Cocke County, Tennessee
Divorce Records, 1886 - 1899

Submitted by Bruce Price

From Cocke County Civil Court Minutes
TSLa Microfilm #7

Item 1
NAMES DATE PAGE
Anderson Grooms sues Roena Grooms for divorce; later dismissed 07/29/1886 193
Toliver Jenkins granted divorce from Docia Jenkins 11/26/1886 202
Lizzie McMahan granted divorce from Lewis McMahan 03/31/1887 214
A. J. Mantooth granted divorce from Hester Mantooth 12/02/1887 250
Thos. Messer granted divorce from Eliza A. Messer 03/30/1888 257
James Carlisle granted divorce from Laura Carlisle 03/30/1888 258
Mary Johnson granted divorce from Solomon Johnson; has “vacated” written over it;
page 260 says the words “vacated” were a mistake		 03/30/1888 258
B. F. Taylor granted divorce from Sarah Taylor 03/30/1888 259
Jo Lewis Rollins granted divorce from Jane Rollins for her adultery with James D. Green and others 11/29/1888 296
John Lane granted divorce from Elizabeth Lane 11/29/1888 296
Margaret Shelton granted divorce from A. J. Shelton for his adultery with Elizabeth Rollins 11/29/1888 297
John A. Merrit granted divorce from Lula Merrit for her adultery with Alex Samples and others 11/29/1888 298
Martha Miller granted divorce from David/Daniel Miller 11/29/1889 344
George Smallwood granted divorce from Hannah Smallwood 11/29/1888 345
Samuel Harrison granted divorce from Jinny Harrison 03/28/1890 358
George Woody granted divorce from Nellie Woody 03/28/1890 360
David Williams granted divorce from Alice Williams for her adultery with Frank Wedge 03/28/1890 360
Jackson Hembree granted divorce from Mary J. Hembree for her adultery with W. D. Dorsey 11/27/1890 380
A. S. Cogdill granted divorce from Delilah Cogdill 11/27/1890 381
Laura O’neil granted divorce from Andrew O’neil 03/31/1892 480
Item 2
Nancy M. Jenkins granted divorce from Russell Jenkins 11/30/1893 47
Henry Case granted divorce from Carrie Case 12/01/1893 55
J. N. B. Campbell sues for custody of minor children Carrie Louise Campbell and
Raymon Lindsey Campbell from M. ?. Campbell and J. G. Lindsey		 11/29/1895 232
J. N. B. Campbell gets custody of Carrie Laura Campbell and Raymon Lindsey Campbell;
mother only has what support she can get from her father, J. G. Lindsey		 07/30/1896 280
Lettie Maloy granted divorce from Alfred Maloy; maiden name Trent restored;
gets custody of her infant child Gertrude Maloy		 07/31/1896 282
Sycha Valentine granted divorce from James Valentine 11/27/1896 313
Thos. Johnson granted divorce from Fannie E. Johnson for her adultery with Henry Shehan 11/25/1897 374
Lizzie Stinnett granted divorce from William Stinnett 03/31/1898 404
Susan A. Stepp granted divorce from J. W. Stepp 11/29/1899 511
Della Gray granted divorce from Isaac Gray; maiden name O’neil restored;
given custody of infant child		 11/29/1899 513