<petition><petition_analysis_number>21283804</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21283804</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>Lincoln</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>26</file_day><file_month>11</file_month><file_year>1838</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><abstract>Married in 1821, Unicy Martin claims that during their marriage she received a "likely and valuable negro."  Her husband, however, has "abandoned himself" to liquor, and reduced the family to "poverty and want."  She seeks a divorce and alimony.</abstract><subjects><subject>Alimony</subject><subject>Drunkenness</subject><subject>Gambling</subject><subject>Property owners (women)</subject></subjects></petition>