Burke County, NC - Kesiah Singleton - Act to Acquire Property

                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An Act to secure to Kesiah Singleton, of Burke county, such property
as she may hereafter acquire

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 Kesiah
Singleton, (wife of Christopher Singleton) of Burke county, be, and
she is hereby entitled to hold, possess and enjoy, in her sole right,
any estate, either real or personal, which she may hereafter acquire
by purchase, gift of otherwise, in as full and ample a manner as if
she had never been married to her said husband; and she is hereby
authorised to prosecute or defend any suit, in her own name, in any
court within this State, in the same manner as if she never had been
married to the said Christopher Singleton; any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1833-34
Chapter CV
Page 155

______________________________________________________________________

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
______________________________________________________________________