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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1856 | Bramblett v. Thomas F. Bates et al. | Overton | Estate Settlement |
Additional Defendants: W. M. Bates, Joseph Bates. Armstrong as Administrator. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Benjamin T. Brown et al. v. Thomas A. Brown & John W. Brown, exe. of John Brown, dec. | Roane | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Rachel Brown, George Brown, Samuel & Jane Brown (minors). |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1179 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | E. L. Gardenshire v. Simeon Hinds | Overton | Estate Settlement |
Estate of Margaret Hinds, wife of Adam Gardenshire, dec. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Green B. Thompson v. Garrett Sadler | Jackson | Estate Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1856 | Hiram Holt et al. v. Isaac B. Holt et al. | Bedford | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Kenneth M. Prybus and his wife Eleanor Prybus- Executors of Jordan Holt, John Wiggins, and with, Mary K. Wiggins. Additional Defendants: too many to name here. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Hannah Smith, et al. v. Robert C. Hill, et al. | Warren | Estate Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Margaret Smith |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Joseph M. Bragg v. William M. French, et al. | Warren | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: John Hopkins, George Glasscock, Ward French, and Robert French |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | James H. Magill & wife& James A. Shaddan& wife v. Anthony Rankin, admr. Of William Rankin, dec., et al. | Greene | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Missing first several pages. Case was fragile with what appears to rodent damage. Additional parties: Thomas Rankin, Margaret Wier, John M. Rankin, Isabella Wilson, William Rankin dec., James Magill. Rankin, as only a nominal admr., was accused of diverting funds from the estate to his own accounts. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 22 | 170 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | James M. Andrews, et al. v. Ethelred Andrews, et al. | Robertson | Estate Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: William M. Andrews. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Jane Dennis v. James L. Riggs, et al. | Montgomery | Estate Dispute |
Other defendants: Elizabeth Riggs |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 260 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | James Mullins v. Francis M. Boyd et al. | Bedford | Estate Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John M. Morrow, Robert B. Davidson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Lewis W. Jordan, exe. v. William Bower, Jr. et al | Roane | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiff is executor of the estate of William Bower, Sr. (dec.). W. Bower, Jr. is administrator pendent lite of the estate of W. Bower, Sr. Additional defendants are heirs of Bower and listed in the file. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1154 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Mark Hutchins et al. v. John L. Grissom | White | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: George Hutchins, Malinda Hutchins, Elizabeth Clouse, Anna Vutrell, and Mary Dildence. Grissom administrator of Aaron Hutchins, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 258 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Polly Smith v. George Harrison& Charles M. Smith | Warren | Estate Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1856 | R. H. Crank et al. v. Gideon Gifford et al. | Sumner | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: W. B. Crank, Sarah D. Crank. Additional Defendants: John Waldon, Milly Hale and husband John Hale, A. B. Whitesides, Margaret Whitesides, George Walton, Robert Walton, James A. Williams, and wife, Mary E. Williams. Slaves left as part of estate: Herod, Lydia, Charlotte and Pleasant. Dispute as to ownership of the slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 257 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Reuben L. Cates v. Thomas G. Drummond, et al. | Blount | Estate Dispute |
Partial document: pages 5-32 only. Case originated with an 1837 indenture made between Drummond, James Wilson, John Sapple, and Reuben Cates. Dispute involves a note and the transfer of land. Also involved: Josiah P. Smith; John Woods; James Trundle; Clementine A. Sapple, guardian of the minor heirs of John Sapple; James B. Wills [Wells?]; Henry C. Sapple; Dr. James H. Gillespy. Hire of a negro boy is mannerly included in the dispute. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1166 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Thomas C. Brabson, exe. v. Isabella I. Davis | Sevier | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiff is the executor of the estate of R.J. Davis (dec.). The deceased had children and grandchildren from two marriages, some of which were living on his estate at the time of his death. His widow was unsatisfied with her dower and division of the estate and went to a county court to propose a dissent from the will. The legality and validity of that action is under scrutiny by the court. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 | 85 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Thomas Morris & wife May v. James Gordon et al | Bradley | Estate Dispute |
Add. defendants: Henry Cornett, Catherine Vinzant, Thomas Vinzant, E. Willaims, John Williams, Nancy Smith, Jeanett Cornett by J.W. White, Joseph Fryer, & John Fryer. Issue over the estate of John Cornett (dec.). |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1180 | 167 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1856 | Thomas M. Jones, admr. of William McKee, dec. v. Heirs of William McKee, et al. | Jefferson | Estate Dispute |
Additional defendants: John McKee, Tilman Cantrell & wife Nancy, William Day & his wife Vicey, James McKee, William McKee Jr., Eliza Purkapile, & others. McKee, dec. had been deep in debt. Jones wanted to sell McKee's two tracts of lands to pay debt. There is dispute over title of those lands among heirs. Jones seeks Catherine McKee, widow, to be endowed with husband's lands and for himself to be empowered to sell lands to pay debts of the estate. |
East | Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1181 | 63 | Order A Copy |