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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 | 1814 | Asa Shute et al. v. Richard Hightower et al. | Lincoln | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional parties: James Vaulx, Armstead Stubblefield, Stephen Alexander, Gideon Pillow, David McGavock, Thomas Boaz, John Swaine, Green Woods. This case involves a dispute of ownership for a piece of land on the Elk River in Lincoln County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Andrew Jackson v. Norton Pryor, et al. | Bedford | Unknown |
Incomplete case file; subpoenas only. These documents probably relate to the Allison Land Deal of the late 18th century. Pryor was a Philadelphia merchant. Additional defendants: James Patton, Andrew Erwin, and John Ewell. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2a | 67 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Allen Groves, et al. v. Isham Uzzell | Sumner | Slaves, Ownership of |
Additional Plaintiffs: Nathaniel & Anne Rue, formerly Anne Uzzell, Ann& Nathaniel Reese. See additional information in ET box 11a: Allen Groves & wife v. Isham Uzzell. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2 | 22 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Charles Morgan v. Maryellen Morgan | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Incomplete case file. Only consists of one page. Maryellen Morgan- executrix of Morgan, Armistead & Susannah. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Joel Dyer v. Edmund Jennings | Davidson | Debt |
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. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2 | 76 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | John Bond v. Samuel Jackson | Williamson | Land, Sale of |
This case involves deficiency in the sale of a 900 acre tract of land in Williamson County. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Jones Kendrick v. Frances Gholson | Macon | Debt Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1814 | Lee Oldham v. William Anderson | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional parties: Washington Oldham, Polly Oldham, John R. Doherty, Nancy Lewis Doherty, James Doherty, Thomas Talbot. This case involves the sale of land with partial payment being a negro valued at $500. Additional parties: George Bell |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Lilburn L. Henderson v. Alexander Richardson | Davidson | Estate Settlement |
Additional parties: William Trigg, William King, George Simpson, Guy S. Trigg. This estate settlement involves a partnership of King, Carson & King and the firm of Trigg, King, & Richardson. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Matthew McGance v. Washington C | Davidson | Other |
Incomplete case file; bill of costs only. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 1 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Redmond D. Barry v. James Barry et al. | Sumner | Slaves, Selling of |
Additional parties: James Ball, William Hall. This case involves the sale of a slave named Joe to Dr. James Barry. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Roger B. Sappington v. Peter Edwards, et al. | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional parties: James Dabney, John Witherspoon, William Smith, Oliver Williams,Daniel Wilburn, David Gee. This case involves a dispute of ownership of land granted from a Military Land Warrant. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 154 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Thomas Molloy v. Sterling Brewer | Williamson | Deed Dispute |
Dispute over land warrants. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 81 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1814 | Wilson Cage v. James Turney, et als. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants: Elizabeth Turney, Samuel Turney, Hopkins Turney & Patty Dixon Turney. 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 |