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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1871 | A. S. Hudiburg v. George Yost, et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Devers and L. M. Wester. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 65 | 267 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Charles Lundquist v. The A& C Railroad Company& J. C. Stanton et al. | Hamilton | Land |
Additional Defendants: Seth Adams, Francis Dunn, John Demerett, Samuel R. Charleton, Lewis Rice, Robert Trent Payne Jr. Andrew C. Dupport, D. N. Stanton, J. P. Boyce. Unpaid debt for purchase of land. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 48 | 102 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Dicks Alexander v. George Powell, et al. | Hawkins | Land and Title Dispute |
This case was consolidated with Nancy Dalzell, John Shanks, admr., Margaret Kayter, J. A . McKinney, admr., C. C. Miller, Wiley Miller, Wesley Phipps, all v. George Powell. Stated in Decree on page 319. In May 1868, Alexander purchased land supposedly previously belonging to Powell. Deed said that any debts called on Powell in the next two years could be paid by possession of the land purchased by Alexander. Case seeks to settle debts and disputes on land ownership. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 344 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Elizabeth Hastings v. Samuel E. Hastings et al. | Wayne | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: W. R. Hastings, James L. Kyle; recovery of money and lands from Samuel Hastings, husband of Elizabeth Hastings, after abandonment of her and selling of lands from her dower from a previous marriage |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 300 | 111 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Emily Roundtree v. Abner Turner et al. | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Margaret Roundtree, widow, Margaret Roundtree, infant. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 322 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Edwin Knapp, admr. et al. v. Noble A. Hardee & Elizabeth A. Webb et al | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Add. material in ET 34. Add. plaintiffs: M.A. Harrison & Isabella G. Harrison. Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of James Webb (dec.). N.A. Hardee and J. Webb were partners under the firm name N.A. Hardee & Company, through which purchased vast amounts of land. Hardee has possession of the papers as surviving partner, but as legal representative of Webb's estate, the plaintiff holds partial rights to the properties and should be able to organize it for J. Webb's descendants as he sees fit. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1209 | 332 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Harrison Smith v. Jesse D. Jennings et al. | Warren | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Rutha Smith, William Smith, William Quick, Elizabeth Quick, John Griffey, Obadiah Griffey, Tolbert Grifey, James Martin, Sally Martin, John Martin, Polly Martin, Isham Jennings, Thomas Hennessee, Sally Hennessee, Elisha Jennings, Elizabeth Watley, Gray Watley, Tabitha Watley, Walton Watley, Juda Watley, William Watley, Sally Watley; estate of Elizabeth Jennings. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 354 | 256 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | J. B. Alderson& A. McKay v. Charles Clear& James R. Hodge | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 276 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | James H. White v. John H. Pinkerton | Williamson | Land, Sale of |
Dispute over sale of lots. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 276 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | J. H. Graham v. W. P. James et al. | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Elizabeth James, M.P. James, A.H. James, Ann James, Melinda James, M. Price and Mary J. Price, all heirs of Samuel James dec.. Land dispute regarding 13 acres of land which plaintiff states has a cloud on its title due to several transactions between Samuel James, Ishaw Gillum and his father Heinchey Gillum. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1217 | 71 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | James Parks & wife Evaline v. F. McKorkle et al | Meigs | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff's wife was formerly Evaline Rogers. Add. defendants: Zachariah Raze, Joseph McKorkle, A. W. Hodge, E. L. McCorkle, John L. Russell as administrator of William S. Russell (dec.), P. M. Miller, Z. Martin, R. R. Davis, & B. W. Smith. Issue over the rightful owner of 120 acres of land bought by Myram Roers (dec'd) from George W. Dunner. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 67 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | John Blackwell v. Robert Ecklin, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Other defendant: John P. Thurman. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 38 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Jason H. Austin v. George Richard | Davidson | Land, Sale of |
Breach of covenant in land sale. Hon. Edward H. East, Chancellor. Also see Box MT 71.Properties in the Sixth Civil District, Davidson County. W. P. Turner, John Guthrie, J. J. Young, William H. Hagans. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 276 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Joseph W. Allen v. John Orr | Maury | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute also involves debt. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 | 150 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | James Sproles v. William M. Powell | Sullivan | Land, Promissory Note |
Sproles sued Powell for unpaid purchase money due him for a tract of land sold by him to Powell in early 1850s. Despite obtaining judgment for payment of notes issued by Powell to Sproles, Powell refused to pay and sued in another lawsuit against Sproles accusing him of selling him land that did not belong to him. Records were destroyed in fire. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1221 | 148 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Louisa J. Rhea by next friend Briant W. Smith v. Martin R. Isely et al; Martin R. Isely v. Louisa J. Rhea et al | Meigs | Land and Title Dispute |
Also spelled "Iseley". Wright Smith (dec.) father of the plaintiff and others departed this life, leaving behind a large amount of real estate in the county that was divided among his heirs. In 1860, the plaintiff, intermarried with James Rhea, sold to the defendant a tract of the inherited land. L.J. Rhea states she was influenced by the defendant and perhaps her husband and never gave full and unbiased consent for the transfer of the title. States the defendant never registered the invalid deed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1220 | 168 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Leftwich & Cash v. John Quinichet et al. | Shelby | Recovery of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: J. L. Renfroe, W. C. Renfroe, J. N. Willington; Writ of Error; Quinichet also spelled Quinichett |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Mary Swan by next friend James Henry v. Samuel Swan et al. | Knox | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendant: John Roberts. Case also involves the contested ownership of "negroes." |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 26 | 95 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Mary C. Murdock & Lydia M. Jenkins by their next friend Burke Pleasants v. Flora Turley & Thomas Turley, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Thomas C. Murdock, George Jenkins; estate of William Winchester, dec. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Mary E. Hague, admr. of Elbert A. Glass, dec. v. James S. Edwards, et al. | Hamilton | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Other defendants: Eliza Rawlings; Matthew A. Glass; Sydney A. Hodges; Thomas Glass; Henry A. Glass; Robert Glass; Elbert A. Glass Jr.; Nany J. Hague; Sarah A. French; heirs of Joseph Glass, dec.; Shelton Glass; John Taylor; Madison Taylor; [unknown] Taylor. Decedent & Edwards purchased Chickamauga Island [now under Chickamauga Lake] from O. S. Green prior to Civil War. Decedent to get lower half & Edwards upper half of island. Title to island did not name decedent as co-owner. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1251 | 82 | 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 | 1871 | Nancy Earles v. L. H. Meadows | Warren | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 300 | 306 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | P. B. Glenn & Ellen C. Glenn v. W. W. Bierce & E. A. Pierce | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Fraud and misrepresentation in the purchase of land in Memphis and Nashville |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Peter Moinett v. Lewis Days | Franklin | Land, Fraud | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 330 | 119 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | R. C. Brinkley, et. al. v. Isaac H. Carrington, et. al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | 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 | 1871 | R. R. Algee v. J. P. Brumley et al. | Carroll | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Brumley, admr. of James Greer, R. F. Friar, Louisa G. Harmis and Emiling Covington. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Sparkman Skelly v. Younger& Vestal | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 276 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | Stephen Cunningham v. Samuel F. Glass, et al. | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: Elizabeth Jones. Case involves the estate of Elizabeth Jones West. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Samuel H. Tilly v. Sampson M. Sawyers | Hamblen | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 704 | 45 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | Sallie A. Johnson v. Imogene A. Beaumont, admr. of Claiborne DeLoache, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: G. T. Beaumont, Effie DeLoache, Guila DeLoache, Thomas A. DeLoache |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 0 | 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 | 1871 | Thomas B. Eanes & wife Annis v. Sally C. Rutledge et al | Sullivan | Land and Title Dispute |
The parties are joint owners of a tract of land. In 1859, a case was made against John C. Rutledge to lay off the downer for the defendant in the said land and valued the plaintiffs' interest in the land twice or three times the value of the land. The plaintiffs filed the bill to fully obtain their rights to the portions of the land allotted to them in the original agreement. |
East | Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1960 | 257 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Thomas Overton v. Miles Long | Dickson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 294 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | William Goddard v. James K. Cox | Blount | Land and Title Dispute |
Court ordered the sale of Cox's land, Cox attempted multiple times to block the sale of his land. Cox claims the court did not make the legally required amount of public announcements for the sale. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | William Jordan v. H. R. Hall& F. F. Conley | Lauderdale | Land, Contract Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 77 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | William Shaw v. Smith Wallis | Macon | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 278 | 83 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | William Bond v. John Brooks et al. | Hamblen | Land, Sale of |
Case by same name in ET 1235, but has a different county. Notice of Sale only. Additional Defendants: Unknown. Court of Origin: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | William Deatherage, admr. v. M. E. C. Walker et al | Land |
Incomplete file. The defendant allegedly holds a title to certain real estate purchased from a John W. Tally. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1209 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | Warren Carlton v. James M. Walker, Amdr. et al | Marion | Land and Title Dispute |
Defendant is the administrator of the estate of Elmus Smith (dec.). Add. defendants: A.P. Ramsey, A.P. Mitchell, L. Walker, Sarah E. Smith, & Elmus Smith. The plaintiff became the purchaser of a tract of land of the estate of Ruben Smith (dec.) from a public sale by the defendant for $537. After the defendant collected the purchase money, the defendant learned he had no jurisdiction to sell the land and so all the proceedings were void as no title was transferred to the plaintiff. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1220 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Willie Lowry et al.v. Andrew McKeldin et al | McMinn | Land, Fraud |
Add. plaintiffs: Artie E. Lowry, John F. Power, Jr., George H. Power, & Kelsy L. Power. Add. defendant: John F. Power, Sr. In 1841, J. F. Power, Sr. executed and delivered to J. F. Power, Jr. a deed of gift to a tract of land that belonged to their late brother, James Miles Power. In 1856, J. F. Power, Sr. sold the said land to the defendant, who occupied the same. Plaintiffs charge that they held the legal title by the death of their brother and the sale to the defendant was a fraud on their rights. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1249 | 63 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | W. G. Payne v. G. W. Telford et al. & H. H. Huffman v. W. G. Payne | Washington | Land and Title Dispute |
Too many additional defendants to list. Surnames include Mathes, Gerold, Earnest, Nelson, Sparks, Patton, Broyles, and Huffman. Additional defendants include, "Elders and Deacons of Salem Church." Telford and E. E. Mathes are the executors of E. S. Mathes dec. This is a complex land and title dispute involving multiple parties. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1245 | 108 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Warren Mitchell v. Merchants National Bank of Memphis, et al. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendant: L. V. Dixon |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 13 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | William B. Tate v. Mary Jane Tate, admr. of David Tate Jr., dec., et al. & James H. & Comfort Lonas [Lonis] v. Mary J. Tate, et al. | Jefferson | Land, Sale of |
2 cases tried together. Other defendants in 1st case: David Tate; William Tate; Tennessee Tate; James H. Lonas; Comfort Lonas (wife of James). Lonas also spelled Lonis in documents. Wm. Tate was in partnership w/ decedent & dissolved it. Land divided between them as part of dissolution. Decedent sold portion of land to Comfort Lonas. Wm. Tate was disputing sale or seeking proceeds from sale to settle decedent's debt to him. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a | 92 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Watson Freeman v. John A. McCampbell | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1871 | William G. Hardin v. Richard I. Wilson | Blount | Land, Contract Dispute |
Hardin transferred tract of land to Wilson in exchange for Wilson paying Hardin's debts to Edward George, John Baxter, & W. W. Howard. Wilson never paid debts, however. |
East | Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1251 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Z. B. Lane, et al. v. John O. Cage& John O. Cage, et al. v. E. S. Wallace | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Elizabeth Lane, Martha Lane, Sarah Lane, William Lane, Catherine Bandy, Harriet Bandy, T. Vaughan and wife Millie Ann, F. W. Douglass and wife Suella, and Frances Eubank. Additional defendants: T. R. Eubank, W. T. Anthony, George Anthony, Lewis Anthony, John Saffarrans, B. R. Howard, Isaac Saffarrans, and Daniel Saffarrans. Case consists of a land and debt dispute related to the estate of Bennett Lane, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 290 | 160 | Order A Copy |