Beaufort County, NC - Sally & Emeline Woolard - Act to Legitimate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to alter the name, and legitimate Sally Ann Woolard and Emaline Woolard 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 Sally Ann Woolard and Emeline Woolard, children of Simon Cruthers and Nancy Cruthers, of Beaufort county, born out of wedlock, be, and they are hereby legitimated in as ample manner as if born in wedlock; and that they shall hereafter be known and called by the names respectively of Sally Ann Cruthers, and Emeline Cruthers, 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 CLI Page 92 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts - gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________