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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 | 1829 | Charles Crabaugh v. Joseph Hart admr. of Micajah[?] Cross | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: Elizabeth Cross, alias Elizabeth Smith, Robert Smith. |
East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 668 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1887 | Elisha Siler v. J. C. Cooper | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute |
Siler claimed that Cooper cut trees, moved fences, and built a house on his land. Additional case names: Wymer Siler, G. A. Siler, George Bennett. |
East | Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1849 | 175 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | John Noels v. Lewis Freeman | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 664 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1844 | Joseph Hart v. Bullock | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute |
Land dispute. Due to missing pages, details of the case are difficult to make clear. File consists of description of land and witnesses. Missing first 42 pages. |
East | Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 1135 | 38 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | William Walker v. James Smith | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute | East | Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 688 | 56 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | Wilson Ford & J. L. Tiller v. J. Stoddard Johnson, trustee, et al. | Campbell | Land and Title Dispute |
Incomplete case file; opinion only. Ford & Tiller sued Johnson, representative of Big Creek Gap Coal & Iron Co., Harvey M. LaFollette, rep of the LaFollette Land & Improvement Co. & the LaFollette Coal & Iron Co. Ford & wife, Lucinda sold land to Johnson as trustee. Title conveyance by a series of property liens became confused following the death of one of the principals, who did a de facto note on the original lien. |
East | Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 6a | 5 | Order A Copy |