Miscellaneous Stewart County Court Minutes, 1809-1817

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Stewart Co. Roll 38, Part 3: Minutes 1810-1812

1 - Thursday, 3 November 1812 Court: Justices Joshua Williams, James Patterson, James Miller, John Brigham, Nathan Ross

- deed from Henry Pugh to Nancy Rogers for 130 acres in 2 tracts acknowledged

- deed from Henry Pugh to John Allen for 300 acres acknowledged

- Henry Pugh returns settlement with the administrator of Elias Baker

- Henry Pugh returns additional inventory of the estate of John Johnson

- John Atkins allowed to return 640 acres in the name of Briant Whitfield for taxation for the current year

- Richard Faucet makes bastardy bond for the unborn child of Lucy Davidson

2 - Court allows Duncan McRae $15 for books furnished by him in his office

- Court appoints Joshua Williams & James Miller to repair the court house

- Aaron Fletcher vs. James H. Russell (appeal): jurors James Yarborough, William Howell, Nathan Peeples, Thomas Smith, John Scarborough, Henry Pugh, Thomas Boyt, Winshep? Moreton, William Haggard, Joel Williams, Richard Gatlin, Philip Hall find for the plaintiff in the amount of $15.99

- Court allows Yancey Thornton to keep a tavern at his house in Dover

1 - Wednesday, 7 November 1810 Court: justices James Tagert, Tapley Maddox, William Outlaw

- Robert Cooper vs. William Cooper: order of arbitration from last term extended; depositions ordered to be taken from Joshua Williams Jr. & William Cooley

- Samuel Johnson vs. Abraham Price (attachment): defendant failed to attend; default judgment for plaintiff

- Isaac Brunson’s lessee vs. William Cooley: plaintiff files bond for an appeal

2 - Thursday, 8 November 1810 Court: justices William Outlaw, Tapley Maddox, James Tagert

- State vs. William Cooper & John Cooper:

11 - Monday, 4 February 1811 Court: justices Joshua Williams, William Outlaw, George Petty, Tapley Maddox

- Court issues letters of administration to Nathan Ross in the estate of Rice Reddick, with securities William Cherry & Thomas Ross

42 - Wednesday, 6 February 1811 Court

54 - Monday, 6 May 1811 Court

- David McNatt & John Hodges, administrators of Macky McNatt, return an inventory and account of sales of the estate

- Commissioners John Ferrill, Cornelius Anderson & William Cherry report years’ provisions for the widow and children of Rice Reddick

- will of William Ross proven by oaths of Charles Ross, Isaac Ross & Timothy Taylor; James Walker qualified as executor

60 - Nathan Ross, administrator of Rice Reddick, returns an inventory & account of sales of the estate

80 - Monday, 5 August 1811 Court

81 - will of Richard Thomason proven by oaths of John McGregor & Jesse Stone

99 - Monday, 4 November 1811 Court

104 - Monday, 3 February 1812 Court

105 - Court orders William Travis, Charles Pistole & Stephen Parker to settle with the administrator of Elias Watson

106 - John Scarborough & Duncan McRae return a settlement with George Petty, administrator of Charles Harrington

- will of Richard Smith proven by oath of James Lee

107 - power of attorney from John Williams of Louisiana Territory, Arkansas District acknowledged

108 - will of Robert W. Ellison proven by oaths of Peter Buchanan & John Lowry; Parry W. Humphreys, George West & Robert West qualified as executors; mulatto boy Massina is emancipated by the terms of the will

112 - Court issues letters of administration to Simon Alderson for the estate of Alexander Alderson, with Silas Vinson & William Haynes his securities

120 - Court issues letters of administration to Thomas Tomlinson & Hannah Tomlinson in the estate of Samuel Curtis Jr.

121 - Monday, 4 May 1812 Court

124 - Court orders Yancey Thornton, William Curl & John Ferrill to settle with William Pryor, administrator of Sampson Trammel

135 - Court indentures John Williams, an insane boy whose mother is Edith Williams, to Edith Williams, who was the lowest bidder at $40

142 - will of Richard Smith proven by oath of Charles B. Wilcox

150 - Monday, 3 September 1812 Court

156 - Court issues letters of administration to Hannah Smith in the estate of Richard Smith, with James Lee & Samuel Yarborough her securities

158 - will of Jacob McCarty proven by oaths of Henry Edwards, William Bailey & Benjamin Kelly; Joseph McCarty & James Tagert qualified as executors

163 - Court appoints William Pryor guardian for the orphan children of Sampson Trammel

164 - Monday 2, November 1812 Court

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Stewart Co. Roll 38, Part 4: Minutes 1813-1815

and WPA County Court Minutes 1813-1815

1 - Monday, 1 February 1813 Court

3 Nathan Ross appointed guardian to Polly Reddick, John Reddick, William Reddick, Fanny Reddick & Nancy Reddick; bondsmen were John Allen, Benjamin McNatt

27 - Monday, 3 May 1813 Court

48 - Monday, 2 August 1813 Court

63 - Monday, 1 November 1813 Court

82 - Monday, 7 February 1814 Court

90 - will of John Parker proven by oaths of William Curl & Ezekiah Rorie

99 - State vs. John Stancill (assault & battery): jurors Zachariah Wyatt, John Scarborough, William Yarborough, John Wofford, Asa Goff, Richard Manly, Benjamin Edwards, William Dunbar, William Smith, Willie Mallory, Benjamin Brinson & John Barnes find the defendant guilty, who is fined $1 plus costs

134 - Monday, 2 May 1814 Court

135 - Etheldred Wallace records stock mark of a crop & slit in the left ear and an under nick

143 - William Wallace records stock mark of a half crop in the right ear

152 - grand jury returns indictment against Anderson Andrews for assault & battery on John Andrews

161 - Monday, 1 August 1814 Court

178 - State vs. Anderson Andrews (assault & battery): defendant pleads guilty, fined $2.50 plus costs

- Henry Atkins posts bastardy bond for the child of Larinda Wilbourn

195 - Monday, 7 November 1814 Court

218 - Alexander Outlaw asks that John Chambers be his guardian; Chambers makes bond with securities Nathan Ross & William Haggard, and is appointed guardian to the other children of William Outlaw until a division is made on the nuncupative will of William Outlaw

- Court binds West Noel Haggard, alias West Noel Lancaster, son of Polly Lancaster, to William Haggard

221 - Barney Livingston petitions the court for his wife’s distributive share of the estate of Sampson Trammel

224 - Court binds Crisianna Lancaster, age 3, daughter of Sarah Lancaster, to Abram Clark until she reaches age 18

236 - William Wallace acknowledges power of attorney to Warren Andrews; 10 Nov 1814

237 - Monday, 6 February 1815 Court

257 - Monday, 1 May 1815 Court

274 - Etheldred Wallace proves 4 days in November 1814 term, and 3 days in August 1814 term, as a witness in the case of William Cherry vs. Jesse Stancill

278 - William Wallace Sr. proves 1 day, Susannah Wallace 1 day & Etheldred Wallace 1 day as witnesses in the case of State vs. John Stancill

287 - Monday, 27 January 1809 Court

289 - Monday, 24 April 1809 Court

2aa - Court allows Thomas Ross and Nathan Ross to build a mill on their land on Saline Creek

2bb - Court orders Sheriff to summon grand & petit jurors for next term of court: John Jones, William Pryor, William Brewer, William Haynes, George Bruton, Ephraim Gatlin, Richard Gatlin, Cornelius Anderson, Nathan Ross, William Hubbard, William Lyndsey, William Randall, William Dunbar, James Dunbar, Robert W. Ellison, James Wyatt Sr., Rowland Milam, Stephen Raynes, Lewis Brock, Nathaniel Denson, Thomas Boyt, John Alston, John H. Burton, Henry Jackson, David Jackson, James Miller, Joseph McCarty, Thomas Ross, John Manner, William Wallace, Henry Gibson, John Hanley, Paul Howell, Charles Pistole, David Hogan, Thomas Randal, Elisha Simpson, Adam Smith, Daniel Lewis; 25 Apr 1809

2cc - Tuesday, 6 February 1810 Court

2dd - Court appoints Judith Allen, widow of William Allen, guardian to William Allen, Elisabeth Allen, Milley Allen & Sarah Allen, orphan children of William Allen; bondsman was Samuel Thornton

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Stewart Co. Roll 38, Part 5: Minutes 1815-1817

and WPA “Tax Book 2”

(pp. 1-34 from WPA records)

1 - August 1815 Court

2 - Stephen English appointed guardian of James Craig, infant son of Moses Craig

35 - Nov 1815 Court

37 - Alexander Walker made a bastardy bond, with James Pryor & Richard Blanton securities, for keeping an orphan child of Alsey King from becoming a county charge

51 - Monday, 5 Feb 1816 Court

57 - Court issues letters of administration to Nancy Free in the estate of Mathew Free, with securities Absalom Copeland & Caleb Chester

67 - Monday, 6 May 1816 Court

88 - inventory and account of sales of the estate of Mathew Free returned by the administrator

97 - Monday, 5 August 1816 Court

116 - Court allows John Ross to keep an ordinary at his house; Ross enters bond with securities Nathan Ross & Nathan Skinner

118 - Monday, 4 November 1816 Court

140 - Monday, 3 February 1817 Court

145 - John C. Collier allowed to practice law in the county

150 - State vs. Reed Luton (bastardy): defendant failed to show; William Bailey & George Williams forfeit their recognizance bond

156 - Monday, 5 May 1817 Court

163 - Court appoints Etheldred Wallace overseer in place of James Blanks

178 - Court orders William Polk to bring Sally Ann Guill, Nancy Guill & William Guill, children of Elisabeth Guill, into the next term of court , “as it is represented that they are likely to suffer”

179 - John Allen, guardian for part of the heirs of William Outlaw, petitions the Court to sell 320 acres from the estate, across the river from Dover, plus 2 town lots occupied by Mr. Blanks & Mr. Henderson, to raise money to settle debts of the estate

183 - Monday, 4 August 1817 Court

187 - Court appoints John Atkins overseer in place of William S. Atkins