The Cobbs Hall Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) gathered on Monday, June 9, at the historic Middlesex County Woman’s Club in Urbanna for a remarkable meeting centered on Colonial Virginia’s legal and cultural history.
The featured speaker was Dr. James Robusto, MD, now a noted historian of Tidewater Virginia. His presentation, “A Day in the Court,” drew from actual 18th-century court records that originated there in the very building that once served as Middlesex County’s Colonial courthouse, reported regent Catherine Bennett.
Dr. Robusto traced the rise of James Mills — a key figure in Urbanna’s history — detailing his acquisition of the historic Lansdowne property, later owned by Arthur Lee of the esteemed Lee family, and highlighting the court’s decisions on matters ranging from executions to other forms of early justice.
