In a previous suit, Frederic Uhl successfully sued Peter Turney and was awarded a judgment of about $300. Greer was his bonded surety. Turney did not pay the judgment, and then died. Greer sued Turney's estate, of which Williams was the executor, in order to settle the debt.

Additional Plaintiffs: Nathaniel & Anne Rue, formerly Anne Uzzell, Ann& Nathaniel Reese. See additional information in ET box 11a: Allen Groves & wife v. Isham Uzzell.

Origin of debt: business transactions.

Rees, Long, & the other defendants sued to recover a judgment, against John Fairman and heirs, in their favor decided in a previous suit named and detailed in this case, as well as a judgment against Elizabeth Kitrell, heir of Isaac Kitrell.

Estate of Robert Clark, who died intestate. Andrew Anderson and his wife, Dorcas; Samuel Anderson and his wife, Anna (Clark); Andrew Clark. Samuel Stalcup and his wife, Rachel (Clark)- former wife of Robert Clark, dec. Mentions property: Lot No. 54, town of Franklin.

Anamias is also spelled Annamias throughout the file. Although not named in the Case name, this murder case is linked to the same of Henry W. Meyers. Both men were charged with the murder of Thomas Ausmus. Both men were noted as "not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instruction of the Devil."

Additional Plaintiffs: Thomas Whiteside, Ethel Williams, Sterling Cocke, William Pilant, William Ray. Cause of Action: Venditioni exponas.

George and Hinshaw owed the trustees $250 which they failed to pay. They sued in order to settle the debt.

A command to the sheriff of Fentress County to collect from the Cumberland Coal & Realty Co. et al. $3217.65 debt from their goods and lands.

Charles Morgan ran a plantation in Kentucky. Jeremiah Morgan, dec. executed a contract to sell half of a plot of land to Charles Morgan. Jerimiah then died leaving a wife, Mary, and heirs Armistead & Susannah. The issue with the land was not settled when Jeremiah died, so this suit was filed to settle the rightful land ownership. See also MT 4.

In the original suit Walker claimed that he was the owner of a tract of land and some employees of Line and Winchester forcibly broke into and held his land and evicted him off his own property. This case is to appeal the original case of forcible and unlawful entry and detainer.

Other plaintiffs: Mary Kittrell; James Agee; Lucy Agee; Iredell Kitterll; Juliett Kittrell; Hariett Kittrell; Benjamin T. Malloy; John Farrington.
Cost bond for Abraham Rees & Anderson Long.

Elizabeth was admr. of the estate of Gray Washington. Thomas had "unjustly detained" four enslaved people belonging to the estate named Winney Patsey, Mary, and Sally. Elizabeth sued to either recover the enslaved people, or their value.

The state is charged George Massey with arson. Massey moved the Court to grant him a new trial because he claims that the verdict is not supported by the evidence and because of errors of the Court.

Tatum was the surviving partner of the mercantile company Tatum & (Henry) Wiggins. The partners had purchased a large shipment of goods from Evans & David Allison, in Philadelphia to open a store in Washington, KY. Suit was filed to settle the debt owed to Evans, and to finally dissolve the partnership in accordance to their articles of formation. See additional documents in MT 1 & MT 75.

A command to the sheriff of Blount County to collect a certain amount [unclear due to missing chunk of paper] worth of the goods and lands of H.N. Camp et al. for John Riddle. File in a laminated sleeve.

Incomplete file; includes only 1-page decree. Decree shows court to be Supreme Court of Errors & Appeals (rather than Superior). Decree directs that title to the 2 tracts of land at issue be taken out of both sets of heirs & title be vested in John Allen.

David Cartwright died, appointing his sons Thomas and Jacob executors. David owed substantial debts in Natchez, Mississippi. James was to inherit $500 but the debts were greater than that amount. James sued to recover his inheritance.

Gray owed Frederick Owen $168 & Mayfield was security on the loan. Gray became completely insolvent & left Tennessee. Mayfield was left to pay the debt. Stephen Sutton had a judgment against Gray for an additional $190. Mayfield sued to have the debt to Sutton discharged so that the debt owed him by Gray would be prioritized & repaid.

In 1809, Jesse Denson was indicted in Montgomery for a misdemeanor while serving as Sheriff. George Washington L. Marr, the district attorney in Clarksville, called Turney as a witness. Turney came from Overton Co. and testified. He was inadvertently charged with non-attendance, and fined $125. He sued Marr in order to get the charge dismissed.

Carson died bequeathing his estate to his nephews and nieces. Carson was a partner in King, Carson & King merchants. Wm. Beckham died indebted to the firm. Beckham wanted to make some money by selling the firm a lot on College Street in Nashville. The suit was filed to settle the estates and moneys owed by the estates. See related case in box MT 3a.

John Rice died and his estate included many unsettled business concerns. Land deals as well as the sale of slaves caused issues with the heirs. The case documents detail John Rice trading enslaved people in New York, Rhode Island, Maryland, & bringing them south to sell. The estate exe., Elisha Rice died shortly after Rice, leaving Rice's heirs to settle business matters between Dillon & Rice.

Joel Dyer agreed to make a cotton machine for James Roberts. To pay for the machine, Roberts transferred a debt to Dyer owed to him by John Young. Young, in turn transferred a debt to Dyer owed him by Edmund Jennings. Dyer sued Jennings to finally be paid for his work making the cotton machine.

Initial grants made in the NC land office for Tennessee lands allowed John Davidson to register 5000 acres in his own name, then additional land in the names of his children. He paid for & registered land in the names of his in-laws, Samuel & James Forgey w/ the idea they would transfer the land back to him later. Davidson sued to settle the proper ownership of the land.