1866-006: Lucinda W. Smith vs. John E. S. Smith:

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Lucinda Morris married John E. S. Smith in the late 1850s and moved with him to South Carolina. According to a deponent, John was arrested sometime in the early 1860s and his pass to travel exempt from military duty, granted to him because of his position as a schoolteacher, revealed that his surname was Stephens rather than Smith. It was also discovered that he had a wife from a former marriage whom he had never divorced. Lucinda claimed that she stayed with John until he abandoned her and their child under the guise of “seeking business,” after which she returned to Virginia.

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