TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
CIRCUIT
COURT MINUTES
OCTOBER
1856 January 1860
Wiley H. HUDDLESTON, Administrator of James FERRIL, deceased Vs. Joseph P. COFFEE, Joel T. COFFEE and Elisha SIMES DEBT
William W. WINDLE Vs. Benjamin F. HUMPHREYS TRESPASS (Assault and Shooting)
Nathan/Nathaniel BUTTS Vs. Hiram LONG DEBT
Thompson R. GRACE Vs. Martin V. & Simon W. HUDDLESTON EJECTMENT (from land)
Bank of Tennessee VS. William G. ROBERTS, John W. ROBERTS, John DILLON and Joseph J. TOMPKINS DEBT
Henry S. MAXWELL Vs. Vernon RICHARDSON and Charles WILLIAMS EJECTMENT (from land)
State of Tennessee Vs. Peter A. ZACHARY LARCENY (theft of whiskey)
Prudence BILBERY Vs. Lawrance BILBERY DIVORCE
Helen (CRAFT) ARMSTRONG Vs. Cullom L. ARMSTRONG DIVORCE
Sarah JENNINGS Vs. Frederick JENNINGS DIVORCE
Miles WHITE Vs. Sarah Caroline (SHEPHERD) WHITE DIVORCE
William J. REAGAN & Samuel C. POOR Vs. John H. GRIMSLEY & William H./F. HARRISON DEBT
Thomas RIDLEY Vs. Larkin MERRITT - DEBT
George W. OVERSTREET Vs. Robert S. WINDLE, Richard N. COFFEE & others DEBT
Sarah TURNER (widow of William TURNER) Vs. William H. TURNER DOWER
Robert C. HILL Vs. Jesse LEDFORD, Jr. (LEDFORD was sued for damages caused by HILLS daughter, Matilda J. HILL, having become pregnant by LEDFORD)
Calvin H. COPE, Executor of Thomas COPE Vs. John S. & Ferdinand DAUGHERTY and Alfred M. KEETON DEBT
State of Tennessee Vs. Ballard DANIEL, Foster RICHARDS & Burton BUCK ASSAULT with intent to kill (Washington L. HATCHER)
Susanah CARMACK Vs. James F. CARMACK DIVORCE
Aaron FLETCHER Vs. Allen SMITH Sr. & Allen SMITH Jr. Possession of a Dappled Grey horse
Ruth RICHARDSON Vs. Madison RICHARDSON DIVORCE and ALIMONY
Thomas ELDRIDGE Vs. Rachel (BIAS) ELDRIDGE DIVORCE
State of Tennessee Vs. Hugh Lawson RIGSBY ASSAULT with Intent to Kill ( John D. ARNY)
Jonathan DAVIS Vs. McClure WILLIAMS EJECTMENT from land
Thomas P. WILSON Vs. Joan WILSON DIVORCE
Celina BELK Vs. Joseph BELK DIVORCE
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Thomas MAXWELL DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Hugh Lawson SMITH & others DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Peter J. MYRES & others DEBT
Manson M. BRIEN Vs. Thomas T. WATSON (Executor of John WATSON) and Levi M. PISTOLE (Executor of Levi L. MURPHY) DEBT
State of Tennessee Vs. James W. MCHENRY Malicious STABBING (Ferdinand H. DAUGHERTY)
Ferdinand H. DAUGHERTY Vs. James W. MCHENRY ATTACHMENT of Property
Ferdinand H. DAUGHERTY VS. Spencer MCHENRY TRESPASS
James ELDRIDGE Vs. John LAWSON ASSAULT and BATTERY
Calvin D. WORTHAN Vs. William UPTON and Mitchell BROWN POSSESSION of a Bay Mare
Leroy B. SUTTLE Vs. James WORKMAN DEBT
George W. OVERSTREET Vs. John DULWITT EJECTMENT from Land
Anderson HARDY Vs. Henry H. COX DEBT
Samuel LONG Vs. Henry H. COX DEBT
Isham JOHNSON Vs. William E. B. JONES and James J. CULLOM TRESPASS (broken covenant)
The State Vs. John PARROTT MAYHEM (Assault on Obediah HICKEY)
H. H. WILLIAMS Vs. William M. SIMPSON & W. W. WOOD DEBT
A. A. SWOPE, Administrator of William H. HARRISON Vs. Saciah/Sakiah DAUGHERTY - DEBT
Valentine SUBLET & wife, Rebecca Vs. Calvin H. COPE, Administrator of Thomas COPE DEBT
Alexander F. CAPPS Vs. John W. ROBERTS DEBT
Martin L. FRENCH Vs. William COLLINS TRESPASS (purchase of a horse)
Obediah HICKEY Vs. John PARROTT TRESPASS (Assault)
Adam DECK & John C. RAY, Administrators of B. B. RAY Vs. William A. OFFICER DEBT
Thomas HOLLIDAY Vs. George H. LANGFORD TRESPASS APPEAL (Debt)
Preston V. ROBBINS Vs. Alvin CULLOM Jr. DEBT
Eliza/Elvira ROOKER Vs. George ROOKER Petition for DIVORCE
Jane MCBRIDE Vs. Thomas MCBRIDE Petition for DIVORCE
Ambrose GORE Vs. Paulina GORE Petition for DIVORCE
Sarah COPELAND (with Henry GORE) Vs. Joseph A. COPELAND Petition for DIVORCE (children named)
Susan CARGILE Vs. Jacob CARGILE Petition for DIVORCE (children named)
Joseph GRAMMER VS. Hester (CAPSHAW) GRAMMER DIVORCE
Bank of Tennessee Vs. A. E., Isaac, Stephen and Ellison GARRETT DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Robert S. WINDLE, Andrew J. & Joseph L. GOODBAR and Winburn W. GOODPASTURE DEBT
Alexander CRAWFORD, Administrator of Rueben WILSON, and Simeon MASTERS Vs. Madison RICHARDSON & others REPLEVIN (Sheriff John H. HAMILTON did not render funds collected to WILSON estate)
Bank of Tennessee Vs. William G./H. TURNER and William C. HEARD DEBT
Jacob GROSS Vs. Susan CARGILE FORCIBLE ENTRY (of land)
A. E. C. (or J. E. C. or I. E. C.) BUCK Vs. Madison RICHARDSON - DEBT
Jefferson D. GOODPASTURE Vs. James G. CULLOM REPLEVIN (possession of five slaves)
William L. ARMSTRONG Vs. Richard N. COFFEE DEBT (room & board)
Benjamin CARR Vs. John H. HAMILTON & others DEBT
Martin V. HUDDLESTON Vs. William L. GATES DEBT (sale of hogs)
Wesley/Westley SELLS Vs. Green COMBS DEBT
Thomas & William S. EAKIN and Adam G. ADAMS Vs. Thomas ELDRIDGE, William E. B. JONES & Sherrod M. KEETON DEBT
Thomas & William S. EAKIN and Adam G. ADAMS Vs. Thomas ELDRIDGE, Brinkley MAYNARD, George W. CHRISTIAN & Sherrod M. KEETON DEBT
Thomas MCBRIDE by Amos MCBRIDE Vs. Allen RICH & Rufus/Ruffin J. LANGFORD Possession of feather bed and bedstead
James J. CULLOM Vs. Doak H. CAPPS and wife Lucinda SLANDER (re: rape of Negro girl, MANDA/AMANDA)
William GEARHART Vs. James J. BROWN, Abner L. HOWARD & Josiah H. LANGFORD DEBT
Stephen GARRETT Vs. John BRANUM and Simon V. and Martin V. HUDDLESTON REPLEVIN (possession of a mule)
William L. GATES Vs. Martin V. HUDDLESTON BROKEN COVENANT (sale of hogs)
Franklin M. SMITH Vs. William M. PICKETT DEBT (purchase of two jackasses)
Calvin ALLEN Vs. Overton COLLINS REPLEVIN (possession of a horse)
State Vs. John RAYBURN PERJURY (false testimony as a witness)
H. MADDUX/MATTOX Vs. Joseph L. GOODBAR DEBT
Green WOODCOCK (slave dealer) Vs. A. J. & J. L. GOODBAR and James J. CULLOM DEBT
Spencer MCHENRY Vs. Joseph J. TOMPKINS REPLEVIN (possession of personal property)
Mathew REYNOLDS Vs. Edward N. CULLOM DEBT
E. MATOX Vs. J. L. GOODBAR DEBT
James NEVINS, John & Elizabeth A. BARKSDALE, Moses and Martha KIRKPATRICK, Elijah & Mary KIRKPATRICK and Robert F. NEVINS Vs. Thomas POINDEXTER EJECTMENT from land
Mahala MAXFIELD Vs. William WINTON PLEA OF ASSUMPSIT
Union Bank of Tennessee Vs. John KENDALL, Nelson F. HOWARD, William E. B. JONES and David D. CAPSHAW DEBT
Mathew W. DAVIS & Nancy STONE, Administrators of John STONE Vs. William DONALDSON & John G. NEVINS, Administrators of James NEVINS DEBT
HUGHS & Brothers Vs. Nelson F. HOWARD, Abner L. HOWARD, David D. CAPSHAW & P. M. ARMSTRONG DEBT
Bank of Middle Tennessee Vs. Henry WISENER, Sherod M. KEETON & Winburn W. GOODPASTURE DEBT
Green WOODCOCK & JASPER Vs. James G. SMITH, Thomas F. BURROUGHS and F. H. DAUGHERTY DEBT
Bailey ALRED Vs. Samuel A. LOOPER, Jr. Administration of the last will & testament of Rebecca STRINGFELLOW
Edward N. CULLOM Vs. Henry CLARK, Andrew J. GOODBAR & Joseph L. GOODBAR DEBT
Andrew SWALLOWS Vs. Fanny SWALLOWS Petition for DIVORCE
GORVEN BELL & Co. Vs. John H. JOUETT & Joseph C. GAIMWELL DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. William A. OFFICER (Administrator of Thomas W. OFFICER), George MCCORMACK & James C. OFFICER DEBT
Bank of Middle Tennessee Vs. Robert EUDALEY, James G. CULLOM, Edward N. CULLOM and Alvan CULLOM, Jr. DEBT
Hugh MCCREA & Fredrick TERRESS Vs. Nelson F. HOWARD, John KENDALL and William WINTON DEBT
Bank of Middle Tennessee Vs. Nelson F. HOWARD, David D. CAPSHAW, Winburn W. GOODPASTURE & John W. MCMANUS DEBT
President & Directors of the Bank of Tennessee Vs. John BOLES, John SELLS & William E. B. JONES DEBT
Bank of Middle Tennessee Vs. Alvin CULLOM Jr., Edward N. CULLOM & Sherrod M. KEETON DEBT
Joseph J. TOMPKINS Vs. Benjamin F. BLEDSOE TRESPASS
Polly Ann FLATT Vs. Pleasant FLATT DIVORCE
Candis TAYLOR Vs. David TAYLOR DIVORCE
Alsey UPTON Vs. William E. UPTON DIVORCE
Mary PHARRIS Vs. Michael PHARRIS DIVORCE
William G. ROBERTS Vs. George THOMPSON DEBT
Amanda HALE Vs. Reason OGLETREE TRESPASS (Debt)
Bank of Middle Tennessee Vs. Sherrod M. KEETON, Pleasant M. ARMSTRONG & Winborn W. GOODPASTURE DEBT
J. S. MORRIS/MORRISON & Son Vs. Edward N. CULLOM, Sr. & Alvan CULLOM, Jr. DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Henry GORE, George W. GORE & Pleasant M. ARMSTRONG DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Andrew WILSON, George W. GORE, William S. HARRIS, Richard COPELAND, William P. LEWIS & Thomas MAXWELL DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. William L. GATES & John W. ROBERTS DEBT
Isaac WILLIAMS Vs. Anderson JONES TRESPASS (assault & injury)
Irby MORGAN, H. B. PLUMMER, Bolivar H. COOKE & Charles A. MOORES Vs. William, R. S. & Robert D. DONALDSON and Lewis STALEY DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. John BOLES, Obediah HICKEY & John L. BUTRAM DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Joseph J. TOMPKINS & Alvan CULLOM, Sr. DEBT
George W. OVERSTREET & A. P. GREEN Vs. William L. GATES, Andrew J. & Joseph L. GOODBAR and Joseph J. TOMPKINS DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Peter J. MYERS, Samuel C. MOORE & Josiah S. COPELAND DEBT
Bank of Middle Tennessee VS. William L. & John N. GATES and Jefferson D. GOODPASTURE DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. S. A., Hannah T. and William E. COPELAND DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Thomas F. & William H. BURROUGHS, George W. CHRISTIAN & Ferdinand H. DAUGHERTY DEBT
Chatten H. CHOWNING Vs. James Thomas HOWARD TRESPASS (sale of slave MARY ANN)
State of Tennessee Vs. William S. RICE Larceny (theft of whiskey)
Andrew J. & Joseph L. GOODBAR Vs. William L. GATES DEBT
Samuel A. STRICKLER, Sesler ELLIS & Thomas EAKIN Vs. Pleasant M. & Luke T. ARMSTRONG DEBT
Pleasant M. ARMSTRONG Vs. Alexander M. GARRETT TRESPASS (ejectment from land)
Pleasant M. ARMSTRONG Vs. Oliver GRACE TRESPASS (ejectment from land)
M. M. BRIEN Vs. Jonathan D. DALE DEBT
Robert ALLRED Vs. Richard BOSWELL TRESPASS (ejectment from land)
Mary ANDERSON Vs. Jacob ANDERSON Petition for DIVORCE
Mary Elizabeth LAWSON Vs. Bird H. LAWSON Petition for DIVORCE
Andrew J. NEWBERRY Vs. Elizabeth Ann (NATIONS) NEWBERRY Petition for DIVORCE
William G. WHITE Vs. John C. FLANIGIN POSSESSION of horse
William WINTON (Administrator of Sherod M. KEETON) Vs. Eliza D. KEETON, widow POSSESSION of slaves (KEETON heirs named)
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Thomas MAXWELL, Henry S. MAXWELL & George W. GORE DEBT
Alexander FALL & G. W. CUNNINGHAM Vs. Thomas F. & William H. BURROUGHS DEBT
John S. FREEL Vs. Joseph J. TOMPKINS TRESPASS (false testimony given in a previous trial)
Mary DAUGHERTY, widow Vs. Emily DAUGHERTY DOWER Allotment (heirs of Cornelius R. DAUGHERTY named)
State of Tennessee Vs. James C. COLEMAN ARSON (setting fire to John GARRETTS barn)
John WESLEY Vs. Hardy W. HOPKINS SLANDER
State of Tennessee Vs. William STEWART LARCENY (theft of one pair of boots)
John KIRKMAN & James ELLIS Vs. Edward N. CULLOM & Alvin CULLOM Jr. DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Thomas MAXWELL DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Nelson F. HOWARD, John W. ROBERTS & George W. CARMACK DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Joseph P. & Joel T. COFFEE & William C. HEARD DEBT
Bank of Tennessee Vs. Hiram STOVER, George W. CHRISTIAN & Joseph L. GOODBAR DEBT
James J. BROWN Vs. William CANNON REPLEVIN (possession of slave PETER)
John G. NEVINS/NIVENS & wife Martha Vs. William P. OVERSTREET REPLEVIN (possession of slave MARY)
Moses & Elijah KIRKPATRICK & Robert NEVINS Vs. James WORKMAN DEBT
Benjamin FLOWERS Vs. John B. OWENS TRESPASS on land
Nathaniel HALLERS Vs. Margaret Jane Peggy HALLERS DIVORCE
Deanah/Dianah GABBERT, widow of Dr. Benjamin GABBERT Vs. John BOLES DEBT
Permelia A. UPTON Vs. William UPTON DIVORCE
Frances Jane (ANDREWS) GOODPASTURE Vs. Robert M. GOODPASTURE DIVORCE
William HOUSTON Vs. John W. ROBERTS DEBT
Hardin W. HOPKINS Vs. W. H. BUROUGHS TRESPASS (failure to deliver goods)
Silas COPELAND Vs. Nancy (HICKS) COPELAND DIVORCE (this entry is incomplete due to pages missing from the original book)