With the verdict pending in a breach of "marriage contract" suit, George George conveyed "nearly all his estate both real and personal, to a certain Ann Payne, with whom he illicitly cohabited." Peggy Betty Grayham, the plaintiff, contends that at the time of the conveyance George's estate was worth about $10,000 and included several valuable tracts of land and six slaves. In addition, she maintains that George retained a portion of his estate "for the purpose of paying his debts exclusive of your oratrix." The petitioner cites that she produced letters at her trial enabling her "to offer proof of the marriage promise." She notes that she won a judgment (upheld in the superior court) for $1660 against George for breach of marriage contract and that after said judgment George was imprisoned and then released by "taking the oath of an insolvent debtor." Grayham asks that the "the said Conveyance both of land and Slaves may be cancelled" and "sold to satisfy" the judgment against George. In two supplemental bills filed in 1824 and 1825, Grayham points out "sufficient property"--slaves, land, and notes--belonging to George and Payne out of which her judgment may be satisfied. She asks the court to protect this property even as George moves from Virginia to Tennessee and Payne marries.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
