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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1825 | Adam D. Stuart v. Sampson Gray | Williamson | Debt |
Amount of debt - $300.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1832 | Andrew Goff, Jr. v. Thomas Montgomery, et al. | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Alfred M. Young et al. v. Jesse Pate et al. | Williamson | Debt |
Additional plaintiff: Jacob W. Young. Additional defendant: George D. Kornega Amount of debt $200.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1841 | Allen T. Nolen v. Berrel G. Lewis | Williamson | Damages |
Amount of damages $200.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1845 | Allen Nolen v. Thomas Pankey | Williamson | Debt Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1824 | Abel Garrett v. Bernard Richardson | Williamson | Debt |
Debt of $885.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 359 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1885 | A. C. Farris v. T. J. Redman | Williamson | Debt |
Debt due by account for money had and received for the purpose of paying on interest on a note. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1895 | Annie Hill, admr. of R. H. Hill, dec. v. F. E. Hulme | Williamson | Debt |
Plaintiff brought suit as admr. of the estate of R. H. Hill to collect payment on a note for $100 made by the defendant. Defendant argued that the note was given as payment for a jack which was later found to be useless. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1033 | 41 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1823 | Anderson Childress v. James Stuart | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
A. Childress, executor of Joel Childress, deceased, maintains that defendant owes Childress estate $4,571 in "current bank notes" which he has not paid. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1828 | Archibald Lytle v. John Nichols | Williamson | Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer |
Lytle's tenant, listed here only as John Doe, was forcibly ejected from his property -- complaint is trespass and ejectment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 188 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1828 | Andrew Campbell v. Thomas Montgomery | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1834 | Alexander Smith et al. v. Joseph& Nancy L. Hightower | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute: Ejectment |
J. Hightower accused of breaking into home of John Doe and ejecting him. Doe leased property from Smiths & Dewey P. and Elizabeth C. Hadley. Also named: Sarah Smith, wife of Alexander, only heir of James Leiper: Elizabeth Hadley daughter of Smiths. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1853 | Atwood & Co. v. Orlando Avery & Jesse W. Tarkington | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1852 | Archer J. Wood & Brother v. Lysander McGavock | Williamson | Fraud |
Other plaintiff: Johnson Wood. Plaintiffs were African Americans & bought a slave, Mariah, from McGavock. McGavock claimed she was healthy, but plaintiffs discovered she wasn't after purchasing her. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 32 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Andy Nolen v. D. B. Cliff | Williamson | Unknown |
African-American lawsuit |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 170 | 19 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | Angelo Formosa v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Williamson | Negligence | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1860 | Abner Sayers v. Isham L. Matthews et al. | Williamson | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Isham Matthews. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 293 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | A. B. Rozell v. J. P. Reese | Williamson | Damages |
Plaintiff sues defendant, Reese, for damages of $500.00, for a crop of wheat grown on the farm of W. M. Carr, "wrongfully seized by the defendant and detained from the plaintiff." |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 661 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1894 | Abe Atkins and wife v. G. F. Gillman, Composing the firm of Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. | Williamson | Damages |
Plaintiffs sued for damages after Charity Atkins, wife of Abe Atkins, was struck by a horse and wagon owned and operated by the defendant. Defendants delivered tea, coffee, baking powder and condensed milk to customers throughout Williamson County. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1033 | 47 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1844 | Burrel G. Lewis et al. v. Allen L. Nolen | Williamson | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: Delilha Turner |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1852 | Bank of Tennessee v. John W. Bosley et al.. | Williamson | Debt |
additional defendants - Nathaniel L. Harrison, John G. Boyd and Stephen West amount of debt $600.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 233 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Bennett Smith v. State | Williamson | Scire Facias | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 266 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1874 | Ballow & Gresham v. N. W. Motheral, agent, et al. | Williamson | Unlawful Detainer |
Plaintiffs: T. B. Ballow & Thomas Gresham. Additional defendants: Robert H. Perry , Joshua Perry, E. D. Sawyer, Tennessee Wiggins, A. W. Motheral, James Sawyer, Rufus Waller. Case involved a unlawful detainer made by the plaintiffs for a tract of land in in Williamson County known as Sally Armstrong property. The defendant was the agent for this property and said he was entitled to it. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 23a | 51 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | B. D. Harris v. Robert H. Bradley & Charles A. Merrill | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 307 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1854 | Beech & Hunter v. Joesl Manfield & John W. Morton | Williamson | Debt |
Plaintiffs: Joseph Beech and Alden Hunter |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 245 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | B. F. Roberts v. Harry Chrisman | Williamson | Obstructing a Public Road/Road/Right of Way | Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 662 | 53 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1894 | Benjah McFarland v. William and Mary Bush | Williamson | Estate Dispute |
Plaintiff was the executor of the estate of Sarah K. McFarland dec. (also spelled McFarlin) and introduced a document purporting to be McFarland's last will and testament. Defendants denied the document's validity on the grounds that it was not attested to as required by law. Newspaper fragments counted as two pages. |
Middle | Range: 36 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 973 | 26 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | B. F. Roberts v. Harvey Christman | Williamson | Obstructing a Public Road/ Road/ Ri | Middle | Range: 20 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 37 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1817 | Baker Wrather, et al. v. Thomas Washington, et al. | Williamson | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional Complainant: Sarah G. Wrather. Additional Defendants: Chapman White, William Tact. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Barnett R. Hughes v. Hezekiah Hill et al. | Williamson | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional Defendants: Samuel Walters, Jeremiah Hill, John M. Winstead, Cypress S. Bittich, Thomas Heals, John Edmondson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | B. F. Andrews v. McCampbell Verhoff & Company | Williamson | Debt on Account | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 278 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1886 | B. F. Brown v. John M. Nevils, Sheriff | Williamson | Other |
Cause of Action: failure to return an execution. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 602 | 35 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | Bushrod R. Johnson v. Thomas M. Joplin | Williamson | Forcible Entry and Detainer |
Forcibe entry and detainer for forced entry into tract of land lying in the 18th Civil Dist., Williamson, by the land of Dr. F. G. McGavock, James Glenn, and T. F. Kirkpatrick, and others. Thomas M. Joplin was a resident of Spartanburg, South Carolina. A copy of the will of John Bostick, Jr. is included in the transcript. Bushrod Johnson (1817-1880) was a Northern born Confederate General during the Civil War. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 661 | 28 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1826 | Charles Boyles & Brice M. Garner v. Jane B. Campbell | Williamson | Debt |
Collection of judgment and court costs against defendant Jane B. Campbell. Details of case not provided. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1860 | Chesley Williams v. Henry M. Williams et al. | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: A. C. Merritt, John Laua, William Barry, Mary Ann Austin, Hiram Walker and wife Mary Jane, and Luke H. Hitch. Case also involves a debt dispute. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1826 | Charles G. Olmstead, guardian of the heirs of Charles McAlister v. John Nichols | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 361 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1830 | Christopher DeGraffenreid v. Daniel Murray | Williamson | Estate Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1873 | Charles S. Moss v. J. P. Helms | Williamson | Motion for Rehearing |
Plaintiff is sued on the behalf of Sam Winstray. Defendant is also a trustee for G. W. Hicks. The defendant, individually and as a trustee, is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $6,000. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 822 | 149 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | Charles Gookin, et al. v. Hugh N. Graham, et al. | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Lance Irwin, John B. Boggs, Allen Scruggs, George M. Savage, and Richard D. Roy. Involves the selling of 5 slaves. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | Charles G. Williams v. Henry L. Crutcher | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 40 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1852 | Charles H. Primm v. Zachariah Allen | Williamson | Fraud |
Primm, who is blind, claims Allen sold him a horse in poor health, taking advantage of his disability by misrepresenting the condition of the horse. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 234 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1869 | Charles Duff v. Charles Wells, et al. | Williamson | Property Dispute |
Defendants: Mrs. Charles Wells |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 237 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1878 | C. W. Davis v. J. P. Reese | Williamson | Trespass | Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1870 | Charles A. Merrill v. Samuel Young et al. | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Nelson Wilson and Rial Alkerson |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 323 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1866 | C. W. Allen v. A. C. Mayberry& F. B. Beech | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 317 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1885 | Charles A. Davis v. J. R. Stephens | Williamson | Debt |
Debt due by note. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 599 | 68 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1828 | Daniel Dwyer v. Thomas Montgomery | Williamson | Non-payment of Goods/ Wages/ Service |
Plaintiff sold defendant $500 worth of goods for which he never received payment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 188 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1828 | Delia S. Hightower v. Thomas Montgomery | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1832 | Drury Scruggs& John Graham v. Joshua Reams | Williamson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1853 | Daniel Baugh exec. v. Sterling Davis | Williamson | Probate |
William T. North left a will in 1853 naming Daniel Baugh as executor. All debts were to be paid and money and notes were to be left to his friend David W. Humphrey. All else was to go to his aunt Elizabeth Humphrey. Sterling Davis questioned the validity of the will. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 243 | 0 | Order A Copy |