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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| 1871 | B. F. Welker & wife v. William Henderson et al | Blount | Other | Additional defendants listed in file. In 1870, the defendant filed a petition against the heirs of Alexander Ish (dec.) as he was one of the securities as an administrator. The plaintiffs state that the defendant's appointment as an administrator was fraudulent and pretend and he was not owed any part of the deceased's estate, taken from the heirs. | East |
Range: 9 Section: H Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1249 |
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| 1870 | John Everett v. Joseph Fang | Blount | Replevin | Replevin for a yoke of oxen. | East |
Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: 3 Box Number: 816 |
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| 1870 | Emerson Wilson v. State | Blount | Assault | Victim: Sam Lemon. Emerson (also spelled "Emmerson") charged with Affray (fighting of 2 or more people in a public place). Victim was James Lemons, who Wilson & 2 others (Ben Owens & James Brown) chased through James W. Everett's field & through house of P.S. Dowell's mom. Fight involved rock throwing, hollering & swearing. Wilson convicted & fined $5. | East |
Range: 8 Section: B Shelf: 2 Box Number: 813 |
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| 1869 | William Goddort v. James F. Gillispy & James K. Cox | Blount | Trespass and Damages | Summons also mentions William Kidd, William H. Hamilton, George W. Caldwell, Joseph Gamble, & Robert L. Cutes as defendants to appear in the trial. Plaintiff is sued for damages in the sum of $12,000 for trespass with force of arms. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1186 |
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| 1869 | State v. Leo L. Ferrari | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Ferrari charged with selling liquor to John F. Garner without taking an oath not to mix or adulterate the liquor with any other substance and without giving bond of $500 in case of violating an 1860 act. Court fined him $50. | East |
Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1231 |
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| 1869 | State v. John Murphey | Blount | Murder | Victim: Lewis Simsford. Houston Conner also mentioned as a party to the crime. The defendant shot the victim with a pistol. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1190 |
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| 1869 | State v. James Brown et al. | Blount | Assault with Force and Arms | Victim: Jacob Smith. There were nine other defendants, unknown. | East |
Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: 6 Box Number: 742 |
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| 1869 | State v. George L. Ferrari | Blount | Liquor Violation | Ferrari charged for unlawfully selling liquor to J.B. Bryant without oath and bond. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1185 |
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| 1869 | James Prater v. William A. Robinson | Blount | Injunction | Plaintiff was previously summoned before a judge to answer a suit filed by the defendant for a plea of trespass and damages in the sum of $3,000. The court found there was no cause for the suit and dismissed but was told to come back several more times as a witness for the defendant in the case. The plaintiff felt the area was unsafe at the time with Rebel sympathizers and did not attend and another court gave a judgment to the defendant for the damages. Filed this bill to prevent him from collecting. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1187 |
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| 1869 | James Brown et al. v. State | Blount | Assault | Additional plaintiffs in error include: Elias Goddard, James Goddard, William Goddard, Russell Goddard, Robert Goddard, J.M. Grier, Harvey Boyd, James Alexander, and Thomas Clemons. Plaintiffs in error are accused of assaulting Jacob Smith with whips, sticks and cowhides and attempting to intimidate him with pistols. | East |
Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1218 |
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| 1869 | Harlon Matthews v. John Griffiths | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | Defendant interfered with the sale and property rights of a tract of land owned by the plaintiff. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1190 |
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| 1869 | B. L. Warren v. Willliam Kennedy & W. C. Pickens | Blount | Trespass | Plaintiff sued for damages for an undisclosed amount. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1186 |
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| 1869 | A. M. Gawble, James W. French, & Thomas Pickens v. Horace Maynard, George Brown, & L.C. Hawk | Blount | Bond Dispute | Mentions earlier case in which court ruled in favor of defendants for $690. Plaintiffs now argue that the decree was rendered without notice and that they were ignorant of it until have court adjourned. Plaintiffs further argue that judgment is erroneous and unfair to them. They also claim no knowledge of bonds entered into the records of the court. Plaintiffs' property will be sold to satisfy decree unless superseded by current court. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1185 |
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| 1868 | State v. Charles Denton & John Denton | Blount | Murder | Defendants, along with John Rink Gentry and William Click, are accused of murdering Patrick Trotter with pistols. | East |
Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1225 |
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| 1868 | Rebecca Dulany Dangerfield & Mary C. Dangerfield v. Samuel Charles, et al. | Blount | Ejectment | Additional defendants: the widow and heirs of C. Gurly. Dangerfields sued Charles for entering their house, ejecting them, and detaining from them to their damage $200 and to recover the tract of land. Defendants failed to show up in court and defaulted. Court therefore ruled in plaintiffs' favor for possession of the land. | East |
Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1224 |
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| 1868 | Nancy Buren v. Henry Buren at al. | Blount | Land, Contract Dispute | Nancy Buren is represented by her Next Friend Harrison Singleton. Additional defendant: James P. Raulsto. Nancy Buren is the wife of Henry Buren and widow of Hugh L. W. Singleton. This is a land dispute regarding the conveyance of land from Henry Buren to Nancy Buren as well as the matter of collected rent from said land. The casefile notes that Henry Buren owned land and twenty slaves but was severely financially affected by the war. | East |
Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1229 |
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| 1868 | John E. Gamble v. James W. Everett | Blount | Land, Promissory Note | Gamble had sold to Everett in 1862 a tract of 165 acres, part of the old Lowry Farm, for $2325. Everett paid him $725 in Confederate currency, which he had no problem with, and issued 2 promissory notes of $800 and $700 to be paid in current funds. Later, Everett offered to pay Gamble $1000 in Confederate currency to which Everett refused due to its depreciating value. Gamble suing for purchase money in good notes for the land he sold to Everett. | East |
Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1235 |
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| 1868 | James Taylor et al. v. James Walker et al. | Blount | Estate Dispute | Additional plaintiffs and defendants listed in file. Estate dispute case regarding the estate of Pleasant B. Taylor. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1233 |
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| 1867 | William Goodard v. James F. Gillespy & James R. Cox | Blount | Trespass | $5,000 in action of trespass. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1068 |
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| 1867 | State v. John Norwood | Blount | Liquor, Sale of Illegal | Norwood indicted for selling whiskey to J. Gray Smith within 2 miles of Maryville College & Maryville Masonic Female Institute. Also referred to as Maryville Male College & the Masonic Female Academy. Ultimately, the indictment against Norwood was quashed & the Attorney General appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court. Possibly linked to State v. William Shelly, 1883 in ET 1940. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1194 |
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| 1867 | State v. Alexander McInturf | Blount | Larceny, Grand | McInturf, Andrew Porter Jr. and Samuel S. Kerr charged with assaulting and threatening bodily harm to John P. Rhea using pistols and stealing his bay horse worth $200. Jury finds him guilty and sentence him to 3 years in the pentitentiary. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1195 |
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| 1867 | Samuel Montgomery v. Jesse Kerr, Sr. | Blount | Land and Title Dispute | Plaintiff is sued for damages in the sum of $150 for a bay mare unlawfully taken from him by the defendant. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1194 |
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| 1867 | John Leverton & Wife Elizabeth Leverton v. Adam F. Waters, et al. | Blount | Estate Dispute | Additional defendants: George Waters [alt. spelled Watters], James Murphey, and John & William Waters, minor heirs of E.L. Watters, dec. At John Waters death, he had 4 tracts of land and left three heirs: Elizabeth, Adam Waters, and E.L. Waters, dec. John Waters had conveyed land to Murphey in trust for payment of debts, but no claim had ever been made on the estate nor have the trust executed. Plaintiffs want title divested from Murphey and trust be declared null and void. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1195 |
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| 1867 | John Clack v. Buster James Henry | Blount | Trespass and Damages | Henry claims that Clack, Samuel Ghormely, J. G. Wallace, and John E. Toole are indebted to him for $20,000. However, the four men absconded and left behind a considerable amount of property--before Henry could obtain a judgment on trespass. | East |
Range: 9 Section: G Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1219 |
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| 1867 | Ellen Brooks, et al. v. E. A. Jackson, et al. | Blount | Debt | Additional plaintiffs: W.B. Morrow, Elinda C. Brooks, Hester A. Isbel & M.S. Isbel. Additional defendants: James A. Jackson and Jane Brooks. E.A. Jackson "styles herself" admr. Of Sarah Gourby, dec. Ellen Brooks sued Jackson for $174.20 due to her for 3 years and 5 months labor she performed for Sarah Gourby. Sarah was indebted to Morrow for $69.55 The other defendants were also due money from Sarah Gourby. Plaintiffs suing defendants for amount due them from the estate. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1198 |
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| 1867 | Blount County v. F. W. Taylor, Sr. | Blount | Tax Collection | Case file is incomplete; brief only. May be related to Blount County v. F. W. Taylor, Sr. in ET 1986. | East |
Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: 4 Box Number: 75 |
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| 1866 | Timothy Chandler for the use of John Chandler v. A. Kennedy, et al. | Blount | Debt | Additional defendants: A. A. Kennedy, A. C. Kennedy, J. A. Rosix and James Duncan, admr. of B. F. Duncan dec. Incomplete case file, cause of debt unknown. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1200 |
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| 1866 | State v. William Wilson | Blount | Robbery | Defendant pleaded not guilty. The jury found the defendant guilty in manner and form as charged in the indictment. He was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. He was rendered infamous and ordered to pay the costs of prosecution. Judgment only. Case incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1120 |
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| 1866 | State v. Thomas Harrison | Blount | Larceny | Judgment only. Case is incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1124 |
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| 1866 | State v. Lewis Davis et al | Blount | Assault and Battery | Add. defendants: Rebecca Davis & Louisa Davis. Victim: Margaret Davis. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1200 |
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| 1866 | State v. Joseph Williams | Blount | Malicious Stabbing | Judgment only. Case is incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1124 |
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| 1866 | State v. John Vineyard | Blount | Larceny | Case file is incomplete; brief only. File is extremely faded and difficult to read. | East |
Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: 4 Box Number: 75 |
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| 1866 | State v. James Barker | Blount | Malicious Stabbing | Defendant pleaded not guilty. The jury found the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment and sentenced him to two years of hard labor in the state penitentiary. James Barker was ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. Judgment only. Case incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1120 |
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| 1866 | State v. Jacob Gannon | Blount | Arson | Defendant was also found guilty of Robbery and sentenced to six years once his sentence for arson had been completed. Judgment only. Case is incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1120 |
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| 1866 | State v. Jacob Dailey | Blount | Murder | The defendant plead not guilty. The jury took two days to agree on a verdict. They found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to seven years in the state penitentiary and it was ordered that the defendant pay the costs for the prosecution. Judgment only. Case incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1120 |
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| 1866 | State v. Jackson Wilson | Blount | Robbery | Judgment only. Case is incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1121 |
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| 1866 | State v. Isaac Kennedy | Blount | Robbery | Incomplete case file. Judgment only. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1120 |
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| 1866 | State v. Green Hill | Blount | Robbery | Incomplete case. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1200 |
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| 1866 | State v. Charles Kerr ( col.) | Blount | Larceny | Charles Kerr was too poor to afford counsel so the Court appointed an atty for him. He was found guilty and later requested a new trial but was denied his request. He was sentenced to three years in jail. Judgment only. Case incomplete. | East |
Range: 9 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1120 |
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| 1866 | State v. Allen Vaughn | Blount | Other | Charged with voluntarily "feeding armed prowlers"/"bushwalkers"/known robbers. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1200 |
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| 1866 | State v. Adison Gibson | Blount | Scire Facias | Defendant was ordered to pay the state $1,500 | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1198 |
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| 1866 | James Donaldson, Jr. v. Alexander McClain et al | Blount | Trespass and Damages | Add. defendants: Stephen S. Poster, Adison Resax, Andrew McClain, & John Clask. Defendants allegedly illegally and maliciously arrested and imprisoned him for two years. Plaintiff is sued for damages in the sum of $10,000. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 3 Box Number: 1198 |
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| 1866 | Anderson Carpenter & John R. Thompson, admr. v. Thomas Blackburn | Blount | Trespass and Damages | Plaintiffs are the administrators of the will of Larkin Thompson (dec.). Plaintiffs are sued for damages in the sum of $500. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1200 |
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| 1865 | David Chandler v. John Headrick | Blount | Trespass and Damages | Case also involves charges of slander. | East |
Range: 5 Section: C Shelf: 1 Box Number: 26 |
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| 1864 | Joseph L.& Edward A. Abbott v. Julius C. Fagg | Blount | Debt | Fagg and Henry Sesler, partners under the firm name of Sesler and Fagg, are indebted to J. and E. Abbot by a bill of exchange. | East |
Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: 1 Box Number: 1066 |
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| 1864 | Edward George et al. exe. James Thompson dec. v. R. J. Wilson et al. | Blount | Estate Dispute | Additional plaintiff: G. Thompson. Additional defendant: H.H. Caruthers. Land dispute regarding the estate of James Thompson and the Porter Academy. | East |
Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1184 |
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| 1861 | State v. Anderson Taylor & Andrew J. Taylor | Blount | Malicious Destruction/ Mischief | For killing a dog belonging to William Kidd. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1193 |
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| 1861 | Richard M. Sappell, et al. v. James Wilson, et al. | Blount | Inheritance | Estate of John Sappell, deceased. Case deals with his partnership in a mercantile business with Wilson, who furnished the capital. John Sappell's children, Richard Meredith, Samuel, Sarah J., and Elizabeth, were his only heirs. Children claim that Wilson mismanaged the firm after their father's death and kept them ignorant of the financials. Also involved were Clementine A. Sappell, James H. Gillespy. | East |
Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1174 |
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| 1861 | Marcus D. Bearden et al.v. Gransfield Taylor | Blount | Slaves, Ownership of | Elizabeth Bearden, dau of John Minor, married Benjamin Bearden against dad's will & had children: Marcus & Pla. Benjamin F., William H., Thomas J., & John Bearden, & Harriet M. Stewart (m. George), Caroline Camp (m. M.R.), Mary Ann Price (m. Guilford N. & mom of Pla. Will & Caroline--who married Jene), & George W. Bearden who died leaving 4 children. Dispute over 2 negroes John sent to Elizabeth before he died: boy named Major & girl named Channy, ultimately bought by Taylor (w/Channy's child Martha). | East |
Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 4 Box Number: 1171 |
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| 1861 | Addison Gibson v. State | Blount | Malicious Stabbing | For stabbing James W. Hall. | East |
Range: 9 Section: F Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1193 |
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