Sally Collins, a 19th century resident of Jones County, Mississippi, wouldn’t take her divorce lying down!

>Their homes were made from immense pine logs, with timbers twenty-four feet long, and their sisters, Peggy and Sally, were just as tough as they were. Sally’s second marriage to tavernkeeper James Parker had failed in 1857. When he sued her for divorce claiming adultery, she countercharged him with having sex with a mare. ____________________________ **Source:** Jenkins, Sally, and John Stauffer. “Home.” *The State of Jones: The Small Southern County That Seceded from the Confederacy*. Anchor Books, 2010. 72. Print.