Elizabeth Taylor, described as having a "weak mind," accuses her husband W. Giles Taylor of being "cruel and inhumane," threatening to have her arrested for allegedly trying to poison him and forcing her to abandon her home and their six-year-old daughter. Giles's brother, Charles Taylor, took Elizabeth to New Orleans and abandoned her with only eight dollars in her purse. She made her way by boat back to Montgomery, and then walked many miles back to Pike County. Upon her arrival, she learns that her husband is unjustly accusing her of "illicit intercourse & cohabitation with a negro, one Wade, a freedman formerly owned by Mrs. Owins." She prays that the court will grant her a divorce, custody of her child, and alimony.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Pike County Courthouse, Troy, Alabama
