Putnam COUNTY, GA - Vital Records Divorce Alexander Fluellen and Kizziah 
Peoples

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT 
MILLEDGEVILLE At an Annual Session, IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1814.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; PASSED IN OCTOBER AND 
NOVEMBER, 1814.
1814 Vol. 1 -- Page: 19
Sequential Number: 010
Type: AN ACT

Full Title: To divorce Alexander Fluellen and Kizziah his wife.

WHEREAS the aforesaid Alexander Fluellen, according to an act of the 
General Assembly, passed on the fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and 
six, commenced an action in the Superior Court of Putnam county, against 
his said wife Kizziah for a divorce, and whereas at March term eighteen 
hundred and twelve, of said Court, the said cause was tried by a Special 
Jury, who rendered into Court a verdict for an absolute divorce,
§ 1. BE it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the state of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by 
the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the 
matrimonial

Page: 20

connexion and civil contract of matrimony made between the aforesaid 
Alexander Fluellen and Kizziah his wife, late Kizziah Peoples, shall be 
completely annuled and set aside and dissolved, as fully and effectually as 
if no such contract had been made and entered into between them.

§ 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Kizziah Fluellen, late 
Kizziah Peoples, is hereby declared to be a feme sole, and the said 
Alexander Fluellen shall not in future be bound on any [Illegible Text] 
whatever, for the payment of any debts, dues or demands of the said 
Kizziah, on or for her contracting, or with any actions of, or for damages, 
for or by reason of any tort, [Illegible Text] or damages whatever, 
hereafter to be committed by the aforesaid Kizziah [Illegible Text], late 
Kizziah Peoples.

BENJ. WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JARED IRWIN,
President of the Senate, pro tem.
PETER EARLY, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 22d November, 1814.

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