Petition #21285713

• Perquimans County, North Carolina. September 16, 1857. - December 1857.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Court aforesaid

Abstract

Married in 1852, Matilda Everton charges that her husband Major mistreated her and her children by a former marriage by using coarse and vulgar language, and by accusing her of adultery. Also, as she lay in bed suffering from a grave illness, he shot one of her children's slaves, and severely whipped two of his own slaves, causing her severe mental anguish. She seeks a divorce and alimony. In a lengthy answer, the husband denies the charges.

Result: Rejected.

• Number of petition pages: 9
• Related documents: Amendment to Petition, Matilda Everton, 2 October 1857; Answer, Major Everton, 21 October 1857; Answer to Amended Bill, Fall Term 1857; Interlocutory Order, Fall Term 1857; Copy of Petition of Matilda Everton, 16 September 1857; Copy of Answer, Major Everton, 21 October 1857; Reports of Cases at Law, Supreme Court of North Carolina, December 1857--August 1858, pp. 202-13
• Pages of related documents: 36

4 people are documented within petition 21285713

• 2 Enslaved
• 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

• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Slander
• Diseases (physical)
• Medical treatment
• Insubordination
• Whipping
• Assessed Value (enslaved)