Petition #21286115

• Randolph County, North Carolina. filing started circa 1861.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable, the Judge of the Superior Court of Law and Equity in and for said County and State

Abstract

The mother of five children, Margaret Gray seeks a divorce and alimony, charging that her husband is a habitual drunkard. He is also abusive. Some time before, she received a tract of land, a black woman, and "considerable other property" from her father's estate. She now fears her husband will sell the property.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Oath, Margaret Gray, 28 March 1861; Order, Spring Term 1861
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 21286115

• 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

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Drunkenness
• Assault
• Sex workers/Promiscuity