11681602https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11681602VirginiaFauquierCounty16111816Legislative23111816Legislativereasonable001Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaFive months after her marriage to Abraham Newton, Nancy Gray gave birth to a mulatto child. She admitted that the baby was conceived by a black man in the neighborhood. Nancy has left her husband, and she, her mother, and the baby have left for Ohio. Abraham Newton, the husband, sues for divorce.DivorceWestward migrationInterracial relationshipsAbandonment Illegitimacy