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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 | 1877 | Benjamin P. Lea v. Sate | Roane | Horse Stealing |
The plaintiff in error was accused of stealing a horse belonging to J. C. Hinds. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 670 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Charles Jones v. State | Madison | Horse Stealing |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | Jacob Overall v. State | Davidson | Horse Stealing |
Horse stealing, one bay mare of the value of $60.00, one saddle of the value of $10, and one bridle of the value of $1.00; one blanket of the value of $1.00- of the goods & chattels of Peter M. White. Joseph W. Horton, Sheriff of Davidson Co., TN. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 369 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | James T. Simpson v. State | Madison | Horse Stealing |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Ed Curtis | Warren | Horse Stealing | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 52 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. George Bennett | Montgomery | Horse Stealing | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1828 | State v. James Harvey | Wayne | Horse Stealing | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 370 | 12 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Louis Stadelman | Shelby | Horse Stealing | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 246 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1879 | State v. R. C. Lockridge, et al | Crockett | Horse Stealing |
Additional defendants: Tom Williams for Robbery, Abner Bond for Larceny, Mose Thomas for Larceny |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1884 | State v. L. M. Fitzpatrick | Crockett | Horse Stealing | West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 256 | 41 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Grandison Fields | Shelby | Horse Stealing |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Hardy Ingram & Albert Smith | Henry | Horse Stealing |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Henry Green | Bradley | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. |
East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 742 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. John Anderson, alias Henderson, alias Tom Dickinson, alias Tom Hill (col.) | Maury | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Transcript only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Fred Breeden | Warren | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Order to hold only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. William Miller alias William Aroney | Williamson | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 720 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. George Nellis | Shelby | Horse Stealing |
Defendant is unable to afford counsel so court appoints an attorney to him. A jury found the defendant guilty and commuted his sentence from death to ten years in the state penitentiary with hard labor. He is declared infamous and ordered to pay costs for prosecution. This is a judgment only. Case incomplete. |
West | Range: 79 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1338 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. George Carroll | White | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1121 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. Frank Donelson ( col.) | Robertson | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. William Sands | Knox | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1127 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. Julius A. Robnett | Greene | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1126 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State of Kentucky v. John N. Ballard, Jacob Mefford, James Rop | Horse Stealing |
John N. Ballard and Jacob Mefford are fugitives from Kentucky. This is a copy of an indictment against them for horse stealing. They are accused of taking a horse from Patrick Murphy without his consent in November of 1869. Franklin County, KY. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. John B. Davidson | Greene | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Copy of judgment only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1174 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1893 | State v. James Rinehart | Monroe | Horse Stealing |
Rinehart was on trial for horse stealing. The horse was a stallion that was valued at $350.00. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 951 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Jesse M. Patterson | Hawkins | Horse Stealing |
13 Sept. 1872, theft of one gray horse, value of $175.00, property of John Berry |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1622 | 34 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Peter Jennings | Davidson | Horse Stealing | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 59 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Frank Cramp | Carroll | Horse Stealing |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 3 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. Ham Jefferson | Fayette | Horse Stealing |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | State v. John Elliott | Claiborne | Horse Stealing | East | Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 740 | 3 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1905 | State v. Coleman Fox | Obion | Horse Stealing |
Fox was sentenced to 3 years hard labor for stealing a brown horse from Charlie Jones. Fox's rights to vote and hold office were forever revoked. |
West | Range: 80 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1014 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Henry Bruce (col.) | Giles | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 710 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1880 | State v. Y. M. A. Miller | Gibson | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Judgment only. |
West | Range: 80 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1241 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. Nimrod Williams alias John Jones | Knox | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Brief only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. Audy McIlvaine | Shelby | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Verdict and sentencing only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. William Campbell | Shelby | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Sentencing and verdict document only. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1089 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. James Wood & William Case | Knox | Horse Stealing | East | Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1112 | 36 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. Jake Buchanan | Lincoln | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case is incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. J. W. Carney, J. H. Carney, D. C. Carten | Montgomery | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | State v. Jake Cummings | Marshall | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case Incomplete. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 726 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1866 | State v. Absolom Myres | Marion | Horse Stealing |
Judgment only. Case incomplete. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1126 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1882 | State v. Frank Atkinson | Bedford | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Brief transcript only. It is noted on the document that the defendant escaped on September 22, 1882. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 738 | 4 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1877 | State v. Henry Neely (col.) | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Copy of judgment only. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 758 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1858 | State v. John Henager & Russell Leach | Campbell | Horse Stealing |
The cause of action in this case is listed as "horse stealing." |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1183 | 12 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Tupp Scott v. State | Madison | Horse Stealing |
Indictment. |
West | Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 248 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | William Hank | Jackson | Horse Stealing |
Incomplete case file. Document and letter concerning the arrest and delivery of William Hank to Alabama. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1178 | 4 | Order A Copy |