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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 | 1888 | A. J. Halliburton v. W. W. Wells | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 423 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | Andrew J. Halliburton v. John K. Brooks | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1882 | Alex Duckworth for use of W. T. Morris et al.v. Thomas D. Sherman et al | Haywood | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiffs: Jacob Felsenthal. Defendants: John W. Walker |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 193 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1924 | D. C. Taliaferro v. William Taliaferro et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Willie Adolphus Taliaferro, Euphasia Taliaferro, William Edwin Taliaferro, Robert Lewis Taliaferro, Mildred Watts, Marcellous L,. Taliaferro, James Taliaferro, and Olie Taliaferro. Exhibits include pages 354-383 of the "Southwestern Reporter." |
West | Range: 81 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 876 | 133 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | E. M. Sanders v. H. M. Gunn | Haywood | Land, Fraud |
Gunn believed to be a resident of MO. None |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 80 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | E. M. Apperson, et al. v. Norman G. Jones, et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 42 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1873 | Heirs of Bennett Lunsford v. Heirs of Ephraim Lunsford | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Heirs of Bennett Lunsford: Hester Cullen; James, Sarah, and Mary Duncan; David, Stephen, and Joseph Lunsford. Heirs of Ephraim Lunsford: Mary A. Geddings and Caroline Lunsford |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | H. G. Winborn, admr. v. T. S. Neal, et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiff: John Bastick. Additional defendants: T. F. Evans. |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 68 | 352 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1881 | Hiram Mann v. A. W. Roberts | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Case incomplete. First 4 pages missing. Possible additional defendants are H. T. Grant & wife, Maggie E. Grant & Thomas Bond who were defendants in a suit that A. W. Roberts brought against them in Haywood Co. Circuit Court. They are mentioned frequently. unsure about spelling of plaintiffs last name. |
West | Range: 84 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 167 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1913 | Isaac Burlison v. J. J. Joyner et al | Haywood | Land |
Additional defendants: Sallie King Joyner, G. B. Campbell, C. A. Duckworth; Burlison owner of two tracts of land and asking that the land be sold and divided between him and other defendants and land not being susceptible of partition |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1451 | 107 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | James S. Maclin, et al.v. R. W. Haywood, et al | Haywood | Land |
Additional defendants: Mrs. R. W. Haywood, John Haywood, Mrs. John Haywood. Cause of Action: Recovery of land for unpaid rent. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 289 | 443 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1888 | John J. Mann, et al. v. Aaron Walker, et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Mary A. Mann, R. Vernon Mann Additional defendants: B. G. Allison, Ellen Allison |
West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 423 | 348 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | Jake Walker v. Mrs. Julia A. Powell | Haywood | Land, Contract Dispute | West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 971 | 337 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1916 | J. R. Newbern et al.v. W. B. Booker et al | Haywood | Recovery of Land/Property |
tract of 219 acres belonging to Annie H. Newbern and establishing a boundary line; bill dismissed then appealed; additional defendants: J. W. Moses and wife, R. A. Kirby, Jim Kirby, W. B. Booker and wife |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1504 | 1278 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | J. H. Pickard& wife v. W. H. Poindexter& wife | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
The case involved a title dispute of land in Haywood County originally owned by R.W. Grizzard, who died in 1870. Alice Pickard (wife of the plaintiff) was the appointed heir. |
West | Range: 81 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 968 | 280 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Lucian Harris v. W. T. Channey & D. S. Chaney | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff is sued because he bought a tract of land from the defendants and supposedly the defendants withheld a portion from him. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 20 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1908 | Morris Allen, et al. v. Ollie May Snipes, et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Complainants: Ellen Walker & Husband, Polk Walker, and Jack Taylor, of Haywood County; Kitty Washington of Shelby County; and George Snipes of Arkansas. Additional Defendants: Demp Snipes, Frank Snipes, and Betty Snipes of Arkansas; and Jesse Allen.//Land & Title Dispute over the land of Deceased, Ile Snipes, whom held land under a deed from Mrs. Julia Allen. |
West | Range: 80 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1161 | 70 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1921 | Norman M. Byars v. Julia Anne Taliaferro et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Incomplete case file. Add. defs: Ellen & Tom Kennard, Frances & Tom Morris, Lummie & Edd Green, Georgiana & Frank Hess, Maggie & Ed Dickey, Eda & Frank Henley, John Taliaferro, R. H. Anderson, Gee & Bob Taliaferro, Wilkes Ingram, Texanna Ingram, Sallie Ingram, Ella Ingram, Susan & Jim Rayner & George Taylor. Taliaferro family (colored) also went by the last name of Owen. Dispute over 3 tracts of land owned by plaintiff's husband, George Taliaferro, deceased. Exhibits: Sale announcement. |
West | Range: 78 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1772 | 89 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | P. M. Neal v. C. P. Taliaferro | Haywood | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 140 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1888 | R. J. White & Mary White v. J. B. Booth | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 423 | 57 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | R. S. King v. Robert McElwee, et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Henry Woolfolk, George Blackwell and Frank Blackwell. Transcript only. Date on transcript says 1592, but I think it is a typo and they mean 1892. |
West | Range: 82 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 542 | 32 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | Susan S. Browning v. Richard H. Browning& William F. Tally | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Estate dispute. Title page is loose. The number 5597 was written in blue on title page, thus it may not be the true docket number. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 | 409 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Thomas J. Willingham v. R. W. Leake et al. | Haywood | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: Lucy Ann Leake, James P Woods |
West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 69 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1832 | Thomas L. Gray v. Tripp Farris | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 | 38 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1897 | W. T. Bullefin, et al. v. W. W. Sherrod, et al. | Haywood | Land, Sale of |
Other plaintiffs: J. R. Head. Other defendants: J. D. Simmons. For balance due on sale of 2 tracts of land totaling 1030 acres. |
West | Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 505 | 308 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | W. W. Bond et al.v. A. W. Fleming | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: James Bond Jr., C. W. Harbert. Plaintiffs are executors of James Bond, deceased. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 51 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | W. B. Mann, guardian George D. Blair v. Susan S. Browning, et al. | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: W. F.Tally & Richard H. Browning. E. S. Blair left land to sons Samuel J., George D. & Thomas E. Blair. George D. Blair dec., leaving widow Nancy Blair & only child George D. Blair, Jr. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 274 | 184 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Wyatt Smith& Wife v. W. T. Sutton& Wife | Haywood | Land, Promissory Note | West | Range: 83 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 390 | 55 | Order A Copy |