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Alexander County
County Seat:
Cairo
Previous Seats:
America, 1819; Unity, 1833; Thebes, 1843; Cairo, 1860
Area:
224 square miles
Population:
626 (1820 census) - 8,238 (2010 census)
Named for:
William M. Alexander, early settler and state legislator
Created on:
March 4, 1819
Documents
Alexander Bench and Bar_01
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Cases
Menifee v. Menifee
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Gordon v. Chambers et al.
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Berry v. Hamby
Justice(s):
Justice Theophilus W. Smith
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Vanderbilt et ux. v. Johnson et ux.
Justice(s):
Justice Samuel H. Treat
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Singleton v. Wofford
Justice(s):
Justice Samuel H. Treat
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Demint v. Lyerly
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Echols v. Spotts et al.
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Rector v. Rector et al.
Justice(s):
Justice Norman H. Purple
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People v. Cole et al.
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Gordon v. Freeman
Justice(s):
Justice Lyman Trumbull
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