John and Emily Conner were married in May 1851. Emily now confesses that for the past five years John has been "a confirmed drunkard" and that he "has been wasting his estate by his habits of drunkenness & has neglected to make suitable provision for maintainance of his family = which consists of herself & defendant & a negro woman named Ann." She also charges that John has been cruel and has "frequently threatened to take her life." The petitioner states that she owned personal property and supplied the cash for purchasing Ann. She avows that John threatens to sell Ann in order to deprive her of her interest in the slave. Emily seeks an attachment of Ann, designation of all her property for her sole and separate use, and "a separation from the bed and board of the Dft." In an amended petition, Emily reports that she received an attachment on the slave Ann. She reveals, however, that the attachment was not executed because John and his relatives conspired to conceal Ann from the sheriff and "ran off the Negro woman Ann, and carried her to ... Lexington" where she was sold to a slave dealer. Emily seeks a judgment against the defendants and compensation for the value of Ann.
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Repository: Harrison County Courthouse, Cynthiana, Kentucky
