Additional Defendants: Jasper Anderson and Joseph Healdenfield. File also includes a contested will.

Plaintiff purchased a 100 acre tract of land in Wilson County for $1500. However, Gibson did not hold full title to the land.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A dispute about the sale and price of a piece of land

Case also involves a contested will.

Additional Defendants: Alexander McCall and wife (unnamed), and the heirs of William King (unnamed).

Additional Defendants: Catherine Bugg, Louisa Hays, Robert Smiley Jr., Louisa Smiley (the younger), Rachel Smiley, Araminta Smiley, and Emily Bronson.

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.

Petitioners: Ann Thomasin, Hugh Thomasin, William Thomasin, Martha Thomasin, Benjamin Parker, Linnia Thomasin, Elizabeth Thomasin, Elizabeth Q. Thomasin, and Isabella Thomasin.

Additional plaintiff: C. C. Collins. Additional defendant: Joseph Johnson. Amount in dispute $1600.00.

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.

Additional Defendants: William Longhry and Samuel Rucker.

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.

Wife of Plaintiff: Amanda Eldridge. Additional Defendant: Wiley Roberts, Henry Wiseman, Jefferson Goodpasture.

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.