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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 | 1846 | Ahi Dock v. Joel C. Martin | Overton | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 222 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1877 | Armitage Taylor v. A. A. & J. D. M. Hatcher | Overton | Wills, Contested | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 165 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1855 | Archibald Quarles v. Jesse Eldridge | Overton | Debt Dispute |
Plaintiff claims that while incarcerated for the duration of a separate litigation, his property was sold without his consent, and he is sued for compensation. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 261 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1871 | Alfred L. Wright v. William Wright | Overton | Ejectment- Unlawful Detainer | Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 345 | 78 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1886 | A. L. Wright v. J. Q. A. Sprowls | Overton | Trespass and Damages |
Wright accuses Sprowls of cutting timber in his property without permission. |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 625 | 54 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | Andrew Copeland v. John Poston, et al. | Overton | Trespass |
Poston, et al. were accused of constructing obstructions in a bordering stream that would cause water to flow through Copeland's property when it rained. Copeland accused Poston of trespass and sued to recover damages. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 7a | 65 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Armitage Taylor, et al. v. Jeremiah P. Taylor et al. | Overton | Debt Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: Martin Taylor, J. Taylor, J.D. Goodpasture. Additional Defendants: Catherine Taylor, Washington Taylor, Polly Rutledge, Thomas Reeder, J.K. P. Taylor, Fereby Taylor. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 20a | 103 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1839 | Benjamin J. Bledsoe v. William Chowning | Overton | Damages |
Amount of damages $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1840 | Bank of Tennessee v. B. J. Bledsoe et al. | Overton | Debt |
B. J. Bledsoe, et al.owe the Bank of Tennessee $350. Another name in the case Joseph Gore. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | Bank of the State of Tennessee v. Hugh Armstrong& John B. Murphy | Overton | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1874 | B. D. Phelps v. Martin V. Huddleston | Overton | Theft |
Challenge to previous judgment for wrongfully taking a horse. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 343 | 26 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1874 | Bank of Tennessee v. W. C. Willis et al. | Overton | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Z. R. Chowning, J. C. Sewell, J. B. Martin. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 343 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1873 | Bank of Louisville v. Thomas A. Armstrong, et al. | Overton | Debt |
Additional Defendants: A. J. Goodbar, F. H. Daugherty, William M. Pickett. Debt due on bill of exchange. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 343 | 36 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1870 | Bank of Tennessee v. Peter I. Myers et al. | Overton | Debt Settlement |
Additional Defendants: Samuel C. Moore, and Josiah S. Copeland. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 349 | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | Bank of Tennessee v. Stephen Mayfield, et al. | Overton | Debt |
Additional defendants: Josiah S. Copeland, James Poteet, and David Griffith. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | Bank of Tennessee v. Thomas Champlin, et al. | Overton | Debt |
Additional defendants: Thompson R. Grace and William Morris. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | Bank of Tennessee v. Stephen Mayfield & David Beaty | Overton | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1869 | Bank of Tennessee v. Enoch Bilbery, Josiah C. Jackson, and Robert Allred | Overton | Debt |
In 1860 The Bank of Tennessee filed a bill in court against Bilbery, Jackson and Alred. The bank charged that in 1842 they recovered judgment against Bilbery and Isaac Swallows for $148, but both were found insolvent. Bilbery had purchased land from Alred. Suit was filed to recover debt. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 8a | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1856 | B. B. Washburn, et al. v. Benjamin Gardenshire, et al. | Overton | Estate Dispute |
Additional Plaintiffs: John Price admr of C. Price dec.. Additional Defendants: Thomas D. Simpson, Robert Simpson and Eliza Simpson, Daniel Webb, Mary Simpson, Palina Gardenshire, Sherard M. Skelton and the following minors - Alfred S., James T, Palina J. Peggy E., Emelia A., Solomon H. Webb. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 249 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1839 | Chatten Chowning v. Joseph Gore et al. | Overton | Debt |
Additional defendants - Henry Collier and Tililey B. Miller Amount of debt $358.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | C. N. Borman v. Solomon Crabtree & Jacob Crabtree | Overton | Unlawful Entry |
Plaintiff accuses the defendants of entering onto his land and detaining it from him. The land in question is 3 acres bounded by the North, South and East by plaintiff’s property and by the west by defendant’s property. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 784 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | Coatney Ann Hatcher & J. D. H. Hatcher v. Joseph Taylor et al. | Overton | Wills, Contested |
Additional defendants: William Reader, M. J. Taylor; dispute of will of Harris Hatcher, deceased See possible related case in MT 62. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 341 | 137 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1840 | David Bell et al. v. James McMillen | Overton | Debt |
Additional plaintiff - Granville Torbett Amount of debt $30.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | David Gautley & Elizabeth Gautley v. William Scott | Overton | Land and Title Dispute |
Dispute between friends over an agreement about a tract of land |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 238 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1885 | Daniel Hancock v. Thomas J. Cullom | Overton | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Defendant is accused of "cutting down and converting to his own use ten valuable trees on the land of the plaintiff." |
Middle | Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 611 | 162 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1839 | David Bruton v. Willis Huddleston | Overton | Debt |
Amount of debt $1806.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 7 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1889 | Dillard Qualls v. T. M. Oakley, admr. of I. C. Copper dec. | Overton | Estate Dispute |
Margaret Cooper is the wife of I. C. Cooper dec. This case involves a note given by the plaintiff to Cooper before his death promising to pay to the plaintiff $200 in gold. Plaintiff is seeking payment by the estate. Case file notes that Plaintiff's parents died when he was a child and at one time he lived with his uncle Turner Qualls. Case file notes that at the time of the trial, Dillard Qualls is 28 or 29. |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 834 | 141 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1850 | Elijah Noland v. William Mainard | Overton | Fraud | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 388 | 76 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1853 | Felix H. Wisener v. Joseph J. Tompkins | Overton | Slander | Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 239 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1890 | F. H. Wisener v. John C. Davis | Overton | Breach of Contract |
Plaintiff and defendant were jointly indebted to the firm of File, Porter & Co. Plaintiff filed this case for breach of contract by defendant for not repaying note as agreed |
Middle | Range: 35 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 885 | 27 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | George Smith v. Willis Huddleston | Overton | Damages |
Amount of damages $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 208 | 11 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1846 | George McClelland v. William Daniel et al. | Overton | Covenant Broken |
Additional defendants: John B. Murphy |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 221 | 10 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1875 | G. S. Ray v. James Kendall | Overton | Other |
The plaintiff sued to recover two dollars,the penalty allowed by law for failing to work on a public road. The defendant alleged that the road he was assigned to work on did not lay within in the county lines, and therefore he was not liable for the work. Cause of Action: Failure to work on a public road |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 7 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1829 | George Gardenshire et al. v. (?) Adam Gardenshire et al. | Overton | Equity |
additional defendants - John Gardenshire and Margaret Gardenshire - additional defendants - Thompson Gardenshire, William Gardenshire and Mandy Gardenshire |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 371 | 72 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1836 | George C. Hays v. Patrick Armstrong | Overton | Debt |
Amount of debt $150.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 199 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | George W. Christian v. Stephen Dillon et al. | Overton | Trespass and Damages |
Additional Defendants: George Dillon and Henry Dillon. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 313 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | George W. Sevier v. Samuel Wilson | Overton | Ejectment |
Amount of damages, $500.00. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 334 | 24 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | Harden P. Oglesby v. John M. Turner | Overton | Debt |
Amount of debt $12.86 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1876 | Hiram Long v. W. B. Morris | Overton | Land, Confirmation of Ownership | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 75 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1860 | Hiram Stover et al. v. John Kendall | Overton | Wills, Contested |
Additional Plaintiffs: B. L. Carlock, George H. Copeland, John Sevier, David Maxwell, H. P. Overstreet, George Thompson, James Cox, James Peak, R. S. Kindle, Richard Copeland, William Roberts, R. D. Donaldson, William Pharris, H. M. Allen, Tilmon Koger, and John McNeal. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 297 | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | Hugh Kerkman v. James Champlin, et al. | Overton | Damages |
Additional plaintiff -Thomas Pottee Amount of damages $679.82 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 209 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1838 | Hopy Simcock v. Joseph Nelson | Overton | Forcible Entry and Detainer | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 208 | 21 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1845 | Headly Turner v. Isaac Stockton, et al. | Overton | Debt |
Additional Defendants: James Smith and David Turner. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 217 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1860 | Harris Hatcher v. Washington L. Hatcher et al. | Overton | Ejectment |
Cause of Action: Trespass and Ejectment. Additional Defendants: Alexander Ramsey. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 291 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | James Pennington v. Jacob Dillon et al. | Overton | Failure to Return Execution |
Additional Defendants noted as Sherriff Valentine Matlock, Joseph Bates, William Yore, and William L. Armstrong. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1835 | John M. Turner v. Pleasant Armstrong& Thomas P. Oglesby | Overton | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1836 | Joseph Bates v. Thomas Hughes | Overton | Debt Settlement |
Amount of debt $20.00 - Hughes did not deliver 15,000 shingles as promised |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 200 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1839 | Jesse Conaway v. Joseph Anderson | Overton | Trespass | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1840 | Joel Pettit, admr. of Benjamin Parrott, dec. v. William Morris, et al. | Overton | Debt |
Benjamin Parrott died without a will. Other name in the case John B. Murphey. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1853 | John Boles v. John Jackson et al. | Overton | Debt |
Additional Defendants: Haily Jackson, John Goodpasture, Polina Williams, Jefferson D. Goodpasture, William H. [Evans?], [Homer?] W. [Evans?]. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 240 | 0 | Order A Copy |