Elizabeth McMickins is the wife of Nathaniel McMickins, the owner of a large estate that includes slaves. She has had three children and is pregnant again. She accuses Nathaniel of extreme cruelty and states that "this abuse & Cruelty Consisted in Whipping without mercy your petitioner." She claims that Nathaniel has accused her of adultery with her own brother and other men. He has kicked her and their children out of the house and refused to support them. She has been forced to seek refuge at the home of her aging father and become dependent on him for support. She asks the court for a divorce from her husband because of his "intolerable cruelty" and for alimony.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Wilkes County Courthouse, Washington, Georgia
