Franklin County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Divorce.....Perdue, Eleanor - Perdue, Meshack April 5, 1824 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Janet King JPerdue192@aol.com February 27, 2009, 11:15 am Franklin Co., VA Order bk 6, pg 280 & 281 Eleanor Perdue.....Plaintiff against Chancery Meshack Perdue.....Defendant This cause came on this day to be heard upon this Bill and answer, and the arguments of Counsel, and the Court. After mature deliberation and by the consent of the Parties doth Order and Decree and it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that the said Meshack Perdue furnish the Plaintiff during her natural lifetime, and the lifetime of the Defendant with a comfortable house to live in with four Acres of good land adjacent thereto for cultivation, that he also furnish her with a good feather Bed and furniture, four chairs, One Table, One Water pail and one Washing Tub, One two gallon pot, One oven, One skillet, half a dozen cups and saucers, one set plates. One set of Knives and forks. One set of Table sppons, one set Tea spoons, half a Dozen dishes. One Milk Cow and One negro girl of sufficient age and size to wait upon the Plaintiff and to assist her and her Labours, and it is also further ordered and Decreed that the said Defendant pay and deliver to the said Plaintiff annually after the present year in the month of January or February four barrels of corn, five bushels of Wheat, seven pounds of coffee, Twenty-one pounds of Brown Sugar, half a pound of Black pepper, half ditto of Ginger, half ditto of Alspice and one and an half bushels of Salt. One hundred and fifty pounds of good Pork and fifty pounds of Beef, And it is further Ordered and Decreed that the said Defendent pay to John S. Burwell for the benefit of the said Plaintiff the sum of Five Dollars annually in the month of January to be expended by the said Burwell or by such person as the Court may hereafter appoint in the manner that the Court may direct from time to time, and the said John S. Burwell is appointed a Commissioner to see the foregoing carried into affect within a reasonable time, and it is further ordered and decreed the article, named in this decree required to be paid annually shall be paid the present year in the Month of May and that the said Defendant pay the Cost of this suit with Ten Dollars as the attorneys fee William C. Ashworth and Thomas Ross & of - Mo on DBd. Notice proven by the oath of Solomon Pasley DS. - Defendant called, first appearing. Judgement for Plaintiff according to Specialty and Cost. Additional Comments: It is unclear if this divorce was finalized but the couple did not reconcil as evidence Meshack Perdue's Will written in 1837 in Franklin Co., VA. He made no provisions for a wife and she is mentioned only briefly...."I also give my son Obediah, after the death of my wife, the negro Judith that is left to wait and tend on my wife duing her lifetime". There's no record of Meshack's marriage to Eleanor Dillon. They might have married ca 1784 in Henry Co., VA. Meshack's included in the 1786 tax list for Franklin Co., VA with one tithe, one horse and eight cattle. At his death in 1838 he made gifts to nine of his twelve children in the form of land, slaves (28), cash ($1200), a grist mill, saw mill, distrillery, etc. etc. He disinherited three of his twelve children giving them only one dollar..."for reasons best known be myself". According to family tradition Meshack was buried on his homeplace but his body moved to the Mark Perdue Family Cemetery where Eleanor Dillon Perdue was buried. A marker was placed on his grave many years after Meshack's death by his granddaughter Kate Perdue. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/franklin/vitals/divorces/perdue2gdv.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb