Name Changes
Wilkinson County Citizens
1819 Vol. 1 -- Page:
117
Sequential Number: 093
Type: AN ACT
Full Title: To alter and change the name
of Seney Crumbley to that of Seney Mitchell, and to
make her the legal heir of Isaac Mitchell.
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 immediately
after the passing of this act, the name of Seney Crumbley, the reputed
illegitimate daughter of Isaac Mitchell of Wilkinson county, shall be,
and the same is hereby altered and changed to that of Seney Mitchell, by
which name she shall hereafter be known and called.
§ 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said Seney Mitchell shall be, and she is
hereby put upon an equal footing in law, with the other children of the
said Isaac Mitchell, and entitled to the same advantages and privileges
in law, as if she were to all intents and purposes the lawfully begotten
child of the said Isaac Mitchell, any law, usage or custom to the contrary
notwithstanding.
DAVID ADAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MATTHEW TALBOT,
President of the Senate.
JOHN CLARK, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 21st December,
1819.
1828 Vol. 1 -- Page:
131
Sequential Number: 113
Full Title: AN ACT to change the names of
certain persons therein mentioned, and to legitimatise those persons whose
names are so changed.
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 persons now known by the name of William
Greene Dixon, Henry Dixon, and Anna Dixon, of the county of Upson, be changed
and known by the names of William [Illegible Text] Reid, Henry Reid, and
[Illegible Text] Reid -- and the names of [Illegible Text] M. Fletcher
and Naucy Fletcher, of the county of Bulloch, be changed to that of Francis
M. Selph and Nancy Selph -- and the name of James Madison Wright of the
county of Columbia, be changed to that of James Madison Sullivan -- and
the name of Wiley Osteen of the county of Ware, be changed to that of Wiley
Roberson -- and the name of Amelia Demaris Hargrove, of Wilkinson
county, to that of Amelia Demaris Gilbert -- and the name of Jane
H. and Martin Greene Connell, to that of Jane H. and Martin Greene Wood
of Pulaski county -- and Ira Reddick Foreman of De Kalb county, to that
of Ira Reddick Greer -- and Daniel Marcus of Monroe county, to that of
Jefferson Troup Patterson; and that said persons whose names have been
so changed, are hereby declared to be legitimatised and entitled to inherit
all property which they or any of them would have been, had they or any
of them been born in lawful wedlock, so far as regards the estates of their
respective reputed fathers.
IRBY HUDSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
JOHN FORSYTH, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, December 19,
1828.
1830 Vol. 1
-- Page: 173
Sequential Number: 124
Full Title: AN ACT to legitimatize and change
the name of Georgia Caroline Pickard, to that of Georgia Caroline Paul,
and the name of Loveda Ann Kellehand, to that of Loveda Ann Currie, and
to authorise Missouri Adeline Clark and Minerva Caroline Clark to inherit
and receive property, both real and personal, by virtue of the statute
of distributions of this State, and to change the names of other persons
therein named.
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
passing of this act, the name of Georgia Caroline Pickard, be, and the
same is hereby changed to that of Georgia
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the name of James T. Herring of Emanuel county,
be changed to James T. Powell, and the name of James Allen
of Wilkinson county, be changed to that of James W. Swint,
and the name of Mary Ann Lee to
that of Mary Ann Solomons.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 22d. 1830.
1836 Vol. 1
-- Page: 166
Sequential Number: 094
Type: AN ACT,
Full Title: To legitimatize, and change
the name of William Short, of Cherokee county, to that of William W. Willson,
and to change the name of John Robison to that of John Anderson, and
Martha Ann Hughes, to that of Martha Ann Bush.
Sec. 1. 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 that authority, That from and after the passage
of this act, the said William Short, shall be called and known by the name
of William W. Willson, and that he is hereby, completely and fully, legitimatized
and entitled to all the rights and privileges that he would have had, if
he had been born in lawful wedlock, and capable of taking and inheriting
& receiving all manner of property, by virtue of the statute of distributions
of this State, as far as relates to the estate of his reputed father, James
Willson, of the county of Cherokee: Provided, nothing in this act, shall
be so construed as to authorize the aforesaid person, to inherit, to the
exclusion of other children of the said James Willson, who have, or may
hereafter be born in lawful wedlock.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the name of John Robison, of Cherokee county, be changed to that of John
Anderson.
Sec. 3. And it is also enacted by the authority
of the same, That Martha Ann Hughes, is legitimatized,
and her name changed to that of Martha Ann Bush, and
that she is hereby completely and fully legitimatized, & entitled to
all the rights & privileges, that she would have had, if she had been
born in lawful wedlock, and capable of inheriting and receiving, all manner
of property, by virtue of the statute of distributions of this State, as
far relates to the estate of her reputed father, Samuel J.
Bush, of Wilkinson county: Provided, nothing in this act, shall
be so construed, as to authorize the aforesaid person, to inherit, to the
exclusion of other children of her reputed father, who have been, or may
hereafter be born in lawful wedlock.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 30th, 1836.
1836 Vol. 1 -- Page:
169
Sequential Number: 097
Type: AN ACT,
Full Title: To change the name of John Herindon
to that of John Brown,
John McCullar and Tabitha McCullar
to that of John Allen and Tabitha Allen.
Sec. 1. 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 immediately
after the passage of this act, the said John Herindon shall be known in
law, by the name of John Brown, any law, usage or custom to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the names of John McCullar and
Tabitha McCullar, of Wilkinson county, be changed to that of
John Allen and Tabitha Elizabeth Allen, and in
future to be known and called by those names.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 26, 1836.
1837 Vol. 1 -- Page:
176
Sequential Number: 153
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the name of Zelpha Elizabeth Peacock
be changed to that of Zelpha Elizabeth Bush, and
made the lawful heir of William Bush, of Wilkinson
county, and is hereby declared to be joint and equal heir with the other
legal heirs of the said William Bush, and entitled to all the rights and
privileges to which she would have been entitled had she been born in lawful
wedlock.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 26th December,
1837.
1837 Vol. 1 -- Page:
177
Sequential Number: 154
Full Title: AN ACT to change the names of
certain persons therein named, and legitimatize the same.
Section 1. 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, the name of Samuel Fleetwood
be, and the same is hereby, changed to that of Samuel Thomas
Player, and that of Rocelia Johnson, be, and
the same is, hereby changed to that of Rocelia Weeks,
of Wilkinson county; and to change the names of Thomas Jefferson Benson,
and Alefair Benson, both of Pulaski county, to that of Thomas Jefferson
McGriff, and Alefair McGriff; 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 fully capable of taking and
inheriting all manner of property, so far as relates to the estate, both
real and personal, of their reputed fathers.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the name of John M. Tootle, of the county of
Tatnall, be changed to that of John M. Stephens.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 23d December,
1837.
1839 Vol. 1 -- Page:
169
Sequential Number: 156
Full Title: AN ACT to change the names of
certain persons therein named, and to legitimatize the same.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the name of George Washington Terry,
of the county of Wilkinson, be changed to that of George
Washington Graves, and be made the adopted son of Richard
Graves, of Wilkinson county, and be capable in law to inherit and
take by decent from the said Richard Graves, his adopted father, and entitled
to all the privileges to which he would have been, were he the natural
son of Richard Graves.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against
this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, December 21st,
1839.
1851 Vol. 1 -- Page:
499
Sequential Number: 339
Law Number: (No. 339.)
Full Title: AN ACT to alter and change the
name of Robert Fenn, formerly of Clarke, now Wilkinson
county, to that of William Robert Fenn; also, the
name of William O'Neal, of Lowndes county, to that of William Lindsey,
and to legitimate and change the names of certain persons therein named.
WHEREAS, William was the given name of the
father of the said Robert Fenn, and said father having [Illegible Text]
son by the name of William, and said Robert being anxious to have and receive
the given name of his said father --
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 the name of
Robert Fenn
is hereby altered and changed to that
of William Robert Fenn.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That
the name of William O'Neal, of Lowndes county, be changed to that of William
Lindsey.
SEC. III. And be it further enacted, That
the name of Mary Ann Jane Perry, be changed to Mary Ann Jane Kemp, and
that she shall be entitled to inherit any portion of the estate of James
Kemp, of Muscogee county, as [Illegible Text] as if she was his natural
and legal child. And that an orphan boy, now under the protection of Robert
Kyle, which child has no name, and whose parents are unknown, be made and
established the lawful heir of the said Robert Kyle, and be known and called
by the name of Benjamin Allen Kyle.
Approval Date: Approved, January 22, 1852.
source: Georgia Legislative
Documents, Digital Library of Georgia
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