Petition #21182405
- Boone County, Missouri. February 11, 1824. - October 13, 1824.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the honarable the Circuit Court of the first Judicial Circuit now sitting for Boone County
Abstract
Mary Strode seeks a divorce from her husband Stephen on the grounds that he has "abandoned her ... & has never since returned to her and willfully deserts and absents himself from her ... without a reasonable cause for the space of two years." The decree granting Mary a divorce also indicates that she shall retain the use of the couple's property, which includes "a negro man slave named Harry and a negro woman slave named Cynthia also one House and six head of cattle now held by said Mary Strode" for her benefit and that of the "children of the said Mary & the said Stephen now residing with said Mary."
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Affidavit, Nathaniel Potter, 9 October 1824; Newspaper Notice, Mary Strode vs. Stephen Strode, June Term 1824; Order, ca. June Term 1824; Summons, Stephen Strode, 21 July 1824; Sheriff's Return, 9 October 1824; Decree, 13 October 1824; Summons, Stephen Strode, 25 March 1824; Sheriff's Return, 4 May 1824
- Pages of related documents: 11
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Citation information
Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri
- Records of the Circuit Court
- Microfilm: Reel C 16662
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