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Year	Case Name	County	Cause/Crime	Case Description	Division	Location	# Pages	PDFs	Actions
1857	Jesse Walling admr. of Thomas Roberson v. Vance Lowery et al.	White	Debt Dispute	Additional Defendants: James Dykes, Charles Meek, and Alexander Moore. Plaintiff claims his services as an administrator have not been rightly compensated.	Middle	Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: 3 Box Number: 259	(unknown)	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1856	State v. James Lowery & George W. Collier	Putnam	Debt Dispute		Middle	Range: 32 Section: C Shelf: 2 Box Number: 251	(unknown)	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1855	William Parks v. Joseph Lewis, et al.	Marion	Ejectment	Plea of trespass in Ejectment to damages of $500. Certain tracts of land lying in and situated in Marion Co., mentions mountaintop near Standifer's Cove. Defendant Joseph Lewis was affiliated with the Sequatchie Mining and Manufacturing Co. Map of the disputed lands included - mentioning George Lowery reservation, Betsy Pack reservation, Moore's Grant, John Lowery reservation, "Rutledge lands appropriated entered December 1820, surveyed June 1821, granted Sept. 1831."	East	Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1164	37	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1855	State v. John D. Lowery	Roane	Other	Lowery charged with blasphemy for uttering words considered to be to the "great scandal and reproach of the Christian religion". Grand jury witnesses: Benjamin Crenshaw & his 12-yr-old son Samuel, who said Lowery came to the house to have Ben whip Samuel, who had spoken saucily to Def's mom (he had apparently told her to kiss his posterior, but used a more vulgar term), & Def said if Jesus Christ himself spoke that way, Def would strike him or knock him down. Jury convicted Lowery & he appealed to SC.	East	Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1164	11	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1855	Benjamin H. Brown v. John D. Lowery	Roane	Trespass with Force of Arms	"a plea of trespass with force and arms to his damage one thousand dollars." Incident of 12 Aug. 1833, "with force & arms made an assault upon the person of said plaintiff . In the county & state aforesaid and then with his fist, a rock & some other weapon, gave & struck the said plaintiff a very violent blow & stroke on the front part of the head thereby falling & knocking the said plaintiff down to & upon the floor ."	East	Range: 9 Section: E Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1162	14	(no case pdf) Opinion PDF	Order a Copy
1851	Thomas Crutchfield, Esq. v. John McGhee, Esq., William Lowery & Hilton Humphreys	McMinn	Injunction	Case sought to nullify a sale from Lowry to McGhee in order to satisfy debts due to Crutchfield. Lowry & McGhee were accused of setting up a pretend conveyance in order to protect Lowry's land from his creditor. Lowry owned slaves called Jim, Newton, Gilbert, Bill, John, Esther, Albert, Hannah, Amanda, Rhoda, Henry, Margaritt, all named in a detailed conveyance to Samuel H. Jordan. Vivid description of Lowry's farm, now on Natl. Register of Historic Places.	East	Range: 5 Section: B Shelf: 4 Box Number: 18a	115	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1850	State v. John Lowery	Jefferson	Liquor, Sale of Illegal	Defendant said to have sold spirituous liquors in no less quantities than one quart without first having attained a license, a misdemeanor.	East	Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1134	22	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1850	Samuel Henry v. William Lowery, William McTur & Moses Keys, exec.'s of John Keys dec.	Blount	Debt	In 1836, Henry was security in a bill executed by John Keys & Wm. Lowery payable to James Houston for $716. 1842, a judgment against defendants & plaintiff was granted to Houston in this amount for non-payment of bill. This case established that Henry has already satisfied his obligation, having paid the full $839.20 (original judgment + interest); Henry sought to recover this from William Lowery. Circuit court found in favor of S. Henry.	East	Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: 5 Box Number: 1145	8	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1844	Philip Neale v. Michael Tarten (?)	Hawkins	Property Dispute	In 1782 North Carolina granted Lowery said tracts of land. Lowery sold and conveyed the land to Campbill. Campbill sold the land to Hopkins. Hopkins sold to defendant. Plaintiff and defendant have a boundary and title dispute over the property. Historical Note: land granted prior to TN becoming a state.	East	Range: 9 Section: D Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1131	25	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1843	Jesse Goodman v. John L. McMillan et al.	Stewart	Failure to Return Execution	Additional Defendant: Hugh McMillan, Allen McCaskell, A. Wallace, James Lowery, A. Lowery. Listed as "Recorded in Book No. 2, 695-8."	Middle	Range: 21 Section: G Shelf: 6 Box Number: 1521	8	(no case pdf) Opinion PDF	Order a Copy
1832	William P. McDermott v. John Lowery & Nathan Harris	Monroe	Damages		East	Range: 7 Section: H Shelf: 3 Box Number: 729	19	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1831	John Lowery v. John McGhee, et al.	Monroe	Land and Title Dispute	Additional defendants: Alexander McGhee, Mathew McGhee and William Neptow. William S. Blair, deceased. Case mentions land deal between the Cherokee Indians and the U.S. in 1819. Land in question was originally called Blairs Ferry and was reserved to an Indian named Cabbin Smith.	Middle	Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: 3 Box Number: 646	71	Case PDF (no opinion pdf)
1830	John Lowery v. Benjamin & Thomas Isabel	Monroe	Debt	Origin of debt: Promissory note stemming from previous judgment.	East	Range: 7 Section: F Shelf: 6 Box Number: 670	8	(no case pdf) (no opinion pdf)	Order a Copy
1825	Alexander Lowery v. William McKee & Edward McGinaway	White	Debt	The amount of debt was $324.53 and $200 in damages.	Middle	Range: 21 Section: H Shelf: 2 Box Number: 1532	10	Case PDF (no opinion pdf)

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