If at the time of the
first marriage, the par-
ties belonged to a Tribe
of Indians, over whom
the laws of Virginia, in
regard to marriage, had
not been in fact exten-
ded and enforced--& if
they were married ac-
cording to the usages &
customs of their Tribe—
and lived together, and
sustained the relations of
husband and wife, by vir-
tue of sec’d marriage, a-
mong their Tribe—such
marriage would be valid
in any country to which
the parties might emi-
grate—and could not be
rendered invalid by a sub-
sequent solemnization
according to other forms,
induced by a change of
religion.
J.L. Edwards
admitted by Court of
Pensions Jan 9, ‘50