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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 | 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 | 1855 | Berry Williams v. John McClain | Cannon | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 25 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Curtis W.& John J. York v. James Merrit | Jackson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Charles Compton v. Aaron Gibson | Wilson | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff purchased a 100 acre tract of land in Wilson County for $1500. However, Gibson did not hold full title to the land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 | 83 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Calvin Thurman v. David Jenkins & William Miller | Bradley | Land and Title Dispute |
Related to Calvin Thurman v. William Miller & William Jenkins et al.in ET1173. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 104 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Daniel Dillard v. Alexander Dillard et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Thomas Lancaster and James Richardson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Edward A. Jackson v. William Floyd | DeKalb | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff purchased a 400 acre tract of land for $150. However, the title for at least part of this tract is in dispute. Exhibits: survey of disputed land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Elizabeth E. Chitwood v. Daniel Blakemore et al. | Lincoln | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional defendant Ann M. Blakemore Aale was in dispute in the final division of property of Sally Chitwood over three African Americans named Amy, Minerva and Martin valued at $200.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Ezekiel Collins, Andrew Collins, v. Samuel Rhea | Hancock | Land, Partition of |
Land dispute of properties previously owned by Benjamin Collins of Hancock Co. containing fifty acres, lying on Newman's Ridge, same county. Children of Benjamin Collins: Marler Collins, Wyatt Collins, Ezekiel Collins, Andrew Collins, Jordan Collins, Nancy Collins, Betsy Collins, wife of Martin Collins; Polly Collins, wife of Willis Gisson (sic); Edmond Collins, Milenton Collins, and Benjamin Collins. Court-ordered partition of land among heirs and defendant. Appealed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 33 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Edward T. Bale v. Elizabeth King & William A. Rowan et al | Hawkins | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. defs: Charles King, Lucinda Rowan, Jacob Varnal a Freeman of Colour. Bale (m. Mahala Bussel, daughter of Wm Bussel, dec) accused defs of going into Bale's wheat field & cutting, binding, carrying off, & converting wheat to their own use. Defs say wheat not on Bale's land, but land owned by Elizabeth, wife of Charles (now dec) & daughter of Wm Rowan who lived at mouth of Beech Creek & drowned in Holston River, & her claim is through her dad, who purchased from Michael Montgomery who had NC grant. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Elizabeth McClemon v. The Heirs of Francis Pettit, dec. | McMinn | Land and Title Dispute |
Elizabeth McClemon gave six or seven thousand dollars to her brother in law, Francis Pettit to purchase land in McMinn County. He purchased the land in his name only and allowed her to live and farm on part of it. Pettit died without a will and now Elizabeth is in a dispute with his heirs over her right to part of the land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 32 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Fanny Wallin v. Daniel Huff | Claiborne | Land and Title Dispute |
Fanny's husband James (dec) & John Wallen claimed title to 1 of 2 tracts of land (which they had divided between them), & James Lake was a tenant in possession on John's portion. After James Wallen died, Fanny held his portion for herself and children. See related cases in same box: Jon Den, lessee, of Daniel Huff v. James Lake et al.; Heirs of James Wallin by next friend John Wallin v. Daniel Huff & James Lake; Wallin et al. v. Huff; Wallin v. Daniel Huff et al.; Daniel Huff v. James Lake. |
East | Range: 18 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1948 | 68 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Green T. Neely v. James M. Neely | Bedford | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Hugh Blair & James Johnston, admr. of Wiley Blair v. Samuel H. Johnston, et al. | Roane | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: James Lowry, Jane Blair, Rachel S. Blair, Hugh E. Blair (minor children of Wiley Blair). Additional defendants: Thomas H. Calloway, Samuel M. Johnston, Richard C. Jackson, Mary Blair. Land and title dispute over who has rights to authorize deeds of conveyance. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1188 | 75 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Henry Sword v. Wiley B. Phillips | Claiborne | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 68 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Isaac & Susan McDonald v. R. C. Hill et al. | Overton | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Margarette McDonald. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | John W. Roberts et al. v. J. W. Maxwell | Overton | Land, Sale of |
A dispute about the sale and price of a piece of land |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | John K. Edmondson v. Charles Barrett | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 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 | 1855 | James Gamble v. William Newton, admr. of Abraham Newton | Roane | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 79 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Joseph Carver v. John Harrison | Macon | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 254 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Jeremiah Freeland v. George C. Harris | Polk | Land and Title Dispute |
Freeland says he bought 3 tracts of land from Harris for cash and notes. At that time, the land was wooded & unimproved, but Freeland cleared it & improved it with a log dwelling house, smokehouse, 2 corn cribs. Harris sued Freeland on the notes, got a judgment, & ultimately purchased the land back at an execution sale. Freeland attempted to redeem the land but Harris refused to allow him to do so, resulting in Freeland filing this suit. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 54 | 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 | 1855 | Littleberry Green, et al. v. Jesse Chockley | Bedford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Isaac Green (guardian of Littleberry Green), and Charles Lewis and wife Sonisa. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Martha E. Stephens, guardian, et al. v. W. W. Porter, et al. | Monroe | Land and Title Dispute |
Jacob Baker died intestate, his land then partitioned by the heirs, & H. Stephens, Martha's husband, appointed agent to sell the land. It was sold to Mr. Cleburne, who then sold to W. Porter. This suit sought to ify these sales of the land, & return it to the heirs. Martha was placed in an asylum, making her husband the heir to the land. However, the paperwork filed with the court initially left out Martha's incompetency, & therefore were faulty in naming the appropriate heirs. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 5 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Moses C. Winston v. George W. Stubbs et al | Roane | Land and Title Dispute |
Winston owned 65 acres on Big Poplar Creek & Big Indian Creek, to which both Winston & defs claimed title. Add. defs: Charles M. McGhee, Barclay McGhee, J.W.J. Niles & wife Margaret W. Niles (added selves as defs claiming title to land in dispute). Jury ruled in favor of defendants. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Mary A. Smiley v. Thomas T. Smiley et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Catherine Bugg, Louisa Hays, Robert Smiley Jr., Louisa Smiley (the younger), Rachel Smiley, Araminta Smiley, and Emily Bronson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 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 | 1855 | P. M. Armstrong v. Joseph Coffee & William Turner | Overton | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Petition against F. McGhee | Lincoln | Petition for Land Recovery |
Petitioners: Ann Thomasin, Hugh Thomasin, William Thomasin, Martha Thomasin, Benjamin Parker, Linnia Thomasin, Elizabeth Thomasin, Elizabeth Q. Thomasin, and Isabella Thomasin. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Robert Collins, et al. v. W. E. Luten | Montgomery | Land, Sale of |
Additional plaintiff: C. C. Collins. Additional defendant: Joseph Johnson. Amount in dispute $1600.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Robert Boyd v. Henry W. Compton | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Robert A. McElhaney et al. v. Thomas J. Hailey | Marshall | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Melissa McElhaney, J.A. Reed, Josiah Walker and wife E.C. Walker, C.C. Erwin and wife Porlina Erwin, Hannah Reed, and L. Reed. Case also involves a contested will and the ownership of slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | R. T. Bridges & wife Caroline Bridges v. Absalom Guinn | Meigs | Land and Title Dispute |
Bridges owned 80 acres of land in Hiwassee District & claimed Guinn ejected them from it. As the court put it, Bridges had a "younger grant [to the land] founded upon the elder entry" & Guinn had the reverse, "the elder grant but the younger entry." The Bridges' claim was through Caroline's dad Dennis C. Murphy. Guinn's claim was through a man named Reynolds said to be the first settler of the land, & Guinn was in possession of the land when Murphy died. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1159 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Samuel L. Davidson v. Matt Martin et al. | Bedford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: William Longhry and Samuel Rucker. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Samuel M. Allen & Mitchell Allen v. Felix R. Gower et al. | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Joslin and John Gower. Land was originally purchased from the late Judge Robert Whyte. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 263 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Samuel C. Cowan v. The Heirs of Nicholas Smith by their Guardian, Thomas Smith, & Thomas N. Frazier | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Cowan sued Nicholas Smith for ejecting him from land to which he held title. During suit, Nicholas died & suit revived against his 3 minor children (Hugh, Amanda, Clarissa) for whom their grandfather Thomas Smith served as guardian. After initial mistrial 2nd jury ruled in favor of Def.. Dispute was over competing claims of title to 100 acres of land "up and down the Branch." Frazier was security for Nicholas Smith. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1162 | 17 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Sarah Long & Eliza J. S. Ford et al.v. Margaret Mansfield & Mary Ford | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. Defs: Martha Ann Ford, Joseph Shelby Ford & William D. E. Ford, minors, sued by their next friend Eliza J. S. Ford. Dispute over 2 adjoining tracts of land (one 100-acre & one 160-acre) on Flat Creek. Court ruled for Pla. re 100-acre tract & for Def. re 160-acre tract. Two exhibits (included in page count): both are plat maps related to the property in dispute. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1165 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Thomas Eldridge & wife v. William Roberts et al. | Overton | Land and Title Dispute |
Wife of Plaintiff: Amanda Eldridge. Additional Defendant: Wiley Roberts, Henry Wiseman, Jefferson Goodpasture. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | William B. Johnson v. William R. & William Hunter | Warren | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | William Adams v. John Adams | Wilson | Land, Sale of |
Dispute was over 120 acres |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | William Murphy v. John Johnson | Bradley | Land and Title Dispute |
Murphy bought land from Hannah, but had not paid it off yet. He became very ill, & his brother in law, Johnson, came to help raise the money. Johnson agreed under the condition that Murphy give him a mare & colt in exchange for handling the business. Johnson took Murphy's money to Hannah, whom then conveyed the land to Johnson rather than Murphy. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 8 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1855 | Wesley Casey v. James D. McFall | Rhea | Land and Title Dispute |
Casey sued McFall for cutting timber from Casey's land & converting it to McFall's use, and also for rent McFall owed Casey. Dispute revolves around boundary line between Casey's land & McFall's adjoining land. Others involved: Solomon Wyrick, William Wyrick & Martin Wyrick, who at one point were in possession of some portion of disputed land, & who (with McFall) were defendants in previous lawsuit brought by Casey. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1164 | 24 | Order A Copy |