Petition #20482604

• Washington County, District of Columbia. July 10, 1826. - July 10, 1826.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Washington in Chancery sitting

Abstract

Ann Gibson charges her husband, Gerard Gibson, with "drunkeness and debauchery." She complains of his violent temper and accuses him of sleeping with "a negress." Ann Gibson asks for "such alimony & seperate maintenance . . . as from the fortune she brought to her said husband." She also asks for an injunction to prevent her husband from further selling any of her property, including the remainder of her thirteen slaves.

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Answer, Gerard Gibson, 25 July 1827; Injunction, Gerald Gibson, 10 July 1826
• Pages of related documents: 5

2 people are documented within petition 20482604

• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

• Records of the United States Circuit Court, Chancery Dockets and Rule Case Files
• Record group: 21
• Folder: 20

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Alimony
• Domestic violence
• Diseases (mental)
• Drunkenness
• Interracial relationships
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Abandonment
• Property owners (women)