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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1869 | Alvis Williams v. Joseph D. Wortham, et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Additional parties: James Pulliam, James M. Gideon, Augustine Wortham, Webb Ridley, William M. Erwin. Case contains land records. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Alvis Williams v. J. D. Wortham | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Incomplete case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | B. F. Parkes et al v. J. Milton Parkes | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Defendant recovered a judgment against the plaintiff in March 1876 for $785 and he has not paid and therefore the Constable was going to sell his property to be the debt unless restrained by the court. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 23 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Elisha Uzzell v. Robert Mack | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiff seeks an execution on an alleged debt of purchase money upon two lots in Columbia being sold to the Defendant. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | G. W. C. Maxwell, et al. v. Samuel M. Arnell, et al. | Maury | Petition to Compel Sale |
Other plaintiffs: A. F. Alexander. Other defendants: Cornelia C. Arnell (spouse of Samuel). Petition to sell defendant's land in order to satisfy $1718.72 debt to plaintiffs. See Columbia Central Turnpike Company v. A. N. Akin (in MT 702) for case resulting from sale of land in this case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 702 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1830 | Harvey Hodge v. Anderson G. Youngblood | Maury | Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods |
Plaintiff's name also spelled Hoge in documents. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 191 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | John T. Sparkman, et al. v. R. M. Hughes, et al. | Maury | Estate Sale |
Plaintiff: J. F. Younger. Defendants: Martha J. Dawson, A. D. Vestal, Nancy S. Vestal, Elizabeth Vistal, J. W. Irvine, Janice Jones, admr., William Latta, dec., A. D. Sellers and wife, Joseph Williams, A. S. Godwin, etc. Seth Sparkman, admr. for Aaron Vestal, dec., filed a bill against Seth Godwin and the heirs at law of A. Vestal. A decree was rendered that the real estate belonging to the estate of A. Vestal be sold. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 719 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | J. M. Frierson v. M. P. Erwin et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Additional petitioners: J. W. Kinzer, Robert Ladd. In 1866 M. P. Erwin conveyed a tract of land to his son, Blenan and 123 acres as trustee, to secure creditors of M.P Erwin. By decree of the court, the 123 acres was sold in the cause of JL Williams v. MP Erwin. The land was purchased by Blenan Erwin. Blenan Erwin conveyed the 123 acres of land and 88 acres of the land conveyed to him by his father to G. M. V. Kinzer. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 721 | 211 | 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 | 1885 | J. J. Stephenson, exe. of Thomas G. Frierson, dec., et al. v. L. Oatman, et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Additional Complainants: R. W. Frierson, executor of Thomas G. Frierson, dec., James A. Fleming. Also mentioned: F. H. Watkins, H. L. Colman, Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Rail Road Company. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 584 | 85 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Louisa J. Hobbs v. T. C. Coggins | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 39a | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1887 | Louisa Byers, et al. v. Alexander C. Wheatley, et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Additional Complainant: Isaac S(?). Byers (husband of Louisa). A. C. Wheatley is admr. Of Samuel Wheatley dec., L. S. Myers |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 67 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Meredith Helm v. Powhatton D. Franklin | Maury | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional plaintiffs - John Brown and F. R. Zollicoffer - additional defendants - J. B. Alderman and M. J. Cole dispute over the Eagle Hotel valued at $5400.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 213 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | O. D. Pillow v. J. H. Thomas& G. J. Pillow v. J. H. Thomas | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 64 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Susan Revier by next friend v. Houser, Brown, et al. | Maury | Sale, Petition to Halt |
Additional defendants: James M. Sheppard, N. W. Jones. Land was purchased with profit from sale of slave. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | Sparkman S. Kelley v. Seth Godwin et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: Thomas Whither spoon, J. J. Henderson, Jay Vestal, and N. C. Whithorne. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1916 | State v. Martin Taylor | Maury | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Taylor also used the alias name of "Irish Taylor." |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 85 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1915 | State v. Elmer Grant | Maury | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 171 | 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 | 1875 | State v. F. J. Glenn | Maury | Liquor, Sale of Illegal |
Glenn was accused of attempting to sell liquor on the fair grounds in Maury County without a license. He had previously had a place of business there, and his liquor license was supposedly being transferred. However, at the time of the attempted sale, it was not legal. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 13a | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | S. G. Johnson v. J. T. Miller et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: Alex Blackburn, Simpson Kelley. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 39b | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | S. W. Fitzpatrick v. James H. Thomas, et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Relating to the Petition of Walter Akiss, et al.. Additional Defendant: unknown. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 562 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | State v. Willie Gilbert | Maury | Liquor, Sale of to Minors |
Case file is incomplete. Willie is an alias of William Gilbert. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 780 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Thomas P. Maxwell v. William A. Maxwell | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 183 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | W. A. Hogan v. Thomas T. Martin | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 0 | Order A Copy |