<p>Jane v. Lanier final decree</p>
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, <em>Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc.</em>, 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0035/0037.
14 November 1840
Manuscript
Copy of Will of Edwin Lanier, dated 16 October 1827, exhibit in Jane's suit
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, <em>Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc.</em>, 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0041/0042.
18 August 1831
Manuscript
Jane's Freedom Certificate and Description
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, <em>Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc.</em>, 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0046.
23 October 1828
Manuscript
Statement of William Robinson, Jane's attorney
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, <em>Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc.</em>, 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0047.
14 April 1831
Manuscript
Bond of Robert C. Traylor
Petersburg City (Va.) Chancery Causes, 1803-1960, <em>Jane v. Admr. of Edwin Lanier etc.</em>, 1840-066. Local Government Records Collections, Petersburg City Court Records, Library of Virginia. 730-1840-066-0075/0076.
17 September 1840
Manuscript
Sorrells Family Tree
Atha Sorrells presented her family tree as evidence that she was white in her suit to obtain a license to marry Robert Painter.
Rockbridge County (Va.) Atha Sorrells by her next friend William Sorrells vs A. T. Shields, Clerk of Circuit Court, 1925. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records, The Library of Virginia. 09-1374
1925
Explanation of Symbols used in Mendelian Chart
Because characteristics such as feeble-mindedness and sexual immorality were thought to be hereditary, the Virginia Colony often used pedigrees to determine whether a person was a good candidate for sterilization.
<p><em>Mental Defectives in Virginia: A Special Report of the State Board of Charities and Corrections. </em>Richmond, 1915. The Library of Virginia. 12-1094-002.</p>
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1915
Buildings at the Virginia Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded
These buildings at the Virginia Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded were the site of Carrie Buck's 1927 sterilization. Afterward, she was released from the colony. She married twice, and family and friends later denied the accuracy of her diagnosis.
<em>Mental Defectives in Virginia</em>. <em>A Special Report of the State Board of Charities and Corrections</em>. Richmond, 1915. The Library of Virginia. 12-1094-003.
1915
Aubrey E. Strode, Author of Virginia's Sterilization Law
Aubrey E. Strode drafted the 1924 sterilization law and acted as legal counsel to the Board of Directors of the Virginia State Colony. He was paid $750 to represent the Board in each of the appeals of Carrie Buck's case.
The Library of Virginia. 05-0905-02.
1908
Photograph
Albert S. Priddy, Superintendent of the State Colony for Epileptics and the Feebleminded
Dr. A.S. Priddy, the superintendent of the Virginia Colony, assigned Irving Whitehead, a former member of the colony's board, to be Carrie Buck's defense lawyer. Priddy died before the appeals in the case were heard, and John Bell succeeded him.
The Library of Virginia. 05-0905-01.
1908
Photograph