Circuit Court Book 2 (The divorces in this book were handled in Chancery court.) Where possible I have found the parties marriage information and their parents. This will be in parenthesis. Plaintiff Defendant Date Complaint Order Pleasant Collins Polly Ann Collins Apr 9,1877 She didn't appear and adultery was proved Both were given the rights of a single person. (His parents: Father not Listed Martha Collins)) (Her parents: RILY COLLINS EMALINE COLLINS) (They were married on 06/30/1875.) Madison Moore Nancy Moore Apr 10, 1877 Adultery was proved. Both were given the rights of a single person. (His parents:ENOCH MOORE CINTHA MOORE (Her parents:WILLIAM P MULLINS ELIZABETH MULLINS) (They were married on 03/25/1875 Charles A Donnells Provance Donnells Apr 11,1877 Adultery was proved. Both were given the rights of a single person. (His parents:WILLIAM DONNELS MARY DONNELS (Her parents:AMOS BOWLING MARY BOWLING) (They were married on 07/04/1868 Palmynce E Skeen Wm P Skeen Sept 10, 1877 Adultery fully proved. Both restored to the rights of a single person. (His parents:HENRY SKEEN MATILDA SKEEN) (Her parents:A G ROBERSON ELIZA ROBERSON) (They were married on 09/19/1874) Wm Roberson Anna Roberson Apr 9,1878 Adultery fully proved Both restored to the rights of a single person. (His parents:M L ROBERSON NANCY ROBERSON) (Her parents:A J MULLINS MOTHER NOT LISTED) (They were married on 02/17/1870) Anmida Cantrell William Cantrell Apr 9,1878 He failed to appear, adultery proved (Her parents:HIRAM CANTELL NANCY CANTRELL (His parents:JOHN CANTRELL AGNESS CANTRELL) (They were married on 08/02/1866) Dicy Hall George W Hall Sept 10, 1878 He failed to appear,adultery proved She was given back her maiden name Dicy Rose Mary Dollarhide Harrison Dollarhide Sept 11,1878 He failed to appear, charge of adultery and abandonment proved. She was given custody and care of the children Nancy Cockran Isaac Cockran Apr 8,1879 He failed to appear She was granted the divorce. Abraham Cantrell Emma Cantrell Dec 10,1879 Adultery proved. John H Ring Nancy Ring Dec 10,1879 Divorce granted (His parents:FOUNTAIN RING MARTHA JANE RING) (Her parents:SANDERS HILL ELIZABETH HILL) (They were married on 12/16/1876) James M Clark Mary A Clark Apr 5,1880 She failed to appear, adultery proved Eliza Hall Jason Hall Apr 7,1880 Charge of adultery proved Noah Sowards Martha Sowards Sept 7,1880 He had the complaint dismissed (His parents:WILLIAM SOWARDS REBECCA SOWARDS) (Her parents:ALFRED KILLIN LUCY KILLIN) They were married 02/10/1876) Melvina C Austin Jessee F Austin Arp 12,1881 Adultery proved He was restrained from ever marrying again. L D S M Fransico Samuel Fransico Apr 12,1881 He failed to appear She was granted the divorce Rhoda L Bentersq George M Venters Sept 5,1881 Charge of adultery proved He was restrained from ever marrying again (Her parents:MARTIN BRANHAM MATILDA BRANHAM) (His parents:JAMES VENTERS EMILINE VENTERS) (They were married on 08/19/1866) Louisa C Beverly George W Beverly Apr 11, 1882 He failed to appear,adultery proved He was restrained from ever marrying again She was given custody of the children: Caroline and Samantha. She also received a large portion of the property. L M E Begley Samuel Begley Apr 5, 1882 She was given divorce and custody of the child (His parents:ELIJAH BEGLEY MARY BEGLEY) (Her parents:WILLIAM M GREER EMILY GREER) (They were married on 08/01/1878, her name was Laura) Raleigh Stallard Mary Stallard Apr 5, 1882 He was granted divorce She was restrained from ever marrying again George H Sowards Angeline Sowards Apr 5,1882 He was granted the divorce She was restrained from ever marrying again Georgie Spurgeon George Spurgeon Apr 5,1882 He failed to appear, adultery proved He was restrained from ever marrying again D Y G Hill Samandy Hill Apr 10,1882 She failed to appear, adultery proved She was restrained from ever marrying Joshua Mullins Gemima Mullins Apr 10,1882 Adultery proved He got custody of the children: Wm M, Francis, M George, W Wsham, Joshua P, Rutha (His parents:JOSHUA MULLINS MARY MULLINS) (Her parents:FRANK STURGILL RUTH STURGILL) (They were married on 11/26/1863) Martha A Blevins Geo W Blevins Apr 10,1883 He had been convicted of 2 felonies She was granted the divorce and custody of the children: Alexander and Nannie Blevins (Her parents:ROBERT WELLS NANCY WELLS) (His parents:LINKHORN BLEVINS SARAH BLEVINS) (They were married on 05/04/1872) James J Counts Sarah Counts Sept 11,1883 Adultery proved He got custody of the children: Elizabeth, William, Elbert, and Hettie. She was restrained from ever marrying again Thomas M Holmes Rebecca Holmes Apr 23,1884 She failed to appear and adultery was proved Chs H Johnson Elizabeth H Johnson Apr 23,1884 She was restrained from ever marrying again. James Wells Nancy Wells Apr 2,1885 She was restrained from ever marrying again. (His parents:FATHER UNKNOWN CATHRINE WELLS) (Her parents:WILLIAM M NEELY MARY C NEELY) (They were married on 08/06/1879) Nancy Suiter Charles Suiter Apr 3, 1885 He failed to appear. It was proved that he abandoned her. She was given custody of her child Mary E Robert B Wells Rebecca Wells Apr 3,1885 He failed to appear. It was proved that he deserted and abandoned Rebecca (His parents:ROBERT WELLS NANCY WELLS) (Her parents:LEVI SHEPHERD SARAH SHEPHERD) (They were married on 08/16/1867) Nancy A Stergill William Stergill Apr 3,1885 He failed to appear. it was proved that he had convicted and felony and was in the state prison. She was granted the divorce (Her Parents:GEORGE GERDINES ELIZABETH GERDINES) (His paretns:JOEL STURGILL CYNTHIA STURGILL) (They were married on 09/22/1881) John W Bates Letha J Bates Sept 4, 1885 She was restrained from ever marrying again John A Hall Mary Hall Apr 7, 1886 Charge of adultery proved She was restrained from ever marrying again (His parents not listed) (Her parents:MARTIN QUALLS POLLY QUALLS) (They were married on 08/08/1882) Preston M Thacker Rebecca Thacker Apr 7, 1886 Charge of adultery proved She was restrained from ever marrying again