Monroe County Court Records, continued

This is a continuation of the case of
Georgia CRADDOCK vs the PAYNES.  Continuation of the depositions taken in
the case.

Mrs. M S FRAZIER. No relation to either parties, lived 1/2 miles of
Georgia. No age shown, repeat of previous information.

F M GRAY, 23 Jan 1896. 57 yrs old, Monroe Co, farmer.
Wade H GRAY, 18 yrs old, Monroe Co, farmer's son. Class mate.
R J. CLARKSON, no age, date or new data.
William SABINS . lived 1/4 mile from Hezzy PAYNE.
George GLOVER, 38, Monroe.
William Martin "of colour", 24 yrs old, Monroe. Lived on Sam GERALD's
  land.
Ed RAY, 63 yrs old, Monroe, farmer.
Mrs. Sarah T. PEDEN, 45, Monroe Co. Wife of William, has 2
  children.
W T PEDEN, 45, Monroe, farmer.H/o Sarah.
George DAVIS, 32, Monroe, farmer. 
Britt HODGES, 38 next Sept, Monroe,farmer.
J. H. NEWMAN, 29, Tompkinsville, clerk of the Monroe Co Court.

After all this, no deposition of the case was found in the bundle. They
were tossed from the court house attic into the bed of a truck below in
garbage bags, thus rescued, by permission by Eva and Gladys.So sometimes
the "bundles" of each case broke apart and pages are missing. 

Next week some felony indictments,etc. 

Indictments:

Case 696 - Commonwealth vs Weterfield GRIMSLEY, June Term 1900, felony
committed 15 Feb 1900 - not executed, couldn't find him. He was charged
with detaining Ibbie WALKER, abt 18 yers old against her will and consent.
Witnesses called were she, Efa FURGUSON, Nancy BUSHONG and Victoria WALDEN.
 
Case 62 - 8 Jan 1892. William CRAWFORD, shooting with intent to kill
ShermanRASNER. Latter lived. Witnesses: Jas RASNER, Jas WASHAM. Unable to
execute - Crawford went to TN.

Case 58 - 1891. Indictment of Bill HUTCHISON, stabbing with intent to kill
L. D. SPEARS with a knife, Spears lived. Witnesses: L D SPEARS, Isaac
THOMPSON, W. JAMISON. Filed but not executed, Hutchison fled to TN.

Case 727: Filed 6 Feb 12897. N M RAY forman of Grand Jury re indictment of
James DISMUKES for grand larceny. Witnesses caleld: James G WHITE, G S
SPEAR, Bassell RICHARDSON, Turner BARTLEY, Sr, J T PATTERSON, S F FRANKLIN.
stole lumber belonging to RICHARDSON & SPEAR. Not executed- went to TN.

Case 781 - filed 14 June 1894. Indictment of Joe LANGFORD.J D EMBERTON was
foreman of Grand Jury; witnesses: Bill SPEARS, Will BROOKSDALE. Charged
with carrying a concealedweapon - a knife. Not executed - Langford in TN.

Case 784, filed 14 June 1897. Indictment of John T HALSELL. J D EMBERTON,
foreman. Witnesses: Heber GEE, Isah SCOTT. Charled with carrying a deadly
weaon  (knife) 1 May 1897. Not executed - gone to TN. 

Indictments continued. Taken from my volume 4 of same.

Filed 8 Oct 1897:
No 833. Sam HOLLAND, breach of beast. Geo W. STEPHENS was foreman of the
Grand Jury. Witnesses: John TOOLEY, Wm. REAGAN. Publicly drunk, cursing,
talking loud, stopping Andy PEDIGO. Fled to TN.

No 834. Indictment of Sam HOLLAND- different charge, same details.

No 839: Ben BILLINGSLEY. Geo W. STEPHENS foreman. Witnesses: Elmore WALKER,
Martha WALKER. Breach of peace in July 1897, publically drunk, cursing,
abusing Elmore WALKER. He in Barren Co.

No 850. Sam DECKARD. Same forman. Witnesses: Sam HARLAN, Harlan HAYS.
Disturbing assembly of people ... publically drunk, cursing, talking loud,
using vulgar language, his house a disorderly. In TN.

No 853. Sherman WRIGHT and James TOOLEY, breach of peace. Same foreman.
WIt: Harlan HAYS, Patten PALMORE, Will MOULDER. Aug 1897 incident - same
charges. He in ALlen CO - then to TN.

George S. JACKSON, selling mortgage property in Jan 1898 - a yoke of oxen,
a horse and hogs on which Mrs. T L EVANS had the mortgage. Delivered to him
10 Nov 1898.

Filed 11 June 1898:
No 991 - Thom. HELSON/HENSON. Jasper HAYES, foreman. Witnesses: Ed EAGLE,
Tom HINSON. Retailing spiritous liquors without a license Jan 1898. Went to
IL.

No 992 - Same as above, also sold to Henry COUNTY.

Indictments continued:

No 1203, filed 10 June 1899. Smith VAUGHAN indicted;Robert PEDIGO foreman
of Grand Jury. Retailing spiritous liquors in Dec to G. Q. BRITT. Executed.

No 636, filed 5 June 1896. Johnny STEWART for abduction of Alice WOOD
against her will (fill in blanks). Geoge PILE foreman. Attempted to execute
in Allen Co in May -, couldn't find in Monroe - fled to TN.

No. 1205, filed 10 June 1899. S. D. LOGAN for selling spiritious liuors to
Peter BIGGERSTAFF. Robert PEDIGO foreman. Executed.

No 1204, filed 10 June 1899. S. D. Logan ... same for selling to same in
Sept. Executed.

No 1197, filed Oct 1900. Charley ELMORE, selling liquors without a license
to S. T. McDONALD - couldn't find - went to TN.

No. 1327, filed 9 June 1900. Abe CROSS for trespass. Witnesses: Guess
ARTERBURN, Henry GOAD, E T THOMAS. He took, but without felonious inention,
$10.00 that belonged to James YOUNG. Executed.

No 945 - 14 Feb 1898. Smith VAUGHAN, selling spiritous liquor. S R CHISM,
foreman; Witnesses: J W C YORK, John EAGLE. Exexcuted.

No 1381, Oct Term 1900. John COE, liquors sold to A B PAGE &  Henry DENHAM.
Executed.

No 1314, 10 Feb 1900. Turner BARTLEY for disorderly conduct in
Tompkinsville. C A AUSTIN foreman; witnesses: Bird SARTIN, Andy BENNETT and
L E WILLIAMS. Executed.

This ends the series of indictments - next week back into regular court
cases. 

Robert S. GRAVEN vs Lizzie GRAVEN, case330, filed 21 Oct 1899. Divorce -
said they were married in 1895; he lives in Monroe Co and she does not.
They separated in 1896 - thinks she is now in Sumner Co TN.
Deposition of J A GRAVEN was taken 7Feb 190-, said he was 28 yrs old, a
liverman (liveryman?), and the parties lived on Big Sulphur Creek in Monroe
Co. Also the deposition of L I McMILLIN taken 22 Dec 1899. 19 years of age,
farm worker, knew the parties 5-6 years and that Lizzie left about 3 yrs
ago in Oct 1896. No results shown.

S R GRAVEN vs Mary W DIXON, John T DIXON, J R PARKE, J W WILEY, Alexander
WILEY, Sarah J WILEYand Willie A AMYX. Case 500, filed 19 Feb 1892. Re
tract of land in Monroe Co - wrong person had been sued in error in a
previous case. 

Mollie PICKEREL vs Linsey PICKEREL, case 151, filed 21 Feb 1891. The couple
had married in TN; theylived together until July 1890 ...she was kind etc.
etc, but he was cruel and inhuman, had an aversion against her (this is
standard legaleeze language). Prays for divorce. There was an amended
petition by Mollie to correct inadvertent errors. Added they had 2 hildren
- a boy about 5 yrs old now and a girl about 3. His morals so bad, he not
fit to raise children.

Depositions taken:
Thomas WIlson, 17June 1891. 23, farmer, Monroe Co. Long questioning
Tennessee POLLAND, 34, farmer, Monroe Co. 
J F EMMERT, 39, Tompkinsville, Marshall of Tompkinsville.

No decision shown.

Case E56, filed - date not shown
Plaintiff: J O DANIEL, administrator of Sam MARTIN "of colour" and John B.
MARTIN "of colour" vs John B MARTIN.

Sam MARTIN was owner of a bay horse, a heifer, 2 horse road wagons, a set
of harness ... and John B MARTIN took them. Prays for recovery. Depositions
taken of:

Sherman SPEAR 25 Apr 1902. 34 yrs old, lawyer, reside Tompkinsville. Knows
the parties. Papers in the case were burned at his law office on 6 May 1901
in a fire. Submitted what was left.

No conclusion in file.

Case 375, filed 29 July 1895
Sallie, Claude and Eugene GREEN by their guardian J O DANIEL vs Oscar
GREEN, Emma MAXEY, W T BRYANT, S M GREEN, Ada and Fred KIMBERLIN.

Plaintiffs all under age 21; DANIEL appt guardian in 1898. Defts - Ada wife
of Fred Kimberlin. Reference land in Monroe Co. Names sited as
propertylines: E R THOMPSON, GUIN, A B JACKSON EUBANKS, BRYANT, RAMSEY,
GREEN, James WOODS, John ROUSE. Praying for a sale of the property. Sold. 

W G HUGHES, a committee for Charles Thomas DENHAM, a pauper, idiot, and his
security was W S MAXEY. Committment to the Commonwealth of KY, 11 Apr 1888. 

3 Jan 1888 - DENHAM charged with idiocy. Jury seated: J B CRAWFORD, J A
WILLIAMS, H L BAILEY, C A AUSTIN, Wm. COMER, J N HAMMER, John NEAL, Tobias
VANCE, O D SPEAR, W S SMITH, J T McMILLIN and W H PAGE. Said that DENHAM
was born in Monroe Co; parents live in same county. He has no property to
support himself, not of mental capacity to take care of himself. Mind grows
worse and is getting harder to control. His mother is unable to labor and
is in bad health; father can not labor more than half the time. 

Found to be an idiot, W G HUGHES appointed a committee (guardian) who will
take him into his home and be paid $75.00 a year for expenses.

Case: 463
Filed: 29 Aug 1901
Plaintiffs: Julia HUGHES and husband WG; Sallie FLIPPIN and 
    husband J A; Bettie CHISM and husband T K; Basil RICHARDSON,
 T P EVANS, administrator of J B & Tabitha EVANS; R V EVANS,
  R B EVANS, J B EVANS & T P EVANS
Defendants: Basel and Willie A EVANS, guardian for Bascal EVANS
  and Mervin HAGAN.

J B EVANS Sr died in 1888, a resident of Monroe Co, with a will. 
Tabitha EVANS (surviving widow of J B), died instestate in 1901.
T P EVANS was appointed Adminstrator of Tabitha's estate, and of
  Jr's estate. J B Sr left daughters and sons - Julia HUGHES who married W
G, Sallie FLIPPIN who married J A; Bettie CHISM who married T K, Beddie
HAGAN (now deceased) who was married J M HAGAN, Mary B RICHARDSON who
married Basil. The sons were T P, R V, R B, J B and Nimrod EVANS.

Prior to death of SR, he had a son named William who died prior to his
death leaving Bascal as his son, over 14 years and less than 21 years of
age. Beddie (Bedie) left a child, Mervin HAGAN, not more than 2 who is in
custody of John B PAGE - does not have a guardian. 

Case deals with the distribution of estates and land. Named are J. HONE's
cabin, THOMAS corner, D H & Dessie WOOD, Mill Creek Meeting House area,
"where old man George CROW died", John EMBERTON's spring branch, W S MAXEY,
Wm B STEEN, BUTLER's tract (now GEE's), E J MAXEY, Jas CRAWFORD,
Corporation of Tompkinsville, J B WOODS, "where Wm. MULKEY lives", CHISM,
MOORE, John GRINDSTAFF, land in Tompkinsville on Main Street, Mechanic
Street, land on Meshack Creek - Sally BRYANT used to live, Boles PITCOCK,
Birum HUGHES. There were 11 tracts of land plus land on Meshack Creek.
Names above are primarily lines.Copies of the original deeds are given. No
disposition of case shown.

No. 741, filed 8 Apr 1905.

Plaintiffs: James C DANIEL, Administrator of Geo. SHORT
Defendants: Elizabeth and Rebecca DYRE, Lucy and Geo. PRUIT(T), Jesse F and
Mrs. Sarah SHORT, Carroll and Pha BAILEY, Jesse COE and Rad BAILEY and the
Deposit Bank of Monroe Co. KY.

Geo. SHORT died intestate in 1905 and left the following heirs: ELizabeth
SHORT DYRE who intermarried (married) Willie DYRE, Rebecca SHORT DYRE who
md. Steve DYRE; Lena SHORT who md Geo. PRUIT (she now dead and left two
children Lucy and Geo who are under age 21); Jesse F SHORT and hs widow
Sarah SHORT.

Case involved land in Monroe Co - property lines included Jesse F COE, Rad
BAILEY, BAILEY, James D SHORT, Levi SPEARS's wife. Another property on the
Cumberland River - William SIMS, MARTIN.

Necessary to sell the land to pay the debts - was requesting survey,
appraisement, widow's dower distribution. What was left over to go in 1/4th
to Rebecca  DYRE, ELizabeth DYRE, Jesse F SHORT; 1/8 to Lucy PRUITT; 1/8 to
Geo PRUITT. The land was surveyed in Jan 24, 1906.

Depositions were taken of W T DAVIS 7 Feb 1906 who was 47, farmer, Monroe
Co. Also of Rad BAILEY, age 38, railroad tydealer [sic]. 

Jesse F SHORT non-resdent - lived in Clay Co TN. (Celina).

File 62, filed 18 June 1888.

W. Kirk RICHARDSON vs J D SHORT, Wm T. PERDUE.

Short left a promissory note in 1884. Agreed to pay RICHARDSON at certain
times and at certain interest rates. This for a parcel of land - hasn't paid.

J E McMURTRY sent not to the Monroe Co Clerk dated 16 June 1888 from
Burkesville, KY. Was sending a young man who he believed to be a MAXEY from
Monroe Co. Described him as a heavy set fellow of red complexion - he will
take care of the matter.

No conclusion in files.

File 209, filed 21 December 1893.

John H QUIGLEY vs Elzina F QUIGLEY. Plaintiff says that they were married
July 1875. Plaintiff now resided in Barren Co KY and has lived there for
the past 39 years. Wife lives in Monroe Co - has lived there the last two
years. They separated in December 1891 when she abandoned him. Prays for a
divorce. Richardson & Spear, attorneys.

Deposition of Daniel G WILLIAMS, 13 January 1894. 45 years old, reside
arren Co, farmer. Said he had lived in sight of the plaintiff about 6 years
and about 10 miles of defendants since she left him. THought he was a good
husband.

Deposition of John W GENTRY, same time. 59 years old, live in Barren Co -
lived about  1 1/2 miles from plaintiff and about 10 miles from defendant.
When defendant left, she went to live with her father. She had left him
once before. He was good to her.

Said they had five children - 3 girls and 2 boys. The youngest child is 6
years old - she didn't take the children with her when she left.

Deposition of J H NEWMAN, same date. 27yers old, live Tompkinsville,was
clerk of the Monroe Co Court. Knew the parties, have the records.

No results shown in file. 

Case 4, filed 10 Dec 1887. James H HARLIN, plaintiff vs Jasper HAYES
(administrator of J E DODSON, decd), WIlliam H DOTSON, S R DOTSON, R C
DOTSON,Ella B DOTSON and Jasper EMBERTON (guardian for W H, S R, R C and E
B DOTSON. Note - name is spelled DOTSON and DODSON.

John D DOTSON died in Monroe Co KY in 1800 leaving: Mary DOTSON (widow who
died intestate) and the following children and heirs, each under the age of
21: Willie H, S R, R C and Ella B DOTSON. Jasper HAYES qualified as
administrator in 1888 - completed this several years ago. Estate of the
deceased was insolvent and insufficient to pay all of his debts. He owned
land on the East Fork Creek in Monroe Co - property lines included a
saddler shop run by E M RUSSELL, G DREEVES, C HAYES.

Land was laid off leaving widow and children residing on it. After the
widow's death, children moved.  

Requesting sale of this portion of land. End of file.

File 247, filed 2 May 1893.
Elizabeth GENTRY vs Robert GENTRY & Tom CREEK

Elizabeth states that they were married in 1890, are residents of Monroe
Co. Lived together until March 1893 when he deserted her. Cruel, inhuman,
curely beat, permanently destroyed her peace and happiness, but she treated
him kindly. He had a violet temper. He owns some household and kitchen
furniture and other personal property and there is due him from Thomas
CREEK something else. She contents that defendant will fraudently sell and
dispose of everything to keep her from getting alimonyand maintainance
unless he is restrained.

Deposition of Henry DISMAN, 1 Feb 1894, Flippin, KY. 51 years old, farmer,
know both. Said the parties were married at Isaac EVANS' house in Monroe Co
in March 1890. Elizabeth now resides at his house, about 7-8 miles from
where their home was. Robert left her in March 1893, the 4th time he had
done so. Never left her anything to wear, no wood to make a fire - deponent
provided most of her needs. 

Deposition of Thompson DISMAN - same time and place. 19 years old, Monroe -
have known about 9 years.

No disposition of case in rescued files. 

These are abstracted from my Monroe Co Circuit Court Records Vol 4 (c).

Laura GRAVEN vs Robt S GRAVEN- Case 311, filed 17May 1894. -Divorce.
Married abt 14 July 1892; separated in 1893. Typical statements of cruelty.

Deposition of Powell PERDUE, 24 May 1894 - knows the parites - he spent all
his money and whiskey.

Deposition of Nancy MATTHEWS, same time. 37 years old, parties lived in her
house for a time. He cursed, abused, etc. Married about a year. Was
questioned if the rumor was true that his first wife's children attempted
to poisen her break. Yes.

Deposition of J H MATTHEWS, same time. 16 years old.

No other information.

File 311, no file date.
William S SHIRLEY vs Bettie J SHIRLEY.

Married Sept 1888, separated July 1893. She charged with lascivious [s]
conduct - she left him. Three children: a girl about 3 named Ella; a boy
named Cloy about 2 and a boy named Hezekiah-no age shown. Asks for divorce. 

No resolution found in rescued file.

Sandi



 

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