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 STATE OF GEORGIA, 1849-50. [missing title] 1849 Vol. 1 -- Page: 321 Sequential Number: 387 Full Title: AN ACT to change the names and legitimatize the persons therein named, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this law, that the name of Jackson Futch, of Fayette county, be changed to that of Jackson Peters, his reputed father, and entitled to all the rights and privileges he would have enjoyed had [Illegible Text] been born in lawful wedlock; and that the name of Nancy Elizabeth Luker and John T. Luker, of the county of Wilkes, be changed to that of Nancy Elizabeth Hugerley and John T. Hugerley, and that they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized as the children of John T. Hugerley of said county, their reputed father, and they are hereby made capable of inheriting any real or personal estate from their said reputed father, John T. Hugerley, according to the statutes of distribution of this State; and that the name of William Pearce of the county of Cobb be changed to that of William Gault, his reputed father, and that he be declared fully legitimatized and entitled to all the legal rights and privileges he would have enjoyed had [Illegible Text] been born in lawful wedlock. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the name of William Bridges, of the county of Elbert, be changed to that of James Dooly, and he is hereby declared legitimate and capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, real and personal, of his reputed father, Barnabas J. Dooly, of said county; and that the name of Harriet Elizabeth McLeroy, Nathan Patrick McLeroy, and Mary Catherine McLeroy, of Harris county, be changed to that of [Illegible Text] Elizabeth Welden, Nathan Patrick Welden, and Mary Catherine Welden, and they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and have and enjoy all the legal rights and privileges they would have had if born in lawful wedlock, and to become fully capable of inheriting their portions as heirs at law of all the property, real and personal, of Robert Welden, of Harris county, their reputed father; and that the name of Sarah Jane Juner and Elisha Juner, of Henry county, be changed to that of Sarah Jane Cox and Page: 322 Elisha Cox, and that the said Sarah [Illegible Text] and Elisha Cox be and they are hereby fully legitimatized and made capable of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of John M. Cox, their reputed father. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the name of Sterling C. Waters, of Pike county, be changed to that of Sterling C. Pritchard. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the name of Thomas Marion Williams, James Williams, and Anna Williams, of the county of Rabun, be and they are hereby changed to that of Thomas Marion Arnold, James Arnold, and Anna Arnold, and that they be fully legitimatized and made heirs at law, and entitled to all the rights and privileges they would have enjoyed had they been born in lawful [Illegible Text], and that they be made capable of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of Thomas Arnold, their reputed father. SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That the name of John T. Edmondson, of Habersham county, be changed to that of John T. Carter, jr, and he is hereby declared to be fully [Illegible Text], and made capable of [Illegible Text] the estate, both [Illegible Text] and personal, of his reputed father, John T. Carter, sr.; and that the name of Mary Ann Oliver, William J. Oliver, [Illegible Text] Oliver, Georgiana McDonald, and Margaret McDonald, be and the same are hereby changed to that of Mary Ann Mosely, William J. Mosely, Amantha Mosely, Georgiana Mosely, and Margaret Mosely, and that they be fully legitimatized and entitled as heirs at law to inherit the real and personal estate of their reputed father, Cuyler P. Mosely, of Montgomery. SECTION 6. And be it further enacted, That the name of [Illegible Text] Martha Virginia Few, of the county of Morgan, shall be [Illegible Text] to that of Margaret Martha Virginia Head, and she is hereby fully legitimatized and made capable of [Illegible Text] all manner of property by virtue of the statutes of distribution of this State, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of Marshall Head, of Morgan county, her [Illegible Text] father; and that the name of John J. Perkins, of the county of Taliaferro, be changed to that of John J. [Illegible Text] Romulus Leary, of the same county, to that of [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]; and William Capers Day, of the county of [Illegible Text], be changed to that of William Capers Rhodes, and that the said William Capers Rhodes be and he is hereby [Illegible Text] and made capable in law of inheriting the estate, both real and personal, of his reputed father, Archibald S. W. Rhodes; and that the name of John Nelson Laney, of the county of Cobb, be changed to John Nelson Henderson. SECTION 7. And be it further enacted, That the name of Naney Elizabeth Cobb, of the county of Appling, be changed to that of Nancy Elizabeth Bowen, and that she shall be Page: 323 considered as a legal heir at law of Lorenzo Dow Bowen, her reputed father, and that she be as fully legitimatized as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. SECTION 8. And be it further enacted, That the name of [Illegible Text] E. Morris, of Cobb county, be declared and held to be by that name, and not that of Joel E. Devenport, and that he be fully legitimatized and made capable in law to receive, inherit and enjoy a distributive share of the real and personal estate of Drury Morris, his reputed father; and that the name of John Steila Stone be changed to that of John Steila Fountain, and he is hereby fully legitamatized as the child of Jonathan Fountain, of Irwin county, his reputed father, and that he be fully capable of holding, inheriting and enjoying a distributive share of the real and personal property of said Jonathan Fountain; and that the name of William Wesley Walker, of Ware county, to that of William Wesley Cason, and he is hereby constituted a legal heir at law of Hillary Cason as if he had been born in lawful wedlock; and that the name of John Strickland be changed to that of John Myers, and the name of James Ryals to that of James Strickland, all of the county of Wayne. SECTION 9. And be it further enacted, That the name of John Erwin Butler, of the county of Baldwin, be changed to that of John Josiah Wooten, and that he be fully capable of taking, receiving and inheriting the estate, real and personal, of his reputed father, Josiah M. Wooten, of said county, according to the statute of distrubution of this State, as fully as if he had been born in lawful wedlock; and that the name of John Hobbs, of the county of Crawford, be changed to that of John Newson; and that the name of Eliza C. Lane, of Newton county, be changed to that of Eliza C. Jennings; and that the name of Jane Maria Collens, of Tattnall county, be and she is hereby legitimatized, and shall henceforward be known as the legitimate child of Lewis Cobb, her reputed father, and fully capable of inheriting the real and personal estate of said Lewis Cobb; and that the name of Hackley Butler, of Jackson county, be changed to that of General Butler; and that the name of Seaborn Key and Enos Key, of the county of Burke, be changed to that of Seaborn Sapp and Enos Sapp, and that they be fully [Illegible Text] and regarded as the legitimate children of Isaiah Sapp, their reputed father, and are hereby declared capable of inheriting real and personal estate as perfectly as if they had been born in lawful wedlock; and that America Adalaide Rebecca Gordon be and she is hereby declared fully and completely made capable of inheriting real and personal estate of Daniel L. Gordon, of Henry county; and that the name of Fanny Franklin Ford, Nelly Overtaker Ford, Frederick Clopton Ford, Hance Stephens Ford, and Ramath Rice Ford, be and they are hereby Page: 324 by changed to that of Fanny Franklin Hargrave, Nelly Overtaker Hargrave, Frederick Clopton Hargrave, Hance Stephens Hargrave, and Ramath Rice Hargrave, and that they be and are [Illegible Text] declared legitimatized and made capable in law of inheriting real and personal estate as the legitimate children of Bright W. Hargrave, of Carroll county, their reputed father; and that the name of Thomas Henry Davis, of Crawford county, be changed to that of Thomas Henry Turner, and he is hereby declared legitimatized and made capable of inheriting real and personal estate as fully as if he had been born in lawful wedlock as the legitimate child of Gregory J. Turner, his reputed father; and that the name of James J. McCrane, of the county of Crawford, be and it is hereby changed to that of James J. Copeland. SECTION 10. And be it further enacted, That the name of John Henry Kimbrough be and it is hereby changed to that of John Henry Thompson; and that the name of Gardner Coker, of Twiggs county, be changed to that of Gardner Jackson, and he is hereby declared legitimatized and made capable in law of inheriting real and personal estate as fully as if he had been born in lawful wedlock. And whereas James Huckaby, of Hall county, has applied to the General Assembly to make William Hadaway, his step-son, his heir at law, and to change the name of [Illegible Text] William: Be it further enacted, That the name of said William Hadaway be changed to that of William Huckaby, and he is hereby made an heir at law of said James, and capable of inheriting from said James, as if he were his own son begotten in lawful wedlock; and that the name of Benjamin Stringfellow, of the county of Muscogee, a minor under twenty-one years of age, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Alexander Robison Wilkins, and he is hereby adopted and constituted as the lawful child of Francis G. Wilkins and Pamela P. Wilkins, and made able and capable in law to inherit all real and personal estate from the said Francis G. and his wife Pamela P., and from the survivor of them, according to the laws of descents in this State, in as full and ample manner as though he was their lawful heir, and the said Francis G. Wilkins is hereby vested with full powers of guardianship over the person of the said Alexander Robison Wilkins, until he arrives at full age. SECTION 11. And be it further enacted, That the name of Joseph [Illegible Text] and Moses Rosengaiten, of the county of Muscogee, be and they are hereby changed to that of Joseph Rose and Moses Rose, and that said change of names shall not be so construed as to deprive said persons of any rights they now have or that might hereafter accrue to them as if no change had been made, nor shall they be released from any civil liability [Illegible Text] contracted and now existing, by reason of said change. Page: 325 SECTION 12. And be it further enacted, That the name of Malissa Vivans Huffner, of Rabun county, be changed to to that of Malissa Vivans Cannon, and that she be fully legitimatized and made capable of inheriting real and personal estate, and entitled to all the rights enjoyed by the other children of Horace W. Cannon, her reputed father. And be it further enacted, That the name of Clara Jane Williams be changed to that of Clara Jane Sullivan, and that the name of Clinton Williams be changed to that of Clinton Sullivan, and they are hereby made legitimate heirs of their reputed father, Reason Sullivan, of Muscogee county; and that the names of Lucy Jane Cawley, Thomas J. Cawley, and Henry H. Cawley, of the county of Clarke, be changed to that of Lucy Jane Dicken, Thomas J. Dicken, and Henry H. Dicken, and that they, together with their sister Elizabeth S. Montgomery, the wife of Thomas Mongomery, of said county, be and the same are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized as the children of Richard Dicken, of said county, their reputed father; and that the name of William A. Waggoner, of Hancock county, be changed to that of William A. Waller, and that he be fully and completely legitimatized, and made capable of inheriting the real and personal estate of John T. Waller, of said county, his reputed father; and that the name of Milred [Illegible Text] Hicks be changed to that of Milred Cherokee Hargrove, and that she be and is hereby declared fully legitimatized and made capable of inheriting real and personal estate as effectually as if she had been born in lawful wedlock, as the legitimate child of her reputed father, K. W. Hargrove, of Murray county. SECTION 13. And be it further enacted, That the names of William, Thomas, Amanda, Lucinda J., Beniah S. and Sarah J. Waters, of the county of Jefferson, be changed to that of William, Thomas, Amanda, Lucinda J., Beniah S. and Sarah J. Moore, that as such they shall be known and called in law, and that they are hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized and entitled to all the rights and privileges that they would have been had they been born in lawful wedlock, and be capable of taking and inheriting all manner of property, so far as relates to the estate, both real and personal, of their reputed father, William Moore of the county of Jefferson. SECTION 14. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approval Date: Approved, February 16, 1850. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT A BI-ENNIAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY & MARCH, 1855-'56. COMPILED, AND NOTES ADDED, By JOHN W. DUNCAN. PART II.---LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS.