Jackson County Loose Court Papers

Mary Lu Johnson and Bonnie Parker have provided abstracts, NOT, generally, verbatim transcripts, of some of the Jackson County, Tennessee Loose Court Papers microfilm reels. Cases that may have been 50 or more pages were condensed to a few paragraphs. There is no "Everyname Index", but you may use the Edit/Find function in your browser to search each reel. Searching by various spellings is suggested.

If a name was mentioned simply in passing, it may not be included in these abstracts. Almost all the cases were handwritten, some very difficult to read. The cases were filmed by the Plaintiff's name. If your ancestor died without a will and an administrator was appointed by the court, you may never know so much information is available on the family. One estate took 35 years to settle, and proved several generations. Some cases refer to related trials or appeals in other counties which may provide more data.

If you find an abstract relating to your family, you may want to view the original document(s) on the film, as you may well find very interesting material that is not strictly genealogical. Jackson County, Tennessee Loose Court Papers are available on microfilm for purchase from Tennessee State Library & Archives, along with records of several other Tennessee counties. Most, if not all, are also available on rental from LDS Family History Center. Both have websites. They are also available for viewing or purchase at TSLA in Nashville. If you go to the source and order a reel, we don't think you will be disappointed. Enjoy.

Mary Lu Johnson and Bonnie Parker

Notes: These transcriptions are coprighted (©) by Bonnie Parker and Mary Lu Johnson and can only be used for private genealogical research. They cannot be reproduced elsewhere without the approval in writing from Bonnie Parker and Mary Lu Johnson.

Reels frequently include cases and names which may be unrelated to the names listed in the titles. Researchers might wish to use the TNGenWeb Search feature to find names. Reels without links are either available in book form as noted, or are not yet transcribed.

As noted, some records are not available. At one time they were available in book form from Continuity Press, but we get no hits on their former link nor in a search. Some court records are also available on the USGenWeb Jackson County Court Records page: http://usgwarchives.net/tn/jackson/jacct.html

Reel #43 - Abney - Allen - not available

Reel #44 - Allen - Anderson

Reel #45 - Anderson, A. - Anderson, L.

Reel #46 - Anderson - Armstrong

Reel #47 - Ashurst - Barnes & "A" Divorces
Also includes "Bank" cases ("Bank of..." vs...)

Reel #48 - Barnett - Berry, G.

Reel #49 - Berry, G. - Botts A.

Reel #50 - Botts - Brooks, R.

Reel #51 - Brooks, R.

Reel #52 - Brooks, R. - Bruce, J.

Reel #53 - Bruce - Butler

Reel #54 - Butley [Butler] - Campbell & (B) Divorces

Reel #55 - Cannon - Carter - not available

Reel #56 - Carver, J. - Carver

Reel #57 - Carver - Cason., H.

Reel #58 - Cason - Chaffin, J.

Reel #59 - Chaffin - Cherry, G.

Reel #60 - Cherry - Clark, V.

Reel #61 - Cox - Clark J.
Also includes County Line Changes beteween Jackson & Putnam Counties

Reel #62 - Cox, N. -Cox, S.

Reel #63 - Cox -Crowder, P.

Reel #64 - Crowder - Cunningham, S.

Reel #65 - Cunningham - DeWitt, A.

Reel #66 - Dewitt - Dow

Reel #67 - Dowell - Draper, S.

Reel #68 - Draper, S. - Duke, J..

Reel #69 - Duke, John C. - Dyer

Reel #70 - Misc. "D" Divorces - Ewing, A.

Reel #71 - Misc. "E" Divorces - Ewing, A. - Ferrill, L.

Reel #72 - Ferrill, L. - Fowler, S.

Reel #73 - Fowler - Gailbreath + "F" Divorces

Reel #74 - Gailbreath - Gibson, E.

Reel #75 - Gipson - Gipson, T. (reel label says "Gibson")

Reel #76 - Gipson, T. - Gore

Reel #77 - Gore, M.

Reel #78 - Gore, M. - Graham

Reel #79 - Graham - Halfacre + "G" Divorces

Reel #80 - Halfacre - Hamilton

Reel #81 - Hamlet, A. - Harris, M.

Reel #82 - Harris - Holland

Reel #83 - Holleman - Hopkins, C.

Reel #84 - Hopkins - Huffines

Reel #85 - Huffine - Jackson, M. + "H" Divorces

Reel #86 - Jackson - Johnson, J.

Reel #87 - Johnson -Keith, S. + "J" Divorces

Reel #88 - Keith - Kittrell, W.

Reel #89 - Kittrell - Lawless, L., + "K" Divorces & Land Sold for Taxes

Reel #90 - Lawless - Loftis

Reel #91 - Loftis, G. - Loftis, J.

Reel #92 - Loftis - Lynn, J.

Reel #93 - Lynn - Lyon, W. (lots of Woodfolk)

Reel #94 - Lyon - McCarver + "L" Divorces

Reel #95 - McCarver - McCoin, P.

Reel #96 - McCoin - McKoin, W.

Reel #97 - McKoin - Maxwell, G.

Reel #98 - Maxwell - Maxwell, W.

Reel #99 - Maxwell - Montgomery

Reel #100 - Montgomery - Moore, N.

Reel #101 - Moore, N. - Morrell

Reel #102 - Morrison - Nettles + "M" Divorces

Reel #103 - Nevers Pall [Palk] + "N-O" Divorces

Reel #104 - Pall - Pickett, I.

Reel #105 - Pickett - Poteet, S.

Reel #106 - Poteet, W. S. - Price, W.

Reel #107 - Price - Reece

Reel #108 - Reed - Reeves, C.

Reel #109 - Reeves - Richmond, F.

Reel #110 - Richmond - Ross

Reel #111 - Rouseau - Settle - not available

Reel #112 - Settle - Sircy, D.

Reel #113 - Sircy- Smith

Reel #114 - Smith - Stafford.

Reel #115 - Stafford

Reel #116 - Stafford - State of Tennessee

Reel #117 - State of Tennessee vs. Cassity - McKinley

Reel #118 - State of Tenessee vs. Manier - Young

Reel #119 - State of Tennessee - Stults

Reel #120 - Sutton - Terry

Reel #121 - Terry - Upchurch

Reel #122 - Upchurch - Vanroe

Reel #123 - Vantrease - Washburn

Reel #124 - Washburn - Whitaker, J.

Reel #125 - Whitaker - Wilkins

Reel #126 - Williams - Witcher, M.

Reel #127 - Witcher - Young, A.

Reel #128 - Young, J. - Young, M.

Reel #129 - Young, M. - Young, Z.

Reel #130 - Young, Z. - End. - and Miscellaneous Estate Administrations


Return to the Jackson County Court Records page.

Return to the Jackson County TNGenWeb page.


Note on Copyright
The contents of these pages are property of the TNGenNet Inc. and/or private contributors. Submissions remain the property of the submitter unless specifically donated to the TNGenWeb Project. Any reproductions and/or use of this material for profit is expressly prohibited without the written consent of the contributors and/or the State Coordinator of the TNGenWeb (TNGenNet Inc.).
Jane Hembree Crowley
Charles Reeves, Jr.,

Jackson County Coordinators