Divorce of Daniel Tredway
02 Nov 1813
Donated by Jared Treadway
Jefferson Co., Tennessee
Petitions to the General Assembly of Tennessee Abstracts
Abstracted from Tennessee State Library and Archives Microfilm
Legislative Petitions 1812-1813, Roll No. 4 (Continued from Fall 1989 issue) 147
Petition of Daniel Tredway of Jefferson County for divorce from Rebecca Eaton, his wife, whom he married Feb 1807. He enlisted in the service of the U.S. in 1809 and they lived for near 12 months in the camp but after the children began to increase in size & number they concluded it would be better for her to live on a plantation in Jefferson Co where he occasionally visited her and furnished his family with all the necessities of life. For a few months in 1812 he could not go to her but in that time he supported her with money in the sum of $125. He accuses her of adultery with Benjamin Davis. Sworn to before Michael Branner, J.P. 16 Aug 1813.
Deposition of Joseph Austin of Hawkins Co before Jackson Smith, J.P., states he has been acquainted with Rebecca Tredway, wife of Daniel Tredway, for several years and “has been a nigh Neighbour ever sense she left your Petitioner in the Army – on the Return of your Petitioner in April last said deponant was present with them both – the said Rebecca Tredway Expressed herself in these words ‘I do not love you well enough to live with you”; Austin has since found out that she is pregnant and believes it is “not your petitioners by Reason of his Absence for twelve months and upwards at New Orleans and other places in the Army.” 23 Aug 1813.
A similar deposition is given by Rachel Eaton, mother of Rebecca Tredway and a resident of Hawkins Co, where Rebecca is living.