Petition #21285715

• Guilford County, North Carolina. cicra 1857. - circa 1859.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Hon. the Judge of said Court

Abstract

Robert Mitchell rejects the child delivered by his wife, the former Minerva Wallace of Guilford County, fifteen months after she abandoned him. He claims that she has committed adultery with several persons, including Ben, a slave owned by John King. He asks for a divorce.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Oath, Robert Mitchell, 17 November 1856; Orders, Fall Term 1859
• Pages of related documents: 3

4 people are documented within petition 21285715

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

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

• County Court Divorce Records

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Interracial relationships
• Abandonment
• Illegitimacy