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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1888 Alfred M. Cleveland v. Elijah Mullins et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Cleveland sued Mullins and Richard Pride for cutting timber and building a house on land that Cleveland claimed was his. Mullins rented Pride, a "colored" man, the tract of land which Cleveland said was part of his property and Mullins had no title for.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1859 435 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 1933 D. J. Jones v. Mrs. Eva Byrd, et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Leslie, Cora, Mae, Bella, Ethel, and G.T. Byrd, Jake Beets, Mrs. Nan Beets Hipshire, Mrs. Mary Beets Stubblefield, and Tom Beets. Jones claimed inheritance of land to which Byrds hold the physical title.

 East Range: 10 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1513 126 Order A Copy
View Entry 1944 Enos Myers et al. v. H. Clay Ammons Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Also see ET 341. Plaintiff seeks deed from defendant to property purchased from defendant; also, seeks possession of bank note in defendant's possession that is allegedly paid off to free their property of the lien associated with said bank note. Judgment 2/3 in favor of Defendant, 1/3 in favor of Plaintiffs. Reversed in part and affirmed in part on appeal. Additional Plaintiffs: G. W Myers, W. C Myers. Large binder bound using bolts onto which nuts have fused; left bound as is. Includes receipts.

 East Range: 6 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 339 1280 Order A Copy
View Entry 1858 F. B. S. Cocke v. Thomas R. Read Grainger Land, Sale of

Plaintiff sold property in Grainger County to defendant for $12,000. Defendant paid a portion of sale price but refused to pay the rest.

 East Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1177 57 Order A Copy
View Entry 1949 Howard E. McComb, et al. v. Thomas Cantwell, et al. Grainger Land, Sale of

Judgment for plaintiff, affirmed on appeal. Exhibits include plat map, appeal bond, depositions, 2 warranty deeds, County court clerk's deed, 4 B&W photographs. Additional Plaintiff: Zelma B. McComb. Additional Defendant: Emily Cantwell. Also includes plat map.

 East Range: 6 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 365 323 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 Hezekiah Baxley & wife v. William Wolfenbarger, et al. Grainger Land, Sale of

Wife: Susannah J. Baxley. Other defendants: Peter Wolfenbarger; Sarah Wolfenbarger (wife of Peter). Susannah and Sarah were sisters & the daughters of A. G. Helton, dec. Decedent had willed each of them interest in a tract of land. Susannah sold her interest in the land to William Wolfenbarger based, she claimed, on fraudulent claims made by him.

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1644 59 Order A Copy
View Entry 1820 James May v. Pete Turney heirs, et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: Turney's heirs - James Turney, Elizabeth Turney Hopkins, Lacey Turney, Polly Turney, and Charlotte Turney. Turney had been granted 500 acres by the state of NC (prior to the establishment of TN). The deeds on this land seem to have either not been filed, or filed improperly. Case seeks to settle estate, debts, and land ownership.

 East Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8 6 Order A Copy
View Entry 1823 Jane Russel v. David Tate Grainger Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 59 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 John Murray v. Samuel Gill Grainger Land

Dr. William Murry the owner of said land died intestate. Defendant bought the land at the sale of the real estate. The complainant claims title to the land and wishes to eject the defendant. 2 folders.

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1653 325 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 James Bull v. Spencer Harvey, et al. Grainger Land, Confirmation of Ownership

Additional defendants: Emily, David, and Elizabeth Bull, John and Catherine Evans, and Mary Leger, all heirs of Claiborne Bull dec. Harvey purchased the various interests in a tract of land from several of the defendants and then sold the entirety of the land to the plaintiff. Before conveyance was made, a fire destroyed the title bonds to said land. Plaintiff prays that the title and interest in the land be divested from the heirs and placed with him.

 East Range: 6 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 467 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1887 Joseph Brown & Wife v. W. J. Heacker & Wife and W. J. Heacker & Wife v. Joseph Brown & Wife Grainger Land and Title Dispute

In 1878 the pltfs. sold a 160 acre tract of land called the "mineral springs property" to dfnts. for $4000. The large case is a lengthy dispute over this property. W. J. Heacker immigrated from Germany and served as a Confed. surgeon in the Civil War. He sought to open a sanitarium on the property.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1851 1248 Order A Copy
View Entry 1829 James Wray v. Sampson Williams, exe. of Peter Tirney[?], dec., et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: the heirs of Peter Tirney[?], dec.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 668 33 Order A Copy
View Entry 1938 Jabin Taylor, et ux. v. Minnie Stuart, et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Other plaintiffs: Eva Taylor. Other defendants: Mae Mullins; Flora Murray; Cora McNally; Dora Hood; Maud Murray; Sophia Smith. Case in 2 folders.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1074 477 Order A Copy
View Entry 1881 Leon Jourolman v. S. S. Massengill & B. M. Brawner Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Case incomplete; brief and opinion only. Possibly related to case with same name in ET 1052. On back it reads: "Leon Jourolman v. S.S. Massengill Agreement between Leon Jourolman v. J.T. Shields." Filed in 1888.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1939 Mary Anna Morgan Coffey v. Josie Morgan Biddle, et al. Grainger Land, Partition of East Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 508 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1936 Mrs. Blanche McBee, et al. v. Mallie Dyer Buckner, et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional Complainants: E. E. McBee, Don Buckner, Clyde Buckner, Lynn Buckner, Frank Buckner. Additional Defendants: John Buckner, Scott Dyer, Omar Dyer.

 East Range: 7 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 512 76 Order A Copy
View Entry 1937 Mary Anna Morgan Coffey v. John Morgan Biddle, et al Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendant: I. W. Morgan. Tract of land being disputed belonged to N. L. Morgan, deceased, grandfather of the plaintiff.

 East Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1108 156 Order A Copy
View Entry 1862 Miranna Jennings & others, widow & heirs at law of John P. Jennings, dec., Ex parte Grainger Petition to Sale Land

Add. Pla.: Miranna as guardian of minor dau Cynthia Elizabeth; dau Mary Elvira (m. Robert P. Moore); son Lemuel I.; dau S. C. (m. J. W. Parrott); Thomas Lathem as guardian of John J. Moore, son of deceased dau Sophronia Moore; dau Sallie (m. Thomas Lathem); son Lafayette; dau Margaret Emily (m. John W. Kincaid); Martha Harriet (m. Charles H. Davis); James T. Shields, admr of John's estate. 1500 acres on Clinch River: home tract, McGinnis tract, Augustus Jennings tract, Parrott tract.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1199 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1812 Nicholas Kearns v. Hannah Kearns, John Kearns et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional Defendants: Nicholas Kearns, Polly Kearns, Amy Kearns,

 East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 53 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1821 Nancy Stratton v. John Imes Grainger Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 93 Order A Copy
View Entry 1867 Prudence Carmichael v. C. C. Smith, et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional defendants: James T. Carmichael, George Carmichael, John Carmichael, and many others. Complex case regarding previous lawsuits. A joint decree was rendered in all these cases against James Carmichael. James left for South Carolina during war to be within Confederate military lines. His lands were sold by decree and purchased by plaintiff in 1865 but were seized by U.S. gov't under Second Confiscation Act. Freedmen's Bureau given possession later. Plaintiff wants her money refunded.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1195 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 Pleasant H. Starnes v. Daniel Haynes, John "Jack" Nance & Joseph Bryant Grainger Land and Title Dispute

In 1865, Capt Harrington's company of US soldiers sent to Rutledge, TN as "sort of guard" at term of Circuit Court. Soldiers arrested pla. (rebel) & prevailed on him to confess judgment to 5 judgments in favor of Easley & Co & related parties (led by Warham Easley Jr). Judgments satisfied by selling pla.'s land (incl Chandler tract); Def Bryant purchased land & Def. Haynes & Nance (other jdgmt creditors of pla.) "redeemed" it. Witnesses incl pla.'s daughter Mrs. Martha Nash. Suit to reclaim land.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1245 259 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 R. P. Moore, admr. of Samuel C. Moore, dec. v. Augustus Gooch Grainger Land, Sale of

Notice of Court sale of land only. Court of Origin: Unknown.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 98 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1889 Roadman Herrell in error v. Charles Brooks et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Charles Brooks and John Dalton sued Roadman Herrell to recover a tract of land in the 11th district of the Grainger County.

 East Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1837 48 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 Robert Smith v. James Stubblefield(?) Grainger Land

File incomplete. Detalis of case unclear. The Chancery Court of Grainger Co. agrees that the land claimed by the plaintiff Smith is the same property that once belonged to Alfred Livingston who died in 1863 during the War, leaving a widow, Jane, and 2 minor children, Edward & Mary E. Livingston. Mary E. Livingston married a King. Edward Livingston, now an adult, conveyed his interest in the land to Smith. Title to the land was vested in Livingston's heirs by 1878 Supreme Court Case Livingston v. Noe.

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1088 2 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Sarah Dalton v. Reuben Dalton et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Add. defendants: Thomas Jamagin & Spencer Jamagin. The parties were married. The plaintiff's father, William Rucker (dec.), left her several tracts of land, a portion of which she deeded over to William Malicout. A deed was made out to the defendant by Malicout, cutting the plaintiff out of her share of the land. The making of said deed without the plaintiff's knowledge was a fraudulent move and she alone held rights to the land and her husband's debt to Jamagin led to the trespass.

 East Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 103 64 Order A Copy
View Entry 1817 Samuel Nicholson& Thomas Johnson v. David Proffet& William Acklin Grainger Land and Title Dispute East Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 S. D. Christian v. Nelson Mynatt Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Christian petitioned the court to eject the defendant claiming rights to the land in question.

 East Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 2009 307 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 Susannah Livingston v. D. C. Carmichael, admr. of Jesse Livingston, dec. Grainger Recovery of Land/Property

Incomplete file.

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 742 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1837 Thomas Whiteside v. Gill Williams Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Exhibits include maps.

 East Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 678 96 Order A Copy
View Entry 1871 Thomas J. Blanchard v. John Nance, et al. Grainger Land

Additional Defendants: Samuel T. West[?], J. E. West[?], C. C. Smith, C. H. Coffin, R. J. Wilson, J. H. Coffin, William Kinder, T. J. Bowell. Cause of Action: Complainant filed to vacate a sale of land.

 East Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 736 166 Order A Copy
View Entry 1860 Thomas Dyer v. Anderson Yates Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Dyer sued Yates for coming on his land & cutting timber, splitting rails & building fence w/o his consent. Both parties claimed title to disputed land through state grant No. 8284 (entry 2457) to Thomas Lloyd. Dyer then relies on Lloyd's will & subsequent deed from Lloyd's son Robert to Dyer, while Yates relies on deed from Lloyd to Yates.Case questions land boundaries.

 East Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1204 41 Order A Copy
View Entry 1850 William M. Gray v. David N. Tate Grainger Land

Trespass on the case. Gray owned land on north side of Holston River, on both sides of Stiffey's Creek. Gray claimed Tate damaged his use of that land by building a mill dam across the creek, thereby causing creek to overflow & damage Gray's land. Includes appeal by Tate stating that the parties could not have a fair trial in Grainger county.

 East Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1136 152 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 William B. Cameron v. William Hayse Grainger Land, Sale of

Cameron sold Hayse a house & lot in Rutledge for an unspecified amount. Purchase agreement stated that if all of the money owed was not paid by a certain date, the Hayse would pay Cameron $4/month in rent. Cameron claimed that Hayse neither paid the purchase money owed nor paid any rent.

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1653 132 Order A Copy
View Entry 1878 William J. Owen v. W. H. Baylor, et al Grainger Land, Contract Dispute

Plaintiff filed this case regarding a tract of land originally belonging to Samuel Taylor, dec. Samuel Taylor divided his land amongst his heirs, one of those being Elizabeth Taylor, dec. who was a feme sole. Plaintiff alleged that Elizabeth bequeathed his wife one-half value of her land, however land was sold to defendant. Plaintiff filed this case to retrieve half of the value of the sale. Additional Defendants: N. G. Taylor, Samuel Taylor

 East Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1639 128 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 William James v. John Brooks et al. Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional material located in ET 1235. Add. defendant: Wilson Manly. In 1860, W. Manly conveyed to the plaintiff a tract of land by conveyance, stating the land was to go to a certain "Calhoun's line" as a marker for the edge of the property. The true conveyance was to read that it went past the line and J. Brooks is refusing to let his boundary go past a certain oak tree on that line because of the mistake in the deed.

 East Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 787 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 William James v. John Brooks et al Grainger Land and Title Dispute

Additional material located in ET 787. Add. defendant: Wilson Manly. In 1860, W. Manly conveyed to the plaintiff a tract of land by conveyance, stating the land was to go to a certain "Calhoun's line" as a marker for the edge of the property. The true conveyance was to read that it went past the line and J. Brooks is refusing to let his boundary go past a certain oak tree on that line because of the mistake in the deed.

 East Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1235 306 Order A Copy