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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