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The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].
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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1879 | B. F. Hoover v. Mary Byrum et al. | Cannon | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendant: Blake Byrum. C |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 50 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1821 | Caleb Job v. Christopher Catron | White | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Defendants: M. Catron, Stephen Catron, Elizabeth Catron, & Christopher Catron. Plaintiff claims that he previously bought from Christopher Catron a piece of land that was mistakenly willed to Catron's heirs. Folder includes several land grants signed by Gov. Joseph McMinn. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 8 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Hiram Long v. W. B. Morris | Overton | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Joseph S. Lane, et al. v. Milton Lane | Wilson | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional parties: William Lane, Millard Lane, R. R. Lane, A. D. Lane, Joseph Martin, Richie F. Martin, and Martha Lane. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | John M. and Sallie Hall v. James L. Foster | Scott | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Sallie Hall owner of two tracts of land in Scott Co.; Foster unlawfully broke into their land took possession of it |
East | Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1873 | 142 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1867 | J. Elrod v. D. S. Shepard | Putnam | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 486 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1888 | R. A. Cox v. David K. Fink et al; David K. Fink v. R. A. Cox; James A. Montgomery v. R.A. Cox et al | Jackson | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
3 folders. Original case filed in 1874 for a dispute over land formerly owned by J. Draper, which Cox alleged Fink had fraudulently taken by a land deed from the sheriff. Montgomery was the executor of J. Draper (dec.) and filed a bill against Cox as a creditor to the estate. Later, Fink filed a bill against Cox to prevent him from cutting timber from the said land on the ground that Fink was the rightful owner. The cases were consolidated to render a final decree on the land owner. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 766 | 619 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | S. Reynolds, et al., In Error v. L. Irwin & William Bradley | Knox | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
In the original case, Irwin and Bradley were awarded control of a church house called Logan's Chapel on Marble Alley in Knoxville. This case is a dispute over the ownership of the church property. Reynolds appealed. Per Irwin Lawson's testimony, he was a trustee of the church, which was part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1891 | Sarah Treadway by next friend v. A. N. Akin | Hickman | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
This bill was filed to set up a last deed, which was executed to plaintiff, wife of Thomas Treadway. This bill alleged that the deed for land was given to plaintiff by a Thomas Gale, but before the deed was registered with the county it was lost. Bill alleged that land was owned by Beaver Springs Co. Case filled to determine ownership of property. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 877 | 126 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | State v. William Howard | Morgan | Confirmation of Land Ownership |
Confirmation of office of County Trustee. Incomplete file. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1872 | Theodrick Webb v. W. F. & W. P. Hale | Madison | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | W. N. Mason v. H. H. Brumbach | Rutherford | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1875 | William H. Johnson v. E. S. Ford, et al | Knox | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
This case concerns determination of ownership of a tract of land Additional Defendants: Jos. A. Mabry, Hannah W. Swan |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1621 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | W. H. Black & Jerome Bitticks v. W. D. Carpenter et al. | Giles | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional Defendant: Eaton Carpenter See related cases in MT 28 & MT 717. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | W. H. Reed v. D. W. Shipley & Wife | Dyer | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | West | Range: 81 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 867 | 55 | Order A Copy |