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    1. [VASHENAN] RE: 1780 - 1800 Divorces
    2. Diane Kittle
    3. Folks, Via another source I was told that the 1786 - 1796 tax rolls for Shenandoah Co. included all the adult members in the house. Therefore, maybe the Moses below was not divored from Susannah but residing with her, not next to her. Has anyone else discovered it to be fact that all adults in the household were enumerated during those years? Diane -----Original Message----- From: Diane Kittle [mailto:diane.kittle@voyager.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 1:56 AM To: 'VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com' Subject: 1780 - 1800 Divorces 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.

    09/16/2003 05:46:58