Winnifred Richmond's Divorce Request

PAR Number 21483520

State: Tennessee Year: 1835

Location: Davidson County

Abstract: *Winnefrid Richmond seeks a divorce from her husband, Braddock Richmond, on the grounds that said Braddock has "been living for the last two years in open Adultery with one of his, or rather, your Petitioners female slaves named Polly." She informs the court that she married Braddock in 1821 after the death of her previous husband, Thomas Garrett.

Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950

Name: Bradox Richmond

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 25 Jan 1821

Event Place: Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Gender: Male

Spouse's Name: Winney Garrett

Spouse's Gender: Female

Page: 242

Braddock Richmond

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1830

Event Place: Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Page: 227

#1224. Braddock Richmond in the Richmond Family book.

*Winnifred Ridley Garrett Richmond (per FamilySearch pedigrees).  First husband was Thomas Garrett (son of Lewis and Mary (Gwyn) Garrett.


PAR Number 21485439
State: Tennessee Year: 1854
Location: Davidson Location Type: County

[Excerpt] Abstract: Mary G. Binns...asks the court to sell a slave named Alix... . Binns explains that her grandfather, George Ridley, bequeathed Alix and three other slaves to her mother, Winnifred Ridley Garrett Richmond, by his 1836 will. At his daughter's death, he instructed that the slaves and their increase be divided among Winnifred's children from her two marriages. Winnifred Richmond died in June 1854, thereby entitling Mary, her sister, Sarah V. Mullin, and their brother, Thomas Garrett, to Alix.