Petition #20186601

Abstract

Eugenia Atwell seeks a divorce, arguing that her husband, James Atwell, mismanaged their property, including five slaves, and abandoned her vowing he would never return. She charges her husband with "the grossest dissipation & prodigality," and says that the only "reason for his unnatural conduct" was her refusal to sacrifice "two Slaves given to her by her Father." She also asks for custody of their two children.

Result: Granted.

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Repository: Henry County Courthouse, Abbeville, Alabama

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