Petition #11681414

Abstract

Nine months after Richard and Peggy Jones were married, Peggy gave birth to a girl. At first Jones thought the child was his "notwithstanding the darkness of its colour & its unusual appearance." Later, however, it became clear that the baby could not have been fathered by a white man. His wife eventually admitted that the girl's father was a man of color, a fact already known by many neighbors. Jones seeks a divorce.

Result: Bill drawn.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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