Petition #21086201

• Lowndes County, Mississippi. March 27, 1862. - December 14, 1865.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: to the Honorable James S Hamm Presiding Judge of the said Court

Abstract

Lerona Foster petitions to move a suit filed against her by her husband Robert Foster in Noxubee County to Lowndes County where she is "under the roof and protection of her Father John S Chandler." The suit is Robert Foster's response to her charge that he committed adultery with his mulatto slave named Jenny.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #21085807, #21086202; Mississippi Marriages, Lowndes County, 1830-1868; Census Record, Noxubee County, 10 August 1860; Answer, Robert S. C. Foster, 23 March 1863; Final Decree, 14 December 1863; Deposition, John S. Chandler, 2 September 1863; Interrogatories, 2 October 1863
• Pages of related documents: 24

2 people are documented within petition 21086201

• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Billups-Garth Archives, Lowndes County Public Library, Columbus, Mississippi

• Records of the Chancery Court

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Slander
• Drunkenness
• Interracial relationships
• Whipping
• Abandonment