Petition #21285717

• Guilford County, North Carolina. filing started circa 1857.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable the judge of said court

Abstract

William Hanner seeks a divorce charging that less than six months after their marriage his wife Charlotte "was delivered of a child which to his great mortification & astonishment was a black one." A short time later, Charlotte took the baby and left, and he has not seen her since.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Oath, William P. S. Hanner, 31 October 1857; Promissory Bond, W. P. S. Hanner, John Causey, 31 October 1857
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 21285717

• 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
• Interracial relationships
• Abandonment
• Illegitimacy