Petition #20184824

• Pickens County, Alabama. July 13, 1848. - February 1853.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To His Honor the Chancellor of Middle C. Division

Abstract

Espey M. McMath seeks a divorce from Joseph McMath on the grounds of adultery, "cruel usage," and abandonment. Because of "his idleness and lack of any regular calling," Joseph barely makes enough to support himself and their son. As alimony, she asks for the marriage portion of "the trover and Conversion of certain negroes" won by her husband in a suit.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20184825; Decree, 13 July 1848; Decree, February 1853; Depositions, William C. Dunham, Samuel T. Porter, Felix B. Turnipseed, John McClendon, John D. Sanders, John Black, Hiram Duncan, Thomas J. Sanders, John A. Taliaferro, F. McDowell, 5 July 1848
• Pages of related documents: 36

4 people are documented within petition 20184824

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Pickens County Courthouse, Carrollton, Alabama

• Records of the Circuit Court, Estates

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Drunkenness
• Abandonment
• Sex workers/Promiscuity
• Illegitimacy