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View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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View Entry | 1870 | A. W. Roberts v. Samuel H. Mann, et al. | Haywood | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendants: Eloise Conner, Ann Conner; estate of Garland Taliaferro; land and title dispute |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | A. V. S. Lindsley v. J. H. Austin et al. | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: William Shane, James Whitworth, W. R. Demonbreun, T. R. Cheatham, and L. C. White. A. V. S. Lindsley was the son of Dr. Philip Lindsley, the one time president of the University of Nashville. He was a postmaster for Nashville and a State Senator. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | A. Lindsley et al. v. Washington Barrow | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
recovery of debt |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 292 | 9 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | A. J. Dodson v. L. J. Dodson | McMinn | Estate Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 376 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1870 | Antonio Montedonico v. Paul A. Cicalla Paul A. Cicalla et al.. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants - Paul Cicalla & Lewis Montedonico |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | B. M. McFarland v. Martha B. Higgs, et al. | Weakley | Debt Dispute |
McFarland sold Higgs some land, presumably on the credit, because she was supposedly getting compensation from sued a man named William Jenkins. The whole dispute is over land, debt, and whether too much money was paid, etc. This case mentions a few slaves by name. 2 folders. |
West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21 | 246 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Burrell Driver, et al. v. Elizabeth Mingle, et al. | Macon | Wills, Contested |
Additional Plaintiffs: John Mingle, Eliza Bloodall, Thomas Woodmore, & Alfred Townsend. Additional Defendants: Daniel Mingle and John Parker. Mingle was the exe. and widow of William Mingle who died in 1857. Elizabeth later remarried and resigned her exe. however during her widowhood, she purchased good and necessities upon the credit of the property bequeathed under the will, but all his property was bound for his debts and her debts before her remarriage. Defs. claimed that all property had been wasted. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 211 | 120 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | B. J. Williams, et al. v. G. W. Bartlett, et al. | Shelby | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: E. W. Massey. Additional Defendants: John W. Gould, R. N. Blakemore- firm of Bartlett, Gould & Blakemore. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Burton Dill et al. v. Martha Grimes et al. | Wayne | Land and Title Dispute |
Case does not specify additional Plaintiffs or Defendants by name. Case includes references to possible mental illness. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 327 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Baker, Wright & Company v. John Nicholas et al | Knox | Debt, Balance on |
Add. defendants: Samuel A. White, F.W. Vanuxern, Elizabeth Vanuxern, William Kennedy, James Kennedy, & William Swan. J. Nicholas is justly indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $543.33, which is evidenced by a note of hand. The sum is the purchase money for a tract of land after an initial $110 was paid by the defendant. Other defendants were employers or creditors for the purchase, and the bill includes an injunction to prevent W. Swan from taking possession of goods after paying the balance. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1213 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | B. A. McFarland admr. v. Frederick Brewer et al. | Hawkins | Debt |
Additional defendants: Ezekiel Anderson, A. L. Rogers, and Betsey Kenner admr. of Wiley B. Kenner dec. Plaintiff is the admr. of Jacob Bewley dec.. The estate of Bewley sued the estate of Kenner for payment on a note. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1238 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Benjamin F. Murphey, et al. v. William Houston, exe. Of Benjamin Sewell, dec. | Claiborne | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: E.D. Murphey and Pleasant Murphey. Benjamin Murphey had purchased a tract of land from Benjamin Sewell in 1847. Houston had received judgment against B.F. Murphey and his securities for an unpaid note for the purchase money of the said land. Murphey willing to pay sum in exchange for title to land, which neither Sewell nor Houston had given to him. Murphey suing for an injunction restraining Houston from collecting on judgment until he received a warranty deed. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1239 | 49 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Benjamin F. Lamb v. Benjamin Turbeville et al. | Henry | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendant: Bernard Riley |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Braham Merrill v. R. B. DeBarre et al. | Shelby | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendants: Louisa DeBarre, notes held by James B. Thornton until maturity; Thornton fled due to the Civil War and lost the notes; property on Causey and Hernando St. in Memphis |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 11 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Buttorff Phillips& Co. v. M. O. Mason & Co., et al. | Robertson | Debt |
Additional defendants: J. B. Taylor, J. Farmer, G. C. Mason. Defendants contracted with plaintiffs for labor (they are mechanics and did some work for defendants' distillery). |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 325 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Balie Peyton v. Burden Bender | Sumner | Usury | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320 | 42 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1870 | Brandon, Bennett, Crouch& Co. v. Stokley Williams | Washington | Injunction |
Plaintiffs claim they borrowed money from Williams at an interest rate of 25 percent which they now claim is illegal. Plaintiffs are seeking an injunction against the Sherriff of Washington County barring him from collecting a judgment won by Williams in a previous case. Defendants name also spelled Stokeley. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1218 | 41 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | C. W. Beaumont v. Ida H. Beaumont, et al. | Montgomery | Unknown |
Guardianship of the children of Franklin S. Beaumont. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | C. H. Stockland, et al. v. Thomas J. Stockland | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional plaintiffs: W. H. Stockland and G. W. Wood. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 35 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1870 | C. T. Cook, exe. of Mary C. McKinney v. Joseph C. Stark, et al. | Robertson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Thomas L. Green, James Roberts, Julia Roberts, Walter Green, Richard Green; injunction for sale of land and home; dispute of title. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 320 | 104 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Calvin Shoemaker v. William W. Haynes | McMinn | Equity |
Haynes accuses Shoemaker of forcing him to accept Confederate money as payment for land and threatening him with a military order forcing him to do so. Haynes is loyal to the United States Government and believes Shoemaker took advantage of this fact. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1218 | 60 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Charles W. Johnson, et al. v. Lewis S. Maclin, et al. | Lauderdale | Debt |
This is a debt dispute over land. It is Charles W. Johnson and Isaac McSteele indebted to Lewis Maclin and Henry Johnson. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Charles Ready, exe. of Charles Ready, Sr., dec. v. Martha Trigg, et al.. & Maria Armstrong v. Charles Ready, exe. of Charles Ready, Sr., dec., et al.. | Rutherford | Estate Settlement |
Additional def: William Bowles, admr. Caroline Bowles, Robert Searcy, Jane Searcy, Joseph Clark, Ellen Clark, William C. Claiborne, Ellen N. Claiborne, Enoch Jones, Caroline Jones, Erasmus Hancock, Eliza Burrus, Mary Holmes, Peter C. Taller, Jane Taller P. G. Valentine, Catharine Valentine, Thomas S. Jones, Mary Jones, John B. Armstrong, Maria Armstrong, Edward S. Ready, Sarah Ready, Ellen Ready, Jarusha Butts, Mary P. Napier, Edward A. Graham, Mary P. Graham, Malcolm A. Graham; slaves |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 345 | 259 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | C. R. Embry v. George W. Hunt | Franklin | Debt Settlement |
Dispute involves debt over land. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 330 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Charles A. Merritt, admr. v. R. H. Elam et al. | Davidson | Debt, Petition on |
Additional Defendants: J.G. Webb and G.W.G. Paine. The plaintiff was the admr. of John S. Merrill, dec. The case was used as evidence in the 1885 case of Susan Pinkerton et al.. v. D.B. Cliff, exec. of C.A. Merrill, dec. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 698 | 104 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Chesly Thomas et al. v. John Dias et al. | Wilson | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Court cost only. Additional defendants: Samuel L. Calhoun and John E. Bell. Includes a letter and envelope regarding costs from Wilson County Sheriff to J. G. Frazier, Supreme Court Clerk, Nashville. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 715 | 5 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Charles W. Rice v. G.D. Buckner et al | McMinn | Land |
Additional material in ET 31. Trust in land and Mill for purchase. Additional Defendants: James Buckner. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1215 | 100 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Daniel Cochran, et al. v. Roxana Cochran, et al. | Robertson | Debt Settlement |
Additional plaintiffs: Henry Brinkley and wife Dorothea, Perry Cochran, Mary Cochran, Dixon Williams and wife Eliza, Perry Payne. Richard Payne, William Payne, Mary Ann Payne, Julius Gilbert and wife Martha, and Larkin Payne. Additional defendants: Warren Cochran, William Cochran, John Cochran, Perry Cochran, John Payne, and Amos Payne, Case involves the sale of land and a slave to pay off debts. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 290 | 268 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | D. G. McCann v. Douglas P. Gillis | Hardin | Debt Dispute |
Brief only. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | D. P. & J. Searcy v. John B. Snelling, James F. & John B. Snelling, Pleasant H. & Hugh Snelling, Delila & Thomas Forman, Mary Ann Snelling, Mary J. Hasselt & Adeleine Murray | Bedford | Wills, Contested |
Susan Searcy died intestate in the 1860s, as did the aunt Elizabeth Snelling. Case involves right to large lot of land in Bedford county which adjoins land belonging to other dec'd individuals whose estates were not yet settled. The heirs sued to settle the estate, and to break up the land for sale. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Dorsey B. Thomas v. J. H. Wyley et al. | Benton | Land, Contract Dispute |
Additional Defendant: Oscar F. Brown. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 56 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | D. R. Gass v. Reuben Arnold et al | Greene | Debt |
Plaintiff is the administrator of the estate of J. Dunwood (dec.). Add. defendant: F.A. Arnold, administrator of the estate of Thomas D. Arnold (dec.). |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 35 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | D. P. Byrne exer. v. R C. Parker | Sumner | Debt |
legality of payment in Confederate money to heirs of Robert Kilpatrick, deceased, who reside in Northern States |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 322 | 121 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | David Alexander et al. v. Robert W. Townsend et al. | Marshall | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: Thomas Bend, David Alexander, Sarah J. Alexander, Daniel G. Townsend, John Bend, . Additional Defendants: Robert W. Townsend, Mary S. Townsend, Emily Townsend, Parks H. Townsend, Mary S. Townsend, Ann H. Townsend. Estate of Thomas Townsend, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 282 | 272 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | E. Talley v. T. M. Edwards, admr. of R. A. Barton& Nancy Johnson | Wilson | Estate Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 292 | 209 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1870 | E. T. Murry & Co. v. Conner, Dennis, et al. | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Holloran, Patrick McTygue, Michael Burns, Thomas Harrington, and Bridget Harrington. Debt due for services and goods. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 357 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Elisha W. Holly v. Merritt Eslick | Giles | Unlawful Detainer |
Plaintiff is seeking to void a verbal agreement made while intoxicated to sell land for Confederate money. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 312 | 168 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Elizabeth Hunt, et al. v. Jacob Fisher, et al. | Smith | Estate Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: Daniel Hunt, John B. Tubb, and Mary Jane Tubb. Additional Defendants: Gasum Hunt, Newton Atwood, Hannah Atwood, John Hunt, Alexander Hunt, William Murray, Rebecca Murray, John Agee, Melissa Agee, W. D. Hunt, Levi B. Hunt, and Stuart P. Hunt. Case involves the settlement of estate of Abel Hunt, dec., a land dispute and dower. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 314 | 232 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Emaline Johnson, et al. v. Thomas Tomlinson, admr. | Hawkins | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiff is the widow of Hardy Johnson, dec. Defendant was admr of the estate of deceased. This bill was filed as a dispute of the estate settlement. Other plaintiffs: Alice Ann Johnson, Harriet Johnson, Emma Johnson, John Proffitt. Other defendants: William Johnson, Minerva Johnson, Racheal Johnson, Lewis Henry , Allen Henry. See also Emaline Johnson v. Thomas Tomlinson, et al. in ET 1934. |
East | Range: 20 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1596 | 202 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Elizabeth Burton v. the Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad Company | Davidson | Objection to Establishing a State R |
Boyd Cheatham, Edgefield & Kentucky R.R. E. S. Cheatham, President, Edgefield & Ky. R.R. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 74 | 37 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Edward G. Kirk, admr. of J. Clavin Jones, dec. v. Mary L. Jones et al. | Shelby | Estate Settlement |
Additional defendants: Anna Lee Jones, Jacob Jones, M. Cohn, Henry G. Dent, J. A. Allen, Stovall and Mitchell, R.T. Tovian |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 2 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Edward H. Word, admr. of Emmett T. Morgan, dec. v. Edward J. Morgan, et al. | Tipton | Estate Settlement |
Additional defendants: Francis A. Morgan, Emma J. Morgan, William Coward, Harriet Miller. |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 9 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Eli Kendall, admr. of John C. Smith, dec. v. Jonathan S. Dawson et al. | Henry | Debt Settlement |
Additional defendants: Shelbourne Loving, Robert D. Caldwell |
West | Range: 84 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 10 | 129 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Enoch Marshall v. George Hawn | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute |
Marshall sued to recover possession of tract of land once belonging to Hawn but now belonging to Marshall based on court judgment, execution, levy, and sale upon said deed to Marshall. Hawn refused to surrender possession. Marshall's could not issue action of ejectment due to the justice's judgment being lost. Court dismissed the plaintiff's bill. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1216 | 23 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Edmund F. Williams v. Edmund C. Williams et al; V. R. G. Ross v. E. C. Williams et al | Bradley | Estate Dispute |
Edmund F. (NY) was dad of Edmund C. & Charles H. (TN), who died in Aug 1862 (midst of war) intestate, no wife/children, leaving lg personal estate in possession of Edmund C (at whose home he died). Charles was partner in Savannah, GA w/J.W. Morrell & owed money to V.R.G. Ross. Edmund C. used Charles' money to buy house on Lot 105, Calloway St, Cleveland, TN. Charles' siblings: John (NY), Thos H., Frances (Frank), Sarah Elizabeth, Ross (all of MN, last 2 minors). Thos was cavalryman in Confederate army. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1226 | 78 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Eli Miller v. Benjamin Pike | Union | Breach of Contract |
Miller was surety for Alvis Whited on the purchase of land. Whited failed to pay for the land and the debt was passed to Miller. Miller entered into a contract with Pike to have the land brought to sale if Pike would purchase it. Pike agreed but later did not submit a winning bid at sale. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1238 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | F. O. Lake et al. v. Caroline Black et al. | Hardeman | Debt |
Argument and brief only. Original bill filed to enforce payment of claims brought against estate of Jonathan C. Spinks, deceased. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Frank A. Arnold, admr. v. James Jones, et. al. | Greene | Debt |
Arnold is admr. of Thomas D. Arnold dec. 1870. In 1865, Thomas filed a bill against the estate of Thomas Jones, dec. 1866 to secure payment of debt. Plaintiff here attempts to collect that debt from James Jones, the son and heir of Thomas. Also mentioned: widow Elizabeth Jones admr., later married to Jesse Brookes. Mason K. Jones, and the following families: Henshaw, Wilhoit, Keith, Ross. |
East | Range: 18 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1962 | 174 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Furman& Co., et al. v. W. H. Johnson, et al. | Robertson | Debt |
Additional defendants: Henry H. Kirk, Thomas B. Mathews, Edward S. Cheatham. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 322 | 74 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Franklin R. Martin et al. v. Joseph H. Martin et al. | Washington | Estate Dispute |
All parties are the heirs of Michael H. Martin. Plaintiffs: Jeff Martin, Jane Gibson, Francis Gibson, James Mulkey, Jane Mulkey, Samuel Cochrain, Hannah Cochrain, and Mary and Samuel Hunt. Defendants: Madison Martin, Michael Martin, David Martin, John Martin, Jacob Cochrain, W.G. Martin, Mary Martin, Jacob Martin, Mathew Martin and David Armstrong. Plaintiffs claim the defendants fraudulently manipulated Michael H. Martin into transferring his estate to them and removing plaintiffs from his will. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1213 | 72 | Order A Copy |