Court Minutes, October, 1843 – Debts
Transcribed by Jan Johnson Barnes
©2000
TSL&A Microfilm #50
Sumner County Clerk Minutes
February 1843-June 1846
October 17, 1843
Page 71-72
The Bank of Tennessee
Vs. William P. Smith and Orvell Smith
Debt of $117. Jurors assess the defendants another $20.25. Jurors names:
James P. Taylor, James Butler, James L. Shaw, Woodford Bandy, Meredith Lambert,
Walter Dickenson, John Payne, Richard D. Hobdy, Thomas W. McMurtry, William
Parker, Benjamin Edwards and Robert Bell.
Page 72
Wesley B. Seawell Vs. Robert F. Masthall? and Charls Burnley - Debt
Debt of $290 and jurors assess another $5.42.
Susan T. Brown
Vs. William W. Young Debt
Debt of $216.50
$10.20 damages assessed
Clifton R. Jones
Vs. Edwin L. Payne, Talbot Horsley and Joseph W. H. Townsend - Debt
Debt of $500
Defendants assessed another $18.75
William B. Ewing Guardian Vs Thomas T. Sanders & Robert Harper - Debt
(Note- this record does not mention the
minors names)
Debt of $1823.25
Damages assessed at $22.28
George T. Wright Vs Sarah Douglass, Bennet E. Douglass,
Creath Neal, and John J. Turner - Debt
Debt of $1687.50
Damages assessed $44.99
Debt of $560, damages assessed at $53.00
Debt of $500, damages $82.50
Leonard B. Fite/Fete & Robert J. Moore under the
firm of L.B. Fete Vs. John J. Franklin - Debt
Debt of $296.39; damages $14.06
Jones W. Lock
and L.B. Lock his wife Vs. John G. Turner and Alfred R. Wynne - Debt
Debt of $2029.63; damages $96.40
Debt of $212.50; damages $14.25
Abram Bradley
and Merideth Hodges Executors Vs. John T. Jackson and Josiah Walton - Debt
Debt -$506.25; damages $13.87
Page 75
Charles J. Grimm
Executor of I or J.B. Howard dec'd Vs William M. Briggs - Debt
Debt of $750.00; damages $72.75
Henry Oglisby
for John Patterson Vs Wilson L. Carr, John S. Carr and James B. Hannah -
Debt
Debt of $316.25; damages $17.15
George F. Crockett
Commissioner for the use of Vs. John L. Stratton, James Stratton, & William
Stratton - Debt
Debt of $353.75; damages $22.26
Pages 75-76
Debt of $339.20; damages $31.64
Page 76
The President
and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee Vs. James Glover, Joel Parrish, and
Bowling Embry - Debt
Debt of $100.00; damages $7.24
The President
and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee Vs. James Cartwright, Jacob L. Warner
& Daniel C. Gaskill? - Debt
Debt of $250.00; damages $19.40
The President
& Directors of the Bank of Tennessee Vs. Charles H. Gray, William McCall,
Josiah W. Baldridge and Peter W. Martin - Debt
Debt of $100.00; damages $5.40
Pages 76-77
The President
and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee Vs. Samuel B. Murry, Charles H. Gray,
William McCall and Alexander Williams - Debt
Debt of $175.00; damages $10.75
Page 77
The President and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee
Vs. John P. Hughs - Debt
Debt of $400.00; damages $32.42
Alexander Cannon
Vs. Joseph W. H. Townsend, Ransom S. Winn and John Booker - Debt
Debt of $220.67; damages $13.96
George Handy,
Edward S. Handy and William Buchans under the firm of George Handy &
Co. Vs. Thomas Daxey - Debt
Debt of $155.05; damages $7.16
Albert G. Donoho
Vs. William ___ Wims - Debt
Plaintiff by attorney says he will not further prosecute his suit.
Agnes P. Merrill
Vs Harry L. Douglass & John B. Pittman - Debt
This case is continued as upon affidavit of Plaintiff whereupon ordered by
the court that plaintiff pay the costs of the term and that fi fe
issue.
Page 82
William Payne
and Elisha O. Pursley Adms Vs. Jesse Tevis, Edward T. Seay & Goleman
Donoho - Debt
This day came the plaintiff by William Trousdale their attorney and enters
a nole proseque as to Jesse Tevis one of the defendants. Thereupon ordered
by the court that plaintiffs pay the costs of making him a party and that
fe fa issue and the plaintiff have leave to prosecute this suit against the
other defendants.
