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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Entry | 1833 | Abraham Demoss v. John Hamilton | Humphreys | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 31 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1833 | Aricus Hatfield v. Jesse Vaughn & William Brown | Morgan | Land and Title Dispute |
Exhibits include hand-drawn maps. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 | 21 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | Charles Canady et al. v. Charles Porter | Jefferson | Lease Dispute |
Add. Plaintiffs: Thomas Pearce, Jacob Peck, Zachaus Mills, Archelaus Elmore. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 | 101 | 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 | 1833 | Isaac Clendennen v. Adams C. Hamilton | Jackson | Debt Dispute |
Dispute over room & board charges for housing plaintiff's slave. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | Isaac J. Leftwich v. George Dawson, et al. | White | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants: Thomas Eastman; Samuel Turney. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 13 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | John L. Price, et al. v. Robert Officer | White | Debt Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Patrick Potts. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 24 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | James K. Polk & wife, et al. v. Johnathan Douglas & Daniel Cameron | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: William R. Rucker and Susan his wife, John W. Childress and Mary Childress and Elizabeth Childress. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | James S. Williams v. James Williams et al. | Williamson | Estate Dispute |
Unable to located heirs of James Williams. Additional defendants are the heirs of James Williams: Peggy Williams Appleton, William Williams, Nancy Williams Harden, Franky Williams and Nelly Williams |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 379 | 30 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | John Wallin v. Arthur Campbell & John Hardy | Claiborne | Lease Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 672 | 88 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1833 | John Douglas& Thomas Brown v. Josiah F. Morford& Leighton Ferrell | Warren | Debt Dispute |
Debt dispute between William Douglas (now deceased, John Douglas and Thomas Brown administrators of his estate) and Morford and Ferrell. Property includes "one Negro man" who was not "a slave for life." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | John W. Cook v. Stephen C. Pavatt, et al. | Humphreys | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants: James Lankford. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 11 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | John R. Chaffin et al.v. M. L. Gore et al | Jackson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 614 | 1325 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1833 | Robert Weathered v. John Weathered | Sumner | Estate Dispute |
Concerns the estate of Francis M. Weathered. Note, also spelled "Weatherhead" on some of the pages of the case. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 609 | 181 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | Simon Huddleston v. B. J. Bledsoe | Overton | Estate Dispute |
Bledsoe executor of the estate of Jason Harris, deceased. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 192 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1833 | Willie Lyons v. Nathan Vicks | Montgomery | Estate Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 197 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1833 | William Patterson, et al. v. John Stewart, et al. | Wilson | Bond Dispute |
Other plaintiffs: Adam Stafford. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 375 | 44 | Order A Copy |