Elizabeth Hamilton recounts that she previously filed a "bill" of divorce and alimony in 1848 in the state of Alabama, "upon which said Bill an attachment was issued again" her husband, Alexander C. Hamilton, and five slaves were levied. She explains that she also filed for and was granted divorce in the state of Tennessee in the current year of 1850. As part of its divorce decree, the Tennessee court awarded Elizabeth eight slaves as alimony, "together with the hire of the same from the filing of her bill." Elizabeth Hamilton explains that, among the eight slaves awarded to her by the Tennessee court, five are the very same slaves levied upon in Alabama in 1848. In this supplemental bill, she asks the court to order her former husband's compliance with the decree and to issue a subpoena commanding him to appear and answer her complaint. A related petition suggests that two of the slaves, Stephen and Henry, awarded to Elizabeth in the Tennessee decree may no longer have been in Alexander Hamilton's possession as early as 1848.
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Repository: Dallas County Courthouse Annex, Selma, Alabama
