Petition #21084719

• Lowndes County, Mississippi. July 27, 1847. - May 2, 1848.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Honorable Henry Dickenson Vice Chancellor

Abstract

Prior to her marriage to Edwin Mason, Margaret M. Mason had a prenuptial agreement drawn up that would give her control of the property she owned prior to the marriage. She now seeks the cancellation of the document, which she misunderstood, and she asks that a new document be made.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 5
• Related documents: Marriage Contract, Edwin Mason, Margaret Witherspoon and Thomas Cannon, 10 October 1843; Decree, 2 May 1848
• Pages of related documents: 7

21 people are documented within petition 21084719

• 11 Enslaved
• 8 Defendants
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Noxubee County Courthouse, Macon, Mississippi

• Records of the Chancery Court

Subjects

• Prenuptial agreement
• Property owners (women)