Cool Springs Primitive Baptist Church

Earlier this month Ted and Julia Sethman joined the ranks of those who have — and renewed their vows first made in Their union was a rare event — the Sethmans are an interracial couple. After five decades, the couple reflected on marriage and some of the adversity they faced during their early years. After a short courtship, they received a license from the Hampton Circuit Court and married at Zion Baptist Church on County Street about six months later. In Virginia in , there were interracial marriages out of 52, overall unions with at least one white partner, according to data shared by Peter C. Data gathered is from sources believed to be accurate and reliable at that point of time, Hunt said. Nationally that same year, interracial marriages only made up 0. Census data.