Sumter County GaArchives Court.....Amanda Wilkerson/Wilkinson Faust March 18 1858 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 June 19, 2003, 10:15 am Written: March 18 1858 Recorded: 1858 March Term Thursday 18th, 1858 Georgia Sumter} County } In the superior court of said county the petition of Peter Faust respectfully showeth that he is the reputed & and he has but little doubt the real father of an illegitimate orphan child named Amanda Melvina Wilkerson about twenty years of age whose mother Charlotte Wilkerson is dead. That for a long time she has been residing in the family of your petitioner as one of his children of whom he has six legitimate children and as he is getting advanced in life & feeling it his duty to provide for the said Amanda Melviner Faust as well as the others He prays that her name may be changed to that of Amanda Melvina Faust and she be made legitimate and capable of inheriting the estate of your petitioner in all respects and in the same manner as if she was born in lawful wedlock with the rest of his children and your petitioner will ?? pray. Thomas C. Sullivan Upon hearing the above & forgoing petitioner it is ordered and adjudged by the Court that the prayer of the Petitioner be granted and that the name of Amanda Melviner Wilkerson a female minor of the age of 20 years daughter of Charlotte Wilkerson, deceased & reputed illegitimate child of Peter Faust be & the same is hereby changed to that of Amanda Melvina Faust & she is hereby made & declared to be legitimate & capable of inheriting the estate of said Peter Faust her reputed father with & among his other children as if she were born in lawful wedlock and that she shall be hereafter known by the name of Amanda Melvina Faust and the petition is hereby (granted?) Alex A. Allen Judge ___??? E. Rob Additional Comments: It is difficult to make out the handwriting of the above document and in many places the name appeas as if could be either Wilkerson or Wilkinson. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ 1850 Sumter Co. GA page 168 329 Peter Faust 48?SC Elinor 40 Ga Samuel 16 Ga Mandy M. 14 Ga Daniel 12 Ga Susan 10 Ga William 9 Ga Elizabeth 7 Ga Laura 4 Ga John Wilkerson 12 Ga 1880 Sumter Co. GA Page Number 170C Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Peter FAUST Self M Male W 72 SC Farmer SC NC Nellie FAUST Wife M Female W 73 GA Hsekeep NC NC Sarah FAUST Dau S Female W 37 GA SC GA