Petition #21685222

Abstract

Virginia Hughes asks for a divorce from her husband, William Henry Hughes, claiming that he has "treated her with unkindness - with cruelty and neglect, and by abandonment & disertion and by adulterous intercourse." Citing that they were married in 1828, the petitioner "avers that since the 1 day of her marriage her aforesaid Husband has never contributed towards her support as much as Ten Dollars." She informs the court that "she has entirely maintained herself by 'Cupping & Leeching' in Petersburg where she resides and where she believes she is regarded as an honest industrious and respectable woman." She further notes that the "property which she has secured by the proceeds of her individual labor has frequently been taken from her to pay the debts of her husbands creditors." She therefore prays that "your Honor will grant a Decree divorcing your Complt from the said Wm Henry Hughes." In his deposition, Sterling J. Hughes, states that his son gambled and drank to excess and that "in all respects he made her a bad husband, cursing and abusing her as if she was a negro."

Result: Granted.

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Repository: Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Petersburg, Virginia

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