Petition #11684105

• Preston County, Virginia. December 9, 1841. - December 31, 1842.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the General Assembly of Virginia

Abstract

Jacob Plum asks for a divorce from his wife Mary Jane who a number of years prior to the filing of his petition gave birth to a mulatto child and continued to live with him until she recently abandoned their domicile. She has now been convicted of larceny and sent to the penitentiary.

Result: Rejected.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Copy of Record of Circuit Superior Court, Statement of Jacob Plum, 4 September 1841
• Pages of related documents: 2

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

• Legislative Petitions

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Jails/Workhouses
• Interracial relationships
• Abandonment
• Illegitimacy