The Hawkins County Circuit Court Records 1790's-1950 we are filing and indexing are actually the circuit court proceedings. It will take several months if not years before we can actually do lookups for people, we are taking them one box at a time. We may post some occasionally. The following case was filed yesterday. 1864 State of Tennessee and John H. Berry vs William Sullivan, George Anderson & Others. This charge of cattle rustling occurred 9th August 1864, Several depositions taken some include: William and Elizabeth Winstead.. William Trent, Elizabeth Overton, Nancy Cope and Catherine Rogers. Cattle taken from John Berry were. one Yoke Cow $125.00 One odd steer 62.50 On heifer 35,00 Damage of Oats and Hay on account of them taking work cattle $55.00 total $272.50 . Charged were the following; James Kyle, Larkin Kyle, Kit Kyle, Pleasant Manis, Abijah Manis, Swimpfield Edison, John Edison, Larkin Edison, John Phillips, Marion Phillips, George Anderson, William Sullivan, Mack Moneyhun, Robert Mitchell and John Minor. Witness Elizabeth Overton age 28 years testified she was present and seen the cattle being taken but did not know any of the men except George Anderson. Question, Did you hear the soldiers say that they were taken his cattle for some pay back for what Mr Berry had done? Answer, they said it. Mr Berry replied that he had never taken any of their property. Witness Nancy Cope age 43 years. stated she did not see them take the cattle but did see William Sullivan and the others in the crowd. The Sheriff J H Pearson search made third district of Hawkins County the following property of the defendants. One tract joining William Kyle and S.B Sizemore joining the property of William Sullivan. The others Moses Anderson, A. Anderson, Larkin Kyle, Clinton Manis, Samuel Edison lived on the property of William Sullivan, George W. Anderson and Larkin Kyle. August 9, 1866. Court ordered the defendants to pay John H. Berry $261.90 Jack

Jack, Thanks for posting this file early!! It only causes more questions for me though. Who is the George W. Anderson? This act occurred just about the time of Swimpfield Anderson's death, and a lot of the names are names of his son's and son's in law. You probably know already that the census records for George Anderson for Hawkins co are very confusing. Ages don't match from one census to another, etc. so I am unable to determine much about George. He is gone before the 1850 census. Any thoughts on him would be appreciated. I have been thinking that Carter H. Anderson could have had a father named George Anderson, since I have come to believe that Carter H,'s oldest natural son was named George. Thanks Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Goins" <jgoins@usit.net> To: <TNHAWKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:11 PM Subject: [TNHAWKIN] Re: Hawkins County Archives Project > The Hawkins County Circuit Court Records 1790's-1950 we are filing and > indexing are actually the circuit court proceedings. It will take several > months if not years before we can actually do lookups for people, we are > taking them one box at a time. > > We may post some occasionally. The following case was filed yesterday. > > 1864 State of Tennessee and John H. Berry vs William Sullivan, George > Anderson & Others. This charge of cattle rustling occurred 9th August > 1864, > Several depositions taken some include: William and Elizabeth Winstead.. > William Trent, Elizabeth Overton, Nancy Cope and Catherine Rogers. Cattle > taken from John Berry were. > one Yoke Cow $125.00 > One odd steer 62.50 > On heifer 35,00 > Damage of Oats and Hay on account of them taking work cattle $55.00 > total $272.50 . Charged were the following; > James Kyle, Larkin Kyle, Kit Kyle, Pleasant Manis, Abijah Manis, > Swimpfield > Edison, John Edison, Larkin Edison, John Phillips, Marion Phillips, George > Anderson, William Sullivan, Mack Moneyhun, Robert Mitchell and John Minor. > > Witness Elizabeth Overton age 28 years testified she was present and seen > the cattle being taken but did not know any of the men except George > Anderson. Question, Did you hear the soldiers say that they were taken his > cattle for some pay back for what Mr Berry had done? Answer, they said it. > Mr Berry replied that he had never taken any of their property. Witness > Nancy Cope age 43 years. stated she did not see them take the cattle but > did > see William Sullivan and the others in the crowd. > > The Sheriff J H Pearson search made third district of Hawkins County the > following property of the defendants. One tract joining William Kyle and > S.B > Sizemore joining the property of William Sullivan. The others Moses > Anderson, A. Anderson, Larkin Kyle, Clinton Manis, Samuel Edison lived on > the property of William Sullivan, George W. Anderson and Larkin Kyle. > August > 9, 1866. > > Court ordered the defendants to pay John H. Berry $261.90 > > Jack > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Mabrey" > Jack, > Thanks for posting this file early!! It only causes more questions for me > though. Who is the George W. Anderson? Since these were identified as soldiers they was probably aged 20 -30 . For an example Abijah Manis 43rd TN Inf. CSA , John Minor JR TN Inf .CSA- report on him March 11, 1864 wonded, at home. Son of John and Susan Goins Minor .George W. Anderson was under 18 when he joined in 1861, discharged Feb 63 . William Sullivan was 2nd Lt. Jack This act occurred just about the > time of Swimpfield Anderson's death, and a lot of the names are names of his > son's and son's in law. You probably know already that the census records > for George Anderson for Hawkins co are very confusing. Ages don't match > from one census to another, etc. so I am unable to determine much about > George. He is gone before the 1850 census. Any thoughts on him would be > appreciated. I have been thinking that Carter H. Anderson could have had a > father named George Anderson, since I have come to believe that Carter H,'s > oldest natural son was named George. > Thanks > Margaret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Goins" <jgoins@usit.net> > To: <TNHAWKIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 7:11 PM > Subject: [TNHAWKIN] Re: Hawkins County Archives Project > > > > The Hawkins County Circuit Court Records 1790's-1950 we are filing and > > indexing are actually the circuit court proceedings. It will take several > > months if not years before we can actually do lookups for people, we are > > taking them one box at a time. > > > > We may post some occasionally. The following case was filed yesterday. > > > > 1864 State of Tennessee and John H. Berry vs William Sullivan, George > > Anderson & Others. This charge of cattle rustling occurred 9th August > > 1864, > > Several depositions taken some include: William and Elizabeth Winstead.. > > William Trent, Elizabeth Overton, Nancy Cope and Catherine Rogers. Cattle > > taken from John Berry were. > > one Yoke Cow $125.00 > > One odd steer 62.50 > > On heifer 35,00 > > Damage of Oats and Hay on account of them taking work cattle $55.00 > > total $272.50 . Charged were the following; > > James Kyle, Larkin Kyle, Kit Kyle, Pleasant Manis, Abijah Manis, > > Swimpfield > > Edison, John Edison, Larkin Edison, John Phillips, Marion Phillips, George > > Anderson, William Sullivan, Mack Moneyhun, Robert Mitchell and John Minor. > > > > Witness Elizabeth Overton age 28 years testified she was present and seen > > the cattle being taken but did not know any of the men except George > > Anderson. Question, Did you hear the soldiers say that they were taken his > > cattle for some pay back for what Mr Berry had done? Answer, they said it. > > Mr Berry replied that he had never taken any of their property. Witness > > Nancy Cope age 43 years. stated she did not see them take the cattle but > > did > > see William Sullivan and the others in the crowd. > > > > The Sheriff J H Pearson search made third district of Hawkins County the > > following property of the defendants. One tract joining William Kyle and > > S.B > > Sizemore joining the property of William Sullivan. The others Moses > > Anderson, A. Anderson, Larkin Kyle, Clinton Manis, Samuel Edison lived on > > the property of William Sullivan, George W. Anderson and Larkin Kyle. > > August > > 9, 1866. > > > > Court ordered the defendants to pay John H. Berry $261.90 > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > >