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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 | 1882 | Candis Cullom v. E. Cullom | Obion | Divorce |
Mrs. Cullom charged that her husband was violent and abusive, and failed to provide properly for her and their 2 small children. |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Dona Watson v. Henry A. Watson | Obion | Divorce |
Couple is listed as having one three-year old child at the time of their divorce. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1306 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1911 | Emily Bell White v. William Atlas White | Obion | Divorce | West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1236 | 141 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | G. W. McClain v. Birtie M. McClain | Obion | Petition for Divorce |
The plaintiff states that in 1916, a man named Ed Heathcot was shot in the plaintiff's yard by a son of the defendant by a former marriage. The defendant and her son convinced the plaintiff that Heathcot was trespassing on their property, but learned later that the defendant and Heathcot had been engaging in acts of adultery. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1547 | 90 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Hearitt Tidraw [Tidrow] v. John C. Tidraw [Tidrow] | Obion | Divorce | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 42 | 55 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1907 | Lela Jones v. Sut Jones | Obion | Petition for Divorce | West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 939 | 68 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1908 | Lela Jones v. Sutt Jones | Obion | Divorce | West | Range: 81 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 927 | 14 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1931 | Lula Maxwell v. J. S. Maxwell | Obion | Divorce |
J. S. Maxwell refused to pay alimony and still owed Lula $610.43 |
West | Range: 77 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2056 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Mrs. Blanch Richards v. Homer Richards | Obion | Divorce | West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 940 | 42 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1921 | Mrs. Florence Cheatham v. R. H. Cheatham | Obion | Divorce |
Complainant and defendant were married on 10/9/1912. When they married, she was a widow with no children and he was a widower with 6 children. The complainant raised the children who were young at the time she married the defendant. One son, Thomas, did not like Florence. He repeatedly told her to leave, verbally abused her, made up lies about her to his father who would then verbally abuse her as well. Charges defendant with cruel and inhuman treatment of herself. Seeking alimony, support. |
West | Range: 78 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1795 | 262 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Sarah E. Clark v. S. B. Clark | Obion | Divorce |
Only a cover page, index and first page. The rest of the case is missing |
West | Range: 83 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 226 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Sarah E. Clark v. G. B. Clark | Obion | Divorce |
Plaintiff accused defendant of turning her out of his home for no reason; he claimed she left of her own accord. She also claimed he owed her $110 of her inheritance, which he denied. Testimony includes detailed references to the theft of some clothing as a possible reason for the dispute. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 143 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | W. P. Lewis v. Martha Lewis | Obion | Divorce |
Grounds of this divorce are abandonment -- "She became offended and left him in malice and of her own accord, willfully and without reasonable cause," about two years previous to the filing of the suit. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 185 | 0 | Order A Copy |