Petition #21284516

• Pitt County, North Carolina. filing started November 6, 1845.
• Court: Equity

Abstract

Married for thirteen years, Margaret Moore asks for a divorce on the grounds of adultery. Moreover, she seeks to prevent her husband from taking the slaves she recently inherited from her father.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Oath, Margaret Moore, 6 November 1845; Order, 17 November 1845
• Pages of related documents: 1

4 people are documented within petition 21284516

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

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

• William Blount Rodman Legal Papers

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Sex workers/Promiscuity