21282917https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21282917North CarolinaGranvilleCounty721829Superior31831Superiorgranted002North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaMarried in 1820, Elizabeth Wheeler complains that her husband Moses, "without any provocation," abandoned her and their son. She accused him adulterous connections with a "young woman of pleasure in the neighbourhood." Elizabeth and her child moved in with her father, Thomas Jenkins, until he died, when she inherited a number of slaves. Elizabeth now seeks a divorce.AdulteryDivorceDomestic violenceAssaultAbandonment Sex workers/Promiscuity Property owners (women)