21685001https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21685001VirginiaAlbemarleCounty021850Circuit Superiory18101853Circuit Superiorgranted007Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaHillary Wood seeks a divorce from his wife Ruthy, claiming that she is "guilty of adultery with divers persons." The petitioner further asserts that his wife "deserted him and has for the last two years been living in a state of open prostitution with a black & white." Being "greatly aggrieved & mortified by this conduct" of his wife, Wood seeks "a severance of the ties which bind him to his said wife."AdulteryDivorceInterracial relationshipsAbandonment Sex workers/Promiscuity