<petition><petition_analysis_number>21286029</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21286029</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>Craven</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>14</file_day><file_month>3</file_month><file_year>1860</file_year><filing_court>Equity</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><abstract>Graham Jones charges that Sina Lincoln seduced him by her "manners &amp; speech and by her artful allurements, Enticements &amp; Encouragement."  When she announced that she was pregnant, he was obliged to protect her "good name &amp; reputation" by marrying her.  Six months later, Sina gave birth to a mulatto child. Jones seeks a divorce.</abstract><subjects><subject>Divorce</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject><subject>Illegitimacy </subject></subjects></petition>