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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1855 Abner Phillips & Joshua Owens et al. v. William Meredith Fentress Debt

Amount of total debt is unclear

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 80 Order A Copy
View Entry 1922 Andy Byrd v. State Fentress Liquor Violation

Unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 423 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1921 Alf Hall v. State Fentress Carrying an Illegal Weapon

Alf Hall was charged with illegally carrying a pistol and was sentenced to a fine of $50.00 and 90 days in the work house.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 429 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1883 Burton Stephens, et al. v. Pleasant Taylor, et al. Fentress Land and Title Dispute

Additional plaintiffs: B. R. Stockton, Isaac Stockton. Additional defendant: Thomas Owen.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 674 199 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Bank of Tennessee v. William C. Beaty Fentress Ejectment Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Cobb et al. v. Frederick E. Ross Fentress Breaking and Entering

F.B. Cobb, P.B. Cobb, James Shields, William L. Atkinson, Barsheba Cobb, William Murray, John Harris, John Cacke, John Williams - Plaintiffs.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 204 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Conrad Crockett, et al. v. Elijah Pile Fentress Ejectment

Additional Plaintiffs: John Crockett, William Crockett, Joseph Crockett, James Crockett, Thomas Cobb and his wife Sarah, Benjamin Bramum and his wife Polly, heirs of William Crockett, dec.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 250 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1832 Commissioners of the town of Monroe in Overton County v George Gordon et al Fentress Land and Title Dispute

This case relates to land grant #300 in the name of John Sevier for 32,000 acres dated 1795 in the Middle Tennessee District. Some of the land was now a part of Overton and Fentress Counties. The land was on the Cumberland River with a plat to subdivide. Sevier sold the land to Gordon and his descendants. Gordon donated the land to the Commissioners of the and town of Monroe. George W. Sevier and William Chilton were to divide the land.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 120 Order A Copy
View Entry 1847 Collins Roberts v. William Lee Fentress Ejectment

Amount of damages, $130.00.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 224 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1919 C. O. West v. State Fentress Murder Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 141 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1885 David Belk, Sr. v. M. R. Millsaps Fentress Debt on Account

Account was an open account for "feeding, and also for wintering cattle"

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 612 20 Order A Copy
View Entry 1832 Early Albertson v. William McGee & James H. Beeson Fentress Debt Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 376 4 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Frederick Ross A. v. John Den leesee et al. Fentress Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer

John Den is lessee of John Blair Additional Defendants: Catharine Blair, Betty Cobb, Mary Cobb, Nancy Cobb, Sally Cobb, Pharoah Cobb, Frederick Cobb

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1915 Fentress Coal & Coke Company v. H. M. Dodd, admr. Fentress Injury

additional defendant: H. M. Dodd, administrator of James Bennett

 Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 94 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1920 Fannie Copley v. White Oak Coal Company Fentress Damages for Wrongful Death

Additional parties: George W. Copley. Fannie Copley is the administrator of the estate of her husband George W. Copley who was killed while working in a mine.

 Middle Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 144 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Flem Williams v. Pickens & Long Fentress Debt on Account

Defendants: Johnathan Pickens, A. G. Long. Offense: debt due by note under $1,000. Others: S. H. Pile, A. B. Williams, H. W. Williams, L. Delk, L. C. Wright; Mitchell Wright, Justice of the Peace.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 629 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1835 F. A. Ross v. Elijah Pile, et al Fentress Forcible Entry and Detainer

Additional Defendant: Elizabeth Simpson

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1833 Frederick A. Ross v. Pharaoh B. Cobb, et al Fentress Land and Title Dispute

Frederick Ross claimed on behalf of John & Catherine Blair, orphans & step children to Joseph Cobb whom was not their legal guardian, that their rights as heirs were impeded. Joseph leased out land belonging to the orphans, without the authority to do so. Case was filed on their behalf to identify the legal owners of the land.

 East Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 23 10 Order A Copy
View Entry 1828 Georgle Helm v. Joshua Storie Fentress Ejectment Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 374 53 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 Gov. Campbell for the use of J. Low v. Jesse Cobb et al. Fentress Debt Dispute

Additional Defendants: William Wright, Peter Reagan, and Mitchell Fragg. File includes a suit for the "use of James Low, surviving partner of the state firmà"

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1906 George Cooper v. Nancy Wilson Fentress Breaking and Entering Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 525 79 Order A Copy
View Entry 1879 General F. Marion v. State Fentress Robbery

Marion was charged with robbery of Mathias Wright a pocket book that contained bank notes that totaled to large sum of money.

 East Range: 19 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 1689 127 Order A Copy
View Entry 1842 Hiram Findely v. William R. Campbell Fentress Debt

Amount of debt $50.00

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 188 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 Isaac Stockton v. John Porterfield et al. Fentress Forcible Entry and Detainer

Additional plaintiff: Susan Scott. George S. Kingston, agent for Porterfield. Case involves a dispute over a judgment that was given to Porterfield to recover a tract of land from John Choate.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19a 95 Order A Copy
View Entry 1840 John Eakin et al. v. John Allenton et al. Fentress Damages

Additional plaintiffs - William Eakin, Spencer Eakin and Thomas Eakin - additional defendant - Pemberton Gatewood Amount of damages $202.77

 Middle Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1848 Jonathan Wilson et al. v. William Chilton& Fuller Grisham. Fentress Ejectment

Additional Plaintiffs: Hamet Wilson who is under age but represented by his guardian Eliza Wilson. Defendants name variously listed as either William Chilton or Fuller Grisham -- Not sure of the cause.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 225 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 John G. Prigge et al.. v. Wilson L. Wright et al.. Fentress Debt

Additional plaintiffs - Joseph Chamberlain and William B. James - additional defendants - Jesse Cobb, John W. Simpson and John Culver Amount of debt $500.00

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 252 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1832 Joseph Poor v. James Leeton Fentress Debt Dispute

Dispute over the payment of a note between the two parties. Amount of note was $3.75

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 372 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1842 James G. Cecil, et al. v. Berry Gatewood, et al. Fentress Debt

other plaintiffs: William J. Kindrick.
other defendants: Pleasant D. Phillips; Hiram Phillips.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 385 7 Order A Copy
View Entry 1932 J. G. Reagan v. C. K. McBroom Fentress Election Dispute

Opinion only. Fentress County case found in East TN boxes.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 83 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1909 James McCann v. Albert Rich, et al. Fentress Replevin

Additional Defendants: Ellis Delk, Wadie Delk. Replevin for the possession of a cow.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 526 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1869 Jesse M. Wood v. James M. Wright Fentress Debt Dispute

The parties were former business partners and one claims the other owes him his share for the sale of cattle

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 274 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1855 John Goldston& Charles Kron v. Thomas Moat Fentress Debt Dispute

Plaintiffs are carpenters appealing a claim against the quality of their work.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 247 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1842 James Cowan et al. v. Abner Phillips& William M. Simpson Fentress Debt

Additional plaintiffs: Phillip Dickinson and William Dickinson

 Middle Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 385 8 Order A Copy
View Entry 1888 James B. Crockett v. Edward Nichols Fentress Unlawful Entry

The plaintiff sued the defendants Nichols and B. R. Stockton (?), as agent of Joseph Stockton (?), for unlawful entry and possession of a 5,000 acre tract of land in the County, to which the plaintiff claimed ownership.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1855 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1872 John C. Wright v. Susan Scott, et al. Fentress Bond Dispute

In 1868, George S. Kington went to Wright requesting him to be his security in his prosecution against Susan Scott and John Chate for forcible entry and detainer. Wright later found out that Kington had withdrawn from said suit. Judgment was rendered against John Porterfield and Wright as security for $106.50. Wright charged he never signed a bond as security for Porterfield but for Kington. Wright wanted supersedeas against Scott to be restrained from enforcing execution and judgment quashed.

 East Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1246 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 L. L. Warren & Company v. John C. Wright Fentress Debt

Plntff. won a judgment of $334.75 against the deft. on 14 Aug. 1880. On 14 Dec. 1880 deft. paid $150 which he asked the court to credit toward the judgment. Court agreed & issued an execution for $194, the balance of the judgment, plus interest due of $66.12, making a total of $262.12. Deft. then asked to appeal his case & the court agreed. Plntff. stated that their records did not show that they had received any payments from the deft. since winning the judgment. See: ET, Box 1695.

 East Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1874 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1873 M. R. Millsaps v. Robert Hurst Fentress Debt Middle Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 341 47 Order A Copy
View Entry 1892 M. V. Huddleston and Rachel Conatser v. State Fentress Lewd Behavior

For "unlawfully, openly, publicly, notoriously, recklessly amd scandalously did dwell, live and cohabit together as man and wife..."

 East Range: 19 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1750 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1922 Robert Brooks v. State Fentress Liquor, Sale of Illegal

The plaintiff was charged with selling liquor within four miles of a schoolhouse, selling liquor without an oath or bond and transporting liquor from one point to another in Fentress County

 Middle Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 401 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1904 R. B. Wright v. State Fentress Liquor, Sale of Illegal

Opinion only. Wright was charged with selling liquor without license and convicted. He was fined $50 and sentenced to 6 months in County jail. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 827 1 Order A Copy
View Entry 1850 State v. Thomas K. Beaty, et al Fentress Scire Facias

Additional defendants: William Beaty and David Beaty.

 Middle Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 231 11 Order A Copy
View Entry 1854 State v. Allen Smith Fentress Gambling Middle Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 246 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1874 State v. Jesse Beatty, et al. Fentress Assault and Battery

Defendants: James Beatty and Lidia Beatty. Beatty was accused of assaulting Samuel Wright.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 19 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 State v. Belfry Brown Fentress Carrying an Illegal Weapon

Brown was charged with carrying a navy pistol within the county.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 18a 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1876 Sarah A. Wood v. James Alred, et al. Fentress Debt, Balance on

Adelia Wood and W. A. Murray.

 Middle Range: 20 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 32 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1916 State v. John G. Huddleston Fentress Murder Middle Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 91 200 Order A Copy
View Entry 1917 State v. Joel Pullins Fentress Liquor, Sale of Illegal Middle Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 104 0 Order A Copy
View Entry 1922 State v. Grover Brown Fentress Manslaughter

Guilty of involuntary manslaughter of Tinker Ledbetter, Nov. 10, 1920. Both parties had been drinking corn whiskey, visited home of Enoch Hood- a reputed gambler, for purpose of having a game. Found no one at home, defendant asked to fire his gun, doing so hit the deceased Ledbetter.

 Middle Range: 33 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 437 70 Order A Copy
View Entry 1890 State v. Jacob Culver Fentress Abduction

Charged with abduction. Victim was Avery Franklin, wife of George W. Franklin.

 East Range: 1 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1823 18 Order A Copy

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