The defendant is charged with unlawful fencing up and obstructing a certain city street

Although conserved, these documents are heavily damaged. Large portions of some pages are missing, causing difficulty in reading. Case pertains to disagreements concerning a new road in Greene County. Andrew Susong Jr. is the son of Andrew Susong, an Alsatian (French) man who sailed to the colonies with The Marquis de Lafayette to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Plaintiffs asked court to grant a jury of view to cut out a 2nd class road leading from the Kentucky road, near Wesley Chittums, & intersecting the Kentucky road at Cumberland Gap, and to appoint overseers & hands on the road. Add. Pla.: Martin B. Johnson, James Monday, David C. Cottrell, William H. Gunnings, James Shoemaker, William Lewis, Alfred Corbin, Lewis Harmon, Elisha Esstes, John Hunter, John Bogan.

Additional Defendant: County Court of Greene County. Plaintiff is petitioning for a new road to be built in Greene County south of J.G. Reaves shop and ending at Allen’s Bridge.

Moore petitioned for a new public road so that he could access a portion of his property that was entirely fenced in by Carson, his neighbor.

Dariox erected large, high fence in & across (& obstructing) road alleged to be 2nd or 3rd class public road, used by wagon carts/other vehicles, men on horseback & foot. Testimony re: use of the road, including that there was considerable settlement along Bays Mountain on both sides & they used road. Road also used by those going to Methodist & Quaker Meetinghouses. Daniel Spears said Dariox wanted to shut the road after death of her husband (who built road in first place as way to get to his mill).

Additional plaintiffs: Newt French, M. F. Davis This is an action begun in the county court by E. G. Flowers to have a road opened to him under section 1634, Thompson's Shannon's code. Flowers stated that his tract of land is surrounded by that of the defendants and he wishes to build a private road from his land to the public road. He had no other way to access his land except by going over the lands of the defendants. See WT 1941 for transcript.

Dillard erected a fence that obstructed a public road

Construction of a fish dam interfering with navigation of Powells River.

Others mentioned: John M. Hall's, Wiley Bunn, Martha Thomas, Samuel Woodard. Thomas was accused of obstructing a public road with timber, rock, rails and other materials so that people could not pass.

Additional Defendants: Abe Newhouse & George Vaughan. Defendants indicted for placing a truck car on railroad tracks. Train belonging to the Louisville & Nashville R. R. seriously damaged when it struck the car. Possibly an act of retaliation for insults suffered by Charley Trout of VA while traveling on the train.

Case incomplete.

The State is bringing this case against the defendant for obstructing the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road.

Williams charged with misdemeanor for obstructing common highway to great damage and common nuisance of the public. Motion to quash upheld.

Case involves the obstruction of a right of way.