Beaufort County, NC – Peggy Orrell; Lovey & Sidney Hassell – 
                      Act to Legitimate, 1826

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An Act to legitimate Peggy Orrell, the child of Windsor White, of 
Beaufort county, and to alter the names of Lovey Hassell and Sidney 
Hassel, children of said White, and to legitimate them

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 the passing of this act, the names of Lovey Hassel and Sidney 
Hassel, illegitimate children of Windsor White, shall be altered to 
that of Lovey White and Sidney White, and by those names shall be known 
and distinguished and shall be capable to sue and be sued, plead and be 
impleaded, in any Court in this State.

And be it further enacted, That the said Lovey and Sidney, together 
with Peggy Orrell, also a child of said White, be, and they are hereby 
legitimated, and made capable of taking by descent or distribution, any 
estate, real or personal, in the same manner, as if they had been born 
in lawful wedlock; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.


Source:
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter LII
Page 34-34

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