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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 | 1828 | Andrew Townsend v. James W. Hunter & James Sartain | Franklin | Debt | Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 371 | 27 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1818 | Carrick Academy Chairman James Lewis, & trustees v. Solomon George & William Hinshaw | Franklin | Non-Payment of Debt |
George and Hinshaw owed the trustees $250 which they failed to pay. They sued in order to settle the debt. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 6 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1824 | John Dougherty v. William Patterson | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
Judges: John Haywood, Jacob Peck |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | Thomas Roundtree v. George Tubb | Franklin | Debt Dispute |
William Tubb and Jeremiah Smith |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | William P. Anderson v. David Love et al. | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Defendants: William Russell Case only one page. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Wallis Estill v. William Slade, James T. Worthington, Schyler Barnett | Franklin | Land and Title Dispute |
Suit filed after multiple land sales between the plaintiffs and defendants. The land sold was located in Franklin and consisted of over two thousand acres. The land was surveyed, then resurveyed in a hopes to accurately record its boundaries. However, the boundaries were still in dispute. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2a | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1812 | William P. Anderson v. David Love & William Russell | Franklin | Land, Sale of |
Case concerns a dispute over a sale of land. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 2 | Order A Copy |