The "Great Magness Trial" was one of the most celebrated murder cases in early Tennessee history.
The involvement of prominent figures such as Jackson, Felix Grundy,.
Though considered a violent drunkard, Anderson was a personal friend of Andrew Jackson, who exerted his considerable influence to avenge Anderson\'s death.
His father, Jonathan Magness, and brother Perrygreen Magness were arrested as accomplices.
David Magness shot and killed Major Patton Anderson in Shelbyville in 1810.
The "Great Magness Trial" was one of the most celebrated murder cases in early Tennessee history