Anson County, NC - George Pinkney Coppedge - Act to Legitimate

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An Act to alter the name of George Pinkney Coppedge, an illegitimate
son of John Lee, of Anson county, and to legitimate him

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and
after passage of this act, George Pinkney Coppedge, an illegitimate
son of John Lee, of Anson county, shall be known and called by the
name of George Pinkney Lee; and by that name may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, and receive and take property by descent or
distribution.

II. And be it further enacted, That the said George Pinkney Coppedge
be, and he is hereby declared legitimate, and capable in law to take
and inherit property as heir to the aforesaid John Lee, in as full 
and ample a manner as if he had been born in lawful wedlock; any law
to the contrary notwithstanding.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1829-30
Chapter XXXVIII
Page 55

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