Georgia Divorces granted by an act in 1816 William Chauvin and wife Ann James H. Perdue and wife Catherine Thomas Mills and wife Sarah David Terry and wife Susannah Abihu Sewell and wife Sarah John Royston and wife Polly Edmund Jeter and wife Lucy Martin Howard and wife Lucy William Pinder and wife Rebecca Ann Benjamin Head and wife Margaret Thomas Rodman and wife Ann Matthew Wood and wife Mourning John Battle and wife Sarah James Cook and wife Lucy John Douglass and wife Jane Joseph John Martin and wife Polly John Brady and wife Rebecca Walker Hickman and wife Martha John D. Patterson and wife Patience Clevis Andrews and wife Elizabeth formerly of Wilkes Co.) Lamar, p. 262. The following divorces were granted in the Act of Dec. 13, 1816 published in Lamar, pp. 262-63: Thomas Napier Tabitha D. Napier December 19, 1818 Lamar, p. 265. Abner Glore formerly Nancy Swinney December 13, 1819 Lamar, p. 266. William Whitfield Jane Whitfield December 18, 1819 Lamar, p. 266. John Hodges Tabitha Hodges December 21, 1821 (in Putnam County) Dawson, p. 141. David Cilford Pugh Chris tiana Pugh December 21, 1821 (in Putnam County) Dawson, p. 141 John Harris formerly Katherine King December 21, 1821 Dawson, p. 141. William P. Sims (abandoned his wife) Patsey Sims December 13, 1820 (children also involved) Dawson, p. 298. James Echols (of Ogle- thorpe County) Rebecca (feme sole; has children from previous marriage) December 4, 1801 Clayton, pp. 20-1. Mathias Williamson formerly Betsey Chandler Blackwell May 9, 1803 Clayton, pp. 113-4. Buckner Bass’ marriage to Ann Dozier was declared legal by the legislature in an act of December 20, 1826, which also legitimized their daughter Lane Elizabeth. Their marriage had been performed by someone not authorized to perform the service.