TROUP COUNTY, GA - COURT  Divorce Henry J. Henderson vs. Nancy S. Henderson

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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.
RELIEF.*
* See [Illegible Text] Nos. 422, 423, 424. See also “Physicians,” &c.
1853 Vol. 1 -- Page: 524

Sequential Number: 546

Law Number: (No. 456.)

Full Title: An Act for the relief of [Illegible Text] S. Henderson.

WHEREAS, At the last term of the Superior Court of Troup County, a final [Illegible Text] and judgment of the Court was had, granting a divorce a [Illegible Text] matrimonii, in favor [Illegible Text] Henry J. Henderson vs. Nancy S. Henderson, upon the ground of abandonment alone. And,

WHEREAS, The said Nancy S. Henderson, formerly Nancy S. Clarke, was regarded in said County as above reproach, in said abandonment, and esteemed as a virtuous and exemplary lady in the community where she lived, and deserving the favorable consideration of this General Assembly:

SECTION I. 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 from and after the passage of this Act, that the said Nancy S. Henderson, formerly Nancy S. Clarke, be and she is hereby fully relieved from all the pains and penalties, restrictions and disabilities, by her incurred, in consequence of her intermarriage with the said Henry J. Henderson, and of the rendition of said verdict and judgment, and that she be allowed to marry again if desirable in the same manner as if she never had been married to the said Henry J. Henderson; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 

[Sidenote: Nancy S. Henderson allowed to marry, &c.]

SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That the name of the said Nancy S. Henderson, be changed back to the name of Nancy S.

Page: 525

Clarke, and that she be restored to all the rights and privileges enjoyed by her before marriage. 

[Sidenote: Name changed.]
Approval Date: Approved, December 16th, 1853

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