Manumissions from Acts of the Alabama Legislature
Part 2
Genealogical Abstracts From Acts Of The Alabama Legislature
-Transcibed by Larry E. Caver, Jr.



[Acts Passed At The First Session Of The First General Assembly Of The 
Alabama Territorial, 1818]

[Page 7-8]

An Act to divorce Elizabeth BENNETT from James BENNETT, her husband.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that Elizabeth 
BENNETT, be, and she is hereby divorced from the bonds of matrimony heretofore 
subsisting between her and James BENNET, her husband.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 4th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 47-48]

An Act to establish the County of Dallas.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that all that tract 
of country, bounded to the north by the county of Cahawba, on the east by the 
ridge dividing the waters of Mulberry from those of Cahawba, and a line running 
from where said ridge intersects the Alabama River, a direct course to the 
head of Pine Barren Creek; thence with said creek to its junction with the 
Alabama River; thence by a line running directly to the northeast corner of 
Clarke 
County, thence with the northern boundary of said county, to the ridge 
dividing the waters of the Tombeckbe from those of the Cahwba River; thence up 
said 
ridge to the boundary of the County of Marengo, and thence with the boundary of 
said county, to the place of beginning, shall form one county, to be called 
and known by the name of Dallas.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, that there shall be holden in and for 
said county of Dallas, in each year, a Superior Court of Law and Equity, on the 
second Mondays in April and October; and there shall be holden in and for said 
county of Dallas, in each year, a County Court on the third Mondays in April 
and October; and an intermediate Court on the third Mondays in January and 
July.
Sec. III. And be it further enacted, that for the time being, the said 
Courts, in and for said county of Dallas, shall be holden at the mouth of the 
Cahawba; but the said Court may, respectively, for want of necessary buildings, 
adjourn to some convenient place contiguous thereto.
Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, that the said Superior, County and 
intermediate courts herein required to be holden, may respectively, continue 
their 
sessions, six judicial days, and no longer.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 9th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 56]

An Act appointing Commissioners to select a temporary place for holding the 
Courts in Montgomery County.  Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council 
and House of Representatives of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly 
convened, that Hudson POWELL, Robert GAFTIN, Joseph H. HOWARD, Howell W. ROSE, 
and Doctor George DABNEY, be, and they are hereby, appointed Commissioners; a 
majority of whom shall have full power to select the place at which the 
different Courts for said county, shall be holden; which place so selected, 
shall be 
the temporary sect of justice in said county, until otherwise provided or 
altered by law.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 12th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory

[Page 57]

An Act to alter and extend the boundaries of Marengo County.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that all that tract 
of country lying west of the county of Dallas, north of the county of Clark, 
and east of the River Tombeckbe, shall be added to, and compose of a part of the 

county of Marengo.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 12th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 57-58]
An Act to authorize Honore COLIN to manumit his female slave Rozetta.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that Honore COLIN, a 
free man of colour of the Town of Mobile, be and he is hereby, authorized to 
manumit and set free Rozetta, his female slave, so soon as the said Honore 
COLIN shall have executed to the Chief Justice of the Orphans Court of Mobile 
County, and his successors in office, a bond, with sufficient security, to be 
approved by said Orphans Court, conditioned that the said female slave Rozetta, 
shall never become chargeable to the Alabama Territory, or any county, or town 
therein.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 76-78]

An Act authorizing the building of Bridges on Santa Bogue and Pine Barren 
Creeks, in Washington County.  Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council 
and House of Representatives of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly 
convened, that William SHAW, Robert CALLER, William GODFREY, Jeremiah WORSHAM, 
Sr., John MOORE, William RANKIN and David RUDDER, be, and they are hereby, 
appointed Commissioners to contract for and superintend the building of Bridges 
across Santa Bogue and Pine Barren Creeks, at or near the place, where the 
Federal 
Road, leading from St. Stephens to Tennessee, crosses said creeks, in 
Washington County…

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 84-86]

An Act to incorporate the Town of Rodney, and for other purposes.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that the Town of 
Rodney, laid out on the lands of Josias BULLOCK, near St. Stephens, in the 
county 
of Washington, pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of the Mississippi 
Territory, passed on the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and 
eleven, be, and the same is hereby, established, by that name and style.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, that hereafter, the land holders, 
freeholders, and house holders, within the said Town of Rodney, shall on the 
first 
Monday in March next, and on that day in each year, at the Eagle Tavern, hold an 

election, to commence at ten o'clock in the morning, and close at five 
o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of electing, by ballot, five persons, 
inhabitants of said town, Trustees thereof… and also a Town Treasurer, Assessor 
and 
Collector, and Constable to serve for one year…

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 96-98]

An Act to establish the Counties of Marion and Conecuh.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that all that part of 
the county of Tuskaloosa, lying west of the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior 
River, and north of a line running directly from the mouth of said Fork to the 
ridge dividing the waters of Lookseopelala Creek, and the first large creek, 
south of the same; and thence with said ridge to the Tombeckbe River, shall 
form one County, to be called and known by the name of Marion.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, that all that tract of country, lying 
east of the Federal Road, and not included in any other county now established, 
except the county of Monroe, shall hereafter form one County to be called and 
known by the name of Conecuh.
Sec. III. And be it further enacted, that there shall be holden in and for 
the said county of Marion, in each year, a Superior Court of Law and Equity, on 
the second Mondays in March and September; a County Court on the third Monday 
in March and September; and an intermediate Court, on the third Mondays in 
June and December.
Sec. IV. And be it further enacted, that there shall be holden in and for 
said county of Conecuh, in each year, a Superior Court of Law and Equity, on the 

fourth Mondays in March and September, a County Court on the third Mondays in 
March and September, and an intermediate Court, on the third Mondays in June 
and December.
Sec. V. And be it further enacted, that the said Courts, in and for said 
county of Marion, shall, for the time being, be holden at the Cotton Gin Port, 
and 
the said Courts, in and for the said county of Conecuh, shall, for the time 
being, be holden at the house of Mayberry THOMAS; but the said Courts may, 
respectively, for the want of necessary buildings, adjourn to some more 
convenient 
place contiguous to the places herein designated for holding the same.
Sec. VI. And be it further enacted, that the said courts may, respectively, 
continue their sessions six judicial days and no longer.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 100-101]

An Act to authorize John S. DIVIN to emancipate his negro slave Robin, alias 
Robert LONG.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that John S. DIVIN, 
be and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to emancipate, set free and 
discharge from the bonds of slavery, his negro slave Robin, alias Robert LONG, 
on 
such conditions as are now provided for by law.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 101-102]

An Act to authorize the Trustees of the St. Stephens Academy to raise a fund 
by Lottery, for the use of said Academy.  Sec. I. Be it enacted by the 
Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Alabama Territory, in 
General 
Assembly convened, that the President and Trustees of the St. Stephens 
Academy be, and they are hereby, authorized to raise, for the use of the 
Academy, 
four thousand dollars, by Lottery, or Lotteries, in such a way, and on such 
terms as the said Trustees, or a majority of them, may think most advisable.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 102-107]

An Act extending the right of representation to certain counties therein 
named.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that the counties of 
Limestone, Lauderdale, Franklin, Lawrence, Cotaco, Marion, Blount, Shelby, 
Tuskaloosa, Cahawba, Marengo, Dallas and Conecuh, shall each be entitled to one 
member in the House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature…

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 107-108]

An Act for the relief of James CALLER.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that James CALLER be, 
and he is hereby discharged from the payment of two hundred and seven dollars 
and eighty-five cents, being the amount of a judgment, and costs, obtained 
against him by the Governor of the Mississippi Territory, by the consideration 
of the Superior Court of Washington County, at its September term in the year 
eighteen hundred and fifteen, on a bond given by the said James CALLER, for a 
certain warehouse and lot of land near Fort Stoddert, in Baldwin County, 
whereupon was erected said warehouse.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 108-109]

An Act to authorize the Administrators of William GILLAM, deceased, to sell 
real estate.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that Robert L. WALTON 
and Thomas LAND, Jr., Administrators of William GILLAM, late of Madison 
County, deceased, be, and they are hereby authorized to sell the real estate of 
said decedent, on such terms as they may deem most advantageous, taking bond 
with 
good and sufficient security for the true and faithful payment of the 
consideration.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, that said administrators are hereby 
authorized and empowered, on the sale of said real estate, to make, or cause to 
be 
made, to the purchaser or purchasers, a conveyance of such title as the said 
decedent had, or was entitled to; which conveyance shall be equally valid and 
binding, as if the same had been made by the decedent, in his life time.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 109-110]

An Act to authorize Daniel REED to emancipate his Mulatto slave Rose.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that Daniel REED, a 
free male of colour, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to 
emancipate, set free and discharge from the bonds of slavery, his mulatto slave 
named 
Rose; Provided, that he shall give bond, payable to the Governor of the 
Alabama Territory, conditioned that the said woman Rose, shall not become 
chargeable 
to any county or town within the Territory; which bond shall be filed in the 
office of the Clerk of the County Court of Washington County, agreeably to the 
provisions by law in such cases made and provided.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 110-111]

An Act to Divorce Lucretia DEARMOND from James DEARMOND.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that Lucretia 
DEARMOND be, and she is hereby divorced from the bonds of matrimony, heretofore 
subsisting between the said Lucretia DEARMOND and James DEARMOND.

Gabriel MOORE, speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 111-112]

An Act to authorize the Administrators of James ALLSUP, deceased, to sell 
real estate.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and the House of 
Representatives of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that 
Robert R. 
ALLSUP, administrator of James ALLSUP, late of the county of Madison, deceased, 
be, and he is hereby authorized to sell a certain lot adjoining the town of 
Huntsville, belonging to the estate of said decedent, on such terms as he may 
deem most advantageous, taking bond with good and sufficient security from the 
purchaser or purchasers, for the true and faithful payment of the 
consideration.
Sec. II And be it further enacted, that said administrator is hereby 
authorized and empowered, on the sale of said lot, to make, or cause to be made 
to the 
purchaser or purchasers, a conveyance of such title, as the said decedent 
had, or was entitled to; which conveyance shall be equally valid and binding, as 

if the same had been made by the said decedent, in his lifetime.

Gabriel MOORE, speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory


[Page 112-113]

An Act making appropriations to certain therein named.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and house of Representatives 
of the Alabama Territory, in General Assembly convened, that the sum of two 
hundred and eight dollars, be, and the same is hereby allowed to Thomas H. 
DOUGLASS, for house rent, fuel and furniture, furnished the General Assembly at 
the present session, and the sum of sixty-two dollars and thirty-seven cents, to 

Kyle, Hicks, Smiley & Co., for stationary furnished for the use of the 
General Assembly.

Gabriel MOORE, Speaker of the House of Representatives
James TITUS, President of the Legislative Council
Approved 13th February 1818
William W. BIBB, Governor of the Alabama Territory