Hello diane.kittle@voyager.net, In reference to your comment: รจ Since there are apparently two Moses's, a Moses (Sr. probably) and a Moses Jr., and I'm assuming that Jr. means the son of a Moses and not merely a younger Moses born to an individual with a name other than Moses. ________________________ You cannot assume this. In those days Jr/Sr merely meant there were 2 people with the same name in the neighborhood. To make matters worse, when Sr died, Jr took the name Sr - especially if there was yet another one of the same name around there! I was very confused about a Sr's will for sometime before I realized I had the wills of 2 different men - both identified as Sr! Likewise a 'sister' could mean a sister in the church or organization - and 'brother' can mean Masonic brother, and nieces and nephews were often identified as cousins. Today's terminology cannot be assumed to be true in the old days. BEv ========Original Message======== Subj: [VASHENAN] 1780 - 1800 Divorces Date: 9/16/2003 1:56:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:diane.kittle@voyager.net">diane.kittle@voyager.net</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com">VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) Does anyone know if divorce records for the 1780 to 1800 time period for Shenandoah Co. are available anywhere? 1788 - A Moses Henry was enumerated in the 1788 tax list close to a Susannah Henry. 1790 - Moses Henry, son of Susannah, married Nellie Humes. 1794 - Thomas Humes conveyed 100 acres to Moses Henry Jr. and his wife Eleanor Humes (Guessing this is "Nellie"?) 1798 - Moses Henry Jr. was enumerated in the 1798 tax list. 1798 - Moses Henry married Martha Manery 1799 - Moses Henry and Moses Henry Jr. were both enumerated in the 1798 tax list separately Since there are apparently two Moses's, a Moses (Sr. probably) and a Moses Jr., and I'm assuming that Jr. means the son of a Moses and not merely a younger Moses born to an individual with a name other than Moses. If this is an incorrect assumption, someone please let me know that the practice then was different than it is today. If Moses Jr. was the son of Susannah yet Moses Sr. was alive I'm guessing it is possible that Susannah was also the wife of Moses Sr. but not living with him and/or divorced. Someone stop me if I'm way off base here. Just in case this is a possibility I would like to see if there is a record of the divorce if they are available anywhere. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.