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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 | 1812 | Allen Groves & Polly his wife, Zilpha Uzzell, Ann Uzzell, & Bennett Uzzell, by their next friend Allen Groves v. Isham Uzzell | Sumner | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Pls inherited their grandfather, Wm. McKenne's enslaved bondsmen named in his will: Rachel, Ben, Phyllis, Benah. Their enslaved children: Hannah Riddick, Alick, Cass, Ben, Loose, Philis, Willis. Defendants took possession of said slaves & moved them from Tennessee before the estate was settled. Names misspelled as Uzzle. See additional docs in multiple folders in MT box 2a. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 11a | 47 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | A. L. Campbell v. John Seahorn | Jefferson | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1812 | D. Browder v. William T. Lewis | Roane | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff entered into covenant to prevent defendant from obtaining land under a land grant. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 49 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | Henry Cook v. Thomas Shute | Williamson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Case was filed to settle a dispute over the sale of land obtained through a military land grant. Small drawings of the land and surveys included. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | Jacob Fanning v. William Robertson | Jackson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1812 | Jesse Farnkinton v. Samuel Goodwin exe. of Absalom Tatum dec. | Williamson | Estate Dispute |
Additional Defendants: John Hogg, Callett Campbell, Dunean Camron Additional plaintiff?: Abraham Murray |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 610 | 55 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | Nicholas Kearns v. Hannah Kearns, John Kearns et al. | Grainger | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Nicholas Kearns, Polly Kearns, Amy Kearns, |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | Samuel Walker v. John Vent | Roane | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1812 | Thomas Kain v. Thomas Butler& Thomas Dillan | Knox | Debt Dispute | East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 54 | 43 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1812 | William D. Neilson v. Thomas C. Clark | Roane | Mortgage Dispute |
Concerns the sale/mortgage of two slaves - Jack and Prudence. |
East | Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 53 | 19 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | William Betts v. Timothy Demonbreun | Davidson | Contract Dispute and Damages |
Demonbreun leased William Bett's tavern in Nashville. Betts agreed to build Demonbreun a new kitchen for the tavern if Demonbreun leased for ten years. Betts failed to build the new kitchen even though the cost was estimated at $100. Demonbreun estimated his loss at $100 a year for not having a bigger kitchen. The suit sought to settle the dispute. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1a | 33 | Order A Copy |