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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 | 1885 | (unknown) | Unicoi | Land and Title Dispute |
Involving M. T. & W. J. Publes. No complete case summary included. Publes land dispute case |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 743 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1936 | B. L. Johnson et al. v. Nora Morton May et al. | Unicoi | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Emma Turner. File consists only of brief and argument filed by the appellees. |
East | Range: 8 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 908 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | D. W. Wilson v. Unicoi County, et al. | Unicoi | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendant: Unicoi Board of Education. Exhibits: copy deed of trust, deeds, plat map, sale notice, deed of trust book, original decree and court record, receipt, note, newspaper clipping. |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 558 | 384 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | Mary McCarty, et al. v. Carolina Lumber Co., et al. | Unicoi | Land and Title Dispute |
See also ET Box 10 & 704 for additional part of case. Col. Robert Love, died intestate and in the possession of large tracts of land. These were divided amongst his heirs, except for 5000 acres in Unicoi County, with valuable timber. Disputes about land boundaries, and ownership of this land on the border of NC and TN were finally resolved with a ruling to accept a survey from 1799. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 1354 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1947 | Margaret Jones, et al. v. Thomas Jones, et al. | Unicoi | Land, Partition of |
Additional Complainant: W. D. Benfield. Additional Defendants: Mary Nell Jones, Everett Jones, John Jones, Mary Elizabeth Jones, Ben Jones, Bob Jones, Mary Lou Dugger, Bob Miller, Ray Miller Everett Miller, George Mclaughlin, Mollie Rowe, Dora McInturff Josephine Constable, Mabel Anderson, Maggie Patton, Robert L. Taylor, L. J. Benfield, and 3 others and the unknown heirs of 14 others. |
East | Range: 7 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 552 | 70 | Order A Copy |