Beaufort County, NC - Helen, Mehalah & Benjamin Godly - Act to Legitimate

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An Act to legtimate Helen Godly, Mehalah Godly, and Benjamin Godly

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 Helen
Godly, Mehalah Godly and Benjamin Godly, children of Robert Godly,
senior, of Beaufort county, born out of wedlock, be, and they are
hereby legitimated, in as ample a manner as if born in wedlock; and
that they shall be heirs at law and next of kin, in the same manner,
and to all intents and purposes as if born in lawful wedlock; any
law to the contrary notwithstanding.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1823-26
Chapter CL
Page 91

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