Petition #21285022

• Wayne County, North Carolina. cicra 1850. - circa 1850.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To his Honor the Judge of the Superior Court of Law and Equity for the County of Wayne

Abstract

Married at age twelve to a thirty-year-old woman, Daniel Griffin, after twelve years of marriage, requests a divorce on the grounds that his wife was "guilty of adultery with diverse persons," including "a certain mulatto fellow named William Baker." In addition, she also gave birth to two bastard children.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Decree, ca. 1850. In case related to husband, see Deposition, Richard Grant, 2 May 1857, from Daniel Griffin v. Jennet Griffin
• Pages of related documents: 4

6 people are documented within petition 21285022

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

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

• Records of the County Court, Slaves and Free Persons of Color 1789-1869

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Interracial relationships
• Illegitimacy