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An Act to emancipate Patsy and Cyrus, the wife and father of Solomon Humphries, a free person of colour; and Edmund, late the property of Theophilus Hill's estate, of Oglethorpe county. 1834 231 (1834)

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and whereas by the laws of this State the said children follow
the condition of their mother-
SEc. 2. Be it there fore enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of ihe State of Georgia in General Assem-
ly met, That all said children heretofore born,-to wit,
Jlhn, Grove, Henry, William, Hetty, Eliza, and Frank,-by
and in consequence of said intermarriage between the said
Paschal Hickman and Fanny his wife, shall be, and they are
hereby declared to be free, and placed on the same footing
that free persons of colour are usually placed in this State,
and entitled to inherit from the said Paschal, as their father,
any property which by the laws of this State would go to his
children should he die without a will.
THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB WOOD,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 22d, 1834.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT to emancipate Patsy and Cyrus, the wife and
father of Solomon Humphries, a free person of colour; and
Edmund, late the property of Theophilus Hill's estate,* of
Oglethorpe county.
Whereas, Solomon Humphries, a free person of colour, has
paid to the former owners of Patsy and Cyrus, his wife and
father, the price asked for them-
Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Represent-
atives 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 said Patsy
and Cyrus, the wife and father of Solomon Humphries, and

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