Beaufort County NcArchives Court.....Thomas Bonner, Elizabeth Bonner & 1784
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1784

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1784
October 1784 
Volume 24, Pages 650 - 709

CHAPTER XLVIII.

An Act to Secure the Property of Elizabeth Bonner, in Beaufort County, in the 
Hands of Trustees.

I. Whereas Elizabeth Bonner in Beaufort county, being of lawful age but of 
weak mind and understanding, and having some property given to her by the will 
of her late father, Thomas Bonner, deceased, and being liable to seduction by 
designing persons for want of a proper authority to controul the said 
Elizabeth Bonner, and to conduct her property in the best manner for her use;

II. 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 Thomas Bonner, brother 
of the said Elizabeth Bonner, and only surviving executor of the said Tho. 
Bonner, dec. and John Bonner, be and they are hereby appointed trustees and 
authorised to take into their care and possession all the interest and 
property of the said Elizabeth Bonner, and to make a true inventory thereof, 
which inventory shall be exhibited in the county court of Beaufort upon oath 
by the trustees within six months after the passing of this Act; and the said 
Elizabeth Bonner shall be subject to the controul of the said trustees; and 
that no contract, bargain or agreement, made by the said Elizabeth Bonner with 
any person or persons whatsoever shall be binding or of any force without the 
approbation and consent of the trustees aforesaid.

III. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said 
trustees shall render their accounts of their proceedings in trust, to the 
county court of Beaufort annually upon oath, and the same shall be recorded by 
the clerk in the orphan book.

IV. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said 
trustees before they shall possess themselves of the property of the said 
Elizabeth Bonner, by virtue of this Act, shall enter into bond and security to 
the county court aforesaid, for the safe keeping and proper care of the said 
estate to the full amount thereof.

V. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the trustees 
by this Act appointed shall die or remove, that then and in that case full 
power and authority is hereby invested in the county court of Beaufort to 
appoint other trustees under the same rules and regulations as in this Act 
directed.

VI. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid 
trustees shall furnish the said Elizabeth Bonner from time to time at all 
times sufficient entertainment and apparel that may be suitable to her fortune 
and the profits thereof, and account for the same as before directed.


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