Petition #21284702

• Granville County, North Carolina. filing started circa 1847.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: The Honorable The Judge of the Court aforesaid

Abstract

Amanda Walker accuses her husband of living "in constant unlawful intercourse with a certain negro woman belonging to his grand Father." She also accuses him of running off with the black woman and one or two other of his grandfather's slaves. He is also guilty of forgery. She asks for a divorce and alimony.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Oath, Amanda J. Walker, March Term 1847; Order, 1847
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 21284702

• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

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

• County Court Divorce Records

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Forgery
• Freedom seekers
• Interracial relationships
• Theft of enslaved
• Abandonment