Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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| Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | PDFs | Actions |
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| 1896 | W. B. Tindell v. George Adney, et al. | Blount | Lien | Cause of action: Liens based on a contract for lumber made by George Adney as an agent for G. W. Adney. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1086 |
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| 1896 | Leck Cox v. State | Blount | Murder | Cox was indicted for the murder of Hoarce Young. | East |
Range: 18 Section: D Shelf: 5 Box Number: 2100 |
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| 1895 | James K. Wilson & Hugh M. Wilson v. J. C. M. Bogle, et al | Blount | Land | Complainants filed for partition of 5,000 acres of land so that it could be sold and the money divided between the parties equally. Complainants argued that the land couldn't be divided fairly to all parties' advantage. Defendants argued the land should not be sold but divided up. Additional Defendant: W. C. Holland. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1895 | J. W. Nichols, et al. v. Lafayette Hall, et al. | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete Case. Decree only. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1895 | J. N. Badgett, admr., et al. v. Sarah J. Coulter, et al. | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete Case. Decree document only. Appellants: W. B. Seaton & wife, Catherine Seaton, John M. Armstrong, & A. K. Harper. Defendants: Catherine Coulter. John Coulter, dec. Cause of Action seems to be an Estate Settlement. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1895 | Howard Bank v. Rockford Cotton Mills et al.and W. C. Chumlea v. F. P. Toof et al, Consolidated causes | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete case file. This is two consolidated cases from Blount County. Cause of action in original cases is not clear but it appears to deal with stockholders in the Rockford Cotton Mills Co. and the question of liability. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1895 | George W. Latham v. J. W. Holt, et al. | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete case: decree affirming lower court ruling. Holt was enjoined from collecting judgment, and he was ordered to pay court costs. Also mentioned: J. G. Norton. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1895 | G. W. Henry v. John G. Neubert, et al. and John G. Neubert v. G. W. Henry, et al. | Blount | Unknown | Incomplete Case. Decree document only. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1895 | Bank of Maryville v. T. C. Thornton, et al.; Cowan, McClung & Co. et al. v. T. C. Thornton, et al.; Tefft Weller & Co., et al. v. T. C. Thornton, et al.; Knoxville Provision & Sugar Co., et al. v. T. C. Thornton, et al. | Blount | Sale of Goods | Incomplete case file- assignment of errors document only. These are consolidated cases involving T. C. Thornton which deal with the sale and delivery of goods. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1895 | A. K. Harper v. H. S. Catlett | Blount | Replevin | Case concerns a crops, a lien, and title to property. Case incomplete: decree only. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1084 |
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| 1895 | A. J. Taylor v. J. C. Clark, et ux. | Blount | Debt | Incomplete case: assignment of errors only. Clark not responsible for the debts, contracts, and obligations of his wife Elizabeth Clark. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1090 |
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| 1894 | John A. Rogers v. State | Blount | Arson | Rogers was accused of burning down the home of Arch Farmer | East |
Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1992 |
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| 1894 | Henry Shuler v. State | Blount | Abduction | For abducting Martha C. Myers from her father, D. H. Myers, "for the purpose of prostitution and concubinage" | East |
Range: 18 Section: G Shelf: 3 Box Number: 2000 |
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| 1893 | William Calgey alias Calico Bill v. State | Blount | Murder | Cagley killed Daniel Ratliff after they spent time together with some other men in a saloon. This trial was used to further the temperance cause, blaming alcohol for the men's behavior. Jack West, Cagley's step son was also injured. Circuit court jury sentenced him to 15 years in the state penitentiary. | East |
Range: 18 Section: F Shelf: 5 Box Number: 2042 |
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| 1892 | William Chambers v. State | Blount | Larceny | Chambers was charged with stealing eight bushels of wheat that was valued at eight dollars. He was also charged with stealing four sacks that were valued at fifty cents. Property of Wm. H. Pryor. | East |
Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1732 |
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| 1892 | Joseph M. Greer v. Houston Gregory et al | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | The plaintiff and the defendant both claimed to own around 1,000 acres of land. The land had valuable minerals. 2 folders. | East |
Range: 19 Section: H Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1705 |
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| 1892 | Belle Underwood v. State | Blount | Murder | Plaintiff was charged with murder of her infant child. She had just given birth and tried to kill the child. | East |
Range: 19 Section: G Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1731 |
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| 1889 | State v. James Harriman | Blount | Rape | Defendant charged with assaulting, beating and raping Lilly Ann Peterson on the date of 4 Aug. 1889. The victim was an orphan about 9 years old, & was being taken care of by Alfred & Rebecca Fry. | East |
Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1825 |
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| 1889 | State v. J. W. Johnson | Blount | Murder | Defendant charged with the 21 June 1889 murder of William Wood. | East |
Range: 19 Section: D Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1825 |
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| 1888 | State v. Beauregard Kirkland | Blount | Perjury | The State charged Kirkland with perjury in a case of the State v. J. H. Walker regarding an altercation with a pistol between J. H. Walker and Abe Kirkland. | East |
Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1853 |
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| 1888 | John G. Newbert v. James R. Coulton | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | This case involved a piece of property known as the McLeen Mill in the 13th district of Blount County. Additional case materials are located in ET 1879 (Range 19, Section B, Shelf 2). | East |
Range: 8 Section: A Shelf: 1 Box Number: 787 |
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| 1888 | Jane Johnston v. Joe M. Johnston et al. | Blount | Property Dispute | Jane Johnston married Robert E. Johnston in Feb. of 1867. Robert E. Johnston died intestate in April of 1887. He had 2 children from a previous marriage, Joseph M. Johnston and William Johnston, dec. Prior to her marriage, the compl. Was owner of a tract of land in Blount Co. amounting to about 84 acres. She also had personal property: one mare, one mule, and $35 from the sale of a cow. At the time of her marriage, she and her husband agreed that her land and personal property would remain separate. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1882 |
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| 1887 | Williams Black & Company v. C. C. Jones, et al. | Blount | Land | Defendants claim that in 1838 Tennessee issued a grant of 5,000 acres in Blount County to Richard Dunlap. In 1840, the sheriff reported that Dunlap owed $1.50 in taxes on the land. The Circuit Court condemned it. Sheriff William Wallace then pretended to sell 4,000 acres to Isaac Anderson. Trouble ensued for both. The deed was voided. Codefendants are so numerous that all cannot be mentioned. Surnames Anderson, Caldwell, McIntyre, Craig, Barnes, McConnell, Fuzell. | East |
Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1914 |
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| 1887 | Mary Ann Pope by next friend v. James M. Greer et al. | Blount | Estate Dispute | Mary Pope sued the defendant heirs (too many to list), by her next friend Robert P. Pope, over the inheritance of the estate of her father, Samuel Pride, deceased. Mary's husband, T. A. Pope was also a defendant heir in the suit. Pope requested that the court declare the title declarations in the case of W. A. Walker, admr. v. Martha M. Pride (Mary's deceased mother) void and the court vest her with a one-half interest in the estate of her father. | East |
Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1854 |
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| 1887 | James Davis v. Isaac G. Anderson, et al. | Blount | Debt | Additional defendants: Mary E. Anderson (wife of Isaac G.), John T. Anderson, U. S. Collett, A. J. Brewer, N. P. Brewer (wife of A. J.). Debt on previous judgment for non-payment of note. | East |
Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1906 |
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| 1887 | E. Winston Taylor and Thomas Snider v. State | Blount | Arson | Taylor and Snider were accused of setting fire to and burning the parsonage of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Maryville to the value of five hundred dollars. Taylor and Snider requested a new jury and a new trial. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1883 |
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| 1887 | Cowan, McClung & Co. v. R. M. Montgomery et al. | Blount | Debt | Plaintiffs sued defendant for $1000 for indebtedness for the purchase of wholesale goods. Defendant Kennedy wanted to purchase goods from defendants and Montgomery signed as his surety. Defendants never repaid the debt. Additional defendants: A. C. Montgomery, A Kennedy Jr., Q. M. Kennedy, R. M. McMillan, James K. Wilson | East |
Range: 79 Section: B Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1887 |
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| 1887 | Charlotte Malcom v. James T. Scott | Blount | Debt for Wages | Plaintiff Malcom sued the defendant for debt due for wages of $304. Malcom provided childcare the defendant's five children from 1880-1883, for which she claimed she was not paid. Malcom also accused the defendant of hiding his property to avoid payment. | East |
Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1847 |
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| 1887 | Bank of Maryville v. James S. Warren, et al. | Blount | Default on Promissory Note | Defendants: Georgia Warren, Octavia Warren, W. W. Lawrence, Phoebe J. Porter, R. W. Wood. R. A. Sterling, and John S. Lawrence. The bank sued defendants for repayment of a promissory note. They requested that Warren's property be subject to sale for repayment. | East |
Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1865 |
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| 1887 | B. F. Abbott v. D. B. Lawson | Blount | Slander | Lawson was telling people that Abbott had murdered his father. Abbott sued Lawson for $5000 dollars damages for slander. | East |
Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1903 |
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| 1887 | Arch Farmer, et al v. John G. Newbert | Blount | Debt | Additional Plntffs.: Stephen & John A. Graves. On 15 March 1886 deft. contracted with Farmer to furnish him logs to make 200,000 ft. of poplar lumber. Farmer hired the Graves to assist him. The contract was fulfilled & deft. now owed Farmer a balance of $385 ( he had paid Farmer $191) & John & Stephen Graves $135 & $189 respectively. Newbert violated the contract by attempting to sell the lumber without having paid the plntff. Plntff. asked that the lumber be attached & sold to satisfy the debt. | East |
Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1903 |
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| 1886 | Moses Waters v. Harvey A. Hutton and James C. Hutton | Blount | Land, Fraud | The pltf claimed that on Aug 16 1882 he purchased 5 different tracts of land from the dfnts for $2,000 to which they did not have legal title. | East |
Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1869 |
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| 1886 | Jesse Peele, in error v. J. H. Goddard | Blount | Taxation Disputes | Peele appealed a ruling of taxation against him in 1883 for $250, claiming he owed only $184.93 and was overcharged. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1875 |
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| 1886 | James Mathews et al. v. Blount Co. & J. S. Thomas | Blount | Debt | East |
Range: 7 Section: J Shelf: 1 Box Number: 753 |
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| 1886 | J. C. Tunnell v. State | Blount | Tippling | R. H. Hart was also charged with Tippling in the case documents. | East |
Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: 4 Box Number: 72 |
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| 1886 | J. C. Tunnell for the use of J. F. Horne and Bro. v. Ben Cunningham, Clerk of the County Court of Blount Co. | Blount | Taxation, Unlawful | Complainants claimed that they were owed money from the Clerk of Blount County, Ben Cunningham, for erroneous taxes charged to them. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1892 |
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| 1886 | J. A. Burns & wife v. John D. Headrick, et al | Blount | Land, Partition of | Additional plaintiff: Susan Burns (formerly Walker). Additional defendants: Joseph N. Walker, John Walker, J. H. Walker, Mary Cummings. Susan Burns and the defendants were siblings of James T. Walker dec. who had no widow or heirs. Plaintiff claims that James T. Walker owned 1/3 interest in a 195 acre tract in Blount County, known as the Thomas Hicks farm on Reed Creek and the Little River. Dispute is over rents collected and further partitioning and selling the land. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1890 |
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| 1886 | G. W. Kincade v. William P. Hastings | Blount | Damages | Plaintiff is noted as being colored. Plaintiff was attending the Freedman's Normal School but claimed he was wrongfully dismissed by the defendant. Plaintiff claimed this dismissal impacted his ability to attend Maryville College as well. Kincade sued for $2000 in damages due to the claimed improper dismissal. | East |
Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1866 |
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| 1886 | Elbert Williams v. Alex Pickens, et al and M. J. Pickens v. Samuel Pickens, admr., et al | Blount | Debt Settlement | In the first case, plaintiff alleges he is owed $160 on a note taken out by A. Pickens. The additional defendant in the case was M. J. Pickens who the plaintiff explained was filing for divorce from A. Pickens, her husband. In the divorce fling, A Pickens is thought to have 1/6 interest in a tract of land and therefor should be able to pay. The second case dealt with the estate of Mary Pickens, dec. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1876 |
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| 1886 | Cowan, McClung & Co., et al. v. Boyd McMurray, et al. | Blount | Debt | 10 other plaintiffs (7 firms & 3 individuals). 9 other defendants (all individuals). Case appears to primarily be plaintiffs suing G. A. Emert for debt & seeking to collect from other defendants as relations of Emert's wife. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1894 |
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| 1886 | Cowan, McClung & Co. v. D. P. Gass, et al. | Blount | Debt | Plaintiffs: Cowan McClung & Co., R. N. Hood. Defendants: D. P. Gass, William Gass (Knox C.) & Juliet C. Gass (Blount C.). Debt of 632, $3.05 court costs. Cowan McClung & Co., a firm comprised of Perez Dickinson, James D. Cowan, F. H. McClung, C. J. McClung, Matt McClung, Jacob L. Thomas & Robert M. Rhea- all of Knox Co. | East |
Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: 5 Box Number: 78 |
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| 1886 | A. J. L. McTeer, et al. v. Richard LeBow, et al. | Blount | Estate Dispute | Additional plaintiff: Ruth J. McTeer. Additional defendants: David Goddard, T. J. Robinson, George Snider, James W. Heitch, S.F. Bell, James Waters, D.B. Lawson, E.B. McKeehan, H.L.W. Heackeny, W.S. Griffiths, William Henderson, Arch Heitch, John O. Rhea, S.L. Greer, and A.R. McButh. Ruth McTeer(nee Jeffries) is the only heir of Wm. M. Jeffries, who died during the Civil War. Ruth was too young to administer the estate, and her legal guardian misappropriated the bonds, land, and estate. Sought to reclaim. | East |
Range: 20 Section: A Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1635 |
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| 1885 | Sterling S. Lanier v. Jesse C. Engles | Blount | Estate Settlement | Deceased: Sidney C. Lanier; land and property deeds made before and after death; settlement required for children and widow | East |
Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1904 |
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| 1885 | State v. J. C. Tunnell and R. H. Hart | Blount | Liquor Violation | Tunnell and Hart were charged with selling liquor to students. E. A. Watson was a student named in the case as buying liquor from Tunnell and Hart. Watson was a "student of an educational institution at Maryville" at the time of the case. | East |
Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1917 |
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| 1885 | James W. Everett and James P. Raulston v. John C. Duncan and H. T. Hackney | Blount | Notes | The suit was brought in order to collect an amount due on a note given by J. McCoy to Everett & D. [?] Broyles. McCoy intended to buy one-half interest in a saw & grist mill property. Everett and Raulston were absent when a judge ordered the mill property to be sold. Bill Hackney bought it. Complainants charged that Duncan (their agent) grossly abused their faith and confidence in him, causing them to lose the mill. Much explanatory testimony starting on p. 33. See ET 71 | East |
Range: 8 Section: D Shelf: 3 Box Number: 874 |
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| 1884 | William Pugh v. W. S. Griffitts | Blount | Contract Dispute and Damages | William Pugh was listed as a minor at the time of the case. His regular guardian was listed as A. J. Best. G. W. Huffsteller preceded Best as Pugh's guardian. Huffsteller had contracted with Griffits for Pugh to work for him and go to school. Pugh was to go to school through the winter and, after March 1, work for Griffits at a rate of $7 per month. On August 19, Pugh was sent home with Griffits saying he didn't "want him any longer." | East |
Range: 19 Section: A Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1912 |
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| 1884 | S. M. Winchester v. Saul F. Bell | Blount | Damages | Winchester operated a steam sawmill upon Bell's land. The agreement was that Winchester could dump the sawdust from Bell's place into a nearby stream--provided the stream had sufficient water. If not, Winchester promised to haul the sawdust out and and burn it. Winchester accused Bell of soon forbidding him to dump the dust in the stream. | East |
Range: 15 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1895 |
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| 1884 | John P. Rhea v. John J. Green, admr. | Blount | Child Support | Green was the administrator of Ezra Lee, who died intestate, leaving two minor children: William A. Lee and John W. Lee. Rhea was their guardian. At issue was the children's support for one year. Included is Ezra's estate inventory and list of sales. Possessions included a desk, "table spread," safe, watch, brass kettle, wash kettle, mirror, sewing machine, farm implements, farm animals, and lumber. | East |
Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1895 |
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| 1884 | J. S. McDonough, et al. v. James Prater, et al. | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | SEE ALSO BOX ET 1890 for 243 pages. Additional defendant: William M. Brickell. Dispute over 320 acre tract of land in 5th Civil District on Halston River. Defendant Prater resided on land. | East |
Range: 5 Section: E Shelf: 4 Box Number: 102 |
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| 1884 | C. C. Jones, et al. v. W. W. Walker, et al. | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | Dispute over land originally granted to Isaac and Rebecca Anderson. Plaintiff's brief only. | East |
Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1052 |
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