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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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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 | 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 | 1869 | Cynthia H. Brown v. Josiah Oakes, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
In 1869 Brown conveyed by deed to E. F. Mahone a tract of land in White County. The court decreed that the deed by Mahone to Oakes was voided for fraud and awarded the plaintiff $4000. The court also decreed that if the debt was not paid within 60 days land would be sold at public auction. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 20a | 291 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Caleb Job v. Christopher Catron | White | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Defendants: M. Catron, Stephen Catron, Elizabeth Catron, & Christopher Catron. Plaintiff claims that he previously bought from Christopher Catron a piece of land that was mistakenly willed to Catron's heirs. Folder includes several land grants signed by Gov. Joseph McMinn. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | E. P. Hawthorne v. James A. Hill, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Other defendants: Mary L. Hill; George W. Doyle. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 608 | 66 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1840 | Endyman Lane v. John Rodgers et al. | White | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendant: William Beshears land sale of six tracts. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | E. D. Williams, exe. v. William Matlock, dec. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Incomplete case. Heirs and creditors: Joseph J. Cumming & M. C. Dibwell. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | E. Jarvis, admr. of Josiah Williams, et al. v. William Weaver, et al. | White | Land, Sale of |
Additional Plaintiff: John W. Williams. Additional Defendant: Jeptha Weaver. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 65 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Elisha Meredith v. Waman Clark, exec. et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: G. G. Dibrell, Executors of last will and testament of James Scott, deceased, and Jean Meredith, John Paul & wife Lizzie Paul, T. J. R. Swafford and wife Mollie Swafford, and Lou Brewster, Amanda Scott, widow of James Scott, decease d. Waman Clark and D. W. Young and Laurena Leftwich, and J. D. Goodpasture and wife. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 608 | 136 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1818 | Gideon Pillow v. John Sloan, Adam Sloan, Alexander Sloan, Esther Sloan, & Willey S. Brown | White | Land and Title Dispute |
John James obtained a military land grant from North Carolina in 1785. The grant was later assigned to James & John Sloan, now deceased. John pledged to sell the land to Armstreet Stubbelfield. Stubbelfield accused the heirs of the Sloans from executing the sale. Likewise, Pillow was not able to fully execute his purchase of land from the estate either. The case was filed to officially determine the land ownership. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1861 | G. M. Fogg et al. v. John B. Rogers et al. | White | Land, Sale of |
Additional Plaintiffs: Francis B. Fogg, George W. Gills. Additional Defendants: James W. Meredith, Edmond Meredith, John Duncan, P. C. Duncan, David Little, Peirce Cody and George McLance, W. S. Hill, Anna Hill, John Scroggings. See also Samuel Newman v. J. M. Quimby & Co. AND Clark & Brown v. E. D. Pennington and W. S. Saylors AND J. S. Harrison admr. v. W. A. Cameron AND G. M. Fogg et al v. J. B. Rogers et al., MT1180 for a case regarding court costs |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 303 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Henry Franks& wife v. Witt (heirs) | White | Land, Fraud |
Additional Plaintiffs: Jesse Franks. Additional Defendants: Susannah Witt, John Witt, Jeremiah Witt. Cause of Action: Fraudulent sale of land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Henry Franks, et al. v. Susannah Witt, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Sarah Wills. Additional Defendants: John Witt, Jeremiah Witt, Mary Jane Witt, and George Witt. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 229 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1819 | James Owen et al. v. Armistead Stubblefield, et al. | White | Land |
Several land grant numbers are mentioned in this case. They are North Carolina Warrant No. 2813, No. 1438, No. 3813; Land Grants #1231 and #2437. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | James E. Nowlin v. Samuel Nowlin | White | Land, Sale of |
Dispute between brothers over sale of land. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 680 | 354 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | James Jenkins, et al. v. William Simpson | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: William S. Young, Robert S. Young, Andrew S. Young, Austin Young, Joseph young, Samuel V. Carrick, Anthony Dibrell, John Blamen, and Edward M. Murray. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 207 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1848 | James Walker v. Charles Manning & John Warren | White | Land, Contract Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 228 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1857 | Jacob Stipes v. Thomas Stipes | White | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Jacob A. Lewis v. James T. Clenny | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Case also involves a contested will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | John Blasedale v. David Hampton& Osburn Williams | White | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 | 39 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1819 | Jacob Robinson v. Ezekial England, exe. of Robert King | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Jacob Robinson purchased the land of Robert King, deceased, that the Sherriff sold to satisfy debts that King owed. Later, Robinson became worried as to how valid his title to the land was. Land Grant #361 is mentioned in this case. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 366 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | James Townsend et al. v. Taylor Townsend | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: John Townsend, Thomas Townsend, Andrew Townsend and Eli Sims. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Julia Kerr, et al. v. Sol. Harrison, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Cause of Action: Bill to Enforce a Deed of Trust. Plaintiffs: George W. Williams, Lafayette Kerr, George Henry, Rachel Henry, James Stamps, Jane Stamps, James Taybor and wife Martha Tabor. Defendant: P. Rinehart. Matt Williams purchased a tract of land from Dr. H. P. Smith. Williams died and his wife, Sarah Williams remarried to Sol. Harrison. Sarah Williams died and left the land to her Harrison. The heirs of Matt Williams are suing. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 822 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | L. G. Link v. Jabez Mitchell et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Alexander McCall and wife (unnamed), and the heirs of William King (unnamed). |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Luella Newman v. E. L. Gardenshire, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Hugh L. Carrick, J.M. Floyd, and Joseph Sparks. Complaint filed by John H. Savage, friend of Luella Newman, minor. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Mary Lane v. William Burden | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Lane took in and cared for a young sickly enslaved person, nursing him to health, in return for a tract of land. Burden then refused to transfer the title and kicked Plaintiff off the property. Defendant was Plaintiff's brother-in-law. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Martha Seals by her next friend, E. Seals & A. Griffith v. Richard Bradley et al | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: J. P. Bradley, George Robert, and Bib H(?) |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 604 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Mary Baker, admr. of Green H. Baker, dec. v. Thomas McGarr | White | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1884 | Millie He(?) by next friend, et al. v. David S. Officer, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Several different spellings of Plaintiff's name (Hembree, Hembra?).9 Additional plaintiffs named. Additional Defendant: William He(?). Dispute over land of deceased, James S. England |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 609 | 58 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Nathan Randolph, et al. v. Adam Huntsman | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Case contains many documents that do not seem to have relevance to the case: particularly a petition to the court from John Griggs who fought with George Washington in the Revolutionary War and speaks of the capture of Cornwallis at York. Lots of references to Revolutionary War service. Small plat map of Blue Springs Cove near Sparta included. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Nancy Yates & Sally Yates v. Thomas T. Crowder | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Cause of Action: Ejectment. Estate of Thomas Yates. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 344 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Osbourne Williams v. Catherine Walker | White | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 65 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1917 | Rocky River Coal & Coke Company v. Sequatchie Coal & Iron Company | White | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 110 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1891 | R. D. Baker et al. v. Thomas McGarr et al. | White | Land |
Additional plaintiffs unknown. Possible Additional defendants: Marion and John Williams. Incomplete casefile. Documents are primarily testimony. McGarr rented lands owned by Dr. G. H. Baker to Marion Williams. Williams was to pay rent by making repairs to buildings and fences on the property. The controversy appears to be focused on the clearing of timber from said property. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 918 | 87 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Sarah Weatherford, et al. v. Nancy Anderson, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional complainant: Bloomfield Weatheford Additional defendants: C. M Willhite, R. N. Willhite, and George D. Anderson. 2 folders |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 652 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | S. F. Coatney v. W. S. Rice, et al. & W. S. Rice, et al. v. S. F. Coatney. | White | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Addtl dfnts: Landon Rice and James Rice. Coatney bought a tract of land from S. C Norwood, who purchased the land at an execution sale resulting from a court case in which Norwood was awarded judgement against Rice. Rice countersued to affirm his owner- ship of said land. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 939 | 205 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1818 | Tobias Murdock v. Sampson Williams | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Defendant allegedly failed to give title to 345 acres of land to the Plaintiff after a completed sale. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Teeters & Holder, exe. of Spencer Holder, dec. v. A. P. Moore admr. Et al | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Elizabeth Moore, Administers of M. L. Moore, deceased. Peter B. Franks and wife Amanda Franks, D. C. Moore, S. N. Moore, Calvin Mason and wife Almeda Mason, P. S. Moore and James Moore, William Moore and J. H. Moore |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 608 | 142 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | Thomas Eastland et al. v. Anthony Dibrell | White | Land, Sale of |
Additional Palintiffs: Charles Cooper, Charles S. Barthe, John Herbert, and George Dawson. Also see MT 196 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Vance B. Webb v. M. F. O'Connor, admr. for Lodiwick Randals, et al. | White | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendant: Jane Randals, widow of the deceased. Concerns dispute arising after Jane Raudals abandoned her deceased husband's land following an incident with the Ku Klux Klan, who beat her and burned the house to the ground. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1830 | William T. Little v. Thomas T. Thompson | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Documentation contained in two folders. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | William O. Crews v. Malachiah Cummings, Jr., et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Malachiah Cummings, Senior, Leonard Cummings. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 241 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | W. R. Wilson v. John L. Potts, et al. | White | Land, Fraud |
Wilson asserted Potts misrepresented the acreage of land in a deal between the two parties. Potts sold the land to Wilson at a rate for 115 acres, when the actual property only contains about 90. Pltf asserts dfnts knew this information before creating the deed of sale. Addtl dfnt: Pott's wife, Jane, Lucetta Dineral, and her husband, L. D. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 939 | 179 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | W. C. Hickey et al. v. John Little et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Eli Hickey; Dick Floyd and his wife (Mollie). Additional Defendants: Mattie Little (wife of John Little); F.A. Geer and wife (Eliza); Alex Little and wife (Josie); T.M. Little and wife (Lou); George Pennington and wife (Georgie); Raymond Metcalf, George Metcalf, Sis Metcalf, and Jesse Metcalf; Emma Hickey, Sallie Hickey, and Maudie Hickey; Lester Clouse and wife (Ella). All the parties were heirs at law of J.B. and Mary Hickey, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 161 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | W. C. Frazier v. Simon Frazier, et al. | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Mary Frazier. "Frazier" is also spelled "Frasier" in some instances. Also mentioned is Thomas Frazier. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 504 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | W. J. Farris v. James Hunter & wife, Hannah Hunter | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Property in White County in dispute, including "rock house" formerly owned by Baron Fisk; G.G. Dibrell and Benton McMillan. 160 acres, Twelfth Civil District, White County, TN; land survey of three tracts of land owned by James Hunter, et al. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 608 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | W. T. Kent v. G. A. Fish, et al | White | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional case names: T. B. Biles, A. Fish, O. D. Fish. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 660 | 31 | Order A Copy |