21285505https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21285505North CarolinaLincolnCounty1781855Superior1856Superiorgranted104North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaFrances S. Courtney charges that her husband is "an habitual drunkard & spendthrift" who gratifies his "lustful disposition" with women "regardless either of the age or color of the objects of his amours." Indeed, he has had sex with white prostitutes, slaves, and free blacks. Recently, he abandoned her and moved to South Carolina, where he now lives with another woman. She asks for a divorce.AdulteryDivorceDrunkennessInterracial relationshipsSex workers/Promiscuity Illegitimacy Property owners (women)