopkins | Warren | Land, Contract Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | Annie M. Slattery v. A. Lea | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1858 | Anthony Stewart v. Jacob H. Brazelton& Daniel Brazelton | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1861 | Abel Rushing v. Archibald Stone& R. H. Mason | Cannon | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1809 | Andrew Campbell v. John McIver& Andrew Lusk | Roane | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 60 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1809 | Arthur Campbell, lessee v. Adam Peck | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1813 | Adam Peck v. John Edington | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 20 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Abram Lowe v. George Selvidge | Monroe | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 71 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1943 | A. F. Frazier v. W. D. Wilson | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 88 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1890 | Americus Brown, et al v. Barnabus Alder, et al | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Both the additional plaintiffs and defendants are too extensive to list. Case is a dispute over the will and real estate originally owned by Anderson Cheek in Marion County, which was purchased or inherited by Ms. Sarah Alder, wife of Barnabus Alder. B. Alder's will gave the land to his wife and then to his 8 sons. After the couple died, the sons sold the land to Brown & Spears for $10,310. The daughters who were not included in the original sale sought proceeds of the sale. |
East | Range: 19 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1807 | 73 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1833 | Aricus Hatfield v. Jesse Vaughn & William Brown | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Exhibits include hand-drawn maps. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 | 21 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | Arthur Phillips v. Warren M. Royal & Clothilde Royal | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Case includes a hand-drawn map on the back of a Barnes Indoor Circus Broadside. 2 folders. Exhibit item located in ET Oversize Box 10. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 911 | 216 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Alphonse De Montegre v. Bazzell Hedgcoth | Bledsoe | Land and Title Dispute |
Alphonse owned 3197 acres of land & Bazzell also claimed title to a portion of this land. Jury ruled in favor of Alphonse. Exhibit (1-page hand-drawn map of disputed property) included in transcript. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | Abner Estep v. F. M. Preswood et al. | Polk | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants include: Mary Preswood, and John Boring. Rebecca Boring, Henry Boring, Stephen Boring, and Mariah Boring are underage and represented by their Next Friend, Elizabeth Boring. The plaintiff and defendants are arguing over a parcel of land which both parties claim as their own. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1851 | Andrew G. Pickett v. Martin W. Sloan, et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Archibald Sloan and Samuel T. Coker. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 232 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | A. J. Simpson et al. v. Sallie Poe, et al | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Fitzpatrick, Gregory & Davis, and A. S. Calyun. Additional Defendants: James Poe and Gregory Poe |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 34 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | A. M. McCoin v. Lou McCoin | Jackson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 154 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Allen Jones v. Hannah Jones, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Jasper Anderson and Joseph Healdenfield. File also includes a contested will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | Alpha Young v. Adam Butler et al. | Warren | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John James and A. Wheless. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 265 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | A. Kline v. Elisha Long | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | Allen Wallace v. B. Featherston, et al. | Bedford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Farwick Frazier, John Norville, John Newbill, and Richard Cardwell. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | A. C. Cobbs v. Elizabeth C. Cobbs et al. | Giles | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Andrew Alernatly, John Woldridge, Jesse Cobbs, Margaret Cobbs, Alison Cobbs, William Lainer, and Meredith Connelly. Case also includes a contested will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | A. L. Campbell v. John Seahorn | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1820 | Adam Meek v. J. Perriman | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1819 | Augustine Jenkins v. Elizabeth Gilliand | Cocke | Land and Title Dispute |
Deposition only. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1849 | A. E. Jackson v. C. H. Gillespie, et al. | Carter | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: N. G. Taylor. Others involved: E. E. C. Gillespie, C. R. Gillespie, and [?] G. Taylor Case file is incomplete. Index included. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 253 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Terminal Company v. North America Realty Company of Milwaukee, Wis, et al | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. defendants: Erwin C. Uihlein, individually & Erwin C. Uihlein, Trustee. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1534 | 192 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | B. F. Stoltz & Amanda Stoltz v. J. H. Long, Mills Taylor, J. M. Stoltz, J. H. Armstrong | Robertson | Land and Title Dispute |
B. F. Stoltz, as administrator of Henry Stoltz, entered a mortgage with the defendants on 61 acres of land as part of a mortgage, exempting his homestead from the agreement. The defendants alleged that the mortgage was unpaid. They placed a lien on the property, then filed suit to foreclose. Stoltz did not attend the procedure, and his land and homestead were foreclosed upon and sold. Stoltz sued to invalidate the sale and get his homestead back. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 15 | 240 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | B. F. Woodward v. John Woodward | Marshall | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 516 | 214 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1883 | Burton Stephens, et al. v. Pleasant Taylor, et al. | Fentress | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: B. R. Stockton, Isaac Stockton. Additional defendant: Thomas Owen. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 674 | 199 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1859 | Benjamin Staples & William Scott v. James Duncan et al. | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Vandeman Byrd, Francis M. Byrd, G.W. Keith. A portion of the land parcel in question ran near the KentuckyTurnpike Road. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1173 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1816 | Bartholomew Conyers v. James Lillard, William Campbell,& John Lillard | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Conyers sued for the title to a tract of 46.5 acres that he had bought from Lillard for $449. Case started in 1807. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1250 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | Berry Wilson v. Edmund Brewer | Robertson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 35 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | B. W. Henry et al. v. E. D. Thompson & R. H. Elam | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: C. M. Brooks and E. A. C. Norman. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1810 | Bareley McGhee v. Joseph Tedford | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 17 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1822 | Benjamin Neal, et al. v. William Cox & Parry Talbot | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Betsy Cox, Polly Cox, and P. Barkey Cox (heirs of Dudley Cox). Case involves a contested will. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1087 | 101 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1905 | B. F. Yates, et al. v. William White | Henderson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: J. H. Yates, Elizabeth Yates, Vallie Yates, L. T. Yates, Mark Hance, Mirtie Hance, Jessie Hance, and Rebecca Yates by T. A. Lancaster. John W. Yates, deceased. Two folders. |
West | Range: 82 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 706 | 405 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1914 | Ben Boon & J. W. Green v. W. H. Grimes | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Action brought to recover seven acres of land with the improvements made on it. Plaintiffs claim land under a grant from the state but Grimes states the state never held a title to the land. Land formerly owned by the Chickasaw Indian tribe, acquired by the government. |
West | Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1367 | 137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Charles McGee v. Archibald Gilchrist | Maury | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | Cobb v. Cobb | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Case severely fragmented. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Charles C. Moss v. Joseph W. Allen | Dyer | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 36 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1858 | Clabourn Bahannon v. William Baker & Samuel Burnett | Putnam | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 279 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1861 | Charles Sayers v. E. A. Holmes | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Case also includes disputes over debt and property. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 305 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Copenham N. Frizzell, admr. v. Michael Williams et al | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Madison Williams. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 285 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Charles Reed v. Joseph Noe Sr. | Grainger | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 173 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1832 | Commissioners of the town of Monroe in Overton County v George Gordon et al | Fentress | Land and Title Dispute |
This case relates to land grant #300 in the name of John Sevier for 32,000 acres dated 1795 in the Middle Tennessee District. Some of the land was now a part of Overton and Fentress Counties. The land was on the Cumberland River with a plat to subdivide. Sevier sold the land to Gordon and his descendants. Gordon donated the land to the Commissioners of the and town of Monroe. George W. Sevier and William Chilton were to divide the land. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 120 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | Charles W. Rogers v. Frank Colville | Warren | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 406 | 150 | Order A Copy |