11681414https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11681414VirginiaNorthamptonCounty2111814Legislativebill drawn001Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaNine 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.DivorceInterracial relationships