Finding Aid for the 19th Century Hamilton County Tennessee Legal Documents, 1840-1860
MS-2531 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 20, 2006.
Summary Information
19th Century Hamilton County Tennessee Legal Documents
Date/Date Range : 1840-1860
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains fifteen legal documents from Hamilton County, Tennessee, 1840-1860. A majority of the items are copies of bills of complaints sent between parties.
MS-2531
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
This collection was purchased in December 2003.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], 19th Century Hamilton County Tennessee Legal Documents, MS-2531. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
No biographical information is available.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains fifteen legal documents from Hamilton County, Tennessee, 1840-1860. A majority of the items are copies of bills of complaints sent between parties. The collection also includes an estate record, a record of rent paid, a divorce document, a grand jury indictment, a plea statement, and a search warrant executed in 1840.
Subject Terms
- Court records -- Tennessee -- Hamilton County.
Contents List
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Hamilton County, two copies of the bill of complaint by Thomas Sherby against Thomas W. Spicer, James M. Anderson, Matthew Russell, and Nimrod Pendergrass, Jr., 1840 September 14
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Hamilton County, copy of the bill of complaint by Allen Kennedy against Benjamin R. Inman and James W. Inman, 1840 December 7
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Hamilton County, search warrant for the home of Frederick Thomson, seeking property of T. S. Hudgins. Also includes notes on the verso about Thomson's failure to appear in court and the execution of the warrant, 1840 December 31
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Hamilton County, attachment regarding Matthew Timmons versus David Garrison, 1841 January 16
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Hamilton County, record of David Beck's estate, 1841 October 4
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Hamilton County, copy of bill of complaint by George W. House against Thomas W. Spicer, 1843 August 21
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Hamilton County, copy of bill of complaint by William Harvey against James Howler, 1843 December 26
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Hamilton County, copy of complaint of John Der Lesser (?) of Russell Royston (?) against James Eakins and Thomas W. Thomason, 1846 January 1-1847 May 31
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Hamilton County, divorce documents of James R. Brown and Lodinna W. Brown, 1852 March 30
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Hamilton County, statement of "no plea" in Richard Moore versus James R. Brown and Alexander McDaniel, 1852 March
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Hamilton and Marion Counties, copy of bill of complaint by James M. Carroll against George W. Gardinhire, Joshua W. Hunter, and John Goodman, 1853 March 25
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Hamilton County, grand jury decision to indict in Leland Thurston against Jesse Walker, Calvan Smith and Peggy Heatfield (?), 1855 November
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Hamilton County, statement of payment by William J. Campbell to William Arnett for rent of grocery store from November 1855 to November 1856, 1857 January 5
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Hamilton County, letter from Caswell Hall to Levi Trewhill regarding depositions of Calaim J. Ewing and Granville Straly, 1860 June 28
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Hamilton County, copy of complain by Wright Nichols against James R. Brown, undated
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