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Year	Case Name	County	Cause/Crime	Case Description	Division	Location	# Pages	PDFs	Actions
1869	William Eckle, admr. of George Gregory, dec. v. William Evans et al.	Jefferson	Estate Dispute	Additional defendant: James P. Swann. The defendants are accused of defrauding the estate of George Gregory.	East	Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1184	129	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1859	Andrew L. & Mary Ann Mason v. B. J. & Dorthula A. Ward	Jefferson	Fraud	Def's name is Benjamin F. Ward. William Gregory died owning land on south side of French Broad River, leaving pla. Mary Ann (who later married Andrew) as his widow. Richard Gregory, dec. administered Wm's estate but never assigned dower to Mary Ann, so Pla. now claim dower out of that land. Wm & Mary Ann had 1 child, Def Dorthula. At time of suit, both parties lived on the land at issue. Pla. claim Def. are trying to cheat & defraud them out of Mary Ann's dower.	East	Range: 7 Section: G Shelf: 1 Box Number: 680	126	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1853	Theodore I. Bradford & William Evans v. A. S. Mason et al.	Jefferson	Estate Dispute/ Settlement	William Gregory, died intestate, his estate settled. Richard Gregory was made admr. of the estate, then he died. Isaac Rhinehart, was then made executor of the Gregory estate, which was insolvent. Bradford & Evans were security on the estate, sued to settle the estate. Mentioned: Sarah Gregory, Isaac Rhinehart, D. A. Gregory, M. I. Gregory, Susan Gregory Rhinehart, Philip Gregory, James Webb, Lucretia Webb, James Gregory.	East	Range: 5 Section: A Shelf: 3 Box Number: 8a	117	Case PDF (no opinion pdf)
1852	William Evans and Hamilton Copeland admrs. V. Joseph Hamilton et al.	Jefferson	Debt	Plaintiffs sued defendant to recover $1769.50, paid by deceased George Gregory to defendant as surety in a case against Sewell and Arnest of Baltimore, Md. Gregory died at his home in Jefferson Co., October 1847.	East	Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: 4 Box Number: 2005	78	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1849	Aaron V. Brown v. Benjamin F. Newman et al	Jefferson	Covenant Broken	Add. defendants: George Gregory, Robert Birchfield, Allen Butler, john B. Hammer, James Harp, Excr of Alexander Harp (dec.), Casper Branner, John Lawrence, David Helf, James Newman, and others listed in file. Plaintiff is the heir of James C. Jones. Suing for damages totaling $4,000.	East	Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1167	23	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1820	John Cooper v. George Gregory	Jefferson	Other	Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case.	East	Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: 2 Box Number: 61	12	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1820	George Gregory v. Solomon Copeland & Rebecca Copeland	Jefferson	Slander	Cause of Action: Trespass on the Case. oversized and folded Case includes disability claims.	East	Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: 2 Box Number: 63	19	Case PDF (no opinion pdf)

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