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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1878 | (unknown) | Sevier | Land, Sale of |
Exhibit only: Plat map of property bought by William Randles. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | (unknown) | Knox | Land, Sale of |
Motion only. Case Name: Unknown. Court of Origin: Unknown. Land to be sold belongs to M. Roberts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 99 | 2 | Order A Copy |
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 | 1874 | A. B. Shankland for the use & c. v. John Day | Davidson | Land, Sale of |
Shankland for the use of G. M. Jogg, Jr., admr. of D. L. McGavock, deceased. Plaintiff claimed that the defendant was indebted to him for a balance on the purchase of a lot of land in the vicinity of Nashville. Plaintiff claimed that he sold and conveyed a tract of land to Thomas B. Malone in 1865for four promissory notes each the sum of $75.00 |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 20a | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | A. Connell v. S. P. Walker | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 52 | 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 | 1899 | Annie Thomas, et al. v M. Nealis | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional defendants: Annie Thomas' children, all minors. Case heard in the Supreme Court of Tennessee. |
West | Range: 81 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 759 | 27 | 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 | 1937 | Alice Redmon, by Next Friend v. C. H. Redmon | Claiborne | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: Alva Richardson, Lon Francisco. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1107 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | A. P. Hart v. George H. Devault, et al. | Carter | Land, Sale of |
Advertisement for a Supreme Court sale of a house and lot in Elizabethton. Devault conveyed by title bond to Hart. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1224 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Ambrose Talliaferro v. Robert Bigbee et al | Montgomery | Land, Sale of |
Add. defendants: D. B. Smith, W. D. Meriweather, R. Lester, & John Lockert. In 1884, the parties entered into a contract for the purchase of a tract of land for $2,200. The plaintiff paid in cash $933 and executed notes to pay the balance over two years. The defendant convinced the plaintiff to give him one of the notes for $300 early and in return he would execute a note of sale for another part of the land and give credit for the funds towards his balance, but he failed to produce the deed. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 818 | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1938 | Angeline Kennemer, et al.v. Lester Hixon Maney, et al | Hamilton | Land, Sale of |
Dispute re 70-acre tract in which Angeline (aka Evangeline) had life estate & her 5 minor children (Lester Hixon Maney; Leon Hixon; & Chloey, Virginia & Earl Kennemer) had remainder, all deeded to them by Angeline's dad John L. Clark (still living), w/ reversion to his descendants if Angeline had no heirs. Angeline & husband Alonzo (dad of the 5 minor children) sued for court's permission to sell remaining 30 acres of the tract (40 acres previously sold to TVA who condemned it to build Chickamauga Dam). |
East | Range: 9 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1280 | 30 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | A. H. Hurley, et al. v. A. B. Goodwin, et al. | Davidson | Land, Sale of |
Connected to the case of Hurley & Paul v. Heirs and Creditors of James M. Murrell ET684(34-E-4), but tried separately. Addtl pltfs: Narcissa C. Hurley, W.H. Lyle, Susan E. Lyle, America M. Murrell, and James M. Murrell. Addtl defnts: Carrie Holt, Lizzie Holt, John, Nancy, Fred, and Eva Goodwin, Carrie & S.J. Milliron, John Goodwin, Mary & Henry Kohls, Susan & O.W. Smith, Dora & Wm. Blunkall, Eulicia & J.R. Montgomery, Amanda & Chas. Ham, Sadie Hunt, and John F. Snyder. Hurley was an admr. of J.M. Murrell |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 926 | 42 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1852 | Alexander C. Robertson v. Alice Robertson | Davidson | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1872 | Aaron Fussell et al. v. William Cason et al. | Madison | Wills/Land, Sale of |
There are various other names mentioned in the case as part of the plaintiffs and defendants. Basically the case is over a deceased person's land--Henry Butler. Those who have some type of connection or claim to inheritance are disputing about selling the land. Some of the additional Plaintiffs are: B.F. Vantrice and Fannie Vantrice. Some additional defendants are: Emily Butler, James Williams, Heirs of Sarah Bennett--unknown, Heirs of Charles F. Baker--unknown. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | A. J. McCorkle v. W. B. Stoveall et al. | Gibson | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: Mrs. A. E. Stovall |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 112 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | A. J. D. Thurston et al. v. The President & Trustees of the University of North Carolina | Gibson | Land, Sale of |
Sale of land to the University of North Carolina. Plaintiffs: Mollie F. Thurston, Henry B. Thurston, Frank C. Thurston, Sallie K. Thurston |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 122 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1898 | A. A. Gordon et al. v. Ora Gordon et al. | Montgomery | Land, Sale of |
Defendants: Elma Gordon, Minnie Gordon, Charles Booth. Additional parties: James A. Gordon, dec., Josephine Gordon, Nannie B. Gordon, G. D. Hook, Laura Gordon, Aquila Harris. The plaintiffs requested the partition or sale of land in accordance with the will of James A. Gordon, dec. |
West | Range: 37 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1209 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1894 | Alice M. Partee v. Sarah Covington, J. W. Nelson, & C. C. Partee | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Alice M. Partee was the owner of two tracts of land in Shelby Co. She states that her husband C.C. Partee sold the land without her knowledge in order to cover the cost of taxes due on the land. She claims that she knew nothing about any of this. |
West | Range: 82 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 577 | 123 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1849 | Alexander Zallenger v. George Fox et al | Sevier | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiff owned a tract of land for over fifteen years and conveyed and sold the land to Willis B. Sharp, his son-in-law, but he did not pay a consideration for the land. He then sold the land to the defendant. A deal was made to sell the land back to the plaintiff, but the defendant falsified the amount paid to Sharp for the land. Plaintiff sued for $550 difference for the land he bought back. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1168 | 115 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Alex H. Keith v. John Thomas, et al. | Polk | Sale of Land/Property |
This case is regarding the sale of what was known as the Patrick Nash land. The purchase of this tract of land was for usage of mining copper ore, minerals, wood, and water. Additional Defendants: William H. Peet. Exhibit: Newspaper clipping advertising sale |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1590 | 307 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | B. D. Shofner v. E. J. Hutchins | Carroll | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 44 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | Benjamin A. Hayes v. L. W. Brooks et al. | Madison | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: William M. Hutchenson, Nannie W. Herron, Thomas Reid, Laura Reid, H. A. Milligan, Ada Milligan, Rebecca Hutchenson, Thomas Harbert, Tennie Harbert, N. C. Edwards, Annie Edwards, Ben Ward, Ida Ward. All but 6 pages missing. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1879 | B. W. Ragan v. G. W. Chandler et al. | Gibson | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: T. M./ Hutcheson |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 131 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1892 | B. F. Crabtree v. C. T. Morris et al. | Franklin | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: C. T. Moris, Eveline Morris, Sarah J. Morris, James Hughes, Martha Hughes, Thos. Money, Lou Ann Money, William Jackson, Margaret Jackson, Nicey Wilkinson, John P. Wilkinson, William Wilkinson, Sam Wilkinson, Sarah Wilkinson, Elizabeth Wilkinson, and minors: Molly, Sally Ann, John Larkin and Jno. Wilkinson. Plaintiff and defendants are the joint owners of a tract of land located in the 16th Civil District of Franklin County. Pla. is seeking the sale of said land. 2 folders. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 932 | 200 | 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 | 1879 | B. F. Hildebrand et al. v. S. B. Myers | Shelby | Sale of Land/Property |
Additional Plaintiffs: B. A. Hildebrand, D. H. Hildebrand, and A. Keck. |
West | Range: 84 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 135 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1883 | Buckner& Ferrell v. A. G. Horton, et al. | Obion | Land, Sale of |
Defendants: S. T. Hughlett, W. C. Burnett |
West | Range: 83 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 204 | 213 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | Bramley v. Miller et al. | Land, Sale of |
Issues with the contract for a land purchase. County: Unknown. Court of Origin: Unknown. Additional Defendants: Unknown. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 31 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1945 | Bernice Smith et al. v. Sallie Reed Benton et al. | Hamilton | Land, Sale of |
Additional Plaintiffs: Edna Barker. Additional Defendants: Fletcher R. Morgan. Additional Cause of Action: Fraud - land sold without Plaintiffs' knowledge of full terms of deal. |
East | Range: 5 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 136 | 195 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1895 | Burruss, Fox & Co. v. Thomas E. Bibb | Sullivan | Land, Sale of |
Incomplete case file. Assignment of Errors document. Involves the sale of 2 lots. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1919 | B. F. Butler& wife D. P. Butler v. R. N. Karnes, admr. | Gibson | Land, Sale of |
Defendant is the administrator of the estate of his father W. F. Karnes (dec.), who is also the father of D. P. Butler. In 1909, the plaintiff purchased from W. F. Karnes a tract of land for $600, paying $100 in cash and the balance in five deferred pay- ments. Prior to his death, the plaintiffs paid $500 and also bought the homestead from the other heirs. The defendant as administrator told the plaintiffs they owed more money for the land and therefore owed the heirs more than they were paid. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1580 | 356 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Burden Bender v. Emily T. Peyton et al. | Sumner | Land, Sale of |
Incomplete case file. Additional defendants are unclear but may include J. B. Peyton and Fannie E. Peyton. J. B. Peyton is the admr. of Bailee (Balie) Payton dec. This case may be related to the case of, "Balie Peyton v. Burden Bender," located in MT 320. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 826 | 40 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1842 | Charles Bailey et al. v. Thomas S. Booth et al. | Montgomery | Land, Sale of |
Additional plaintiffs - George Pegram and his wife Mary Pegram formerly Mary C. Andrews heir of Baker Andrews - additional defendants - Mary C. Booth wife of Thomas S. Booth formerly Mary P. Andrews widow of Baker Andrews Amount in dispute - $1115.55 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 210 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | C. W. Prior and wife Jesse Prior v. Henry M. Coleman | Warren | Land, Sale of |
March 1871, Prior's purchased of Coleman 2 tracts of land in DeKalb County. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant told them that the land was well adapted for stock raising, good grazing land, a probability for an early extension of the railroad and had a first class institution for learning. The plaintiffs claimed that all this was false except for the grazing. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 21a | 64 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | C. C. Clay v. A. J. Montgomery | Shelby | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 76 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | C. W. Davis v. M. C. Davis, et al. | Davidson | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1885 | Chester County v. J. M. Truett | Chester | Land, Sale of |
alternate defendant name: Truntt |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 271 | 99 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | C. F. Phillips v. R. N. Anderson et al. | Benton | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: Alonzo Anderson and Sarah E. Anderson. |
West | Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 283 | 115 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1890 | C. Rutherford & Wife, et al v. Knox County | Knox | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiff sued to prevent defendant from selling a parcel of land in the 2nd Civil District of Knox County because they claimed title to the land. The plaintiffs consider the land in question to be an public "alley" 20 ft. wide by 400 ft. long in the… Marble Hill Addition. |
East | Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1815 | 145 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1941 | Catherine E. Ledford, et al. v. Retta Lee Ledford Webb, et al. | Bradley | Land, Sale of |
Additional Complainants: Julia Ledford, Rebecca Dulcina Ledford, Mae Ledford Wall. Additional Defendants: Alfred Renslow, Holt Renslow, Harvis Gibson, Marjorie Gibson, Mary Gibson, J. Lake Gibson. Complainants sought to have the Court affirm the sale of two tracts of land . |
East | Range: 7 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 568 | 98 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1900 | Clifford Bruce, et al. v. J. M. Goodbar | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Other plaintiffs: R. C. Bruce; Benjamin M. Bruce; John F. Holst; America J. Bruce; Alice B. Holst. |
West | Range: 81 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 800 | 84 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1907 | Charles J. Haase v. Thomas J. Taylor | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Cause of action: enforce a specific performance of a contract to sale land owned by the plaintiff to the defendant. |
West | Range: 81 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 961 | 111 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1886 | Cincinnati Investment Co. et al.v. Mayor& Aldermen of Chattanooga | Hamilton | Land, Sale of |
Opinion only, case summary not included. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 749 | 13 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Catherine Kirkland v. Hugh Wallace | DeKalb | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 685 | 175 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1911 | City of Memphis v. Memphis Railroad Terminal Co. et al | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: Illinois Central Railroad Co., Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway, Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, St. Louis - Southwestern Railway Company Exhibits include: Memphis Railroad Co. ordinance |
West | Range: 80 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1233 | 180 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1858 | Caswell Hall v. David Straley, et al. | Bradley | Land, Sale of |
Other defendants: Granville P. Straley. Plaintiff sold defendant several tracts of land in Bradley & Hamilton Counties for $6000 & to be paid for w/ 3 notes. Defendant had not paid on any of the notes. Case continues in box ET 1206. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1178 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | C. W. Hall v. Charles J. McKinny | Hawkins | Land, Sale of |
Issue of a deed made out to the plaintiff for a tract of the defendant's land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 | 20 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1868 | Christopher L. Slater, et al. Ex-parte | Knox | Petition to Sale Land |
Slater, Emma C. Kidd, Melissa A. Kidd, and Lerretia J. Kidd by next friend Leroy A. Kidd petitioning to sell a tract of land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1224 | 29 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1926 | Carrie Morris Estes, et al v. Paul O. Morris | Obion | Land, Sale of |
Carrie Morris Estes, and her husband A.P. Estes sold three tracts of land to her brother, Paul O. Morris. The tracts of land are in the 16th Civil District of Obion County. The Esteses are alleging that Morris did not fulfill the conditions of the contract and are suing him for rent for the land for the years 1924-1925 at $800 per year. |
West | Range: 78 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1840 | 132 | Order A Copy |