Welcher Sladen & Wife & George H. Bird & Wife V. John Stokely, et al
Order:
Supreme Court Case Name:
Welcher Sladen & Wife & George H. Bird & Wife V. John Stokely, et al
Case Date:
1879
Court Origin:
Circuit - Civil
Cause/Crime:
Land and Title Dispute
Database - TN Research:
County:
- Cocke
Division:
East
Number of Pages:
8
Notes / Description:
Records pertaining to the case were destroyed in Cocke Co. courthouse fire. Nature of case unclear. Frances J. Carter bought the disputed land from Joseph Frances & his wife, Elizabeth (King) Frances. J. Frances executed a title bond. Land originally belonged to Elizabeth's father, James King. While a feme covert, Elizabeth refused to execute a deed to the land after the title bond was executed. She left ca. 1833. Female plntffs. were her only children & the male plntffs. were their husbands.