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From: "Kenjura Genealogical Services" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] 1839 Georgia dower rights
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:52:08 -0600
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Donn and Debbie,

Thanks so much for your responses to my question. They've been a big help.

Nicole Kenjura
Pearland, TX
Lone Star Chapter
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Nicole asked:

>Would a dower release have been required in 1839 in Georgia? If so, can anyone point me towards the appropriate law or statute?



Nicole, there was never a legal requirement that a release of dower be executed or included in a deed, and occasionally property was conveyed to other family members, or even to a non-relative, with the intention that the wife or widow of the owner would retain her partial life interest in the property. In such a case, no release would be executed.

In most cases, however, it was intended that all rights to the property be transferred to the new owner, and therefore careful conveyancers made sure to provide that the wife or surviving widow executed a release, giving the new owner a clear title.

Where the grantors are children of the original owner, the grantees are unrelated, and there is no release of dower by the widow, it is usually an indication that she has already died, and that her life interest had terminated.


Donn Devine, CG, CGL
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.





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