Lenoir County, NC - State vs Fore & Chesnutt, 1841 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #3002 STATE VS FORE AND CHESNUTT Supreme Court Case found at the NC Archives Lenoir County 1841 Lenoir Court Sept 1840 - Joel Fore on 1 August 1840 took into his house Susan Chestnut and they did live and bed and cohabit together without being legally married - they did have children as a result of the cohabitation - Joel was a free person of color - Susan was white - the def offered a Marriage License from the Clerk authorizing the marriage before 1838 before the General Assembly made it illegal (for races to intermarry) - the marriage was solemnized in 1840 The Court objected to the marriage and the cohabitation. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble ___________________________________________________________________