East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338
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Title: |
The Adam Waterford vs Isaac Baker Case Transcript |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 314 |
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Physical Description: |
One Original, Holographic Transcript of the Case |
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Creator: |
Chancery Court in Rogersville, Tennessee |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The Adam Waterford vs Isaac Baker Case Transcript was transferred to the archives by Fred Borchuck, Director of Sherrod Library, in December 1987. Borchuck found the transcript in a closet in his office.
Access: The transcript is open for research.
Processing: Georgia Greer, Ed Speer, Marie Tedesco completed processing of the transcript in 1992.
HISTORICAL NOTE
Adam Waterford was born a slave during the last quarter of the 18th century but was emancipated at some unknown date prior to March 1817. On May 26, 1811, he and Betsey Day, described in contemporary records as "people of colour," were married in Tazewell County, Virginia. In March 1817 the Tazewell County Court granted Waterford permission to settle within that county, "his being an emancipated slave and a man of extraordinary merit." His purchase of two tracts of land in Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, may have occurred about this time, but by April 1817 he was residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he purchased 206 acres of land from Adam Miller.
Due to debts owed by Adam Waterford, Isaac Baker, a resident of Washington County, Virginia, unsuccessfully filed suit in the Circuit Court of Sullivan County, Tennessee, to eject Waterford from his Sullivan County property. Baker threatened to institute a second suit, and in May 1829 Waterford obtained an injunction against Baker in Chancery Court in Rogersville, Tennessee. Baker successfully petitioned for a transfer of the case to the United States District Court at Knoxville, Tennessee. The suit was filed in federal court in 1830, but the final decree was not issued until 1840.
Both Waterford and Baker died before the final disposition of the case. Waterford died between March 20 and May 11, 1835, while Baker died in the fall of 1830.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Waterford vs Baker transcript details a case initially filed by Adam Waterford in Chancery Court in Rogersville, Tennessee in 1830. The case details Waterford's efforts to prevent Baker both from securing as payment for debts title to lands held in trust by a third party, and from retaining possession of a slave previously owned by Waterford. The case began in 1830 and continued through 1841.
Organization: The case is contained in one series.
Important persons and subjects covered include:
Adam Waterford vs. Isaac Baker
Baker, Isaac, d. 1830
Baker, John
Campbell, David, 1779-1859
Orr, James
Russell, Andrew, d. 1841
Slavery--Tennessee, East
Sullivan County (Tenn.)
Tazewell County (Va.)
Tennessee. Chancery Court (Rogersville)
United States. District Court (East Tennessee)
Waterford, Adam, d. 1835
Waterford, David
Waterford, WalterSERIES DESCRIPTION
This series contains the original holograph, a photocopy of the holograph, and a typed transcript of the Waterford vs. Baker case. The case details the attempts of Waterford, a free black who lived in Sullivan County, Tennessee, to prevent Baker, a Washington County, Virginia resident, from securing as payment for debts title to lands held in trust by a third party, and from retaining possession of a slave previously owned by Waterford.
Folder No. 1 Holographic Transcript of the Case of Adam Waterford vs Isaac Baker.
Folder No. 2 Typed Transcript of the Case of Adam Waterford vs Isaac Baker.
Folder No. 3 Photocopy of the Holographic Transcript of the Case of Adam Waterford vs Isaac Baker. (User copy)
Alexander, D. (Dicks): 14, 15, 17, 18, 19.
Anderson, J. John: 13.
Anderson, John: 8, 38, 41, 59.
Anderson, William: 59.
Arnold, James: 103.
- Baker, Isaac: 1-7, 13-20, 27, 31, 34-36, 38-51, 53, 55-58, 60-63, 65-68, 70-73, 76-79, 81, 84-86, 91, 92, 97, 98, 100, 103, 105-108, 110, 111, 113, 115-117, 119, 120, 123.
- Baker, John: 1, 2, 7, 14, 20, 25, 33, 38-44, 46, 48-51, 56-58, 61-64, 66, 68-70, 72-74, 76-81, 83, 84, 86, 88-93, 96-103, 107, 109, 110, 112-117, 119, 120, 122, 124.
- Bennett, : 127.
Blain, William K.: 18.
Boyd: 82.Bradley, Reuben: 81.
Brown, Morgan W.: 77.
Bryan, James: 88.
Burke (free man of color): 21, 25.
Bye(a)rs, Colonel William: 20, 51.
- Campbell, David: 2-5, 9-12, 14-16, 22, 23, 25-31, 33-36, 39, 40, 45-49, 60, 64, 67, 74, 77,
- 78, 107, 120, 121, 125, 126.
- Campbell, Edward: 21.
Campbell, J. Robert: 12.
Campbell, James W.: 73, 76, 128.
Campbell, John: 8, 12, 58.Campbell, Robert: 8, 13, 58.
Catron, John: 77.
Chastain, Samuel: 94, 120, 122, 127.
Cooley, Peter: 60.
Crabtree, Solomon: 8, 58.Cummings, James: 61.
Cummings, Robert: 60.
Davis, James: 61.
Dunn, John (Isaac Baker's son-in-law): 8, 12, 55, 58, 60.
Dunn, Mary Ann: 8, 58.Ernott (Arnott), James: 108, 109, 111.
Estill, B. (Benjamin): 93, 95, 99, 102.
Findlay, Thomas: 60.
Fleenor, Michael: 61.
Fulcher, William: 88.Fulkerson, Thomas: 81.
Galliher, Jno (John): 61.
Gibson, Charles C.: 81, 127.
Gillenwaters, Elijah: 88.
Goodson, Samuel E.: 81.Grant, William: 88.
Hamby, William: 127.
Hawley, Francis: 18.
Head, James : 118, 119, 127.
Hensley, Samuel: 118, 119, 127.Hortensline, Isaac: 61.
Huff, John: 59.
Hughes, John K.: 127.
Hume, David: 61.
James, A.: 127.Jarnagian, Spencer; 27, 34.
Jefferson (slave): See Jefferson Waterford.
Johnson, John F.: 17.
Johnston, Peter: 37, 41.
Keller, John: 100.Keller, Samuel: 103, 111.
Keyes, H.: 60.
Logan: 87.
Lynch, Jacob: 12, 21.
Mayo: 87.McComas: 82.
McKinney, : 6, 50, 65, 68, 74, 76.
McKinney, John A: 13, 14, 79, 80.
McKinney, R. J.: 73, 76.
Merchant, J.: 119, 127.Miller, Adam: 7, 10, 35, 38, 56.
Mynatt, William C.: 19, 27, 30, 50, 56, 65, 125.
Netherland, G. W.: 9, 13, 37, 41, 59.
Netherland, Richard: 9, 13, 59.
Orr (Ore), James: 1, 7, 20-22, 25, 38, 43, 52, 53, 57, 76, 119, 120, 128.Parsons, Peter: 18.
Paxton, J. W.: 102.
Petors (Peters), John: 103, 108, 111.
Powell, Samuel: 6, 15.
Preston, John M.: 101, 123, 127.Preston, Robert: 40.
Prewet, Alexander E.: 88.
Rhea, Matthew: 49, 92, 94, 97, 100, 105, 110, 113, 117, 124.
Richards, Henry: 120, 122, 127.
Rite, Milton: 127.
- Russell, Adam: 1.
Russell, Andrew: 3-9, 14-16, 20-22, 25, 31-33, 36-43, 46-49, 56-58, 61, 63, 64, 71, 72, 77,- 78, 81, 91, 96, 106.
- Rutledge, George W.: 71, 75, 76, 80-83, 88-91, 93, 94, 99-102, 112, 115.
Rutledge, Major William: 91, 97, 99, 100, 101, 103, 111, 112, 115, 116.
Seay, William B.: 88, 98, 100.Shaver, D. (David): 108, 111, 112, 118, 125, 128.
Sheffey, Lawrence: 88.
Shoemaker, Conrad: 60.
Shoemaker, Jacob: 71, 103, 105, 108, 111.
Shoemaker, William: 3, 11, 46.Smith, F.: 73, 74.
Smith, Francis: 2, 22, 23, 25-28, 30-32, 45, 48, 63-65, 78.
Smith (Smyth), Harrold: 51, 54, 72, 73, 74, 95, 122, 123, 127.
Smith, James C.: 81.
Smith, Lewis: 106.Snapp, J. K.: 15, 19.
Snodgrass, Colonel William: 110, 123-125, 128.
Spurrier, John: 103, 109-111.
Stephens, John W.: 88, 98-101.
Temeray (Toncray) Lewis: 12.Thompson, Evan S.: 53, 59.
Thompson, James: 9, 10, 28.
Thompson, William P.: 9, 20, 28, 42, 53, 54, 59, 60, 122.
Thurman: John G.: 88.
Thurman, William T.: 88.
- Trigg, Connally F.: 102.
Wallace, Charles: 8, 58.
Wallace, William: 51.
Waterford, Adam: 1, 6-20, 27-35, 38, 41, 42, 50-52, 56-62, 65-70, 74, 76-79, 83-87, 90-94,- 96-98, 100, 103-124, 126.
- Waterford, Alexander: 66, 68, 69, 79.
Waterford, Calvin: 66, 68, 69, 79.
Waterford, David: 66, 68, 69, 76, 79, 80, 112, 118-122, 124.
Waterford, Eliza: 66, 68, 69, 79.
Waterford, Frankey: 66, 68, 69, 80.
Waterford, Granville: 66, 68, 69, 79.Waterford, Hamilton: 66, 68, 69, 79.
Waterford, Jefferson: 54, 59-60, 94, 122-123.
Waterford, John: 8.
Waterford, Lettitia (Letitia): 66, 68, 69, 80.
Waterford, Marian (Mary Ann): 66, 68, 69, 80.
- Waterford, Melinda (Malinda): 66, 68, 69, 80.
Waterford, Sarah: 66, 68, 69, 80.
Waterford, (slave): 7, 20, 38, 42-44, 48-55, 57, 65, 70-72, 74-76, 79, 81, 82, 84-87, 90-97,- 100, 107-110, 119, 121.
- Waterford, Walter: 112-116, 117-118, 121.
Waterford, William: 66, 68, 69, 79.Watson, J. W. C. (John W. C.): 82, 98, 101, 119, 120.
Weaver, Mr.: 106.
Weaver, Mrs.: 106.
White, Charles W.: 127.
White, Thomas: 112, 115, 118.Whiteman, Federick: 103.
Whiteman, Mary: 103-105, 111.
Whiteman, Samuel: 103, 104, 111.
Williams, Andrew: 88.
Worley, George S.: 127.Wright, Emanuel: 88.
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