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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 | 1938 | (unknown) | Cocke | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Court of origin and case style unknown. Letter with envelope addressed to Mr. Charles W. Hood, 189 Johnson Ave. Newark, New Jersey. The letter's salutation is to Bill and appears to have been written by Bill's wife, name unknown. The letter discusses the woman's extramarital affair and the illegitimate baby named Charles W. Hood Jr. that was the result. The letter also informs Bill that the woman is now, "in the whiskey business." |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1603 | 14 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1869 | (unknown) | Sevier | Unknown |
Incomplete case file. Case style and court of origin unknown. Survey information for a 200 acre tract of land purchased by James and William Williams in Sevier County and lying on the Little Pigeon River. Contains property diagram. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1603 | 2 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1903 | 1903 Supreme Court Decrees | Unknown |
Folder #3- See index in folder for cases or see notebook on file of all decrees. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 19 | 101 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1894 | 1894 Supreme Court Decrees | Unknown |
Collection of decrees for cases tried in 1894. Lengthy indexes included for collection. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 17a | 141 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1904 | 1904 Docket of Cases of Supreme Court September Term | Unknown |
Contains all cases filed up to September 10 on the docket of the Supreme Court for trial at September Term, 1904 which includes all cases assigned to Court of Chancery Appeals. |
East | Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1067 | 24 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1903 | 1903 Supreme Court Decrees | Unknown |
Folder Two of 1903 Supreme Court Decrees labelled as Spring term. See listing in front of folder. |
East | Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 19 | 92 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1876 | 1st National Bank of Chattanooga v. J. R. Harris | Hamilton | Promissory Note |
Bank charged that in 1872, A. C. Carroll, now deceased, conveyed a city lot to Harris and that the note was still due. Also involved was Carroll's partner Matt Williams. |
East | Range: 20 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1629 | 56 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1818 | Archibald H. Harris v. John L. Williamson | Maury | Fraud |
Williamson sold Harris acreage in Kentucky. Williamson claims to have been ignorant about aspects of the land but may have advertised that there was a spring, and a dog trot log cabin and barn. Harris sued stating that the land was not as expected. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3 | 94 | 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 | 1819 | Andrew Greer v. Sampson Williams | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
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. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 46 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | Abraham Maury v. Thomas Hickman | Davidson | Land and Title Dispute |
Hickman sold Maury a tract of land from North Carolina land grant #586. Several of these plots of land were sold to Hickman by James Hoggatt. The titles on the land were not perfect, and this suit was filed in order to legally sort out the chain of title filing proper ownership in the court. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 50 | 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 | 1812 | Allen Groves v. Isham Uzzell | Sumner | Slaves, Ownership of |
See additional documents in ET 11a: Allen Groves & wife v. Isham Uzzell |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 2 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | Alexander McMillan v. Joshua Clanton | Sumner | Land and Title Dispute |
Both Clanton and McMillan made claim to land in Sumner County. The contested land ownership was linked to a very lengthy and convoluted chain of title. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4 | 28 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1817 | Archibald H. Harris v. Joseph Cooke | Davidson | Fraud |
Joseph Cooke had an enslaved man named Henry. Cooke hired him out to Harris for a lease of one year, advertising Henry as a compliant servant. However, after Harris had paid a part of the lease & bought Henry clothes, he ran away. Henry was jailed, released by Harris, then ran away again. Cooke agreed to release Harris from the lease, but did not return the value of Henry's clothing. Harris sued for this value to be returned to him. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 3a | 16 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1822 | Anthony Foster v. Thomas Hickman | Davidson | Equity |
Foster & Hickman were partners in a mercantile business. They dissolved their partnership. Foster procured the merchandise and each partner paid half for the goods. Following the dissolution the partners did not agree about the equity each held at the time of parting. Depositions by Thomas Crutcher & John Craighead; includes payment records; financial agreements; |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 4a | 25 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1820 | Abram DeGraffenreid v. John Kimbro | Rutherford | Land and Title Dispute |
This dispute over a tract of land in Rutherford County includes a survey of the land in question. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 179 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1823 | Anderson Childress v. James Stuart | Williamson | Debt Dispute |
A. Childress, executor of Joel Childress, deceased, maintains that defendant owes Childress estate $4,571 in "current bank notes" which he has not paid. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 182 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | Arthur Jones v. Nathaniel Hunt | Franklin | Failure to Return Execution |
Hunt is Franklin County sheriff and is accused of failing to return an execution which was issued upon the dissolution of an injunction to a judgment of the Circuit Court for $147. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 184 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1827 | A. B. Shelby v. Oliver B. Hayes | Davidson | Debt | Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 186 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1828 | Anthony B. Shelby v. Sarah Haynes. | Sumner | Debt |
The last name of the defendant is sometimes spelled "Haines." |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 187 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | Aquella Jones v. Polly Lewis & Isaac Earthman, admr. | Davidson | Debt |
Lewis and Earthman are administrators of the John Earthman Estate. Jones filed a claim claiming that John Earthman owed him $372.43. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 189 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | Anthony Lee v. Priscilla Sugg | Humphreys | Trespass with Force of Arms |
Seeking Damages. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | Archibald Lytle v. John Nichols | Williamson | Ejectment-Unlawful Detainer |
Lytle's tenant, listed here only as John Doe, was forcibly ejected from his property -- complaint is trespass and ejectment. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 188 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1828 | Andrew Campbell v. Thomas Montgomery | Williamson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 190 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1832 | Andrew Fay v. Marshall Moody | Giles | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1832 | Absalom Harris v. Parson Isom | Franklin | Debt for Wages | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1834 | Alexander Smith et al. v. Joseph& Nancy L. Hightower | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute: Ejectment |
J. Hightower accused of breaking into home of John Doe and ejecting him. Doe leased property from Smiths & Dewey P. and Elizabeth C. Hadley. Also named: Sarah Smith, wife of Alexander, only heir of James Leiper: Elizabeth Hadley daughter of Smiths. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1834 | Absalom& Thomas Massie v. Jonathan Hardwick & Benjamin Robertson | Dickson | Debt Settlement | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 194 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1834 | Almedius D. W. Williams v. James Walton | Smith | Trespass | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 196 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1835 | Allen Yowell v. Thomas Hopkins | Warren | Land, Contract Dispute | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 195 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1838 | Alfred Miller v. David Mitchell | Rutherford | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 306 | 4 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1838 | Andrew Hynes v. John Nichols & Mills Williams | Franklin | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 207 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1839 | Anthony Dibrill& Jesse Lincoln v. William Galt, et al. | Warren | Slaves, Selling of |
Additional defendants: B. F. Miller, John Pain |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 201 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1840 | Arthur M. Edwards v. Amzi Jones | Rutherford | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 202 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1840 | Alfred M. Balch v. Augustus H. White et al. | Bedford | Debt |
Additional defendant Burrell G. White Amount of debt $85.50 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1840 | Alfred Eaton v. Sampson Nease et al. | Bedford | Damages |
Additional defendant - Jordan C. Holt Amount of damages $500.00 |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1840 | Anthony Dibrell v. William M. Young | White | Debt |
The case was over the debt of an estate for $350.50. Other names in the case are Woodson P. White. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 203 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | Asa Fonville, et al. v. James K. Polk | Bedford | Estate Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs: Israel Fonville, James Jones, and John Tillman. Defendant was James Knox Polk, then Governor of the state of Tennessee, and to be elected president of the United States in 1845. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 50 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1841 | Asa Johnson & L. A. Baker v. Allen M. Perry | Sumner | Trespass | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 205 | 18 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1841 | Avery M. Hicklin v. Adams C. Hamilton | Jackson | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 206 | 50 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1841 | Alex Dillard v. Thomas B. Askew& Thomas A. Lancaster | Smith | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 206 | 7 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1842 | Arnold Seals v. Edward F. Mahone | Maury | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 206 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1842 | Andrew Jackson et al. v. Maria G. Ward et al. | Williamson | Debt |
Additional Plaintiffs: Timothy Dodson, Andrew Jackson, Jr., Timothy Dodson, Jr.. Additional Defendant: Albert G. Ward |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 206 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Archibald Stone v. Samuel Underhill | Cannon | Ejectment | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1843 | Ann S. Johnson v. Augustus D. Bailey, et al. | Maury | Debt Dispute |
Other defendants: Pleasant Nelson; Charles Brandon. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212 | 0 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1843 | Anthony W. Vanleer, et al. v. David L. Scott, et al. | Davidson | Debt |
Documents in 3 folders. Plaintiff's name also spelled Vanlier. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 | 319 | Order A Copy |
View Entry | 1844 | Amara Ezell v. Elihu McDonald | Giles | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 214 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1844 | A. G. Porter v. Thomas Wilson | Franklin | Debt | Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 215 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
View Entry | 1844 | Anthony W. Johnson v. William H. Carroll & Mary Breathitt | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
William H Carroll served multiple terms as Governor of Tennessee. |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 218 | 0 | Order A Copy |