TALBOT COUNTY, GA - HISTORY  Change of name Searcy - McGhough

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of
Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL
SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1827.

[missing title]
Relief Laws.
1827 Vol. 1 -- Page: 148
Sequential Number: 113

Full Title: AN ACT to change the name of John Wesley
McGhough to the name of John Wesley Searcy, and to
entitle him to a distributive share of Benj. R.
Searcy's estate. Be it 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 the name John Wesley
McGhough be, and the same is hereby changed to the
name of John Wesley Searcy, and he shall be deemed
held and considered to be legally entitled to a
distributive share of the property and estate of
Benjamin R. Searcy, his step father, to all intents
and purposes equally with the other children of the
said Benjamin R. Searcy, in case the said Benjamin
R. Searcy shall die intestate -- any law, usage, or
custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

IRBY HUDSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
JOHN FORSYTH, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to Dec. 18, 1827.

[Note: I believe this is Benjamin R. Searcy who was JP in Talbot County.