Mary Connor Young sues for separation of bed and board, and of property, from her alcoholic and abusive husband, Christopher Gayle. Mary states that she brought to the marriage a number of slaves, some land, and money. She claims that Christopher "repeatedly struck, beat, bruised and wounded” her and “by force & violence compelled her to leave the marriage bed & common dwelling and for days and nights together to seek her safety” in “negro cabins of the plantation." She further states that, "owing to the excesses, and treatment & outrages of her said husband towards her, she has been compelled to leave their common domicil" without taking any of her rightful property or her six children. She now believes that Gayle is planning to remove the children and the slaves out of the jurisdiction of the court and to sell her other property. She prays that all of the property she brought to the marriage be legally declared hers; that the children be placed in her care; and that Gayle be made to pay support for herself and the children.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: East Baton Rouge Parish, Clerk of Court Archives, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
