Vital Records: Names: Legislation: Fayette Co: GA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linda Blum-Barton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000645 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Source: [Title - See Below], [Georgia Legislative Documents], [Georgia Department of Archives and History], presented in the Digital Library of Georgia ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A BIENNIAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY. 1853-4. COMPILED, AND NOTES ADDED, By JOHN RUTHERFORD. PART II.--PRIVATE AND LOCAL LAWS. LEGITIMATION, CHANGE OF NAMES, &c. 1853 Vol. 1 -- Page: 491 Sequential Number: 499 Law Number: (No. 409.) Full Title: An Act to change the name of Amanda Ransom to that of Amanda Robinson, and make her the legal heir of Fulton Robinson, and other persons therein named; and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met That the name of Amanda Ransom, of Walker County, be changed to that of Amanda Robinson, and that she be made and established the lawful heir of Fulton Robinson, of Walker County, and capable of inheriting his estate, both real and personal, and entitled to all the rights, benefits and privileges of a lawful child from the said Fulton Robinson. [Sidenote: Ransom.] SEC. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the name of Martha Ham, of [Illegible Text] County, be changed to that of Martha Ogilvie, and she be hereby legitimatized and entitled to inherit any portion of the estate of P. S. Smythe Ogilvie, of [Illegible Text] County, her reputed father, as fully as if she was his natural and legal child; also Samuel Timothy Colston to that of Samuel Timothy Pittman, of Chatham, and legitimatize and make him the heir at law of Samuel Pittman, his reputed father; also George Alexander Caley, of Whitfield County, to George Alexander McCurdy, and make him heir at law of Francis W. McCurdy, of Whitfield: also George Washington Swan, to that of George Washington Cheek, of Murray County, and to legitimatize him and make him an heir at law of Thomas R. Cheek, his reputed father, of said County of Murray, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding; also Joseph Mark Hause [Hawse?] and Sarah Ann Hause [Hawse?] to that of Joseph Mark Nobles and Sarah Ann Nobles, and legitimatize the same, and make them heirs at law of Ira Nobles, all of the County of Lee, all laws to the contrary nothwithstanding; also the name of Henry Amos Wigins, of Spalding County, to that of William Amos Wigins, and also the name of Flora Williams to that of Flora Sanders, of Fayette County; also to change the name of William Francis Marion Davie, of the County of Walker, to that of William Francis Marion Hinnard, and he is hereby made the legal heir of William and [Illegible Text] Hinnard: also to change the name of Columbus Tilley, of Rabun County, to that of Columbus Holifield, and that he be fully legitimatized and made capable in law of inheriting the estate of Daniel Holifield, his reputed father, the same as if he had been born in lawful wedlock, and under the same regulations, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approval Date: Approved, February 14th, 1854.