Petition #20685316

• Richmond County, Georgia. cicra 1853. - February 9, 1855.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Superior Court of said County

Abstract

Johnson Clark Abbot and Eliza M. Abbot were married on 25 October 1842. On 1 October 1850, Clark Abbot left their house and has not been seen again. Eliza Abbot also claims that since the desertion, Clark Abbot is "given to habitual intoxication, that he still remains the victim of intemperance & as such has become so depraved, that he has been exiled from the society of white persons & his associates are now negroes with whom [he] carouses & is in the daily habit of getting drunk & that he has at various times had carnal connection with other women." Eliza Abbot seeks a divorce.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Subpoena, Johnson Clark Abbot, 20 December, 1853; Sheriff's Return, 21 December 1853; Order, January Term 1854; Jury Verdicts, 2 February 1855, 9 February 1855; Court Record, 9 February 1855
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 20685316

• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Richmond County Records Retention Center, Augusta, Georgia

• Records of the Superior Courts, Records of Writs 1853-1855
• Page: 510-512

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Drunkenness
• Interracial socializing
• Abandonment