This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Ward Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1750.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Two years ago, I noted the mention of some important genealogical information concerning a WARD and ROPER family appearing within the decision in the Tennessee Supreme Court case Ward v. Roper, 26 Tenn. 111, 1846 Tenn. LEXIS 71, 7 Hum. 111 (Tenn. 1846). I subsequently speculated that perhaps the case pertained to a McMinn, Tennessee ROPER family. The Tennessee Supreme Court has recently made available archival information regarding case files in its possession. See: http://tnsos.org/tsla/SupremeCourtCases/index.php The abstracted case file information on the case Ward v. Roper immediately reveals some additional key clues. The full names of the parties to this appeal seem to be: Bryan Ward, E. P. Lowe, Matthew H. Ward, exec. Of John W. Ward, deceased v. John Y. Roper and John Y . Roper Jr. The appeal is shown to be from Sumner County, where John Y. ROPER was known to reside. There appear to be some extant archival material, possibly the briefs, trial court decision and record, as well as other evidence from the case. This additional information is given: "This case is located in MT Oversize box." and "Range:33, Section:A, Shelf:1" I understand this information to refer to the location of the files within the Tennessee Supreme Court's Archives. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>