Hello List:  In Vol. III, Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia,
pg 31 "Upon perusal of a Petition of John Bunch & Sarah Slayden..."  Evidently
John Bunch and Sarah Slayden were requesting permission to marry however,
there is a discussion of "Mulatto man" marrying a White woman.  "It is ordered
that the Petition of the said Bunch and Slayden be referred till next General
Court for? to argue the reasons of his opinion before his excellency and ye
Council."  Page 28: The Petition of John Bunch and Sarah Slayden praying that the
minister of Blissland Parish may be ordered to publish the Banns..."

The Attorney General did not consider John Bunch to be a Mulatto in the true
meaning or sense of the word but rather the offspring of one white person and
another mixed blood person, or "Mustee."

I have not found any further court proceeding in the Executive Journals
addressing the findings or arguments given in the above proceeding.  Are there any
Blissland Parish records at the Lib of VA?  Not sure where to look for further
info.
Thank you,
Sharon Leonard
Albuquerque, NM


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