Petition #21283309

• Caswell County, North Carolina. filing started February 18, 1833.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable Judge of the Superior court of Law for Caswell county

Abstract

Andrew Whittington seeks a divorce from his wife Lucy Loftis Whittington for engaging in "criminal intercourse with both whites and mulattos" and for having "three illegitimate children, one of which is a coloured child."

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: PAR #21283003; Depositions, Lucresay Sprout, ca. 1834; Joseph Whittington, Guilford County, 13 February 1834; Thomas Underwood, ca. 1834; David Clark, M. Arthur, Guilford County, 7 November 1835; Aaron Clymer, Guilford County, 3 November 1834
• Pages of related documents: 16

3 people are documented within petition 21283309

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

Or you may view all people.

Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• County Court Divorce Records

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Interracial relationships
• Abandonment
• Illegitimacy