Knox County court record for Charlotte Rusk vs. Andrew Rusk, 1855

Description:	Folder 7684 in Box 146 of Knox County Circuit Court records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House contains three documents in the case of Charlotte Rusk vs. Andrew Rusk. During the September 1855 term of the Knox County Circuit Court Charlotte Rusk, a woman of color filed a petition with the court asking that they grant her divorce from her husband Andrew, a man of color. She stated that they had been married August 24, 1854 and had lived together about four months. She said that in September, 1853 her husband had been indicted, tried and convicted of a felony and was in the penitentiary. She asked that the marriage be dissolved and that she receive further relief she might be entitled to. The three documents consist of her petition, the summons for Andrew to appear in court on the second Monday in September, 1855, and a note from an attorney for fees when collected.
Origin:	1855
Contributor(s):	Rusk, Charlotte; Rusk, Andrew;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/48380
Collection:	Knox County Public Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Geography:	Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Black people -- America -- History African Americans -- History Black people -- History Slave records Slave labor Slavery Slaveholders Enslaved women Enslaved men Slavery -- Law and legislation Indentured servants Indiana -- Northwest Indiana -- History Vincennes (Ind.) Knox County (Ind.)

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