Barbara Fascinating. Is that particular work of Tucker online? Ron Barbara Vines Little wrote: > Yes, if she has the consent of her guardian. > See Henry St. George Tucker, _Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia . . ._, > 1846, p. 94-5. > > Barbara > > Barbara Vines Little, CG > PO Box 1273 > Orange, VA 22960 > phone: 540-832-3473 (evenings) > fax: 540-832-5057 > [log in to unmask] > > CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of > Genealogists®, used under license by board-certified associates who meet > genealogical competency standards prescribed for those programs. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael M. Foreman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:27 PM > Subject: [VA-HIST] Minimum marriage age > > > >>Would a female, age 12, been allowed to marry in Virginia in 1838? >> >>To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >>at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html