Elizabeth Armistead, a free woman of color, asks for a divorce from her husband, Joseph Armistead, a free man of color. She cites that "in the year 1854 or 5 he deserted her" and that "since which time she has lived with her mother Nancy Walden, supporting herself by her own labor." Noting "that prior to the desertion of the Petitioner, he lived in notorious adultery with a certain Female named ... who is also dead," the petitioner prays "your Honor to grant her a Divorce from the Bonds of Matrimony, and annul the said marriage between her & her said husband Josph. Armistead who is now & has been a citizen of Maryland."
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Petersburg, Virginia
