Bladen County, NC - Duncan Melvin & Others - Act to Legitimate

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An Act to legitimate Duncan Melvin and others, of the county of Bladen

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 passage of this act, Duncan Melvin, David T. Melvin, Andrew
Melvin, Samuel Melvin, Joshua Melvin, Joseph Melvin, Jane Melvin,
Ann Melvin and Sarah Melvin, illegitimate children of John Melvin and
Mary Turner; and James Melvin, Robert Melvin, Elizabeth Melvin, Catran 
Melvin, Demaris Melvin and Keziah Suggs, be, and they are hereby 
legitimated and declared capable in law to take and hold property
either by descent or distribution, in as full and ample a manner as
if they had been born in lawful wedlock; any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1827
Chapter LXXXIV
Page 63

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