Petition #11684106

• Campbell County, Virginia. December 7, 1841. - December 17, 1841.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To The General Assembly of Virginia

Abstract

After six years of separation, Sarah H. Robinson seeks a divorce. Her husband was cruel and tyrannical, drank to excess, and slept with numerous "lewd women, both white and black, and he had children by them." Finally he abandoned her and she has not seen him since that time.

Result: Rejected.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: See PAR #21684001; Copy of Superior Court Record, Sarah H. Robinson v. Samuel Robinson, September 1841
• Pages of related documents: 5

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

• Legislative Petitions

Subjects

• Adultery
• Divorce
• Domestic violence
• Drunkenness
• Abandonment
• Sex workers/Promiscuity