Person County, NC - MISCELLANEOUS - Thomas MILES and Eleanor RAINEY Rejected Request fot Divorce File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ms. Louise Overton ------------------------------------------------------------------- General Assembly Session Records Divorces Nov-Dec 1811 Box 3 Eleanor MILES of Person County, North Carolina represents she married Thomas MILES in 1799 (Thomas MILES and Eleanor RAINEY 25 December 1798...bondsman- Thomas NEELEY) and lived in the utmost harmony for several years and "cherished the most sanguine hopes that in all the vicissitudes of life she would find in him a husband, a friend, and protector--but to the great mortification of your petitioner, and from causes to her unknown, the said Thomas MILES has deserted his family and gone to some parts of the Western Countries from whom she has heard nothing for nearly three years". She further states that said Thomas left her in a state of indigence and want with five children to maintain. Prays for a law securing to her what property she may hereafter acquire. DIVORCE REJECTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.