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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1880 | A. J. Abernathy v. B. F. Carter | Giles | Debt Settlement |
Additional parties: Cynthia R. Carter, Jno. C. Walker, J. B. Stacy |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 55 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1882 | Asa Faulkner et al. v. J.W. Mitchell et al. | Warren | Estate Settlement |
Additional Complainants: W. P. Faulkner and H.H. Faulkner. Additional Defendants: Orpha Mitchell, Logan Deitz, A. Deitz, Anderson Daufley, Mira Daufley, W.L. (Dwayne)?, Cynthia Dwayne, Vestra McGregor, L.A. McGregor, Leon Stubblefield, Nancy Stubblefield, Isham Martin, Mira Martin, Peter Gardner, M. Gardner, Christina (Woodenpyle)?, William Gardner, Peter Hunter, Nancy Hunter, W.J. McGregor, James M. Ware, and W. Allen. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 57 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1880 | Amanda Bush, by next friend William T. Bush et al. v. Willis W. Bush et al. | Smith | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional Complainants: E. W. Turner, Pleasant Gold. Additional Defendants: James S. Dillard, Malsey Dillard, B. J. Vaden-admr. R. Beasley, William Massey, Brunette Massey, W.B. Pickering, J.W. Draper, W.D. Draper, Rufus Tubb, Bettie Tubb, William Wyatt, Jane D. Wyatt, Thomas Draper, Joel Nichols, M.S. Nichols, Warren Nichols, Mary D. Nichols, Alex Draper, John C. Hughes, M.S. Trousdale, John C. Draper. The bill mentions that slaves were sold to secure payment for the disputed ground in 1855. |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 61 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1893 | Alex McEwen, et al. v. Hettie McEwen, admr., of Elizabeth McEwen, dec., et al | Davidson | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional Plaintiffs: Frederick McEwen McDonald, Rachel Rallins, William Lewis, and Mary Louisa Lewis Additional Defendants: Joseph Gillaspie, Margaretta Gillespie, William Stephenson McEwen, Ralph Newton McEwen |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1881 | Asa Faulkner et al. v. Sam Brown et al.. | Warren | Bond Dispute |
Additional plaintiffs - H. H. Faulkner and R. Kennedy - additional defendants - David Coppinger, R. W. Spanks, Joe Sanders and J. B. Brooks |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 58 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1879 | Anna E. Dame v. H. W. Dame | Lawrence | Divorce | Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 62 | 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 | 1880 | America Redmond et al. v. Young W. Redmond & Mary Ann Redmond et al. v. Young M. Redmond | Williamson | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional Complainants: Cornelia Redmond, Maggie Redmond. Consolidated cases concerning the unwritten intentions of John Patton, who owned slaves, some of whom bore children by him and they are the Complainants in these cases. T |
Middle | Range: 20 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 66 | 1040 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | Aaron Wiggins v. Wiliam Boson et al. | Warren | Damages |
Additional Defs: Solomon Charles, J.M. Boson. Damages for alleged negligence on part of Defendants, who are accused of "not setting [the Plaintiff] across the river in their ferry boats." Add. Defs listed in prosecution bond, but in the case itself. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1843 | Allen Carter et al. v. James Cook et al. | Montgomery | Debt Dispute |
Additional Complainants: Charlotte Carter, Samuel Lockert, Nancy Lockert, Daniel D. Murphy, Sarah Murphy, Joseph Lockert, Polly Lockert, John Smith, James Smith, Thomas Smith, William Smith, George Smith, G. Livesly, Polly Livesly, William Rarry, Sarah Rarry, The children of Michael Smith and Betsy Smith, Jacob Harberger, Patsey Harberger, Thomas Harberger. Additional Defendants: Peggy Cook, William Harberger--admrs. Of Philip Harberger. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 176 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1870 | Antonio Montedonico v. Paul A. Cicalla Paul A. Cicalla et al.. | Shelby | Land and Title Dispute |
Additional defendants - Paul Cicalla & Lewis Montedonico |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | Abner Lawler, et al.v. Moses Diffie, et al. | Henderson | Debt Dispute |
Abner Lawler and Lemuel Stanford are indebted to Moses Diffie, Clark Diffie, Wash Diffie, and Lewis Diffie. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | Antonio Monteverde, admr. Of Ruthy E. Freeman, dec. v. John Cosgrove | Shelby | Debt Dispute |
Monteverde was indebted to Michael Larkin and John Cosgrove. Frank Brannen. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1873 | Alexander Jackson v. George G. Perkins | Madison | Taxation, Assessment |
George Perkins was Sheriff of Madison County during the 1860s-1870s. |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 41 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1874 | A. S. Booth v. State | Shelby | Malicious Stabbing | West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 39 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1874 | Alex T. Stewart& Co. v. Davis Cockrell | Shelby | Failure to Pay |
Defendant failed to pay the costs of a previous judgment against him, has no property that can be sold or attached. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | A. Nedderhut v. W. W. Wheeler & Co. | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 43 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1872 | Anderson McGuire v. David Wagster | Lauderdale | Debt Dispute |
Additional parties: O. T. Hendren |
West | Range: 84 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 40 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1816 | Aaron Boyce, et al. v. Archibald Martin, et al. | Sumner | Estate Settlement |
An inventory of the estate of Nicholas Boyce (dec.), Sumner Co., is included. Mentions properties including those on NW Square of Gallatin, Tenn., and sale of negroes in Natchez, Mississippi Territory. James Boyce, Elizabeth Boyce, Richard Boyce, Robert Desha, Benjamin Rawlings, William Boyer, James Boyer, Smith Hamborough, Needham Reynolds, James Holland, Allan Purvis, John George |
Middle | Range: 32 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 212A | 12 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | Abner McCollum v. W. J. Keaton | Carroll | Trespass |
Additional Defendants: Giles J. Harvey and John H. Keaton. |
West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 15 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1875 | A. J. White v. W. R. Moore | Shelby | Petitions for Reimbursement | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 47 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1874 | Andrew J. Halliburton v. John K. Brooks | Haywood | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 46 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1875 | Annie M. Slattery v. A. Lea | Lauderdale | Land and Title Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1875 | Abel Jones v. J. N. Alexander | Gibson | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 44 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1875 | A. H. Love v. R. E. Raines | Crockett | Debt Dispute | West | Range: 84 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 28 | 19 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1875 | Annie W. Ammons v. William A. Ammons, et al. | Shelby | Divorce | West | Range: 84 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 45 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | A. Kimbro, admr. of Clarance Kimbro, dec. v. J. M. Primm & the Murfreesboro Bank & Trust Co. | Rutherford | Fraud | Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 78 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1916 | Allen Caruthers, et al. v. Tabitha McCall, et al. | Trousdale | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional plaintiff: John Caruthers. Additional defendant: Christian Church and Christian Missionary Society. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 82 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1916 | American National Bank v. Union Trust Company | Davidson | Deed Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 90 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | Angelo Formosa v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company | Williamson | Negligence | Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 91 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1915 | A. J. Johnson v. L. H. Montgomery | Davidson | Fraud |
3 folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 88 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Andrew Druffenbreck v. J. M. Lawrence | Davidson | Assault |
Druffenbreck owned a barbershop in Nashville and Lawrence was attacked by one of the employees named Thornton B. Ladd. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 97 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | Annie Ware v. State | Davidson | Larceny | Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1918 | Alfred Smith v. State | Putnam | Liquor Violation |
Witnesses included Bud Hunter, Pate Hunter, Tim Apple, Pate Pointer, W.R. Officer, Worth Bryant, and Wynne F. Clouse. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 105 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Andrew Sona v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al. | Davidson | Damages |
Other defendant: Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 108 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | American Baptist Home Mission Society v. G. W. Bowman et al. | Humphreys | Land, Confirmation of Ownership |
Additional parties: Tom Bowman, Bob Bowman, Lorena, Bowman, L. D. Bowman, Mack Bowman, Patterson Bowman, Della Hunt, Jo Hurt, Sam Long, Louise Long, Louise Hurt, J. C. Hurt, Hettie Davis, W. O. Davis, Clinton Davis, Carrie Davis, Nolie Bowman Williams, Henry Williams, Annie Louise Bowman, Rhoda Ann Eliza Larkins Bowman, Ada Jane Larkins Bowman, Ann Toland |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1913 | American National Bank of Nashville, Tenn. v. Jones & Omohundro, et al.. | Davidson | Debt Settlement |
Additional Defendants: Bettie Jones and J.R. Jones. Six folders. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 110 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1918 | A. G. Span v. Leslie Graves, admr., et al. | Davidson | Estate Dispute/ Settlement |
Additional Defendants: Minors - Good Turner, Kate Turner, Lizzie Turner, Frank Turner, and Annie Turner |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 110 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | A. B. Vaughn et al. v. R. H. Dudley et al. | Davidson | Breach of Warranty |
Additional parties: Nannie B. Vaughn, Pat Vaughn, R. M. Dudly Jr., C. B. Woods, W. C. Ledbetter, B. M. Dudley. This case involves a warranty on the purchase of an automobile. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 122 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1914 | A. Mansfield v. J. D. Rather | Davidson | Debt Dispute |
Additional Defendants: J. B. Kemp |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 124 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | Anna B. Thompson v. Stephen Thompson | Rutherford | Divorce |
Plaintiff and defendant were both African-American. Anna Thompson's maiden name was Anna B. Ross. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1919 | Alvin Richardson v. State | Overton | Liquor Violation |
Richardson was actually charged with "Public Drunkenness." Witnesses included Ev Talley and her two children, Grace and Carl. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1915 | Abe Reynolds v. State | Bedford | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Middle | Range: 21 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 130 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1920 | A. J. Scott v. Nashville Bridge Company | Davidson | Personal Injuries | Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 142 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1919 | Arch Norvill v. State | Bedford | Assault with Intent to Kill |
The victim in this case was John T. Paschal. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 147 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | Athens Hosiery Mills v. John B. Thomason | Davidson | Other |
The Athens Hosiery Mills was a partnership consisting of R.J. Fisher, R.J. Fisher Jr., and Edward Fisher. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 153 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1920 | A. L. Edwards, Trustee & N. E. Morris, Petitioner v. J. H. Anderson | Williamson | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 156 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1880 | Addison Morrison v. Shelby, Scott,& Company | Montgomery | Insurance Disputes |
The plaintiff, Morrison, was an African-American tobacco grower in Montgomery County. The firm of Shelby, Scott & Co., who owned a tobacco warehouse, was headed by J.H. Shelby and D.W. Scott. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 173 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1921 | A. M. Griffith v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway | Marion | Land and Title Dispute | Middle | Range: 27 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 66 | 0 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1821 | Archibald & George McNeill v. Samuel Elam | Davidson | Debt |
Case is heard by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. It involves the non-payment of a debt of $450; as in a similar case, one of the charges is trespass. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: J Shelf: Box Number: 180 | 0 | Order A Copy |