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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 | 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 | 1878 | George W. Moore v. H. A. Craig et al. | Lauderdale | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: L. J. Craig |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 112 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Hezekiah Baxley & wife v. William Wolfenbarger, et al. | Grainger | Land, Sale of |
Wife: Susannah J. Baxley. Other defendants: Peter Wolfenbarger; Sarah Wolfenbarger (wife of Peter). Susannah and Sarah were sisters & the daughters of A. G. Helton, dec. Decedent had willed each of them interest in a tract of land. Susannah sold her interest in the land to William Wolfenbarger based, she claimed, on fraudulent claims made by him. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1644 | 59 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Joseph Moore v. W. L. Utley et al. | Madison | Land, Sale of |
Additional defendants: Mary Wade, Elizabeth Warder |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | John M. Pearson v. William P. H. McGowan, et. al. | Bedford | Land, Sale of |
Defendants: Thomas Rushing, dec., Elizabeth Rushing, children and grandchildren of Thomas & Elizabeth (too numerous to include in the notes field). |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | J. & A. Simpkinson & Co. et al.v. J. P. McGee | Gibson | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiff: W. C. Mosley, J. P. Mosely. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 122 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Louisa J. Hobbs v. T. C. Coggins | Maury | Land, Sale of | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 39a | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | Leonidas Bills v. George M. Dugan | Hardeman | Land, Sale of |
Additional parties: A. T. M. Neal |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Milton J. Hart et al. v. Bennett Ray, admr,. et al. | Weakley | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiffs: Robert L. Hart, dec.., Cora L. Hart, Mary R. Hart, James H. Hart, Emma R. Hart. Defendants: J. O. McCargo, dec., Ethel McCargo, J. O. McCargo, M. J. Sparks |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 121 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Orville R. Earley v. Peyton D. Beecher | Shelby | Land, Sale of |
Additional parties: Martha J. Earley, Dr. William E. Butter, J. N. Earley, Eason Earley, Alexander M. Ferguson, Ellen Beecher. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 117 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | R. A. Parker v. George B. Peters Jr. | Shelby | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 119 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | S. G. Johnson v. J. T. Miller et al. | Maury | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: Alex Blackburn, Simpson Kelley. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 39b | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | S. A. Champion et al. v. James H. Harrett et al. | Henry | Land, Sale of |
Additional Plaintiffs: D. F. Alexander, T. C. McNeill. Additional defendants: J. V. Harrett |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 112 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Thomas J. Wilson, et al. v. E. J. Corry, et al. | Washington | Land, Sale of |
Addtl pltf: James H. Dosser. Add. Def. James D. Corry. Wilson sold Corry a plot of land on a promissory note, Corry has yet to pay anything on sale of deed. |
East | Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1642 | 140 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | Thomas D. Lewis v. James M. Reiley | Bledsoe | Land, Sale of |
A tract of land laying and being in the 9th Dist., Bledsoe containing 132 acres. Reiley had previously served as county surveyor of Bledsoe. Land previously owned by Mrs. Francis A. Johnson, widow of Baxter Johnson, dec. Failure to surrender deed and settle transaction of land sale. |
East | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1593 | 51 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | William T. Elmore v. I. A. Nunn | Crockett | Land, Sale of |
Additional parties: Henry White, Joseph Spence, Lucinda Spence, Albert Buck, Henry Buck, Ida Buck, James Yancey, Susan Yancey, William Buck , Hunter Buck, M. Buck. |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 113 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | William B. Nash v. W. P. Ripley et al. | Dyer | Land, Sale of |
Plaintiffs: Elias Parish. Defendants: M. E. Ripley |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 122 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1878 | W. P. Story v. James R. Ellison | Henderson | Land, Sale of | West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 120 | 71 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1878 | W. P. Chambers v. H. C. Crider et al. | Carroll | Land, Sale of |
Additional Defendants: John P. McArthur |
West | Range: 84 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 125 | 0 | Order A Copy |