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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1867 | Alexander Maxwell v. Elijah Cate | McMinn | Debt Dispute |
Maxwell sued Cate for $140 debt incurred for horse Cate bought from Maxwell for use in Confederate rebellion. Cate says transaction was fraudulent, as Maxwell knew the horse was diseased when he sold it, & horse died from said disease 2-3 days after sale. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1231 | 38 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Abner Estep v. F. M. Preswood et al. | Polk | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants include: Mary Preswood, and John Boring. Rebecca Boring, Henry Boring, Stephen Boring, and Mariah Boring are underage and represented by their Next Friend, Elizabeth Boring. The plaintiff and defendants are arguing over a parcel of land which both parties claim as their own. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1191 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Benjamin F. White v. William Herrin& W. J. Parker | Dickson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 10 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | B. C. Jillson v. Nashville Building Association et al.. | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Additional defendants - Joshua F. Pearl, Joseph Sander, Jonathan, William and Mary Woodbridge Amount in dispute $3200.00 |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | C. Martin v. Nashville Building Association | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Martin was a shareholder in the company and there is a dispute about what he owes and what he has paid in for his stocks etc… |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | David Cleage et al. v. Jesse Hayden et al. | McMinn | Property Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs include: Timothy Sullan, William Ballen, M.A. Cass, J.D. Gaston, C.F. Gibson. Plaintiffs are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on Washington Street in the city of Athens. Additional defendants include: J.M. Mann, R. D. Black, M.S. Philips, James H. Honsley, J.M. Gilliam, William Burns and James Baker. Additional documents may be found in ET 67 |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 36 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Eaton Pullen, et al. v. Morgan Lane | Hawkins | Land and Title Dispute |
Case filed in 1865 and Lane was awarded a judgment at first hearing. Unclear if issue was timber taken off lands or what. Case in folder is incomplete. See possibly related case: Morgan Lane v. Eaton Pullen et al, ET Box 1231 |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 21 | 5 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | E. L. Cheatham, et al. v. S. H. Benton, admr. of George Cohea | Robertson | Debt Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: E. H. Cheatham, M. Cheatham, W. A. Cheatham, and R. B. Cheatham. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Edward Williams v. James R. Hodge | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 6 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | George M. Gass, admr of George Carter, dec. v. Daniel Simpson& wife& Peter Myers | Greene | Estate Dispute |
This case is a dispute among the family members of George Carter, deceased, regarding his estate. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1219 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | George W. Smith v. Ann Nesbitt | Dickson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 16 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | Henderson Parker v. George W. Outlaw | Stewart | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 274 | 46 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | Hartwell Ponder v. William T. Goggin et al. | DeKalb | Debt Dispute |
Origin of debt: promissory note. Plaintiff was issued a promissory note by Defendant, in exchange for a horse to be used in Confederate service. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 485 | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Hardy Valentine v. M. M. Vickers | Stewart | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | James A. Bostick v. Mortimer Hamilton | Davidson | Estate Dispute |
Mortimer Hamilton took part of the money that was left to his wife in her aunt's will. A dispute about his right by marriage to that money |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | James K. Luna, et al. v. Thomas F. Brooks | Marshall | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs are difficult to determine. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 23 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | John Cotton & Arthur Cotton v. James Greenlee | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
John & Arthur Cotton were the heirs of Thomas Cotton, deceased. His father attained two plots of 600 acres of land in his lifetime, North Carolina land grant # 246. However, there was an error in the grant, and the details did not align with the information attained by the original survey conducted by John Buchannan. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1 | 34 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | James Caruthers v. Mark M. Andrews | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
The parties are arguing over the interest charged on a note. Laws regarding interest rates are discussed and explained in this case in great detail |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | John Roberts v. A. P. Grimstead | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 2 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | John A. McKinney, admr. v. William F. Lyons et al | Debt Dispute |
Add. defendants: George M. Lyons & William C. Lyons, a minor. Defendant was appointed the administrator de bonns non of the will of William Lyons (dec.). Later, the plaintiff was named the administrator. The plaintiff states the estate and relatives of the deceased owe him a substantial amount of money for administrator fees and other debts. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 8 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | John Vansel et al.v. T. H. Evans et al | Union | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs and defendants listed in file. Missing first 12 pages. Plaintiff's name also spelled "Vancil". Dispute over the estate of Elias Vancil (dec.). |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 164 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | J. G. Palmer et al. v. T. H. Butcher | Union | Property Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: William H. Sharp, and A.J. Savage. The plaintiffs are common school commissioners for the 10th school district in Union County. The defendant is accused of illegally occupying the Miller Schoolhouse. Related documents can be found in ET 1066. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1197 | 31 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | M. G. L. Claiborne et al. v. Thomas Plater | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: A. V. S. Lindsley. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 7 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Minerva Rains v. Berry Denton | Cocke | Property Dispute |
The plaintiff claims that the defendant unlawfully possesses a horse which belongs to her. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1190 | 16 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Richard Wood, Benjamin Marsh, Lewis Haywood et al. v. J. E. Broadder et al. | Montgomery | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: J. J. Johnson and J. F. Johnson. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 29 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Redding Jones v. J. C. Finley et al. | Marshall | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: J. E. Finley, E. F. Larwood, Richard McBee, and C. R. Darnell. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 25 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Robert L. Gamble v. John H. Hardin & James F. Guardenhire | Hamilton | Land and Title Dispute |
Plaintiff purchased a life estate belonging to James C. Anderson who had been engaged in armed rebellion against the United States and therefore lost his land due the Confiscation Acts passed in 1861 & 1862. Plaintiff sold the land to Hardin and Hardin transferred his note on lot to James Guardenhire and Guardenhire has demanded a writ of possession from the Clerk & Master and is threatening to have Gamble kicked off the land. |
East | Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1222 | 20 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Robert S. Dakin & wife v. John K. Mehaffy | Knox | Estate Dispute |
Related documents can be found in box ET 35. The property in question is a home left to Albany R. Dankins, formerly known as Albany R. Stamps and Margaret Stamps, by her late father, Joseph Mehaffy. |
East | Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1194 | 60 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Samuel McClelland v. David C. Love | Davidson | Estate Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 266 | 59 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | State v. William Bingham | Williamson | Property Dispute |
Dispute over the rightful ownership of a piece of land |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Thomas Byron& J. C. Evans v. S. P. Ray | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 315 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | Thomas Gannt et al. v. R. J. B. Gannt et al. | Marshall | Debt Dispute |
Additional Plaintiff: Matthew Sharon. Additional Defendants: Anthony Foster and J. L. Bryant |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 14 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Thomas McKnight v. R. M. Matthews | Marshall | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 29 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | W. J. Baird v. J. T. Dement, et al. | Wilson | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: J. B. Richmond, Thomas Burk, and A. Willimas, admr. of J. H. Williams. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 284 | 8 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1867 | Willis Woodard v. J. C. Stark | Robertson | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 5 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | William Galloway v. J. B. Frierson | Maury | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 280 | 28 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1867 | William H. Cooper v. Anna E. Causey and William R. Causey | Maury | Estate Dispute |
James Lockridge died in Maury County in 1840 leaving land to his daughter Anna, the wife of Wm. H. Cooper. After Anna's death her daughter and son-in-law, the Causeys, sued Cooper for title to the property. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 172 | 20 | Order A Copy |