ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836.
ACTS of the General Assembly of the STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1836.
NAMES CHANGED.
1836 Vol. 1 -- Page: 167
Sequential Number: 095
Type: AN ACT,
Full Title: To change the name of Amanda White, to that of Amanda Bracewell, and legitimatize the same, and to change the name of John D. Highsmith.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and atter the passage of this act, the name of Amanda
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White, shall be changed to that of Amanda Bracewell, and she is hereby declared to be fully and completely legitimatized, and entitled to all the rights and legal privileges that she would have been, had she been born in lawful wedlock, and be fully capable of taking, inheriting and receiving, all manner of property, by virtue of the statste of distributions of this State, so far as relates to the real and personal estate of Joseph J. Bracewell, of Pulaski county, her reputed father, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 30, 1836.