Petition #21282917

• Granville County, North Carolina. February 7, 1829. - March 1831.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of said Court

Abstract

Married in 1820, Elizabeth Wheeler complains that her husband Moses, "without any provocation," abandoned her and their son. She accused him adulterous connections with a "young woman of pleasure in the neighbourhood." Elizabeth and her child moved in with her father, Thomas Jenkins, until he died, when she inherited a number of slaves. Elizabeth now seeks a divorce.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 8
• Related documents: Answer, Moses Wheeler, 6 March 1829; Decree, March 1831
• Pages of related documents: 5

2 people are documented within petition 21282917

• 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
• Domestic violence
• Assault
• Abandonment
• Sex workers/Promiscuity
• Property owners (women)