John W. Freeland seeks a divorce from his wife, Rebecca Eldridge Freeland, whom he married in 1845. John claims that he and Rebecca lived together for five years, during which time Rebecca treated him with "great indignity and inhumanity." She then abandoned their home "without any cause whatever on his part." John now believes that she is residing outside of the state of Missouri. He seeks an order of publication and a decree to dissolve their matrimonial bonds. In her bill of exceptions, Rebecca presented a copy of the couple's 1850 separation agreement, wherein she and John divided their property, including a seventeen-year-old slave named Mary and Mary's eleven-month-old daughter, Samantha.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri
