Defendant was charged with slander after referring to Plaintiff's sons as "bastards", meaning they were not the sons of plaintiff

On several occasions, the defendant allegedly maliciously and wilfully slandered the plaintiff to Albert Hardin & Charlie Hones, saying the plaintiff had stolen his suit and had. Defendant later said he knew the statement was false on all accounts.

Clapp sued the Prices, accusing them of writing an anonymous letter to Clapp's employer, Mr. Crouch, stating that Clapp was a thief. Crouch owned a flower shop Clapp worked. The suit claims that the letter humiliated Clapp, & initially the Prices were found guilty & made to pay $1000.

Jennings sued Henegar, accusing him of slander. He sued for ten thousand dollars for calling Jennings a forger. Jennings forged a receipt for $50 on Henegar. The event occurred during the Civil War. In the proceedings Henagar is accused of being a bushwhacker and spy for Federal Army.

J. W. Boyd was a defendant along with Hairstone when the suit began, but there was no evidence against him so he was dismissed from the case. Johnson was a teacher in an African American school. She lost her job because of the rumors, begun by Hairstone's statement that she had had a baby out of wedlock.

sued for damages of $2,000.

Fannie Hargis sued Georges W. Horne for $5,000 damages for slander.

Alexander was initially charged with slander, after being accused of posting a sign near Roberts' store. Alexander also attempted to force Roberts out of the store, located near Henrys Crop Road. This is Alexander's appeal.

Morriss claims Stephen Parrott said this re: Morriss' grand jury testimony in case against Evan Parrott for assault on Martin Owen: that Morris "had sworn a damned lie" when he testified Evan had drawn a pistol on Martin during an incident at the home of the Widow Morriss, and when he failed to state Martin had drawn a knife on Evan. In separate 1-page document (handwriting hard to read), it seems incident may have included someone charging Evan with being the father of a certain child.

Isaac Smith accused Gassaway of defacing the brand from one of his cows. He brought Gassaway to trial. Gassaway then sued Smith for maliciously slandering his name in public.

Riseden sued McDonald over a debt related to powder & lead, & Riseden testified. In a later grocery store conversation, McDonald claimed Riseden "swore a lie" in that testimony, thereby committing perjury, leading Riseden to then file this suit against McDonald for slander. The jury ruled in Plaintiff's favor & Defendant appealed. Witnesses: Jesse Gibson (heard McDonald say Riseden had "sworn a lie"), Isaac N. Carlock (heard same)

Note that cover page says "Sarah Braden" but all mentions of a female Braden in case are Martha. There was an initial suit involving Sarah Collins' pot & a kettle that had a levy placed on it. She was meant to give the items to John Braden, but she refused. Allegedly Martha Braden accused John Walker of falsely swearing in this case and spread rumors about him. See also boxes 1123; 1151.

Rebecca Brannon & others heard Mary say of Divine (her son-in-law): "Joe the nasty stinking rascal is the boy that gets his money by taking other people's hogs and fattening and killing and selling them." Meredith Roper also heard Mary say such things. Testimony that Mary thought Abraham treated his wife (Mary's daughter) badly, and that Mary was 40 or over, quite stout, & had both grandchildren & great grandchildren

The plaintiff brings this case against the defendant for slander. The defendant spoke and published that the plaintiff had been guilty of stealing hogs greatly damaging the plaintiff's reputation with his neighbors and friends.

Reilley also spelled Riley. The plaintiff was suing the defendant for slander related to the case, "State v. John T. Gates." During said case the defendant allegedly stated to several people that the plaintiff "swore a lie," while under oath.

Citizens believed that the plaintiff had stolen a hog belonging to the defendant because of malicious talk.

Defendant is accused of slandering the plaintiff by saying, in front of witnesses, that the defendant had perjured himself by lying in court under oath in a previous court case that concerned the estate of Solomon Davis.

This is an appeal. Original bill saw Thos. Smith filing suit against Austin for slander, trespass and damages in the amount of $1000. March 15, 1848, Austin said to have had conversation in which Smith accused of stealing hogs and serving jail time.

In the original case, Susan J. Foust sued for $5,000 in damages for verbal slander. Foust claimed that Stair falsely charged her with larceny (that she stole 10 dollar gold pieces from the home of Boston Damewood of Knoxville). The same suit was filed against Abraham Stair.

Additional Cause of Action: Libel. Plaintiff accuses the defendant of saying and having published that plaintiff's wife participated in the act of buggery with a cow. There is a question as to whether buggery is a word in the English language.

Incomplete file. The case involves slander on the part of James White in regard to the plaintiff's potential sale of slave children.