Randolph County AlArchives News.....Adoption of the children of Susan Whatley February 5, 1870
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Alabama State Journal February 5, 1870
To change the name of Martha Francis, and William Arnold Whatley, minor children 
of Susan Whatley, to the name of Martha Francis and William Arnold Paulk, and to 
render them capable of inheriting the estate, real and personal, of William J. 
Paulk, of the county or Randolph, and state of Alabama. 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That the name of Martha 
Francis Whatley (who was born January 30th, 1864) and William Arnold Whatley 
(who was born November 25th, 1866,) in the county of Randolph, and State of 
Alabama, and who now reside there, and who are children of Susan Whatley, be and 
they are hereby changed to the names of Martha Francis Paulk and William Arnold 
Paulk. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted That the said Martha Francis Paulk and William 
Arnold Paulk shall be known by the names (and none other.) of Martha Francis 
Paulk and William Arnold Paulk, and as such, they are hereby declared to be 
legitimated, and to be the heirs at law of the said William J. Paulk, and in all 
things capable of inheriting his estate, real and personal. 
Approved, January 28, 1870.

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