{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20784713","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20784713","state":"Kentucky","county":"Boyle","location_type":"County","file_day":4,"file_month":10,"file_year":1847,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":0,"end_month":9,"end_year":1848,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"dismissed","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":7,"total_people_count":8,"repository":"Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky","abstract":"Permelia Russell, free woman of color, seeks a divorce from Willis, a former slave who was freed after the death of his owner, Robert Craddock.  Permelia states Willis behaves towards her in a cruel and inhuman manner.  After a two-week visit with her mother in Louisville, \"she returned home, and to her great surprise found that the Deft had rented out their residence to a white family,\" and he \"left [their furniture and clothing] in charge of the family.\"  Permelia charges that the family refused to let her collect her possessions.  She states Willis holds \"about five thousand dollars worth of property,\" consisting of a house and lot in Danville, KY, worth $1,500; land in Casey, KY, worth $2,000; and other property worth $1,500.  Permelia seeks alimony and support from Willis.  [Five people gave depositions wherein they testified that they had lived with the Russells, were neighbors of the Russells, or had known one or both of them for a long period time.  For these reasons, it was presumed that these individuals were free people of color.]","subjects":[{"subject":"FPOC sues FPOC"},{"subject":"owner(s)\/citizens manumit\/free slave"},{"subject":"Property owners (Black)"},{"subject":"Adultery"},{"subject":"Divorce"},{"subject":"Alimony"},{"subject":"Domestic violence"},{"subject":"Occupation (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Testimony (FPOC)"},{"subject":"Drunkenness"}]}]}